Hey! You! The locals dressed in black and moping around whining about your feeeelings!

[theweaselking]

Dance troupe puts on performance inspired by the work of Edward Gorey. Friday and Saturday, 7pm, Arts Court on Daly. $25, includes martinis, food, silent auction with MAC and other downtown boutiques contributing items and art, the performance itself, and entrance to the Mercury Lounge afterward.

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[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

Just to be clear:


Edward Gorey

-- Steve finds fond memories of PBS (and Dianna Rigg) stirred by the idea.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

A is for Alice, who fell down the stairs
B is for Basil, assaulted by bears.
C is for Clara, who wasted away.
D is for Desmond, thrown out of a sleigh.
E is for Edmund, who choked on a peach.
F is for Franny, sucked dry by a leech.
G is for George, smothered under a rug.
H is for Hector, done in by a thug.
I is for Ida, who drowned in a lake.
J is for James, who drank lye by mistake.
K is for Kate, who was chopped with an axe.
L is for Leo, who swallowed some tacks.
M is for Maude, who was swept out to sea.
N is for Neville, who died of ennui.
O is for Olive, run through with an awl.
P is for Prue, trampled flat in a brawl.
Q is for Quentin, who sank in a mire.
R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire.
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W is for Winnie, encased in the ice.
X is for Xerxes, devoured by mice.
Y is for Yorrick, whose head was knocked in.
Z is for Zillah, who drank too much gin.

...damn. My memory is obviously getting shot to hell and gone.

Oh well, this is why we have the Internet...

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Would be there with bells on if their cheerful jingling did not clash with the stark austerity and morbid whimsy of Gorey.

As is, will simply be there.

Oh yes.