Subject: Maniacal Multimedia Madness--.WAV and MIDI Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Hello, Fiends, er, Friends! I know that there are others such as I ghoulishly obsessed with sound on their computers...so I've taken my ghost.wav (it's scary!), my hauntman.mid (the MIDI version of the theme played over and over again in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Lobby), and my newly acquired munsters.mid (why, the theme from The Munsters, in MIDI of course!) and compacted them nicely into a zip file. It's a free-for-all! We're giving them away! Hurry and reserve yours now, because at this price, they won't last very long! (Please note--I have to have my MIDI Mapper in my Control Panel set at "FM Synth (Ext)" to hear these particular MIDI files on my system. Maniacal Multimedia Madness and its owners/operators are in no way liable for improper installation of these files. This offer for a limited time only. Shipping and handling responsibility of the recipient. While supplies last. Void where prohibited.) Aaron -- "When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." --Robert Heinlein greenrey@worldnet.att.net -or- awynnhi@kes.miracosta.cc.ca.us Visit Greenrey's Study at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1982/ From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 05:41:05 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:16:19 -0400 From: cstowell@cstone.net (Carl Stowell) To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Oh yeah, were getting married THIS halloween! Jacqui.Young@CCIW.ca wrote: > > Congratulations. Thank Goodness you'll be marrying someone with a sense of > humour, given your association with this list she'll need it. > > Best of luck, by the way I assume you're not talking this Halloween. > > Jacqui > jacqui.young@cciw.ca -- ________________________________________________________________________ Carl F. Stowell /\ "Develop for it? I'll piss on it!" Network Administrator || -W. Gates stand on Microsoft's software Robinson, Farmer, Cox Assoc.|| development strategy for Next computers. mailto:cstowell@cstone.net \/ http://www.cstone.net/~cstowell ->My rantings do not reflect my company's, however they are similar<- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 07:06:52 1996 To: Glenn Crocker From: William E Rompala Date: 17 Oct 96 9:53:33 Subject: Re: Mini Pepper's Ghost? Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >I've seen several people mention mini Pepper's Ghost setups, and I'd love >to do one myself, but I'm not sure what to do in the "scene", how to arrange >things, etc. Any suggestions or descriptions of mini Pepper's Ghost setups >would be really neat. WOW! An opportunity to recycle one of my very first posts here on Halloween-l. ;-) I'm a semi-pro magician in my double life. (Semi pro means you have to work at another well paying job to support your not well paying magic habit. ;-) ) This post originally appeared at Wed 05/15/96 11:34:28 AM (approximately) ;-) Hope it works for you! -W William Rompala rompala_william@jpmorgan.com romwil@netaxs.com Original Post Follows: =============================== Here is one effect, I created a 'ghostly manifestation' in a room, appearing over a "medium's" shoulder. Floor plan as follows... =) =============================== = = = M = = = = \ L2 = = \ = = \ = = L \ = = G \ = = \ = ============= ============ (drape) (drape) Let me know if that looks like crap on your side. If you are using a mail reader that uses a proportional font, highlight the ascii art and change the font to a non-proportonal ('system') font. Ok. here is the senario. People guided down the hallway. They are told to quietly gaze into the room where a medium contacts the 'evil spirits' that are roaming the earth this evening. Halfway down the room they see what looks like a partially open curtain and through the gap they see a medium at a table, crystal ball whatever. Dimly lit the medium goes through gyrations etc. Suddenly a fully three dimentional _transparent_ ghostly image of a person/horror striking apparition/monster appears on/in/around the medium. She attempts to control the thing, fails, screams, apparition notices watchers, laughs, starts to move toward them, room goes black, screams, something occurs to the left/right of the group going through to induce them to move on. Whew. How is it done? Well, the watchers are looking through a glass pane (represented pitifully by the \ marks above.). The Medium is M, L2 is a light source with a dimmer. G is Ghost, L is light source with a dimmer. Begining scene L is dark, L2 is a dim glow. Rule to Remember: if a pane of glass is lit from behind with the surface dark it is transparent. Any light added in front of the glass will add to its reflective qualities. Since the glass is at an angle the scene that is in front of the glass can be reflected back at an angle to the viewers. To make the ghost appear, darken L and raise L2. The watchers will see portions of both scenes simultaneously. Make the background of the G scene flat black. This is a great effect! The best part is that the spectator can see right through the ghost (due to the 'double exposure') and it is LIVE. Tune it to your liking. Hope this comes through coherently. -W --- William Rompala rompala_william@jpmorgan.com romwil@netaxs.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 07:20:43 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:11:10 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: kahnn@pa.net (Nathan Kahn) Subject: Re: FOG STUFF Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > Anyway, I was curious about fog machines. I read on this list that >all fog machines do is heat fog liquid stuff. So, if I was to heat fog >fluid, would I have the same effect as using a fog machine? I was thinking >about heating it, and piping it through a tube to create some fog. I thought >I'd ask the experts before I went out and wasted time and money on my little >project, if it would work. Thanks in advance. I do know somebody who plays in a band and says he used to heat fog fluid on a ceramic hot plate, and "it worked". But that's all I know. I think what he meant was it worked to make the stage smokey to make the lights look good. I don't know how you would pipe it through a tube. :Nathan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nathan Kahn Home: kahnn@pa.net Work: nathan@theatrefx.com Work Web: http://www.theatrefx.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 07:48:21 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:36:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Lucien Desar To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Carl Stowell wrote: > My fiance and I have decided to get married this year on october 31. > > I know disney world/universal studios goes off at halloween, remaking > their park, I have also heard about Knotts berry farm, but I don't know > where it is (calif?). > > Are there any other types of halloween oriented places any of you have > been that could possibly justify a honeymoon trip (or even an > anniversary) Since I live in Orlando I would have to tell you to *not* go to Orlando for your honeymoon, Disney World hardly does anything significant for Halloween that would be worth traveling here for and Universal Studio's "Halloween Horror Nights" is very very crowded, overpriced, and unless you like to be among thousands of people hearded like cattle from one attraction to another I highly suggest staying in the northern area of the United States. In my opinion (comparing to when I lived up north for the majority of my life) that a lot of the southern bible belt carries a harsh stigmata towards Halloween and it is not celebrated generaly with as much relish as the north :'(. (But I am working to change it ! :):):) ) just had to tell you, I read the "disneyworld & universal studios" part and I had to warn you in advance, the commericals are very deceptive. Lucien From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:06:20 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:57:06 -0500 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: armada@traveller.com (Doug Deason) Subject: Re: Electric Chair Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >>Wolfgang relates: >> >>>If anyone is in the Birmingham, Alabama area this year, come to the >>>Jaycee's Haunted house. >> > > That's pretty crazy, ... > > > welcome to the Bible Belt.!! Imagine the trouble I've had organizing a church "Fall Festival" when we want a haunted house. Too good, lots of complaints. Too watered down, nobody is interested. and this from a long time Halloween freak. My wife says I can't help myself. From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:14:16 1996 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 05:05:03 -0700 From: Mike Marcrum To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Another web page Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Roy, I love your site and I like the pictures. I am so untech that I only understand things when I see pictures. Your plans look great. After Halloween I am planning on starting a web page!! Yours is great. Kathy From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:23:14 1996 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 05:13:50 -0700 From: Mike Marcrum To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Carl, How great!! And just think of the hauntings you can do in the years to come...A moldy wedding cake with a skeleton bride and groom on top, old dried up lace and things on a old wedding dress...oh yes a million ideas come to mind!! Oh, by the way,,,,congrats on the happy day!! Kathy the new kid on the crypt mmarcrum@ix.netcom.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:25:01 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:11:06 -0500 From: "E. Wolfgang A. Poe" To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Electric Chair Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com htraver@dreamsys.com wrote: > > Is the Distortions electric chair the same one in the Halloween Outlet > catalog? The Queen Mary got themselves one, but we felt it didn't add > whatsoever to the horror.... That depends, was it the static one or the animated one? -- Wolfgang Poe Gothic Magician http://www.wwisp.com/~raven/index.html From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:25:33 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 10:21:25 CDT To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: robdoc@startribune.com (Robyn Dochterman) Subject: Bird with LED eyes Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Hi all, I'm still trying to finish up my graveyard, and I really liked the idea of perching a raven-like bird on one of the tombstones. I'd like mine to have L.E.D. eyes which run off a battery pack (2 Cs). I also have a switch for the battery pack. I'd like to make the inside of the bird hollow, and have the battery pack sit inside, while the switch is accessible. I tried carving the bird out of styrofoam, but couldn't hollow the neck (for the wires to the eyes very well. Now I'm thinking about making a chicken wire model with a paper mache covering, but I'm not sure if this will work either. Anybody out there already been down this road? Anybody have suggestions? I appreciate your ideas and help. Thanks. Robyn Robyn Dochterman Interactive editor Star Tribune Online Robdoc@startribune.com http://www.startribune.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:30:27 1996 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 05:17:19 -0700 From: Mike Marcrum To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Carl, where do we send the wedding presents!! I think I have a spare jello brain mold somewhere!! And everyone needs a skeleton candleabra for their new home. And a anniversary clock with just the number 13 on all the hours and skeleton hands.... Kathy From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:51:47 1996 From: R4M2J1@aol.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 11:41:30 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Trash Can Trauma Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com In a question to Larry Lund I asked about compressor/air sources he stated the following: << Carl has his completely self contained, and is using a freon can for air and has not run out of air yet. >> I was wondering if someone knows were to get cans of freon and how big they need to be to power something such as Trash Can Trauma? Thank for your help, Dale. r4m2j1@aol.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 08:55:17 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:42:01 -0600 (MDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Bedlam Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I remember this time last year seeing some postings about sample party invitiations..I couldn't find them on the web page..so if any of you have some that you would like to share personally, please send them to me. I am hosting a masquerade ball and want a really groovy invitation looking thing that could perhaps be used as a flyer as well. Thank you for your help. Bedlam From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 09:46:19 1996 From: Davis_Karen To: "'halloween-l'" Subject: FW: Halloween Haunts in Philly? -Reply Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:32:04 -0400 Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >I don't have info on it, but I believe that >Winery(?) >where the Pennsylvania >Renaissance Faire is held has some kind of >Halloween stuff. Also, you're not far from >Lancaster (I go there from Philly a couple of >times a year). Why not try Jason's Woods (see >http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2007/haunts.html). They have >multiple haunts on one site. ...mt. hope winery...mannheim, pa....rt 72... karend > From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 09:49:06 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:34:08 From: JBKadel@gnn.com (Jim Kadel) To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Trash Can Trauma Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Dale wrote, in part, today: ========================= >I was wondering if someone knows were to get cans of freon At your local black market dealer. Only kidding, as freon is one of those environmentally banned substances. [major cause of ozone depletion, they claim] I'd recommend renting or buying a small compressed air tank sold at auto stores and filling at a local gas station. ***************************************** Jim Kadel (JBKadel@gnn.com) soul producer of "Haunted Porch" ***************************************** From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 10:00:56 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:46:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Bell To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Trash Can Trauma Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Whups! Check the wording there, Dale: NOT "can of Freon" but "Freon can" These are used, empty, discarded ('cause they are illegal to refill) Freon tanks, thrown out by refrigeration service/repair folks. They are the size of those (also discardable) Helium tanks you buy in the party stores. About 15" diameter, maybe a little taller, shaped kinda like the old LP Gas tanks on trailers and BBQs. There are kits available to adapt them for compressed air use. J C Whitney sells a couple different kits, for example. You DONT want to use Freon itself for pneumatic effects. Too expensive, too regulated, too cold when it expands, and too toxic! Dave On Thu, 17 Oct 1996 R4M2J1@aol.com wrote: > In a question to Larry Lund I asked about compressor/air sources he stated > the following: > > << Carl has > his completely self contained, and is using a freon can for air and has > not run out of air yet. >> > > I was wondering if someone knows were to get cans of freon and how big they > need to be to power something such as Trash Can Trauma? From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 10:02:15 1996 From: Davis_Karen To: "'halloween-l'" Subject: FW: DONT! Waste your money on this haunt! Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:54:02 -0400 Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >> Just got back from "Lockports Haunted Cave" ...jason's report reminded me of a book i read a while back..."Midnight's Lair" by, i believe, Richard Layton...i couldn't put it down, and the terror of it stayed with me for days... ...basically, its about a cave attraction that goes dreadfully wrong... ...if you want to read something spooky, try it... karend From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 10:06:19 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 11:57:55 -0500 (CDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: DJ Subject: Re: Bird with LED eyes Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com At 10:21 AM 10/17/96 CDT, you wrote: > >Hi all, > >I'm still trying to finish up my graveyard, and I really liked the idea of >perching a raven-like bird on one of the tombstones. Hi, Robyn! I found my birdie for $3.99 at Big Lots. He's not huge, but very realistic, covered in black feathers. The best part is he's hollow. I just reamed out his eye sockets and made a trap door, um, under his tail feathers to insert the battery pack. The switch wouldn't be immediately accessible this way, but it's easy enough to reach inside. Hope this helps! DJ, who felt a lot like Norman Bates doing taxidermy From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 10:21:40 1996 From: ALLAN DAVID Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 12:34:56 -0400 Subject: RE: Homemade Lightning To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I called our local bookstore to order this book. While the original publisher may have gone out of business (according to a previous post), the book was recently reissued by McGraw-Hill. The ISBN is ISBN: 0070215286 and the list price is $19.95. It is a trade paperback (large format). Regards, David dallan@dow.com - ---------- From: Greg Hope[SMTP:ghope@coyote.csusm.edu] Sent: Friday, October 11, 1996 11:49 AM To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Homemade Lightning In the last couple of days, someone mentioned a "clockface" that threw off sparks. Someone followed that up, asking if he/she could have meant Wimshurst generator. There is a book available on such things and I have a copy of it. Ford, R.A. Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Tab Books, 1991. The cover price is $14.95. I had forgotten all about it, but the above comments made me realize that here was an untapped source for Halloween effects. This is definitely not low tech. The book gives a brief history of electricity and electrostatic energy, provides plans for building a modified Wimshurst generator and further suggestions for experimentation. I haven't yet had nor made the time to delve into this subject (the book caught my eye and I picked it up for the future), but the possibilities for Halloween in this area seem very promising. I seem to recall seeing some kind of electrostatic generator in an Edmund Scientific or Carolina Biologic Supply catalog. The projects in the book I have would demand the skills of a serious home hobbiest with time on his/her hands. The only advantage I can see in these plans is the potential for scaling them up to a pretty big generator. The one described in the book creates sufficient charge to cause a model's hair to stand completely on end (there's a picture in the book). Is the spark effect produced by this thing more spectacular than a Jacob's Ladder? Probably not, but someone willing to build and experiment with one of these would likely discover some unimagined uses. I would be happy to lend this book by mail to anyone who is seriously interested in following up on this, as long as he/she would commit to returning the book when finished with it. Greg H (619)945-4424 F (619)726-2804 E ghope@mailhost.csusm.edu From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 10:45:23 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 12:33:28 CDT To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: robdoc@startribune.com (Robyn Dochterman) Subject: Re: Bird with LED eyes Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Thanks DJ, Your bird sounds perfect! Alas, no Big Lots around here (Minnesota), though. Do you suppose craft stores (we have Michaels) or toy stores would have something similar? --Robyn >I found my birdie for $3.99 at Big Lots. He's not huge, but very realistic, >covered in black feathers. The best part is he's hollow. I just reamed out >his eye sockets and made a trap door, um, under his tail feathers to insert >the battery pack. The switch wouldn't be immediately accessible this way, >but it's easy enough to reach inside. > >Hope this helps! > >DJ, who felt a lot like Norman Bates doing taxidermy > Robyn Dochterman Interactive editor Star Tribune Online Robdoc@startribune.com http://www.startribune.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 10:58:39 1996 To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Pumpkin Saver Stuff. From: rodney3@juno.com (Rodney G Grantham) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:33:00 EDT Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Heck, You can soak them in WATER every few days and get pretty good preservation. It restores some of the shriveling. Wonder if this is anything extra or just a con. Also can put in the refrigerator when not on display to prolong the life expectancy. Rodney rodney3@juno.com rodney@worldnet.att.net http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2049 On Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:18:42 -0400 cstowell@cstone.net (Carl Stowell) writes: >I saw the stuff at wallmart. I have never used it though. You >apparently soak the 'kins in it every three days >and really intricate designs won't whither away. I was thinking about >using From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 11:13:35 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:54:39 -0700 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Lisa Marie Subject: Re: Pumpkin Saver Stuff. Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > You can soak them in WATER every few days and get pretty good >preservation. It restores some of the shriveling. Wonder if this is >anything extra or just a con. > Yes, it is something extra. A plain water soak will restore the plumpness, but you can't stop it from molding - the preservative dip essentially pickles the pumpkin to retard the molding process. >Also can put in the refrigerator when not on display to prolong the life >expectancy. Keeping it cold will keep it from molding for a while, but I don't have enough room in my fridge for leftovers, let alone 6 pumpkins! \\\|/// \\ - - // ( @ @ ) +---------oOOo-(_)-oOOo----------+ | Lisa Marie Peterson | | Administrative Assistant | | CellAccess Division | | FORE SYSTEMS WEST | | direct 408-467-4626 | | email peterson@fore.com | | internet http://www.fore.com | +------------------Oooo----------+ oooO ( ) ( ) ) / From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 12:25:42 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:02:40 -0700 From: Greenrey To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Sorry!--RE Maniacal Multimedia Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Hi-- Sorry I didn't specify how to get the zip of 1 wave and 2 MIDI files--just email me at greenrey@worldnet.att.net. It was almost 2am when I wrote the post, and so in my weariness, forgot to include this info. Any requests that I'd received by noon today (Thursday) have been sent out. Aaron -- "When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." --Robert Heinlein greenrey@worldnet.att.net -or- awynnhi@kes.miracosta.cc.ca.us Visit Greenrey's Study at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1982/ From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 12:43:58 1996 From: "Chris Howard " To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:33:37 +0000 Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com . In my opinion > (comparing to when I lived up north for the majority of my life) > that a lot of the southern bible belt carries a harsh stigmata > towards Halloween and it is not celebrated generaly with as much > relish as the north :'(. (But I am working to change it ! :):):) > ) Hmmm....I am from the "Southern Bible Belt" and a big Halloween fan- I'm just curious, how do we NOT celebrate it like the north? We have kids trick or treat, decorate our houses for Halloween and host parties, carve Jack O'Lanterns and have Haunted Houses set up by the Jaycees and pros...what are we missing? Chris Howard who, like Freya, is from Atlanta, GA and is very glad the Olympics are gone -- Chris Howard lhoward@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~lhoward/ "Humans live best when each has his place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achive. Destroy the place and you destroy the person." -Bene Gesserit teaching From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 15:03:03 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 17:46:35 EST From: Stuart McIntire To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Silver Dollar City (Branson, MO) Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I posted a similar message last year, but we have many new members, so... Many years ago (either '75 or '76), I visited Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. They had a haunted ride - I don't recall the name - but which, I believe, resembled an old mining shaft. It was *O.K.*, but may have gotten better...or possibly replaced. Can anyone recall this ride, and if so, what details do you remember...which ones worked...which didn't? Is there still a haunted ride at SDC??? - Stu stuart.mcintire@uage.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 15:29:01 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 17:05:58 -0500 From: David Kiihne To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Windows 95 Horror Theme Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com For those of you with Windows 95, you may be interested in the Horror Movie (with a little Doom) Theme I found on the Internet. The wallpaper is a nice-looking graphic of a screaming face superimposed on a night sky over a cemetery. The animated cursors are a body exploding (I think it's a Doom character) and a guillotine complete with severed head and splattered blood!!! (Gotta love that!) The screen saver is a Doom monster who walks across the screen either shooting things or getting blown up. And the icons are from the Hellraiser movies. Don't know what the sounds are like yet; no sound card in my office PC. :( To get it, visit Banzai's Win95 Themes page at: http://www.95themes.com/ and look in the Movies themes under "H" for "Horror" OR FTP to ftp://ftp.95themes.com/horror.zip Thought some of you might get a kick out of it. Dave - daveki@nebfef.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 15:36:37 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 17:27:46 -0500 (CDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: DJ Subject: Re: Bird with LED eyes Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com At 12:33 PM 10/17/96 CDT, you wrote: >Thanks DJ, > >Your bird sounds perfect! Alas, no Big Lots around here (Minnesota), though. >Do you suppose craft stores (we have Michaels) or toy stores would have >something similar? Hi, Robyn! You could check at Michaels; I haven't shopped there this season. (The nearest one is 80+ miles away.) I was in Big Lots this afternoon; I looked for the bird, thinking I might could pick up one for you and snail mail it. Alas, they are sold out! :( If you can't find a black bird, you might try looking in the garden section of WalMart at their plastic owls. They have some big, ugly ones fairly cheap. I suppose they are meant to scare varmints out of the garden or something. Anyway, although they don't have real feathers, they are pretty darn creepy looking. I expect with LED eyes, they would fit nicely in a cemetery. Sorry I couldn't find a bird for you. I'll keep my eyes open, just in case, though. Happy haunting! DJ, who's feeling like an old buzzard herself today From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 16:10:07 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 18:03:46 CDT To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: robdoc@startribune.com (Robyn Dochterman) Subject: Re: Bird with LED eyes Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com DJ, you are a sweetheart! Thanks! >I was in Big Lots this afternoon; I looked >for the bird, thinking I might could pick up one for you and snail mail it. >Alas, they are sold out! :( Robyn Dochterman Interactive editor Star Tribune Online Robdoc@startribune.com http://www.startribune.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 16:33:19 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 19:21:42 -0400 From: dingwal To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Tombstone Question Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Lisa Marie wrote: > > > The only styrofoam I can find is at craft stores and is 2" thick > >but only 1' by 3' sheets. I think I would want something wider than > >1 foot. Where do I look for something 2' wide. > > Home Depot has Polystyrene sheets in 4'x2'x2" and 6'x4'x2", but > you might have to check a couple of them before you find it. > > > What do I cut it with? Something like a hack saw blade? > > You can buy a special styrofoam cutter which is basicly a hot wire - > but I don't have one of those, so I don't know. I use an electric carving > knife, it works great. > > > Should I consider a different material? I don't think wood > >that is maybe 3/4" thick would be as nice. > > If you can't find the wide styrofoam I guess you might have to - but > I'd check around if I were you. Any store that has building materials could > have it. > > \\\|/// > \\ - - // > ( @ @ ) > +---------oOOo-(_)-oOOo----------+ > | Lisa Marie Peterson | > | Administrative Assistant | > | CellAccess Division | > | FORE SYSTEMS WEST | > | direct 408-467-4626 | > | email peterson@fore.com | > | internet http://www.fore.com | > +------------------Oooo----------+ > oooO ( ) > ( ) ) / Couldn't you glue several pieces together? After all the paint and detailing you shouldn't be able to see any lines...Just a thought...Bobby From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 16:45:57 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 19:40:17 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: jasonch@zeus.jersey.net (Jason Christman) Subject: SCARE TIP Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I don't know how usefull that this will be to any of you, but I thought I'd add it anyway. A while back, there was talk of what scares people. A few years ago, when I first started doing my haunted deck attraction for my younger brothers Halloween Party, I really didn't have many big or cool effects. However, one gag that I pulled on the little kids was to take some of them aside when they went through the Haunted Porch, and told all the other kids that they hadn't made it through. If your haunt is aimed at younger kids this will scare them out of their wits. I had a group of girls crying! It worked a little TOO well. Of course, most of these kids were only about eight years old, so it's not real usefull on most people. Oh well, just thought that I'd add my ideas. I can assure you that now that I've discovered this list, my haunt is gonna be a lot better this year :-) !!!!!!!! Jason Christman jasonch@zeus.jersey.net **********THIS E-MAIL WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE SECONDS*********** From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 17:02:42 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 19:48:17 -0400 From: Jack Bentley To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Chris Howard wrote: > > parties, carve Jack O'Lanterns and have Haunted Houses set up by the > Jaycees and pros...what are we missing? I only know of the Jaycees House in Newtown(Alpharetta). Do you know of others? If so, please pass them along. > Chris Howard > who, like Freya, is from Atlanta, GA and is very glad the Olympics > are gone Amen! Jack B. -- aka: Flamingo Joe ----------------------------------------------------- Flamingo Joe's Sail Shack hopes you have a Hobie Day! http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1848 Member of the HTML Writer's Guild Save The World, Sink A PWC! From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 17:19:44 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:07:17 -0400 From: dingwal To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: FOG STUFF Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com John P. Jeffries wrote: > > Jason Christman wrote: > > > > I've been on this list for a couple of weeks, and I've already > > picked up some great ideas... I love this list!! > > Anyway, I was curious about fog machines. I read on this list that > > all fog machines do is heat fog liquid stuff. So, if I was to heat fog > > fluid, would I have the same effect as using a fog machine? > > To be safe, your better off picking up a machine, or search the Archives > on the home built fogger...Or rent one locally. > Better safe than sorry, and the effect would be better. > > Just my pocket change, > > John. > ***************************************** > * Mr.Scary Productions * > * E-mail mrscary@kiva.net * > * Work web http://www.kiva.net/~mrscary * > ***************************************** I agree, I know a fellow who made his own fog machine. A drunk at the party picked it up and began spraying all around at everybody. Problem was that the darn thing began spraying the HOT fluid instaed of fog. Several folks got lasting burns. I found a used fog machine for $30.00 at a local theatrical house. If your near a major city there should be several supply houses and rental shops...Bobby From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 17:28:59 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:15:55 -0400 From: dingwal To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Maniacal Multimedia Madness--.WAV and MIDI Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Greenrey wrote: > > Hello, Fiends, er, Friends! > > I know that there are others such as I ghoulishly obsessed with > sound on their computers...so I've taken my ghost.wav (it's scary!), my > hauntman.mid (the MIDI version of the theme played over and over again in > Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Lobby), and my newly acquired munsters.mid > (why, the theme from The Munsters, in MIDI of course!) and compacted them > nicely into a zip file. It's a free-for-all! We're giving them away! > Hurry and reserve yours now, because at this price, they won't last very > long! > (Please note--I have to have my MIDI Mapper in my Control Panel set at > "FM Synth (Ext)" to hear these particular MIDI files on my system. > Maniacal Multimedia Madness and its owners/operators are in no way liable > for improper installation of these files. This offer for a limited time > only. Shipping and handling responsibility of the recipient. While > supplies last. Void where prohibited.) > > Aaron > > -- > "When in danger or in doubt, > run in circles, scream and shout." > --Robert Heinlein > greenrey@worldnet.att.net -or- awynnhi@kes.miracosta.cc.ca.us > Visit Greenrey's Study at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1982/ Please send me a copy of your sound files...Can't wait..Thanx...Bobby From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 17:30:23 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:17:17 -0400 From: dingwal To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Maniacal Multimedia Madness--.WAV and MIDI Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Greenrey wrote: > > Hello, Fiends, er, Friends! > > I know that there are others such as I ghoulishly obsessed with > sound on their computers...so I've taken my ghost.wav (it's scary!), my > hauntman.mid (the MIDI version of the theme played over and over again in > Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Lobby), and my newly acquired munsters.mid > (why, the theme from The Munsters, in MIDI of course!) and compacted them > nicely into a zip file. It's a free-for-all! We're giving them away! > Hurry and reserve yours now, because at this price, they won't last very > long! > (Please note--I have to have my MIDI Mapper in my Control Panel set at > "FM Synth (Ext)" to hear these particular MIDI files on my system. > Maniacal Multimedia Madness and its owners/operators are in no way liable > for improper installation of these files. This offer for a limited time > only. Shipping and handling responsibility of the recipient. While > supplies last. Void where prohibited.) > > Aaron > > -- > "When in danger or in doubt, > run in circles, scream and shout." > --Robert Heinlein > greenrey@worldnet.att.net -or- awynnhi@kes.miracosta.cc.ca.us > Visit Greenrey's Study at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1982/ OOPS, just got the file you sent...THANX MUCH...Bobby From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 17:47:22 1996 From: charles hostetler Subject: Re: Bird with LED eyes To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 14:55:31 -0600 (MDT) Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > > At 12:33 PM 10/17/96 CDT, you wrote: > >Thanks DJ, > > > >Your bird sounds perfect! Alas, no Big Lots around here (Minnesota), though. > >Do you suppose craft stores (we have Michaels) or toy stores would have > >something similar? > > You could check at Michaels; I haven't shopped there this season. > I know for a fact that Michaels carries a raven covered with black feathers (I worked there while they were getting their Halloween stuff in). I don't remember how much it was, but I think it was something like $9.99 (ouch!). -Chuck Hostetler From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 18:14:31 1996 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:59:41 -0400 From: dingwal To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com John Base wrote: > > > > Hi all! I've gotten many great ideas off the list. I've always > wanted to be able to have some sort of strobe light go off to the > sound of thunder and lightning, and heard the word color organ > mentioned to triger the strobe. As I slap my forehead saying "why > didn't I think of that" I pulled out an old color organ built from a > kit many years ago and fired it up. I'm able to get it to work with > the strobes, but it seems the input level I have to send in is very > high. > > Does anyone else have a setup using a color organ, and if so, what kit > did you use, and how much of an input does it needs (watts, etc). Any > info would be greatly appreciated! > > Jbase@popmail.lmu.edu > > I went a little further than a color organ and this may be to much for most folks but here's what I used at a friends party: I ran a continues play tape (answering machine tape) of thunder out to two seperate control circuits (preamp outs). The first was a Digital delay kit I bought several years ago at radio shack. I got the delay somewhere between 1/2 second or so. I think it was called a "bucket brigade circuit". The sound was distorted a bit, but it still worked well. That circuit fed an old amp I had lying around which I used to power speakers under each window of the house (I'll explain the reason for the delay in a moment). The other side of the output went through another cheapo amp (very small amp, maybe a watt or two) which fed the sound to a anolog to digital circuit who's main function was to make a 5volt pulse whenever any sound came down the wire. The circuit was pretty easy to build. Matter of fact I think I just fed the anolog signal into the input of a "Schmitt Trigger (7414) and that gave me my 5 volt pulse out. This 5volt pulse triggered a string of Strobelights positioned outside each window (I bought the strobelights used from a theatrical rental supply. I think they were used for rock bands. But the had a 5volt trigger thing on the back). The 5 volt pulse also kicked on some spotlights very briefly (using a solid state relay, abou $20 from electronic wharehouses). WEW, I hadn't realized till now how much work this was! But anyway, the final effect was Flashes of lightning outside each window of the party house, followed quickly by loud thunder claps. Kinda like nature does it. The spotlights stayed on just long enough to give the lightning a trailing effect. Strobelights are to perfect of a flash by themselves. The bucket brigade was adjustable so I could get it as perfect as I wanted it. Of course the windows were covered with torn sheets as any good haunted house has, and a few well placed branches outside the window made for some really neat shadows. I know it's a bit much for most folks, but I had a lot of time on my hands back then. Hope someone can use the idea...Bobby From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 18:49:36 1996 From: cheese@adstone.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:25:54 -0500 Subject: Re: Trash Can Trauma To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com HA>In a question to Larry Lund I asked about compressor/air sources he stated HA>the following: HA><< Carl has HA> his completely self contained, and is using a freon can for air and has HA> not run out of air yet. >> HA>I was wondering if someone knows were to get cans of freon and how big they HA>need to be to power something such as Trash Can Trauma? HA> HA> Thank for your help, HA> Dale. HA> r4m2j1@aol.co Dale, The reason I use washing machine water inlet valves& freon cans is because I own An appliance store called Mid-Island Appliance we recondition all major appliances , sales& service these items are there for me . As your driving down the road and see a discarded washer take the valve out they work great. Carl J Chetta Mid-Island Appliance 1661 Islip Ave. Central Islip, N.Y. 11722 516-273-6501 From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 20:22:41 1996 From: R4M2J1@aol.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:14:11 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Mirrors Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Mirrors, mirrors and more mirror I have about ten 4'X4' mirror left over from an old business. I figure there has to be a Halloweenish use for them. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Dale r4m2j1@aol.com (Halloweenish??) From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 20:33:17 1996 From: DWFWW@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:26:10 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Mirrors To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >I figure there has to be a Halloweenish use for them. Well, yes. And a simple, effective one, if the situation is set up correctly. I was in a commercial walk-through haunt, and found myself walking down an incline toward a door. The door had what appeared to be a window in it. The corridor was lit in blacklight. When I got to the level of the door, I saw what initially looked like a ghostly figure walking toward me from behind the window in the door. It gave me a chill, and then I realized I was looking at a reflection of my UV-illuminated self. Yes, just a simple mirror. A similar, and perhaps better version of this might be set up in a totally dark area, which is set up to be flooded in blacklight suddenly, by use of a shutter over the blacklight fixture. Illuminate only the guests, and leave the area with the mirror(s) dark. Alternately, you might try a strobe with this same setup. Experiment by trying it on yourself. :-) -Doug *********************************************************************** * Safety, Courtesy, Show and Efficiency: * Doug Ferguson * * The Keys To The Kingdom * dwfww@jazz.ucc.uno.edu * *********************************************************************** From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 20:55:31 1996 From: cheese@adstone.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:30:30 -0500 Subject: Mirrors To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com HA>Mirrors, mirrors and more mirror I have about ten 4'X4' mirror left over fro HA>an old HA>business. I figure there has to be a Halloweenish use for them. Any ideas? If you have 10 small straws with them Ha only kidden, Yes, Glue all the mirrors next to each other on a board to form a square only pitch each mirror at a different angle " slight " then hang it up , good for a party Carl Chetta HA> Dal HA> r4m2j1@aol.co HA>(Halloweenish?? From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 21:02:18 1996 From: cheese@adstone.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:37:58 -0500 Subject: Mirrors To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com HA>Mirrors, mirrors and more mirror I have about ten 4'X4' mirror left over fro HA>an old HA>business. I figure there has to be a Halloweenish use for them. Any ideas? I suggested placing them on a board thinking they were 4" not 4' Carl HA> Dal HA> r4m2j1@aol.co HA>(Halloweenish?? From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 21:35:15 1996 From: "Chris Howard " To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:49:03 +0000 Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > I only know of the Jaycees House in Newtown(Alpharetta). Do you > know of others? If so, please pass them along. There is one that is usually at Cumberland Mall...the only other house I really know of this year is the one that you mentioned in House of Blues. If you hear of any others Jack I would surely love it if you'd pass it along. When are you going to one? My husband and I are trying to get some friends together to go to one but we're having no luck right now. Chris Howard > > > Chris Howard > > who, like Freya, is from Atlanta, GA and is very glad the Olympics > > are gone > > Amen! > > Jack B. > -- > aka: Flamingo Joe > ----------------------------------------------------- > Flamingo Joe's Sail Shack hopes you have a Hobie Day! > http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1848 > Member of the HTML Writer's Guild > Save The World, Sink A PWC! > -- Chris Howard lhoward@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~lhoward/ "Humans live best when each has his place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achive. Destroy the place and you destroy the person." -Bene Gesserit teaching From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 23:11:47 1996 From: SkinkSim@aol.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 02:05:28 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: L.E.D's Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I have a confession to make. I've been working with Haunted Houses for more than 10 years ... but I never learned how to hook up l.e.d.'s to a battery and make them work. I know it's a relatively simple process, and I am filled with shame, but can someone help me out? From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Thu Oct 17 23:37:45 1996 From: RADRAY5@aol.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 02:31:26 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Where can I buy a color organ? I went to Radio Shack and they gave me a dumb stare and said " a what?" Is this something that is special ordered from a catalog and if so can someone give me the name of one to call? I've seen several references to kits, are they sold as an assembled unit as well? Thanks for the info. Chris From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 05:45:03 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 06:32:09 -0600 From: Lauren Jones To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Crypt Graphic -Reply Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I'm on travel for the next few days, but will try to get you some pics! Remind me! From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 05:54:46 1996 From: etowski@clark.net Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 08:45:41 -0400 (EDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Creepy ScreenSavers? Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Please let us know were we can get them too .ME Too! etowski@clark.net On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Moon wrote: > > >i have Dripping Blood, a ghost that goes floating around the screen > >and a witch that drops pumpkin bombs and has a Happy Halloween sign > >floating around, i could zip them and send them to you. > > > >Jett > > > >if anyone else wants them, let me know.......... > > Me Me Me Me Me -- Ohh Please, I am in desperate need of comptuer decorations. > > Thanx SOOO Much.. > 0=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-0 > o Moon o > | Fiberopt@pipeline.com | > o -Happy Halloween- o > | | > o "From o to Witch in 2.1 Secconds" o > | "Wicca, Its not a new wave of lawn junk" | > 0=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-0 > From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 05:59:50 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 08:57:37 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Linda Bills Subject: Re: Pumpkin Saver Stuff. Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I went and had a look at the pumpkin dip at Walmart. Good Graves, but it does sound like a pain in the butt! Should of listened to the list. I usually carve a dozen pumpkins (the locals call them "TV pumpkins") for my graveyard, so keeping them in the frig wouldn't work. Still looking for an easier solution. I live on a lake maybe I should tie them up and soak them every night off the bank! Linda pyrfan@ismi.net >Heck, > > You can soak them in WATER every few days and get pretty good >preservation. It restores some of the shriveling. Wonder if this is >anything extra or just a con. > >Also can put in the refrigerator when not on display to prolong the life >expectancy. > >Rodney >rodney3@juno.com >rodney@worldnet.att.net >http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2049 > >On Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:18:42 -0400 cstowell@cstone.net (Carl Stowell) >writes: >>I saw the stuff at wallmart. I have never used it though. You >>apparently soak the 'kins in it every three days >>and really intricate designs won't whither away. I was thinking about >>using > From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 06:09:12 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:07:24 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Linda Bills Subject: Re: Bird with LED eyes Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I also saw a bird like this at the local Halloween USA store. This is the one that sits on top of a skull - it's eyes light up and its says something.....hmmmm something like; "the end is near", at least I think that's what it said. They also have a nice looking plain raven - can't remember the price - but I only saw one left. Linda pyrfan@ismi.net >> >Your bird sounds perfect! Alas, no Big Lots around here (Minnesota), though. >> >Do you suppose craft stores (we have Michaels) or toy stores would have >> >something similar? >> >> You could check at Michaels; I haven't shopped there this season. >> > > I know for a fact that Michaels carries a raven covered with >black feathers (I worked there while they were getting their Halloween >stuff in). I don't remember how much it was, but I think it was something >like $9.99 (ouch!). > > -Chuck Hostetler > From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 06:28:56 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 96 09:23:08 EST From: Stuart McIntire To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re[2]: Strobe Light / Color Organ Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Apologies to anyone who may work for Radio Shark, but I've also experienced the DS (Dumb Stare) Effect. Sometimes, it's offered in tangent with the OM (Open Mouth) Effect... ;) In my case, I was asking about X-10. It all goes back to a previous discussion about company size/pay levels/loss of expertise in the open market... :( ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ Author: halloween-l@netcom.com at Internet Date: 10/18/96 6:03 AM Where can I buy a color organ? I went to Radio Shack and they gave me a dumb stare and said " a what?" Is this something that is special ordered from a catalog and if so can someone give me the name of one to call? I've seen several references to kits, are they sold as an assembled unit as well? Thanks for the info. Chris From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 06:41:26 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:40:05 -0400 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Linda Bills Subject: Roll Over Beethoven Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Hope you don't mind, it isn't exactly halloween stuff, but it struck me funny, so I'm forwarding it to the list. With my sick sense of humor I enjoyed it thought some of you might also. Linda pyrfan@ismi.net >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > "The Sixth Sense - The Sense of Humor" >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden >he hears some music. No one is around and he starts searching for >the source. > >He finally locates the origin and finds it is coming from a grave >with a headstone that reads: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827. Then >he realizes that the music is the Ninth Symphony and it is being >played backward! Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades a >friend to return with him. > >By the time they arrive back at the grave, the music has changed. >This time it was the Seventh Symphony, but like the previous piece, >it was being played backward. Curious, the men agreed to consult a >music scholar. When they returned with the expert, the Fifth >Symphony was playing. Again it was backward. By the next day the >word had spread and there was quite a crowd around the grave. They >were all listening to the Second Symphony being played backward. >Just then the graveyard's caretaker ambled up to the group. Someone >in the crowd asked him if he had an explanation for the music. > >"Don't you get it?" the caretaker said incredulously. "He's >decomposing!" > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >"The Sixth Sense - The Sense of Humor" is a open conference to share >humor with over 1,500 members. Forward this one to a friend. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >SEND comments to the list owner: Mark.Fremer@ClearVista.com > >SUBMIT your conference messages To: 6th-Sense@xc.org > >SUBSCRIBE to this free conference by sending the message: > Subscribe 6th-Sense To: Hub@xc.org > >UNSUBSCRIBE to this free conference by sending the message: > Unsubscribe 6th-Sense To: Hub@xc.org > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >WARNING - The 6th-Sense might be considered funny. Please read our >disclaimer. Send this message to get the disclaimer: > Get 6th-Sense disclaimer To: Hub@xc.org >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 06:49:37 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 06:47:00 -0700 From: Bob Andrews To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Stuart McIntire wrote: > > Apologies to anyone who may work for Radio Shark, but I've also experienced > the DS (Dumb Stare) Effect. Sometimes, it's offered in tangent with the OM > (Open Mouth) Effect... ;) In my case, I was asking about X-10. It all goes > back to a previous discussion about company size/pay levels/loss of expertise > in the open market... :( When I asked for a color organ at Radio Shack, the guy knew what I meant --once I explained to him what a color organ is. THEN he told me they don't sell them. Same results, but at least a cosmic cognitive connection was made. ;-) -- Bob Andrews bandrews@inreach.com http://www.anaserve.com/~BoBandrews From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 07:06:27 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:51:57 -0400 From: Jack Bentley To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Stuart McIntire wrote: > > the DS (Dumb Stare) Effect. Sometimes, it's offered in tangent with the OM > (Open Mouth) Effect... ;) Do not forget the sometimes accompanying "huh". Jack "O-Lantern" B. -- aka: Flamingo Joe ----------------------------------------------------- Flamingo Joe's Sail Shack hopes you have a Hobie Day! http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1848 Member of the HTML Writer's Guild From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 07:18:23 1996 From: etowski@clark.net Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 10:12:24 -0400 (EDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: web page help Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com If any one needs help with making their web page.you can send your questions to poehlman@clark.net . And no I do not have my home page done yet! I still got a get my cat and halloween pictures scanned. From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 07:20:10 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 23:17:55 +1000 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: dalexand@post.click.or.jp (David Alexander) Subject: Halloween help! Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Greetings everyone! I have been on this list for about a week now and find it just amazing that there are people out there that love Halloween as much as me. I am also very jealous of all the Halloween resources you all seem to have. This year I am teaching in Japan and Halloween is not a big thing here, it doesn't exist except among the foreign community. But this year, I have decided to change that and I am going to educate my fellow teachers and Japanese friends on Halloween by throwing a big Halloween party. I have some decorations that friends sent out, and I have cotton to make cobwebs, and I have hunted down dry ice to make fog and am even sawing out tombstones and a coffin from cardboard boxes but does anyone else have any other suggestions? Anyting else that would add Halloween mood to this party? It has to be somewhat simple though as it is hard to get specific materials. Also, I am wondering if anyone knows of some good Halloween drinks for the party? Alcohol is something that I can find here :) Thanks in advance for any suggestions! David ____\\____ /' __ __ `\ <> Happy Hauntings from Dr. Death | ( o` 'o ) | <> dalexand@post.click.or.jp | .----_----, | <> http://www.click.or.jp/~dalexand/ `\ `-"---"-' /' `----------' From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 07:49:39 1996 From: DWFWW@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:36:48 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: L.E.D's To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >but I never learned how to hook up l.e.d.'s to a battery The following info should do it. This comes from the Flying Crank Ghost instructions: ------------------------------------------------------------------ For those of you wishing to use L.E.D.'s in any Halloween project, the following information will be invaluable. Walls of 'bat' eyes and many other such effects are possible with these little wonders, which commonly outlast miniature light bulbs many times over. If you've never played with them, here's your chance to experiment. L.E.D. Math for Imagineers R (ballast) = V (power supply) - V (L.E.D.'s) / 15 x 10^-3 (or .015) ------ V (L.E.D.'s) values (Multiply these values times the number of L.E.D.'s you use in series.) Red 1.8V Yellow 2.0V Green 2.2V Blue 3.4V (Good luck finding blue ones, but they look great!) EXAMPLES: For 2 Red L.E.D.'s on a 12V supply, use a 560 Ohm resistor [or: 1.8 x 2 in series = 3.6 V of Red L.E.D.'s, so... (12-3.6) / .015 = 560 Ohm or 560 Ohm ballast required] For 2 Red L.E.D.'s on a 9V supply, use a 360 Ohm resistor For 2 Red L.E.D.'s on a 6V supply, use a 160 Ohm resistor 2 Red L.E.D.'s on a 3V supply need no ballast - it will probably work, despite the predictions of the formula, but it will eat your battery alive! In other words, you should use at least 6 volts or higher to be practical. NOTES: The LONG lead on an L.E.D. is the ANODE, which expects to see the positive (+) terminal of the D.C. power supply or battery. As mentioned above in the text, the anode of one L.E.D. must be connected to the cathode of the other for the pair to work. L.E.D.'s are, as their name implies, diodes, and thus they will only pass electrical current in one direction. DO NOT connect L.E.D.'s in parallel. --------------- -Doug *********************************************************************** * Safety, Courtesy, Show and Efficiency: * Doug Ferguson * * The Keys To The Kingdom * dwfww@jazz.ucc.uno.edu * *********************************************************************** From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 07:49:44 1996 From: DWFWW@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:41:23 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >Where can I buy a color organ? Someone will re-post the info for the inexpensive 2-channel version, for it seems I have lost it. However, I spoke with Scott Rider last night, and he has promised me a circuit for a three-channel build-it-yourself color organ - soon. I will get this drawn up the day he sends me the plans, and let everyone know. -Doug *********************************************************************** * Safety, Courtesy, Show and Efficiency: * Doug Ferguson * * The Keys To The Kingdom * dwfww@jazz.ucc.uno.edu * *********************************************************************** From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 07:57:00 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 07:49:35 -0700 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Lisa Marie Subject: Re: Pumpkin Saver Stuff. Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >I live on a lake maybe I should tie them up and soak them >every night off the bank! > >Linda That just might work. I can get mine to last a couple of weeks by giving them a daily soak in an ice water bath. Also, I remember someone mentioning that if you spray the inside with Lysol, they wont mold so quickly. -Lisa Lisa Marie Peterson peterson@fore.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 08:04:13 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 07:50:13 -0700 From: Catie Andrews To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com DWFWW@jazz.ucc.uno.edu wrote: > > >Where can I buy a color organ? > > Someone will re-post the info for the inexpensive 2-channel version, > for it seems I have lost it. However, I spoke with Scott Rider last night, > and he has promised me a circuit for a three-channel build-it-yourself > color organ - soon. I will get this drawn up the day he sends me the > plans, and let everyone know. > > -Doug 2-channel Color Organ: The Electronic Goldmine P.O. Box 5408 Scottsdale, AZ. 85261 (602) 451-7454 fax (602)451-9495 Part # G3319 Price: $5.95 Bob Andrews bandrews@inreach.com http://anaserve.com/~BoBandrews From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 08:33:41 1996 From: ALLAN DAVID Date: Fri, 18 Oct 96 11:26:51 -0400 Subject: RE: Pumpkin Saver Stuff. To: halloween-l@netcom.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Re: making pumpkins last (the answer: make your other decorations first! ;-) Last year someone suggested putting petroleum jelly on the cut surfaces to retard shriveling. I tried this last year and it seemed to help, though they still molded after a while. David dallan@dow.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 08:47:19 1996 From: David Zinkus Subject: Re: Homemade Lightning To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 10:36:47 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I just received Edmunds Scientifics 96 Fall - 97 Spring catalog. They are still showing the book available for $16.50. Maybe with P&H it would work out the same. on a side note: If you have kids and are into science fair projects, this is a good resource. If there are some people interested in the manufacturing of lightning, might I suggest either the Tesla Coil Builders mailing list or the High Voltage mailing list. If interested, post me and I will dig up the addresses. These lists are very much technicaly orientated, but if you people think you are scary you should read about some of the high voltage toys these guys play with. 125,000 volt transformers, etc. dmz zinkus@cig.mot.com ALLAN DAVID claims ... *> *> I called our local bookstore to order this book. While the original publisher may have gone out of business (according to a previous post), the book was recently reissued by McGraw-Hill. The ISBN is ISBN: 0070215286 and the list price is $19.95. It is a trade paperback (large format). From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 09:08:44 1996 From: etowski@clark.net Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 11:59:46 -0400 (EDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: quiet party Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com I am not sure if this is a party or a wake.However We are having a low key inexspensive halloween party. home made decorations ;snacks ;sound effects;and some other people with interesting but weird minds(my friends). So if there is anyone in the washington D.C./Md metro area who wants to come info. fallows. subject party date sunday Oct.27 96 time 2 in the afternoon to 9pm I kick everyone out when it gets past my bed times. place 11500Bucknell Dr.#1 Wheaton Md. 20902 phone if you are lost 949-7599 /e mail etowski@clark.net Have a great Haunting Halloween everybody. jenny,dave,james;and the cats From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 10:30:00 1996 From: Will Mellick Subject: Re: Homemade Lightning To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 96 10:18:45 PDT Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > > If there are some people interested in the manufacturing of lightning, > might I suggest either the Tesla Coil Builders mailing list or > the High Voltage mailing list. If interested, post me and I will dig up the > addresses. These lists are very much technicaly orientated, but if you > people think you are scary you should read about some of the high voltage > toys these guys play with. 125,000 volt transformers, etc. > > dmz > > zinkus@cig.mot.com > Hi, I for one would be interested in these mailing lists, as I'm sure other would too. Please post the addresses. Thanks Will. mellick@spk.hp.com Phone : (509) 921-3626 Telnet: 1-921-3626 Mail: Hewlett-Packard Company Will Mellick, 3WU Test Engineering 24001 E. Mission Liberty Lake, WA 99019-9599 From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 10:42:59 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 17:33:20 GMT From: "SHUNT.EMAIL.VILL.EDU" To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Blue Face? Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Hi, fellow Halloweeners! Is anyone familiar with mixing makeup? I am going to be a '70's Blonde Vampire for my party next Saturday, and I would like to give my skin the overall effect of being blue. I was thinking of mixing blue eye shadow with baby powder, and just puffing it onto my face; and then using a darker shade of blue eyeshadow to accent my cheek bones, etc. I would like to avoid the makeup they sell at the Halloween stores, as it seems to be very greasy. I want the opposite affect - an almost dusty, powdery look. Has anyone ever tried to do this? How did it turn out? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. -Sue H. shunt@email.vill.edu The countdown begins! From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:16:04 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 10:48:31 -0700 From: Greenrey To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Halloween help! Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > Also, I am wondering if anyone knows of some good Halloween > drinks for the party? Alcohol is something that I can find here :) David, Though the specific formula evades me, somehow a "zombie" would seem appropriate... ;D Aaron -- "When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." --Robert Heinlein greenrey@worldnet.att.net -or- awynnhi@kes.miracosta.cc.ca.us Visit Greenrey's Study at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1982/ From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:19:06 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 14:03:56 -0400 From: Jack Bentley To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Chris Howard wrote: > > There is one that is usually at Cumberland Mall...the only other > house I really know of this year is the one that you mentioned in > House of Blues. If you hear of any others Jack I would surely love > it if you'd pass it along. You can go to http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1848/sites.htm to check out all of the places I know about. I'm not sure if there is one at Cumberland this year, but I will be by there today so I will check. > When are you going to one? My husband > and I are trying to get some friends together to go to one but we're > having no luck right now. I know the feeling. I think the Olympics screwed everything up for everybody. Metro Atlanta hasn't recovered. My wife and I have not set any particuliar time yet, but getting together to check some out sounds like fun. I'll see what my schedule looks like coming up and let you know. Happy Hauntings, Jack "O-Lantern" B. -- MereImage, Inc. Internet Solutions http://www.mereimage.com Providing Total Internet Service From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:22:49 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 11:15:35 -0700 From: Joyce Gair To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Halloween help! Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com David you website pumpkin patch is so cute, I clicked on next so I could see more and my browser couldn't find anything for next. Is that a problem on my end? Thanks for sharing, igabalot@worldnet.att.net Joyce in Spokane, WA > > ____\\____ > /' __ __ `\ <> Happy Hauntings from Dr. Death > | ( o` 'o ) | <> dalexand@post.click.or.jp > | .----_----, | <> http://www.click.or.jp/~dalexand/ > `\ `-"---"-' /' > `----------' > > From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:24:24 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:16:38 -0600 From: Brandt To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Blue Face? Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com SHUNT.EMAIL.VILL.EDU wrote: > > Hi, fellow Halloweeners! Is anyone familiar with mixing makeup? I am going > to be a > '70's Blonde Vampire for my party next Saturday, and I would like to give my > skin the overall effect of being blue. I was thinking of mixing blue eye > shadow with baby powder, and just puffing it onto my face; and then using a > darker shade of blue eyeshadow to accent my cheek bones, etc. > > I would like to avoid the makeup they sell at the Halloween stores, as it > seems to be very greasy. I want the opposite affect - an almost dusty, > powdery look. > > Has anyone ever tried to do this? How did it turn out? Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance. > > -Sue H. > shunt@email.vill.edu > The countdown begins! Jimmy wrote: I once stomped grapes for an afternoon and got the desired shade quite by accedent :) -- "Morty's Mortuary, you stab 'em, we slab 'em" ____________________________ _|_ _ / ___/~~~ /------|------\ | ___|___ _|_/_______________|______|____\__\__|________,_ / R.I.P.\ \ _________________|____-_|-______|_____________) | The | <____// \|______|______|_______|_// \)_____> | Brandts | \___/ \___/ |_________| http://www.tecinfo.com/~ofm From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:25:29 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:13:19 -0600 From: Brandt To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: graveyard fence Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Jimmy wrote: Hi all, its been a while since I posted anything...but I finally finished our fence and thought you might want how we did it... GRAVEYARD FENCE ________________________________________________________________________ We took 1/2" PVC pipe and cut it in 5' lengths. We got some 8' lengths of 1x2" and used a wood boring bit to bore a hole close to the same diamiter of the PVC every 6". Then we put the pipe through and 'eyeballed' how we wanted the fence to look ours look like this... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We then put a screw through the board into each pipe (if you do this be sure to drill a guide hole so you dont split the wood...also when using a boring bit on a 1x2 be sure to drill it both ways...1/2 one way then 1/2 the other way...or you will splinter the wood badly) This all resulted in a 8' section of fence...we didnt have enough time this year to make big fence posts so we fastened the sections together with screws...we left a 4' wide gate area and put a twenty foot peice of PVC through the end holes on either side resulting in a high arch. To hold it all up we got some 1/2" bar from a metal shop, and cut it in 5' lengths...we put it through the pipe and hammered it into the ground in places we felt needed the most support. After we painted it black you cant tell its not real wrought iron...After we painted it we looked around for something to top the long poles, we had some old sets of jack-o-lantern yard lights and the jack-o-lantern covers fit the 1/2" pipe perfectly...so each long bar has a jack-o-lantern on top...next year we will try to light all these. We have had it up for a week and a half and have had many people try to buy it! All in all a very low tech and highly effective prop, its kind of labor intense (our fence is over 70' long) but pretty cheap (PVC 10'=$1.05 8' 1x2=$0.89). We will try to get pictures on our page soon. :) -- "Morty's Mortuary, you stab 'em, we slab 'em" ____________________________ _|_ _ / ___/~~~ /------|------\ | ___|___ _|_/_______________|______|____\__\__|________,_ / R.I.P.\ \ _________________|____-_|-______|_____________) | The | <____// \|______|______|_______|_// \)_____> | Brandts | \___/ \___/ |_________| http://www.tecinfo.com/~ofm From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:37:18 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:30:13 -0600 From: Brandt To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Windows 95 Horror Theme Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com David Kiihne wrote: > > For those of you with Windows 95, you may be interested in the Horror Movie (with a little Doom) > Theme I found on the Internet. > > The wallpaper is a nice-looking graphic of a screaming face superimposed on a night sky over a > cemetery. The animated cursors are a body exploding (I think it's a Doom character) and a > guillotine complete with severed head and splattered blood!!! (Gotta love that!) The screen saver > is a Doom monster who walks across the screen either shooting things or getting blown up. And > the icons are from the Hellraiser movies. Don't know what the sounds are like yet; no sound > card in my office PC. :( > > To get it, visit Banzai's Win95 Themes page at: > http://www.95themes.com/ > and look in the Movies themes under "H" for "Horror" > > OR FTP to ftp://ftp.95themes.com/horror.zip > > Thought some of you might get a kick out of it. > > Dave - daveki@nebfef.com Jimmy wrote: We found this about a month after getting our computor and have been using it every since...highly recamended...dont like the screen saver though. -- "Morty's Mortuary, you stab 'em, we slab 'em" ____________________________ _|_ _ / ___/~~~ /------|------\ | ___|___ _|_/_______________|______|____\__\__|________,_ / R.I.P.\ \ _________________|____-_|-______|_____________) | The | <____// \|______|______|_______|_// \)_____> | Brandts | \___/ \___/ |_________| http://www.tecinfo.com/~ofm From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:40:25 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:27:50 -0600 From: Brandt To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Re: Silver Dollar City (Branson, MO) Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Stuart McIntire wrote: > > I posted a similar message last year, but we have many new members, so... > > Many years ago (either '75 or '76), I visited Silver Dollar City in Branson, > Missouri. They had a haunted ride - I don't recall the name - but which, I > believe, resembled an old mining shaft. It was *O.K.*, but may have gotten > better...or possibly replaced. > > Can anyone recall this ride, and if so, what details do you remember...which > ones worked...which didn't? Is there still a haunted ride at SDC??? > > - Stu > stuart.mcintire@uage.com Jimmy wrote: Stu, I grew up not for from there...it was a run away mineshaft (in fact that may be the name of it) The part I remember best is coming down a long hill and seeing the tracks in front of you come to a jagged end over a casim...cassim...casem...A BIG HOLE filled with lava. Right before you got there the train took a hard right turn. -- "Morty's Mortuary, you stab 'em, we slab 'em" ____________________________ _|_ _ / ___/~~~ /------|------\ | ___|___ _|_/_______________|______|____\__\__|________,_ / R.I.P.\ \ _________________|____-_|-______|_____________) | The | <____// \|______|______|_______|_// \)_____> | Brandts | \___/ \___/ |_________| http://www.tecinfo.com/~ofm From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:43:47 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 11:37:59 -0700 From: rothe@edsug.com (Bill Rothe - Tekware sys mgr) Subject: Re: Blue Face? To: halloween-l@edsug.com Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com *>Hi, fellow Halloweeners! Is anyone familiar with mixing makeup? I am going *>to be a *>'70's Blonde Vampire for my party next Saturday, and I would like to give my *>skin the overall effect of being blue. I was thinking of mixing blue eye *>shadow with baby powder, and just puffing it onto my face; and then using a *>darker shade of blue eyeshadow to accent my cheek bones, etc. *> *>I would like to avoid the makeup they sell at the Halloween stores, as it *>seems to be very greasy. I want the opposite affect - an almost dusty, *>powdery look. *> *>Has anyone ever tried to do this? How did it turn out? Any suggestions? The 'halloween' makeup is greasy because: 1) a lot of it is water-based makeup (easy cleanup & cheaper). 2) people don't powder it dry. If you want to use a greasepaint, you have to dry it using a powder (baby powder WITHOUT cornstarch is the best/cheapest). If you don't dry it, it won't adhere to your skin and will come off on EVERYTHING. Don't use the cornstarch type. The cornstarch will absorb the moisture and puff up. Cool effect, if that's what you're looking for.... Fill an old (clean!) tube sock with baby powder, and after putting on each color, put the tube sock over the area and shake powder all over the colored area. Brush off as much as possible without disturbing the color. Then put on the next color and powder again. Oh, yes, and by the way, you may want to do this someplace where you don't have expensive carpeting or people who have breathing difficulties. It tends to make a cloud. If you dry it sufficiently, it won't look wet and "shouldn't" come off on your clothes, hands and costume. Your mileage may vary. My red lipcolor still comes off somewhat if you brush against it. This is for the "not-natural" colors. They sell drying powder in 'natural' colors for when you're doing people-type makeup. I do this when I perform as a clown, and it lasts 8-12 hours without breakup, unless I'm out in the summer California sun. There isn't a makeup made that'll withstand that. If you want a blue shade, mehron makes a light blue greasepaint stick that lightens out nicely when powdered. I made somebody up last year as one of the "Blue Guys" from Star Trek (I don't remember the $#@#$! alien names, ok?) We had to add blue powder to the face after because it lightened up too much. Hope this helps! -bill. -- <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>| | "We do not stop playing because we've grown old. | | We grow old because we've stopped playing." - Anonymous | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | rothe@ug.eds.com ** Opinions stated here are not those of EDS ** | <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>| From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 11:46:39 1996 From: David Zinkus Subject: Re: Homemade Lightning To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:38:53 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Will Mellick claims ... *> *> I for one would be interested in these mailing lists, as I'm sure other would too. *> Please post the addresses. *> *> Thanks *> Will. *> The mailing lista addresses are as follows: Tesla Coil Builders: tesla@pupman.com High Voltage Experimentors: hvlist@anchorage.ab.umd.edu Please note that these are the POSTING addresses. There may be a DIFFERENT ADDRESS to set up a SUBSCRIPTION to these lists. Maybe Will could attempt to subscribe and get the proper information and then post it. I would hate to see a flood of subscription requests going in and starting a subscription war similar to the unsubscribe war going on with the halloween mailing list. How about championing this one Will?? One last note. The tesla list generates a lot of email all of the time. Similar to the halloween list traffic occurring now. The HV list is a very low traffic list, so far. dmz zinkus@cig.mot.com From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:00:59 1996 From: "mch2" To: Subject: Re: Blue Face? Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 14:51:16 -0400 Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com There are several commercial products available which would suit your need. I suggest Mehron cake makeup. I too hate greasy makeup, but Mehron's cake is powdery, the stock colors are great, and it lasts. If you can't find a distributor, email me and I will find one for you. Good Luck. -mch2 ---------- > From: SHUNT.EMAIL.VILL.EDU > To: halloween-l@netcom.com > Subject: Blue Face? > Date: Friday, October 18, 1996 1:33 PM > > Hi, fellow Halloweeners! Is anyone familiar with mixing makeup? I am going > to be a > '70's Blonde Vampire for my party next Saturday, and I would like to give my > skin the overall effect of being blue. I was thinking of mixing blue eye > shadow with baby powder, and just puffing it onto my face; and then using a > darker shade of blue eyeshadow to accent my cheek bones, etc. > > I would like to avoid the makeup they sell at the Halloween stores, as it > seems to be very greasy. I want the opposite affect - an almost dusty, > powdery look. > > Has anyone ever tried to do this? How did it turn out? Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance. > > -Sue H. > shunt@email.vill.edu > The countdown begins! > From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:09:42 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 11:56:38 -0700 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Greg Hope Subject: Re: Strobe Light / Color Organ Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >but I've also experienced the DS (Dumb Stare) Effect. I just walked into a RS a few days ago and had to explain what shrink tubing is to the person behind the counter. Greg H (619)945-4424 F (619)726-2804 E ghope@mailhost.csusm.edu From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:35:30 1996 From: qoe@sna.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:27:53 -0700 (PDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Blue Face suggestion Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >I would like to avoid the makeup they sell at the Halloween stores, as it >seems to be very greasy. I want the opposite affect - an almost dusty, >powdery look. > >Has anyone ever tried to do this? How did it turn out? Any suggestions? > >Thanks in advance. > >-Sue H. >shunt@email.vill.edu >The countdown begins! > Hi Sue, I haven't tried your suggestion, but... I have an idea for you. At our family parties my mom (fun weird grandma :-)) paints the kids faces. She has a water color face painting book. It comes with 5 colors one being blue. It does give that powdery look and not greasy at all! You might condsider purchasing one. It is called Face Painting, from Klutz Press, Palo Alto, California, ISBN 0-932592-85-6. It says the paints are water based and non-toxic (FDA approved colors). The book gives directions and ideas for all sorts of different looks. Yes, there are spooky looks. __________________________ |\/\/\/\/\/| Lynne Miles \0 0 0 0 / qoe@sna.com |~~~~~~| Orangvale, CA From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:39:15 1996 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:24:41 -0700 To: halloween-l@netcom.com From: Greg Hope Subject: Re: Homemade Lightning Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com >> If there are some people interested in the manufacturing of lightning, >> might I suggest either the Tesla Coil Builders mailing list or >Please post the addresses. Here are a few WWW sites devoted to Nikola Tesla: http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/tesla/tes1.html NIKOLA TESLA http://www.capital.net/users/ssilver/tesla.html NIKOLA TESLA http://www.tiac.net/users/armitage/ NIKOLA TESLA, HIGH VOLTAGE, ANTI GRAVITY, FLY FISHING http://www.execpc.com/~teba/ TESLA ENGINE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2424/tesla.html THE STRANGE LIFE OF NIKOLA TESLA http://www.amazing1.com/tesla.htm TESLA, TESLA COILS, JACOB'S LADDER, HIGH VOLTAGE Here is one Tesla listserv with instructions for subscribing: To get on the list, send this: subscribe usa-tesla yournamehere Send it to: listserv@usa.net and you will start getting messages. To post messages to the list, send them to: usa-tesla@usa.net There are additional Tesla discussion groups, newsletters, FTP sites, etc., but you can find details on these at the above sites. I recommend the site at the top of the list as the best starting point for those interested. Incidentally, running Eudora v.1.5.4 in Win95, I've found that I can double click on web addresses like these when they appear in an email and the system will bring up Netscape and load the corresponding page. Doing this, I've jumped straight to a number of the pages referenced in this group for a quick peek. Have fun! Greg H (619)945-4424 F (619)726-2804 E ghope@mailhost.csusm.edu From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:40:04 1996 From: "Chris Howard " To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:48:43 +0000 Subject: Re: Getting Married on the 31'st- Whoo-Hoo Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > > When are you going to one? My husband > > and I are trying to get some friends together to go to one but > > we're having no luck right now. > > I know the feeling. I think the Olympics screwed everything up for > everybody. Metro Atlanta hasn't recovered. My wife and I have not > set any particuliar time yet, but getting together to check some out > sounds like fun. I'll see what my schedule looks like coming up and > let you know. Sounds cool- maybe we can get Freya and her SI and all go together. You can let me know here or at email lhoward@ix.netcom.com! > > Happy Hauntings, > > Jack "O-Lantern" B. > -- > MereImage, Inc. Internet Solutions > http://www.mereimage.com > Providing Total Internet Service > -- Chris Howard lhoward@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~lhoward/ "Humans live best when each has his place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achive. Destroy the place and you destroy the person." -Bene Gesserit teaching From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:43:52 1996 From: qoe@sna.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:32:33 -0700 (PDT) To: halloween-l@netcom.com Subject: Halloween in Japan Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com Dave, Your party sounds like a great idea. Check out the archives of the Halloween list. There are great spooky food ideas. That will add some more fun to your party. Make punch and put dry ice in it. I didn't this last year and it looked like a witches brew. I was great fun. __________________________ |\/\/\/\/\/| Lynne Miles \0 0 0 0 / qoe@sna.com |~~~~~~| Orangvale, CA From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:45:22 1996 From: "Chris Howard " To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:54:09 +0000 Subject: RE: Pumpkin Saver Stuff. Reply-To: halloween-l@netcom.com > Re: making pumpkins last (the answer: make your other decorations > first! ;-) > > Last year someone suggested putting petroleum jelly on the cut > surfaces to retard shriveling. I tried this last year and it seemed > to help, though they still molded after a while. > > David > dallan@dow.com > This is not exactly on the subject- but you guys are such a fount of information I thought I'd give it a try. Does anyone know how to dry gourds? I bought a few mini gourds for a fall arrangement and I thought it would be nice if I could dry them and keep them for next year. I'm still looking for a way to permanently save my pumpkin . Maybe we could just shellac the sucker? Chris H. -- Chris Howard lhoward@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~lhoward/ "Humans live best when each has his place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achive. Destroy the place and you destroy the person." -Bene Gesserit teaching From owner-halloween-l@majordomo.netcom.com Fri Oct 18 12:49:02 1996 From: "Chris Howard " To: halloween-l@netcom.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:00:09 +0000