Rachel Gregg informed us at the MidMo content meeting last night that there will be a silent March at the capital Wednesday nigh at midnight. The EQCA website has news on ongoing protest events in the coming days and weeks. In the meantime to get you fired up check out these pics from recent rallies:
Gretchen and Lisa Bender displayed their pre-prop 8 marriage license at a midtown protest the day following the election. Photo by Mike Rafter
Last Thursday's protest and march was HUGE! Photo by Liv Moe
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The land squids rocked some RAD protest capes. LM
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Reading all the homemade signage was pretty sweet too. LM
So don't forget!! This Wednesday night, make a sign or don't make a sign but be sure to come out and show your support!
Tuesday night's election party at the Press was fantastic!!! *All pics by Jesse Vasquez As the news first began to sink in right around 8 o'clock folks were a little reticent. Once the election was called for Obama everyone wents nuts! When I looked around everyone had totally misty eyes, folks were screaming, and hugging. It was great! Following the inital news phones went off all the around the room as we all started calling friends and family from out of state. Most the people I called were also at rallies so we just screamed at each other and hung up. The speech was wonderful and elicited more tears from the crowd. Then there was the moment we had all been waiting for... celebrating!!! Th' Streaks played followed by the DJ stylings of Mike C. We dance, dance, danced the night away!
Okay, gang! Don't forget the MidMo election night party tomorrow night at the Press. Things kick off at 6pm when the returns start to trickle in and go 'til whenever. Just think of how much fun you'll have reveling with the MidMo gang this election night!
Bob Wilkins RULED my Saturday nights when I was a kid. Creature Features was the dominant item on my weekend social schedule until I was 15 years old. I watched pretty much every crappy (and I mean crappy) horror/sci fi movie that Wilkins ran starting as soon as I moved to Sac in '73. I lived for the movies and for the interviews with stars and local movie nerds. It was on Wilkins' show that I first encountered Hardware Wars, which blew my pre-teen mind.
Wilkins himself was fascinating. Nerdy, with plaid sports coat, horn rim glasses and big ass cigar, he was the antithesis of cool. Somehow that made him even cooler. At least to me and my comic nerd pals. It all ended one night in 1981 when Bob announced that he was going off the air. My phone rang 30 seconds later with my friend Dane calling in shock. My parents wanted to know who the hell was calling at 11 O'Clock at night. They just didn't understand.
Local sci fi /horror aficionado Scott Moon located Wilkins (in Reno of all places) about ten years ago and informed him that his fan base still existed. Wilkins dug up reels of old shows and Moon helped him organize and go through it all- making the best moments available to fans. Wilkins even did a few live shows, recreating his TV show format in nightclubs with guests and films. At one of these events I gave him a copy of a record my band had made, complete with a forged Bob Wilkins endorsement on the back of the sleeve. Thankfully, he laughed about it.
Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong is a new documentary about Wilkins and John Stanley, the other well-known norcal Horror Show host. The film will play at the Crest this Thursday, October 30 at 7:30. Proceeds will benefit Bob Wilkins who is sadly in the later stages of Alzheimers disease. Mr. Lobo will host, and Ernie Fosselius, the director of Hardware Wars will be on hand as well.
