Zombie Walk

There is a new live action role-playing game called Humans vs.Zombies that can take weeks to play out. The article below has interesting commentary on what it means to wage a faux war as a mirror to the values in our society vs.imagination games and play. As more and more zombie hunters engage in Zombie Walk there could be a new dynamic. I personally am not into military planning and attacking guys who think they are commandos. Where is the balance?

Here is the story......it's a fun read.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/11/ST2008041102658.html?sid=ST2008041102658

-cleozombie

Big gorey, gushy, puss filled zombie love for all those who showed their zombie pride in Fremont yesterday.

We are in the Seattle times today!
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003966359_zombiewalk22m.html

There is a great place to post pictures if you have them and peruse the cool ones that are already there. Flickr.com has a Zombies in the Pacific Northwest Group I administer: http://www.flickr.com/groups/seattlezombiewalk/pool/
Share your pics with the horde!

When you post be sure to tag the photos FremontZombieWalk2007 so everyone knows which walk the pictures pertain to.

BTW There is no Official Walk at U-Village this year.......rumor got spread because of a typo on my part....sorry......

There is however, a November Zombie Pub Crawl organized by a different crew in November.......

Walk with your un-dead brethren through the streets of Seattle in the light of day. With all your gore and glory, let’s mob Fremont! Be one of us because you are a Horror movie fan, because you love cosplay, or just for the hell of it! How often do you get to participate in something this weird and free? All that is required is that you show up in costume, respect traffic laws and practice common sense. Bring your friends! Nothing says you love someone quite like caking yourself in make-up, limping down the street together and eating them by a big bronze of Lenin!

OCT 21st- Fremont

Start: 2:45pm sharp
Meet: @ THE TROLL under the Aurora Bridge.
North 36th Street at Troll Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98103

Milling in Fremont from 3:00pm-4:30PM
Stopping by various establishments.....arriving at Hale's Ales by about 5:00pm for food and drink. Under 21 ok.

* As mentioned previously - zombies are only really effective when traveling together in large groups. Bring your friends, foes, family and other loved ones.

*Check other sections of this LJ for makeup tips etc....

*TRY TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE EVENT!

Potentially useful things to keep in mind:
1. Participate at your own risk.
2. Do not pretend to “attack” people not part of Zombie Walk who do not obviously want to be involved.
3. Only swarm parked cars because, if we cause traffic problems, the Police will interfere.
4. There are no permits for this event. Be safe and look out for the safety of others!

More info:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/cleozombie (how to's, inspiration, planning)

http://tribes.tribe.net/zombiewalk

http://www.myspace.com/seattlezombiewalk

Hi there my Un-dead Brethren,

It’s getting close to this year’s Zombie Walk and even closer to the date on which Zombies will take the opportunity to make a Public Service Announcement with Northwest Afternoon (KOMO 4) in costume at the station to be aired as a commercial. I have received a surprising amount of interest about this, but I’m afraid we still might be a few people short of our quota. Zombie Walk is required a minimum 15 people for Northwest Afternoon’s live studio audience in exchange for advertising time.

Here is who has expressed interest so far:

WendyZombie
MichelleZombie
AmberZombie + Daughter
CleoZombie
JulianZombie
RonnieEarlZombie
JPZombie
JoshZombie
TraciZombie
PatrickZombie
HeatherZombie
FuyuZombie
PunkJr.Zombie
MontineZombie

As you can see, we are doing pretty well! Please check to see if your name is there if it should be and email me if you need to cancel.
I don’t have real names or contact info for a few of you…...
If you haven’t signed up and think you might be able to join us for the show on Oct 11th PLEASE RSVP!

If any of you have thoughts on this please email me: cleozombie@gmail.com

Date of Show: Thursday October 11th
Number of people: 15 (Minimum, the more the merrier!)
Arrive: 9:00am
Leave: 10:50am
Show Topic: What’s for Dinner

Zombies can take public transportation…

Seattle has a fairly adequate bus system and as driver's licenses expire along with the license holder, most zombies can't drive legally. And even if they could, they are notoriously slow in the reflex department. Even among the living, there are many who choose not to drive and so it might be a good future practice to encourage bus ridership in addition to providing driving and parking instructions. To help prevent more people from becoming zombies, check out the bus route information Metro bus information can be found here: http://transit.metrokc.gov

What to expect when you arrive:

8:45 am: Cleo Zombie will be at the coffee house closest to the station. Visit with her if you don’t want to go in alone….
9:00am: PSA Spokespeople (up to 8 people, who will be filmed on the PSA) sign in and go up to our studio.
9:05am: The remainder of your 15 person group will be checked in. Note: everyone does not need to be in costume. Please advise this part of your group that they will be checked in AFTER the costumed PSA spokespeople are checked in.
9:10am: PSA’s are shot in our studio.
9:20am: The rest of the audience (and the rest of your 15 person group) is brought up.
9:20-10:00am: Learn how to be great audience....Fun Contests (prizes anyone?)....and meet our fabulous hosts!
10:00am -10:50am: You and your group are a part of our lively studio audience.
**Your PSA will air later in the day when our show airs from 3-4pm. Your PSA will air once between 3:35 and 3:55pm.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Northwest Afternoon is located in the new Fisher Plaza next to the Space Needle. Fisher Plaza is located at 140 Fourth Avenue North in Seattle, just due South of the Space Needle. Our cross streets are Fourth Avenue North and Broad Street.
From I-5 North or South, take the Mercer Street/Seattle Center exit and follow the signs to Seattle Center. Turn left on Fifth Avenue and then make a right on John Street (you’ll notice yourself traveling parallel to the Monorail for a moment). Once on John Street, you'll see our underground parking lot in the basement of the new Fisher Plaza Building. Entrance is also right there on John Street.

PARKING

Parking is available in the Fisher Plaza parking garage located on the John St. side of the building. There is also parking available in area lots located on both the west and east side of the building. If parking in the Fisher Plaza garage, please be sure to take your parking stub with you and proceed to the public elevators. When exiting the elevators, take a right and proceed to the lobby in front of you.
The cost for parking in the Fisher Plaza parking garage is discounted for you as an audience member at Northwest Afternoon. When you leave the parking garage after the show, let them know you were with a group attending our show and they will discount your parking to $5.00.
Yours cruelly,
-CleoZombie
http://cleozombie.livejournal.com
http://community.livejournal.com/zombiewalk
http://www.myspace.com/seattlezombiewalk
http://groups.myspace.com/zombiewalk

Thanks to all of you zombie lovers who came out to brave the Zombie Walk from Husky Stadium on Saturday. It was by far the toughest crowd to mingle into as a Zombie that I have ever experienced. Kudos to those of you who don’t give a fuck what others think of you and brave enough to stay in character! Thank you so much for dealing with the parking hassle and the crowds to join us.

About twenty brave undead brethren made the scene and more were at the Museum of History and Industry when we returned from our jock feast. There we were in our blood and rotting flesh amidst the massive tailgate party in Husky Stadium. One man asked me if I felt uncomfortable being so outnumbered. I told him: "Yea....but that’s just it about zombies ....every time we bite one of you, you join our team!" I am not a sports fan and did not expect to see that many people and tent canopies out there! Holy Shit! It was a sea of preppy purple jerseys, folding chairs, and tailgate parties. People did not know what to make of us. They thought we were Ohio State fans or protesting something. It was very challenging to remain in character. Ohhh the characters we were though! There were some "stumbling into camp" zombies, school girl zombies, afro zombies, zombie bums, Starbucks barista zombies, a zombies who brought a severed leg to snack on and a brave zombie hunter girl with a foam bat for protection. Despite the huffy Husky crowd we did our best. I actually had a mother come chew me out for scaring a little kid. I told her that "some kid's like to be scared" and I apologized for making that particular little boy cry. I was proud of my Zombie self for acquiring 1 exquisite Asian girl scream( my favorite kind), winning a stare down contest with a thick necked blonde-haired Frat boy, and sneaking up on people which resulted in four people throwing their beer cups up in the air. Arguuuuuhhhhh! We decided to clear out when I witnessed a particularly exuberant zombie have an old woman throw a beer can at his head for getting in her space.......Ouch! No fights with drunken frat boys for me or my kin, thank you.

Then we went to the Auditorium at MOHAI via the Montlake Bridge. Nice walk, some car shaking and squabbling over the severed leg…… At the Auditorium we took some classic pictures. I'd covered my car with gut-like material in advance to set the scene and laid out a mannequin I artfully enhanced for zombie flesh eating enjoyment. There were some great pictures of that! We also staged a classic "Night of the Living Dead" type photo shoot out in a field of long dead grass outside the Museum.

You can see pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/seattlezombiewalk/
Feel free to post more pictures and comment with your experiences at any of the Seattle Zombie sites.

The films shown were varied and enjoyable, although I was unable to stay for all of them. What did y’all think of the films?

I'll post soon about the next upcomming ZOMBIE WALK in mid October.

So............ for Zombie Walk tomorrow we have a timing problem with the football game that lets out just as our zombie brethren begin ammassing in the Husky Stadium parking lot at 3:30 pm........

To make it all less of a hassle....
I suggest public transaportation or bicyles since traffic gets snarly that time of day after a game.

There is ample free parking by MOHAI (the Zombie Film Festival Venue). You may feel better if you park your cars there and take a nice stroll along the canal back over the Montlake bridge to meet the rest of the zombies at the climbing wall in the Stadium parking lot. There we can munch on the sports fans trying to get back into their vehicles.

We may not start the Walking part back to MOHAI until traffic chills out.....like at 4:20

Ahemmmmm, it feels like I'm just waking up from a Summer haze as Fall is approaching and the season for Zombiness creeps in. (I can't wait) October is coming and lots of folks in the Emerald City love to scare and be scared. I'd love to find as many of you as I can out there to play with this October. (even as Zombies go, my appetite is tremendous!) Yes, .......some people are already planning......Revenant Magazine is hosting a Zombie Film Festival this Sat. to rev up our scary season.

Revenant Film Festival
www.revenantmagazine.com

See Zombie movies all evening from 5:00pm -12:00am!
(or just eat your friends in the park)
$15.00 with costume / $20.00 without
Museum of History & Industry (Mohai)
McCurdy Park
2700 24th Ave E. Seattle WA 98112

The featured films are Zombie Farm, Redemption of the Undead, Evil, & Snow Day Bloody Snow Day. Some of the directors and movie industry folks will be there to discuss the film on a Q & A panel between the films. This is a rare opportunity to learn about horror filmmaking with the pros.

Pre-Film Festival Zombie Walk!
Arrive at the Climbing Wall in the Husky Stadium parking lot @ 3:30 sharp in zombie costume to participate. There will be a group of zombies milling about the lot getting ready to begin our frenzy at 4:00pm. Our horde will stagger out from the parking lot at 4:00pm move along the Montlake bridge, hang a left on Lake Washington Blvd and lt. on 24th to the Museum's auditorium.

There are lots of places in this livejournal to learn about the different causes of zombieness/ acting/ costume & makeup. Just come as a dead version of whatever you already are.....dig a hole and bury your costume now for that "fresh from the grave" look!


Stadium parking lot activities

1) Please help me decorate my black volvo station wagon to look as if there was a particularly gruesome zombie attack there. Bloody handprints on the windows etc.

2) Painting other cars with easy to clean fake blood and gore.
(Only if participants offer the opportunity)

3) milling and moaning

4) Zombies attacking people parking their cars ....


for the walk.....

1) Linger on both sides of the Montlake Bridge yelling Zombie Film Festival! Braaaiiiins etc...

2) Stick out your thumb and try to hitch a ride......

3) Throw a spare finger in someone's window

At McCurdy Park There are lots of spooky trees and brush in that park to jump out of and lurk around in!

1) The grassy area around the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) is where most of The flesh eating madness is to be contained.

2) Zombie games:
a) "Keep Away"-zombies throwing a brain like a football
b) "Zombie Fishing"- a fishing pole with meat on a hook to lure Zombies away from children
c) ??????

OK, lots of people have been asking about makeup & costumes....

I've compiled a directory of stuff to get you re-animated without spending a fortune.
Just make sure you leave yourself plenty of time to gorify and clean up the mess!

For makeup this site rocks and it's cheap. I just discovered it! Order now and get some practice before you Zombiewalk! http://www.dearbloodymary.com/makeup_products.html

Good make-up tips once you get by the ads for their stuff....
http://www.halloweenonlinemagazine.com/makeup/zombie1-1.html

AWESOME! They made a burnt hand with skin showing out of asparagus and
telephone parts; the compound fracture is SICK; not all the links work though
http://zombies.tomwalsham.com/costume.html

From the Goodwill Thrift Store site:
http://www.austingoodwill.org/crs/halloween/halloween_costumesp2.html

Near the bottom of the page is the all important "how to make fake
intestines"......and I love their "don't sew?" tip
http://www.costumeideazone.com/CIZ/Tips.aspx

The tip at the bottom of the page is good for peeling zombie flesh made from kitchen items:
http://www.meadowbrookpress.com/news.aspx?nid=155

Anyone got $3500 bucks? holee crap...
http://www.gore-galore.com/costumes.html

Nerd alert!
http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Leather/DistressLeather.htm\

SF zombie party-
http://laughingsquid.com/2005/07/31/jacob-appelbaums-zombie-photos/
http://www.eatbrains.com/

And here is my short list of suggestions for Seattle folks:

1. Making a trip to Display & Costume in Northgate will be worth your while. Get some whitening face paint, black grease paint, bruise colored eyeshadows and black eyeliner to start with.

2. Oatmeal and liquid latex works wonders.

3. Food coloring and corn syrup makes convincing blood, but sticky. However, it is also tasty.

4. It looks great to tease out you hair if it is long. Sprinkle some leaves in it!

5. Value Village - but I'm sure it's hardly necessary to mention that.

Zombie Costume for Men-

What you need: Old wool blazer (mens), Scissors, Black turtleneck, Black Pants, Hair spray/Coloured hair spray, Face paint (white, grey and black)

What you do:
1. Go to a local thrift store and find an old men's wool blazer.
2. Hack holes in the sweater (carefully) with a pair of scissors, then machine wash the sweater (the washing will increase the size and wear of the holes).
3. Wear and old black turtleneck under the hacked up sweater, along with and old pair of pants (you can also hack up the pants and turtleneck if you wish)
4. Use gel or hair spray to tangle up their hair, or add colored sprays.
5. Start painting the face using white for a base coat and adding grays and blacks to it to get a mottled effect. Apply dark colors around or under the eyes.
6. Options Using fake costume skin you can add layers of skin hanging off face and neck. Fake blood can also add creepy touches to a zombie costume.

For Gals.....remember you can be a dead version of a receptionist, cheerleader, nurse jogger etc.
check out: http://www.zombiepinups.com just for fun!

Be creative with your costume, but remember that you will be the most convincing looking if you look like an un-dead version of who you normally are.

How's that for brain food!

-Cleozombie

MEANWHILE CHECK SOME ZOMBIE MOVIES TO GET INTO THE MOOD....
On my top 7 list are....

28 Days Later, Land of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Resident Evil- Apocalypse, Serpent and the Rainbow, Dawn of the Dead, Shawn of the Dead

Current fave web sites:

http://www.zombieology.com
Zombie Research and Development

http://eathufu.com
The healthy human flesh alternative!

here's your ultimate movie zombie finding tool
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/zombie/
every horrible variation right under your fingertips

This one is interesting and unusual for the genre...
http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=70025036&trkid=64596
... not too many zombie films with zombies that move fast, shoot guns and drive cars.

And finally.....What if Zombies take over Pittsberg?
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41676

As for books.....

Zombie Survival Guide
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/zombiesurvivalguide/
&
World War Z
- both by Max Brooks

The Rising- by Brian Keene

Anyone need a Zombie Walk Soundtrack?
A friend forwarded me this Zombie oriented list of Songs:
(Aren't we going a bit too far?)

AC/DC -if you want blood
alice cooper- black juju
alice donut- i walked with a zombie
alien sex fiend- mine's full of maggots, now i'm feeling zombiefied, dead
and buried
Aerosmith- eat the rich
amon tobin - reanimator
audio active - citizen zombie
belphegor - March Of The Dead
bjork - play dead
body count - dead man walk
body count -Shallow Grave
Brutal Truth -Zombie
Cannibal Corpse -The Undead Will Feast
chrome -zombie warfare
Converter - cannibals
Couch Of Eureka -Year Of The Zombie
cranberries - zombie
Danzig -Not Of This World
dead boys -All This And More - Night of The Living Dead Boys
Dead Horse -Mindless Zombies
death -Zombie Ritual
Deceased - Zombie Attack
dr macabre -night of the living dead
echo and the bunnymen -Buried Alive
entombed - living dead
faith no more -zombie eaters
fela kuti -zombie
fleshtones -I Was A Teenage Zombie
frank zappa -zomby woof
g love and special sauce -night of the living dead
graeme revell -Eaters of the Dead
groovie ghoulies -Zombie crush
gwar -zombie
Hank Williams- I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Ice Cube -The Predator
Jiker -Oh, Zombie, Up Yours
John Fogerty-Eye of the Zombie
John Lee Hooker -Graveyard Blues
Judas Priest -Eat Me Alive
kassav - zombie
Lars Frederiksenn -Army Of Zombies
lydia lunch -black juju
mary -zombie
mercyful fate -doomed by the living dead
metallica doomed by the living dead
Michael Jackson -Thriller
Misfits -Astro Zombies
motley crue -five years dead
motorhead -wake the dead
naked city -Reanimator
ninja tune -Zombie
Oingo Boingo -Dead Man's Party
Overdose -The Zombie Factory
ozzy osbourne -zombie stomp
Patsy Cline -Walkin' After Midnight
pennywise -Astro Zombie
plasmatics -You're A Zombie
Possession -African Dub
rem -I Walked with a Zombie
Rob Zombie -Living Dead Girl
saint vitus - Zombie Hunger
scientist -Night Of The Living Dead
siouxsie and the banshees -voodoo dolly
Sisters of Mercy -Bury Me Deep
Six Feet Under -Revenge Of The Zombie
snoopy doggy dog -legend of jimmy bones
suede -the living dead
the cramps -Return Of The Living Dead
the crow -Living Dead Girl
the doc -Return Of Da Living Dead
The Hooters -All you Zombies
the meteors -She's A Zombie Now
The Misfits -Braineaters
throbbing gristle -zyclon b zombie
Toto Cielo -I Eat Cannibals
tsol -Return of the living dead
tuxedomoon -Zombie Paradise II
Type O Negative -Everything Dies
uk subs - living dead
Venom -Carnivorous
Voodoo Church -Rest In Peace
white zombie -I, Zombie
Ultravox-Sleepwalk

Hee, Hee Heee!

Another Zombie Gig is approaching and I’m inviting you to join the horde.

Basically, Tennessee Loveless (yes, that’s his real name) asked me to organize Zombies to attack his band at the TrannyShack show @ Chop Suey this coming Sat.- April 14th 2007.

Trannyshack has been named America's most extreme drag show. It has been in two independent films and has been touring internationally for quite some time now. The night will be PACKED, and there will be video of it that Tennessee will send out to anyone that participates.

If you are interested in looking over the run down of the entire performance, please message me. The actual Zombie part is really easy and mostly depends on costume and enthusiasm. We Zombies will be feasting to the song "skin receiver". Zombies will need to raise their fist in the air to the monster sounding "rah rah rah" in the song and to crawl up on stage to devour the party.. and then at the end to do another rah rah rah and then walk slowly and zombie like towards the audience.

Please get creative with your costume and bring foodstuffs that could look like gory body parts to use as props.

Some suggestions:
-Corn syrup, red food coloring, and a bit o Hershey’s syrup mixed together in a spray bottle makes great projectile blood
-red licorice ropes look like arteries
-cherry and strawberry Fruit Roll-ups are edible scabs
-slightly dried red jell-0 looks like meat

The only requirements are:
#1 You must be 21 yrs, or over
#2 dressed and ready to mill by 11:00
#3 You must dress and act as none other than a fabulous Zombie
#4 You must feel comfortable in a gay scene & love to devour a drag queen band on stage
#5 Please reply to cleozombie@gmail.com if you plan on participating with your contact information

It would be AWESOME and make for a much more entertaining performance if Zombies could show up for REHEARSAL at 2:00pm Sat afternoon @ Cop Suey. (You don't need to be in costume)

Chop Suey
1325 E. Madison
Seattle, WA 98122
206.324.8000
http://www.chopsuey.com

For more Zombie Info and tips:

http://cleozombie.livejournal.com
http://www.myspace.com/seattlezombiewalk
http://groups.myspace.com/zombiewalk
http://tribes.tribe.net/zombiewalk

Yours Cruelly, Cleozombie

FYI. There is an $8.00 cover so I must put your name on a list at the door in advance if you want to get in free!

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE LIVING DEAD


'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a louse;
The traps were all set by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would step there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While nightmares of body parts danced in their heads;
And mamma with her hatchet, and I in with my axe,
Had just settled down for a little night cap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my chair to see what made the splatter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and ripped through the sash.

The moon on the breast of the blood-stained snow
Gave a hideous glow to objects below,
When, what to my wandering eye should appear:
the watchman was dead with a knife in his ear,

There, on the lawn, knelt a man rather thick,
the blood on his coat told me he was St. Nick.
More rapid than vultures he sprang to his feet,
This zombified Santa was hungry for meat.

"Where are the children, I want them now!
Bring them down to me you ugly fat cow.
On time and impatient I’ve come to your home,
I hunger for brains… and I’m not alone.

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
a legion of demons flew down from the sky,
and up to the house-top this evil took roost,
With red beady eyes and long pointy tooth.

And then, in a heart beat, I heard on the roof
The digging and pawing of each demon hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came down with a growl.

He was dressed all the hair of the dead he had skinned
And his clothes were blood stained from both women and men.
With a bundle of cutlery hung on his back,
he grabbed for a knife and began his attack.

His eyes – they stared through me! His smile, freaking scary!
His nose was all wrinkled like an old, rotten cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow.
He slashed at my leg and I fell to the floor;

The stump of my limb he held tight in his teeth,
And the blood seeped from it to white tile beneath.
He had a cruel face and some blood in his beard.
His expression was empty. For my life I now feared!

He was ugly and evil, a sick little elf,
And I knew things must change, for my kids and myself;
with my leg now missing, my wife surely dead,
I pushed from the floor and kicked Nick in the head.

He spoke not a word, but went fell straight on his back
And all the traps sprung just thunderous snap.
Laying there – writhing - right where he fell
this bastard passed right through the doorway of Hell.

The demons then vanished. My children were safe!
I sat there, crying, beginning to faint.
But before I passed out, I screamed with all might,
"SCARY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-FRIGHT!"

Happy New Year!!!

The U Village Zombie Walk was very fun. Thank you very much to all the Zombies, "Victims" and photographers who walked, shuffled and screamed all through the U-Village with us. I was a bit alarmed at how many people actually turned out! All went pretty well considering y'all were a mob!

Please share with me here your antidotes and I'm sure everyone is excited to see pictures!

Please share your photos here:
http://flickr.com/groups/seattlezombiewalk

Zombie Walk

Walk with your un-dead brethren through the corridors of the Emerald City’s shopping center- University Village. With all your gore and glory, smile at the soccer Moms and dine on Seattle shoppers!

Be one of us because you are a Horror movie fan, because you love costume, or to make a statement. How often do you get to participate in something this weird?

All that is required is that you show up in costume, respect laws and practice common sense. Bring your friends. Nothing says you love someone quite like caking yourself in make-up, limping down the street together and eating them in the shopping mall!

People's participation in this event is completely voluntary and I cannot and will not accept any liability for the actions of participants.

Zombies are infiltrating U-Village on Oct. 29th

4:30 PM Sharp
Meet at the back QFC parking lot

6:00 pm reservations for cocktails/dinner at Atlas-http://www.chowfoods.com
cash only! No separate checks. (email me if you want to see their specific Zombie menu- $6.00- $18.00 foods)

8:15 $5.00 Zombie movie! TBA @ the Historic University Theater
5510 University Way NE • Seattle, Washington • (206) 352-8291

*It's a rare opportunity to watch a Zombie movie in a theater full of Zombies who won't eat you!

Potentially useful things to keep in mind:
1. Participate at your own risk.
2. Do not pretend to “attack” people not part of Zombie Walk who do not obviously want to be involved.
3. Only swarm parked cars because, if we cause traffic problems- the Police will interfere.
4. Do not bring anything that looks like a weapon to the Village no matter how fake.
(There will be opportunities to play fight walking to the Theater.)
5.There are no permits for this event. You are responsible for yourself. Be safe and look out for the safety of others!

* We all will need to work together to stay a horde! Zombies are only really effective when traveling together in large groups. More details T.B.A..
CHECK IN!

http://cleozombie.livejournal.com
http://groups.myspace.com/zombiewalk
http://tribes.tribe.net/zombiewalk

There have been Zombie Walks all over the country…..
Check out: http://www.zombiewalk.com

You can see a map of the shopping center on the University Village website: http://www.uvillage.com/map.asp

This time I'd like to see:

1. A slower Zombie shuffle.
2. more Zombies arriving en mass by public transport.
3. A few planned scenarios.... like- corralling of "victims" in a corridor!



Getting to the Village

*TRY TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE EVENT!
For more information, visit http://transit.metrokc.gov/

Driving Directions
From 520, take The Montlake exit and follow Montlake Boulevard going North past Husky Stadium and then veer left onto 25th Avenue NE. University Village is on the right.

From I5: Take the NE 45th Street exit and head east. Continue past the University of Washington and take a left at the light at the bottom of the hill. University Village is on the left.

Bus Service

Route 31
To/From U-District, SPU/Queen Anne, Fremont, Magnolia.

Route 74
To/From Sandpoint, NOAA, University Village, U-District, Lower Wallingford, Fremont and Lower Queen Anne/Seattle Center.

Route 75
To/From Ballard, Crown Hill, Northgate, Lake City, Sandpoint, NOAA, Childrens' Hospital, University Village, U-District.

Bus Service - Through Routes

Route 65 To/From Lake City, Wedgwood, Ravenna, University Village, U-District, Downtown.

Route 243 To/From Jackson Park, Lake City, Ravenna, University Village, Montlake, Bellevue.

Route 372 To/From Woodinville, Bothell, Kenmore, Lake City, University Village, U-District.


Thanks for making Zombie Walks so much fun!

Yours cruelly,
cleozombie

F.Y.I. You will see some activist oriented stuff on this site by my other group- Dead Awake.
Zombie Walk is NOT a politically oriented event. Horror movie fans and Zombie freaks of all ages and perspectives come hither and help scare people and play with the concept of a macabre fantasy collective.

here is a video from last year's walk at U Village:

The University Village sent me papers from their Lawyer to my house Wednesday.
Zombie Walk is no longer a surprise to them and I was sure we would have to change our route.....

That's private property and corporate thinking for you......

The thing about zombies is that they never give up! I filled out their "We are not responsible" paperwork and pray Seattle Zombies have common sense.

I met with "Management" on Thurs. They are not thrilled that Zombies will be infesting their Village, and they hope it pours down rain on us.....but they did not say they would ask us to leave or give us trouble.

The head of U Village Security is a "Shaun of the Dead" fan. (Good for us, because we make his job a pain in the arse on Sat.)

The U-Village Manager, "Suzie" has a 8 year old who is afraid of Mickey Mouse. Errr..............
I explained what a Zombie was and described Zombie Walk as theatrical as opposed to violent.
She's definitely not a fan of "scary" but she and her co-workers were good sports nonetheless!

We're an R rated show at a G rated venue.

If we can resist eating the children, don't mess with people who don't want to play, leave no messes & thank the security people for helping out we should be in the clear.

I will be attaching maps soon.....
Let's WALK!!!


* Advice on how to stay more incognito in the future would be greatly appreciated.......

Halloween Party!

Doors: 6:30 / Start Time: 7:00pm / End Time: 12:00pm +
Location: Studio Seven http://www.studioseven.us
110 South Horton St.Seattle, WA. 98134

Accessible by Metro Bus: #21, #22, #35, #56, #57, #132 to 1st. Ave.
Located South of SafeCo field in the SODO area of downtown

This is the place to be for Halloween aficionados this year! Join the artists, musicians and lovers of all things macabre Oct 31st at Cadaver Cadabra. Come dressed freakishly fabulous…….and you can bring your kids because it is all ages! Door prizes, prizes for best costumes and lots of cool give-a-ways!

Admission:
kids 15 yrs. old & younger- $5.00
2006 Zombie Walk participant pre-sale tix- $10.00
@ door- $15.00

Here is the main-stage lineup:

THE DEAD VAMPIRES
http://www.deadvampires.com

THE INVISIBLE EYES
http://www.myspace.com/theinvisibleeyes

MIDNIGHT IDOLS
http://www.myspace.com/idols

& Special surprise guests…..

Black light Techno room:

novaTRON - live hardware PA
http://www.myspace.com/novatron

Shapeshifter

B-Shorty

Also Check Out:

+ A screening of Seattle indie zombie film:
"Snow Day Bloody Snow Day": http://www.gadzookfilms.com/

+ Do you have a spooky vehicle?
Bring it, there is plenty of free parking…

+ Macabre Art Show!

+ Goul-a-Go-Go dancers!

Yours Cruelly,

CleoZombie
206 617-0124
cleozombie@gmail.com

***Macabre Art Show***

Oct. 31st

Not all art is “pretty” you know...

Do you have or make 2D artwork that is- creepy, eerie, spooky, gothic, campy, or otherwise dark fantasy oriented, gathering cobwebs in the corner somewhere? Could it be better appreciated by a crowd of people who value warped perspectives and a macabre outlook?

Submit it for display in the R.I.P.lounge or at the Merchandise Booth as part of the Cadaver Cadabra Halloween party @ Studio Seven

110 South Horton St. Sodo Seattle, WA. 98134
Doors: 6:30- End Time: 12:00pm

For more Party info: http://cleozombie.livejournal.com/7658.html

I am looking for stuff that can be enjoyed in a nightclub setting by Horror genre fans in party mode. (Read as “I don’t want to be responsible for ‘priceless’ Art that gets accidentally damaged”.) We welcome PRINTS of fine art but no originals or sculpture. Glicee prints are quite affordable to make at http://www.thecolorgroup.com and Kinko’s works fine on a budget. If you would like to sell your art, I suggest aiming the price to sell affordably in the $10-$150 range. If you aren’t interested in selling, please mark your work NFS (not for sale). Any sales of artwork sold at the club will be split 60%- artist 40%- promoter.

We want:

· Prints mounted on something stiff to be nailed to the wall

· zerox copies of exquisite doodles

· copies of zines & Horror Short Stories with an attached chain + flashlight that can be nailed to the wall.

· matted illustrations

· masks

· big cardboard cut-outs with glow paint and glitter

· black-light art

· photographs matted and photographs thumb-tacked

· collages

· creative edible experiments

· printed digital art nicely mounted


* We don’t want stuff we have to exclude from the show because it borders on too pervy, explicit or violent to show at an All-Ages gig. Basically, please don’t submit any art you would feel uncomfortable showing with your 14 yr.old niece or nephew.

Each piece of artwork submitted must be delivered/mailed to Cleozombie with the following info:

· Title

· Medium

· Artist’s Name

· Address

· Phone #

· Selling price or NFS indication.

· Hanging instructions...(tape is not an option)


*please include postage if you want the art mailed back to you, or pick it up the night of the party.

DEADLINE Oct. 25th!

To make delivery arrangements,

Contact: Cleo

206 617-0124
cleozombie@gmail.com

The "Shaun of the Dead" Zombie Walk was very fun. Thank you to the 30 or so people who came out despite the heat with awesome makeup and scary scenes to play out. The makeup and acting of our horde is getting better and better. I personally loved the zombie woman with the Mob hit style cement shoes and the homeless zombie with the cardboard sign that said "Will work for brains". This walk was bloodier than usual, and with more screaming however, we do need to work on our SLOW zombie shuffle. We went shopping in the PCC this time. One of my favorite moments was when a checker announced that "there were brains in aisle 4"! Nevertheless we still left hungry and went to the lot where 800 people were waiting to watch the movie. It was open season.

Heres an article in the North Seattle Herald Outlook:

http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=16943542&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=517907&rfi=8

Lots of pictures are here:

http://flickr.com/groups/seattlezombiewalk

See if you can spot yourself.....

The service is free, please join and add your pics too!

-cleozombie

Date: Saturday, July 22, 2006

Meet: @ the Troll under the Aurora Bridge 7:30ish if you want to join the Zombies en mass on their way to the movie screening parking lot.

(Contact CleoZombie if you would like help with makeup and get ready with a group of "Shaun of the Dead" attendees. This will most likely take place at her house in Fremont. Please introduce yourself and give contact informaion by July 8th especially if you need makeup or want to be made up..... :)

Time: arrival at the lot @ 8:00-8:30 ish
Film begins when it gets dark @ 9:15 or so.....

End Location: Fremont Outdoor Cinema
Phinney and 35th Seattle, WA
More Info: fremontoutdoormovies.com

The Fremont Outdoor Movie Theater is showing my personal inspiration for Zombie Walk.......Shaun of the Dead in July. It's a wickedly funny spoof film. The coordinators of F.O.M.T asked me to invite all the Zombie freaks I know. (There is alot of milling space) This is the call. So......Rise up you undead brethren! Get on your Zombie get-up, take a bus, and come on down!

$5.00 admission.
* You may want to bring something to sit on (other than asphalt) and a picnic meal (so you are not tempted to eat the children).

For more info check:
http://tribes.tribe.net/zombiewalk
http://livejournal.com/zombiewalk
http://groups.myspace.com/zombiewalk

Zombie Walk 2005
The School of the Un-Dead

How to be a convincing Zombie 101

1. Mastery of the blank gaze.

- Relax all the muscles of your face and de-focus your eyes. Anyone who comes into eye contact with you should see no recognition or expression in your face. Make sure that your eyes "track" as little as possible. For a test, make your “Zombie Face” and have a friend surprise you with a loud noise. You pass if your eyes don’t dart to the noise and your body doesn’t flinch. Practice in the mirror making the Zombie Face and then try to do it with your friends without cracking up!

2. The Zombie Drive

- A Zombie is essentially dead. In this state, you do not get itchy, adjust clothing, or speak coherently.

- The driving force of a Zombie’s essence is hunger. The only active parts of Zombie mental faculties involve the need to feed. Zombies do everything they do to procure food, specifically human flesh. They are drawn toward the living to eat them. I hear brains are a particularly tasty delicacy.

3. Costume

Depending on perspective, but largely accepted- zombieness occurs after death. So when you are thinking of your costume try thinking about what you might be wearing at the time of your death.

In western societies dead people are usually buried in their Sunday best. A trip to the Salvation Army or Value Village for an old suit jacket and trousers or a "churched-up" dress are classic. Perhaps you died in bed and re-animated in your pajammas. You would certainly be comfortable. Those are merely suggestions. There are more zombie permutations in the world than the ol' garden-variety Night of the Living Dead kind. Variations like, "spare change" Zombie, Santa zombie, Cher zombie, and Laura Bush zombie are endless and encouraged.

4. Make-up

My favorite costume shop is Display & Costume in Northgate. I trip there will be worth your while for makeup.

A. Get some whitening face paint or the stuff called "zombie Flesh" by Mehron.

B. black grease paint to darken your eyes and cheeks for that hollow & hungry look and eyeliner to start with. Cheap, Rite Aid variety eyeshadows and eyeliners can also get you pretty banged up looking.

C. Oatmeal and liquid latex works wonders.

D. Food coloring and corn syrup makes convincing blood, but sticky. However, it is also tasty. You may want to try chocolate syrup or caramel sauce smeared strategically in your clothes....trust me......looks dead.

E. Dont brush your hair! It looks great to tease out you hair if it is long. Sprinkle some leaves in it!

F. Don't forget to get yourself dirty! Tea and coffee stains on clothes age them well.

G. Get out there with yo bad self!

* While in public, avoid taking pictures while dressed as a Zombie. This would be a breech of character! Hand your camera off to a plain-clothed friend or “victim” to capture your most gory moments!