Month: March 2009
Fashion Column: Undead Prom
On a cold February night, creepy undead Nonsters and high-schoolers rose from their piles of homework and took over Michael Casselli’s studio to celebrate none other than: Undead Prom! The space was transformed into a cemetery complete with fog machines, tombstones, cobwebs, an open-coffin snack and beverage bar and an eerie hologram of demented men’s faces with mouths for eyes, singing along to the music. Clad in DIY costumes, fake blood, and hallowed eyes and cheeks, the undead creatures danced to MJ’s “Thriller” and the “Monster Mash” and, of course Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.” They posed and flaunted their stuff in a high-fashion photo shoot taken by Jonny No and Rose Pelzl. And what’s a prom without prom royalty? Jeanne Kay, Jonny No and Nic Viox were voted Prom Queen, King, and Gender-Queer Hierarchical Power Reference, respectively.
Question of the Week
In planning for the next year of Nonstop, we all have a lot of hard questions to ask ourselves. Like why haven’t we had a mascot this whole time and what should it be?
Jeanne: A pink phoenix (with piercings) building a plane while flying it and while reading Foucault’s “power, gender and aerodynamics”
Chelsea: Xena, Warrior Princess
Gerry: A badger.
Shea: Cicada swarm. They live underground, come out in increments of prime numbered years to avoid the life cycles of their predators, and use the power of choral singing as defense. I love cicadas.
Molly: Chartreuse Buzzards
Lincoln: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Rose: Cicadas and Moths of Ohio. We are a metamorphosis, like the phoenix.
Eva: an anti-ochtopus.
