Month: November 2009 (Page 3 of 3)

After Adamfest and a great afternoon artist party, Melanie and I went home to complete our outfits–Melanie as Zombie Gypsy (she was planning to be Zombie Carmen, but the weather put a dent in her elaborate hair plans) and me as Zombie Billy Mays (seen at right). We then headed up to Capitol Street and Taylor Books for the second Clementines Halloween show with their guests Option 22.

This is the second year for this holiday collaboration between Douglas and Casi of The Clementines and various elements of Riff Raffery.

The music was cool and the costumes were artful, and we would have stuck around longer if not for the No Pants Players Scaretacular. Click on the “read more” link to see what went on at Taylor Books on All Hallow’s Eve.

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One thing we noticed with the advent of HallowEast was that, like FestivAll, there was an embarrassment of riches. There were so many cool thinigs going on around Charleston that we had to make hard choices about which events to attend. One thing we absolutely had to see was WATT 4 performing at Adamfest VI. WATT 4 played around 2 PM on a drizzly and cold, rainy day, but the event so warmed the hearts of those in attendance that nobody seemed to notice the weather.

Adamfest is the annual outdoor all-day bash held for Adam Weaver, who’s been waging war on cancer for several years now. Adamfest was started to lend financial help and moral support for Adam’s struggle. Adam’s had a particularly rough year in 2009, spending a couple of months in the hospital last spring. It was touch-and-go for a while, and seeing Adam looking fit and happy Saturday morning was the highlight of a very cool day.

The lead singer of WATT 4 (one of our favorite RFC bands) is Lee Harrah (above, as a Zombie Star Trek Red Shirt Crewman), who is also Adam’s uncle. One of the coolest moments we’ve seen in some time was when Lee brought Adam up on stage. Adam pitched in with backing vocals on the Iron Maiden classic, “Can I Play with Madness.” Unfortunately, we couldn’t stick around for the other bands due to a load of prior commitments, but nothing could top seeing Adam on stage with Watt 4.

After the jump you’ll see more images from WATT 4’s set at Adamfest.

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The Halloween PopCulteer photo-essay extravaganza continues. To the right, you see Jim Lange and Al Peery of The Velvet Brothers, who lit up LiveMix Studio, along with Cousin Larry and The Spurgie Hankins Band.

We started the evening at The Book Exchange, where Tony Slack, Joe Wallace and Kevin Pauley of The No Pants Players read the works of Edgar Allen Poe. After the jump we have some pictures of that event, plus another glimpse of the LiveMix party.

It was a great night at LiveMix Studio, but I was so pooped from the events I mentioned in The PopCulteer that I didn’t take many photos, and we had to leave early, sadly missing most of the incredible Spurgie Hankins Band.

More photo essays are coming. Meanwhile check out the Friday coolness.

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