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Singer sues opera over fake fog: Machines triggered asthma, diva claims: 'An opera singer is suing the San Francisco Opera Association, claiming that her asthma and other ailments were caused by the ephemeral mist produced by the Opera's fog machines.' (cont.)
Conspiracy theorists see fake fog in Polish crash: 'From Russian fog machines supposedly set up at the airport to gunshots fired to finish off the victims - an array of conspiracy theories has emerged in the wake of the April plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski.' (cont.)
Fake fog could defend nuclear plants: 'Clouds of artificial fog could be used to defend nuclear power stations against airborne terrorist attacks under proposals currently being considered in Germany. A spokeswoman at Germany's Federal Environment Ministry confirmed that the companies that operate the country's 18 nuclear power stations are assessing the installation of artificial fog machines as a defence against suicide attacks from the air, alongside other possibilities.' (cont.)
No ‘Lost’ Left to Unravel, Fans Buy It Piece by Piece: 'That fake fog billowed from “the hatch,” a set piece familiar to “Lost” fans as the steel entrance to the Dharma Initiative bunker. A woman dressed as Mother, the adoptive parent of Jacob and the Man in Black — if you didn’t watch the show, don’t even ask — took a peek inside while her four children lay on the ground and spelled out the show’s title with their bodies. (The children were all named after “Lost” characters, one coincidentally, the other three deliberately.)' (cont.)
On Fake Fog and Ecstacy Deaths: 'Laser and strobe lighting effects -- shot through a haze of stage mist and artificial fog -- are as much a part of the rave experience as dreadful electronic techno-music and ecstasy. In this age of environmentalism and health consciousness, it’s worth noting that the entertainment industry is the only one I know of that still deliberately and unapologetically pollutes the air. During raves, young people in various stages of intoxication dance themselves into a frenzy for hours, hyperventilating a potentially toxic brew of mist – aerosolized particles of mineral oil that linger in the air – and swirling clouds of alcohol-based fogs. (cont.)
KISS' Attitude, Antics Haven't Aged a Bit: 'I wanna come out there and see ya!" shrieked KISS rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley in his best hard-rock falsetto. He grabbed a guitar and tore into "Love Gun," prancing in place with his knock-kneed heavy-metal strut, and when it was done, he sailed back through a haze of fake fog to rejoin bandmates Gene Simmons ("the Demon"), Ace Frehley ("Space-Ace") and Peter Criss ("the Catman").' (cont.)
Emma Watson And Bonnie Wright Fakes: 'Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Jeff Rawle, Robert Pattinson, Jason Isaacs, we did see a lot of fake fog coming from the filming area. Mark Williams, and Bonnie Wright coming from the woods, Emma, who drove past us saw us waiting and waved frantically out of her emma watson fakes window (the only one who did). In the end we had a great day, made emma watson fakes videos free more special by Emma Watson maxecat and dumblegirl- it is fake.' (cont.)
Mother Sues Soulard Haunted House; Claims Daughter Poisoned By Artificial Fog: 'A fifteen-year-old from Belleville got the fright of her life last Halloween at the popular Soulard haunted house, The Darkness. Only the scare didn't come from the advanced animatronics and dozens of costumed goons that have made the St. Louis haunted house one of the most popular in the nation. No, for Brittney Holmes it was smoke and fog inside the haunted house that left her breathless -- literally. Last month Holmes' mother, Vanessa Neal, filed suit against Halloween Productions (the owner of The Darkness) claiming that her daughter's trip to the haunted house last October 31 left her in a vegetative state.' (cont.)
Light scattering in artificial fog and simulated with light scattering filter: 'Disability glare, affecting e.g. road safety at night, may result either from intraocular light scattering or from external conditions such as fog. Measurements were made of light scattering in fog and compared with intraocular straylight data for normal eyes and eyes with simulated cataract. All measurements were made with a direct compensation flicker method. To estimate light scattering levels in fog, straylight measurements were carried in a fog chamber for different densities of fog.' (cont.)
Fog for a Thirsty Planet: 'Enter artificial fog collectors. Taking the fog-gathering technique of trees a step further, the artificial kind use large, vertical mesh panels. As the fog drifts through the mesh, some of the droplets hit the weave, run down the panel and are collected. This water can then be used for human consumption or agriculture or to reforest the area. In that last case, the resulting vegetation can then function as natural fog collectors, eventually passing part of the gathered water on to the soil, feeding other plants, wildlife and small streams that humans can use.' (cont.)
The Devil's Triangle and that mysterious fog!: 'It is rumored and not substantiated that when the Philadelphia Experiment was taking place, scientists were using electric and magnetic fields and created an artificial fog to hide the ship. Powerful magnets were supposingly used. When these magnets were used and placed over calibrated rails and pulled towards a center, a bluish glow appeared that later took the form of a blue fog. One of the project coordinators for the Philadelphia experiment disappeared for an instant in the bluish fog and reappeared. When questioning this person, they described seeing a futuristic city with high towers. Could it be that this project coordinator was teleported through a dimensional rift via the fog?' (cont.)
Japanese artist to create fog sculpture in Toronto: 'Fujiko Nakaya is a big fan of something that's largely seen as a nuisance by motorists and boaters. The Tokyo-based artist loves fog and has built a career around shaping and playing with it in hills and valleys around the world - and then letting the public walk through it. "It's a way to relate oneself to nature, to get enjoyment out of nature," she says of her outdoor, artificial fog "sculptures," one of which will be on display this Saturday night at the sunset-to-sunrise Nuit Blanche contemporary art event in Toronto.' (cont.)
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p.s. Hey. Incredibly long day yesterday (details below), and now a long day today leading up to the first performance of 'Them' tonight, so I feel kind of zonked and a little nervous and in between things this morning. We'll see. ** David Ehrenstein, Yeah, craziness at the airports in France, but I think Sarkozy has strong armed everything into so-called normalcy now, although more big protests and strikes are gearing up to start this weekend. By a week and a half from now when I go home, wow, who knows? ** Laurabeth, Hey. I'll send you my cell phone number when I get through here today. 5-ish sounds fine to me, if that works for you guys, yeah. We could meet in front of PS122 and walk to some restaurant or whatever. That might be easiest. Just let me know the latest, and I'll plan accordingly. Thanks for organizing all of this, Laura. I don't do Twitter. It's not a format that suits me, I don't think. ** Robert-nyc, Hey. Yeah, Blogger acts bizarre sometimes re: comments, I don't know why. And ... how was Superstitions? Great that I'll get to see you on Saturday, and I look forward to meeting your friend. Mm, I don't have much desire at all to go out clubbing, and I was never that into clubs and late nighting even back when I was more, I don't know, wilder or whatever. Usually, I'd rather crash earlyish and get up and work with a clear head. I will check out that guy's work. Thanks a lot, Robert. ** Pilgarlic, Fart locker, wow. I never heard that one before. I'm more into skinny, flat asses if you're talking about the ideal. Some explorer just died in a cave in France two weeks ago. Apparently, France's cave are rough going because you hear those stories a lot. You could never get me to do that. Claustrophobia city. Great stories, man, of course, of course. ** Heliotrope, Hi, Mark. Well, you had an interesting few months there, that's for sure. And certainly not all bad. You're writing again, for goodness sake. That's great news, and you're pulling out your bass. You're going to have to pull it out when I see you next. I've never seen you play, which is just ridiculous. Crazy busy here, but it's good. Still, I'm still in mourning over my lack of LA Halloween this year. And seeing you, of course. I'll be out these by the end of the year unless something totally weird happens. Love to you guys! ** Destroyed by emptiness, Hi, Darren. I'm glad the advice helped. It's pretty simple, right? Fireworks for Halloween is just so wrong. That's treating it like it was any other holiday. How unimaginative and lazy can you get. Grr. Well, France doesn't even do fireworks. Or pumpkin anything. xxxooo ** The Evil Ghost of JW Veldhoen, Me, who, huh? Ha ha. Seek and ye shall find or whatever they say, you know? ** Plexus, Hey, Gaboom! My rehearsal was free of nakedness and brow wiping. Some sexiness. And a dead goat that almost made three people including me vomit. Now I remember why some people really hated 'Them' and freaked out about it. If they do freak out, I'm right in the front of the stage, so I'll probably get the rotten tomatoes and fists and bullets. Aw, thanks about my Pank things. You're too kind. Yeah, I think the songs are the dead kids' coffins, but I don't know if coffins are dead. I guess they are. Dead trees, right? Or dead plastic-like material or whatever. I'm all spaced out today, sorry. I'm going to better by tomorrow, though, I think, if the bullets miss my vital organs. Love to you G-ster. Oh, what was that word? I couldn't find a way to translate it. I'm on pins and needles kind of. ** Disco 3-way, You made it! Awesome! Yeah, sure, of course I want to have a coffee. I just need to get through through the premiere tonight. Where are you staying? I'm in Soho. Do you have my cell number? I'll check to see if I have your email address, and, if I do, I'll send it to you in case you don't have it. Great! Hey, Eli! ** _Black_Acrylic, Hey, Ben. Excellent that the launch went so well. And everything else. ** Steevee, Hey. Whatever you guys want. $15 might a little high, I don't know, but I'm game for whatever you guys think is best. ** Killer Luka, No, I forgot my pointe shoes, so I'm just planting my feet and pontificating. I move a foot or two to the right a couple of times. I didn't meet Jock Soto. I just saw him give an award. He seemed like a nice guy. He doesn't look the same anymore, but who does? If I can get to your show, I will. Honestly, it's unlikely since it'll probably more like Xmas time when I go to LA. But if there's a will ... ** JoeM, Hey, Joe! I'm glad you were around and saw the post. Yeah, that weird link problem happens sometimes, I don't know why. Anyway, I caught your comment last night and fixed all the fucked up links, so it should have working properly for the last 12 hours or so. Maybe that guy on the Ghost Train just couldn't help himself when he saw you. The retirement issue is the central one re: the strikes and riots and stuff, but, really, it's the veritable straw that broke the camel's back. We're seeing years of hatred of Sarkozy boiling over with that issue at hand as kind of the excuse. If I didn't have two shows to do on the evening of the 30th, I would have headed down to DC for the rally, yep. Great to see you, Joe! How's the writing going, if you don't mind saying? ** Jeff, Hey, Jeff! I'm good, busy, nervous. No, unfortunately, I fly back to Paris on the 31st. That sucks. It would have been great to see you here. I really hope you get to come up to NYC. It's really not so far from DC at all. ** Andrew, Cool early news on your piece and Spank. I'll tighten my crossed fingers, and if those Spank guys come to see 'Them', I'll put in a good word. Mm, I think I've included hell houses in a posts, but I haven't done a post entirely about them yet. Interesting. An Acker-like method is great method, obviously. Very curious to see your work. ** Sypha, That cat thing was really sweet. ** Inthemostpeculiarway, I'm really sorry you're still feeling bad. I bet the spell starts breaking today. Considering how bad you felt, your day wasn't too bad at all, and your wondrous writing abilities are entirely intact. My day: Well, as soon as I posted the blog, I took a quick shower then walked up to PS122 in the East Village, and I got there around 10:30. Then Ishmael and Chris and the performers and crew kind of drifted in. We did a sound check. I read the texts with a handheld mic, and we had to set the levels and make final decisions about where I'll stand and where I'll move to when I need to I need to get out of the way of the dancers and stuff like that. Some of my readings have music under them, and Chris and I worked on that. There was piano under one text, but it seemed too doomy yesterday, so that got cut. And we added a kind of drone thing under another text that was originally going to be delivered in silence. And lots of detail stuff. The big narrative of the day was waiting for the dead goat to arrive. It was supposed to be there in the early afternoon, and then it got delayed and delayed, and we were getting pretty concerned. We worked without it because we had to. It went okay, except one of the dancers, Rico, who's amazing and big part of the show, twisted his ankle in one strenuous part, and he was hobbling around and icing the foot for the rest of the day and night. And we're obviously worried that he's going to be injured today because he has some pretty taxing choreography to do. Anyway, we spent the day rehearsing and fussing with the lights and sound and stuff. The dress rehearsal time came, and there was no goat, and the audience and a lot of photographers had gathered before the goat finally showed up. And it was very intense because the goat had just been killed and was still warm and bloody and not completely gutted. Before, the goat was always cleaned and had been in a freezer for a while and everything. So, Arturo, who does the movement scene with it, had to quickly finish gutting the goat before the show started. The performance went very well, and then the goat scene happened near the end of the piece. Basically, Arturo is lead out blindfolded in his underwear, and he's thrown down on a mattress with the dead goat, and then he sort of ... I don't know how to describe it. It's simultaneously like a violent battle, like sex, like an outpouring of uncontrollable grief ... it's very much supposed to reference what it felt like in the early 80s to have friends dying around you constantly and to have to think of sex as a terrifying, possibly fatal act, and so on. I guess it'll bring that feeling back, or I don't know. Anyway, it was pretty intense, and it was really horrifying in the dress rehearsal because the goat was spilling blood and very flimsy in this freshly dead way. It won't be like that again. We were pretty freaked out by it, as were the people there, I think. I'd forgotten how disturbing that image is. It will be interesting to see how the audience responds to it. I don't know what's going to happen. So, we did that, and then had a meeting about the rehearsal, and we all went home, and I slept. How is Thursday? ** Misanthrope, Hey. Then I'll definitely 'Like' the Little Show pic. Ha ha, the lack of meat in my diet is probably why I look at the world with such childlike wonder. The dancers yesterday showed me how to stretch, and it did help, yep. Maybe that hotel will lose you in cracks. Heck, if that hotel in Moscow could empty my bank account, yours can cheat itself. ** Steve Lafreniere, Hey, Steve! I wish you were here too, big time. The Butt thing is up? Cool. I'll go see what I said. I guess I should ... Everyone, the great Steve Lafreniere interviewed me for Butt Magazine months ago, and now Butt has been so kind as to make it public. I haven't read it yet, so I don't know if I acquit myself, but, if you want to find out, it's here. Thanks a lot, Steve! My ultra-best to you! ** Okay, I'm off in a while to get 'Them' up and running for the first time. Between now and when I see you tomorrow, take some fake fog, why don't you?
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