Goblins and ghouls, witches and vampires, demons and devils are the stuff from which contemporary Halloween horrors are made, but is there anything as truly terrifying as an Evangelical, Right-wing, Fundamentalist Christian.  We here at TheOccasionalFag think not.  So when we heard of Les Freres Corbusier’s authentic reproduction of Pastor Keenan Roberts’ Christian HellHouse - a haunted house with scenes depicting iniquities such as cheerleaders getting abortions or gay men suffering through AIDS - we were practically the first ones in line.

Like always, when we go there, so do you.  The producers of Hell House gratefully allowed us to bring our recorder with us.

Joining us for phone interviews on the history of Halloween and Hell Houses past are Gavin and Jamie.

Happy Halloween!

The thought of taking the recorder out with me to the dance festival - for which I have been volunteering as a tech since 2001 - passed my mind, but it wasn't until David suggested it as well that the idea grew on me as a good one. Boy, I'm glad that I did. - Brian

In this episode we join occasional fag Brian out on Fire Island for one of the "premiere cultural events of one of the most prominent gay communities on the planet", DRA's (Dancers Responding to AIDS) Fire Island Dance Festival 2006.

Snippets of the show, interviews with organizers (and those whom are organized!) and behind the scenes collected sounds all make for an interesting look at what it takes to get this show on.

Enjoy!


CIRCA

Axis Dance

Yana Schnitzler

Verb Ballets