The second annual Memphis Zombie Massacre happens today.
The horde of zombies will gather on Beale Street outside the New Daisy at 6:30, and about 7:15 they will begin their march down Beale, turning north on Second, west on Peabody Place, then south on Main and walking through the South Main Trolley Art Tour. The zombie walk will end at the back room of Earnestine & Hazel’s, where the Creeping Cruds will play their after-party. Here’s the map of the route:
The zombies invite you to join them. Three ways you can do it:
1) Show up at the parking lot next to the Plush Club at 5 PM, and professional make-up artists will hardcore zombify you.
2) Do your own makeup and clothes, and arrive at the New Daisy around 6:30.
3) Stand somewhere on the route wearing an “X” made out of duct tape, on clothes you don’t mind having ruined. The zombies will see you and attack you, turning you into a second-generation zombie in the process.
Here’s a page with lots of zombie makeup tips.
I’ll be down there (but not zombified) and will take pictures. Hmmm… since Bluff City Coffee is nearby, maybe I’ll stop in and get one of those Acai Plus Smoothies that AL talks about all the time. Maybe I’ll remain down there after Trolley Tour and hang out at Nate’s bar at E&H later in the evening.
Good news for those of you who are fans of Commercial Appeal writer Skipford M. “Skippy” Blank. Skippy, who uses the nom de plume “Christopher Blank” for his CA columns to protect his identity, now has a video feature on the CA’s Appeal TV. Just go to the CA’s homepage and look for Appeal TV on the right side. Then select “Memphis stage shows” from the menu underneath the video screen to watch a 3:42 video of Skippy summarizing the plays and musicals you can see in Memphis this weekend. Skippy even has a tie on for this feature.
To tie this entire post together, I’ll end with a pic of Zombie Skippy from the 2007 Memphis Zombie Massacre:
