Advice For Making Cosplay Props’ Accessories

Advice For Making Cosplay Props’ Accessories
By Alice Hana

To make delicate accessories, the most important part is to select the proper materials. It’s commonsense to use foam or plastic to make your stuff light, and use fiberglass or metal to make it tough. Wander around your home for things suitable and proper for your props. There is no strict rule on objects made by certain materials, but only free mind in looking for the most ideal raw material to make the most vivid costumes.

MATERIALS
Polymer clay: there are two popular brand-FIMO and SCULPEY, which is nice choice for accessories and jewellery. They’re easy to manage, quick dry and sold in various colors. Only problem is things made by them could be a little bit heavy.

Foam core: foam core is kind of a craft board, which consist of stiff foam come in between several layers of cards. You can find it in any art supply store, and use it as a base to build papier-mâché. Technically, it isn’t strong enough to build hard object. It’s best use is to strengthen large pieces with two or three layers. Foam core can be cut with knife and scissors easily, and be carved to some extent once you replace the paper surface.

Papier-mâché: it’s a inexpensive and extremely light material. You can pulp or strip with this kind of stuff. You may be familiar with the strip way-simply rip it up into strips according to what you need, then moisturize and color it, attach it where you need. There’s one little tip: shape something into what you want, and then cover it with papier-mâché.
Pulping is another method to form different shapes. But it cost time and it’s really troublesome if you’ve tried, although things made by this way is vivid and adorable.

Paper clay: it’s a alternative to Fimo or Sculpey. The make process is same as before, shape, dry, sand and paint. The prior advantage with paper clay is it can provide smooth effect after finished. Be advised that paper clay shrinks as it dries, so unless the piece has room to shrink, seams on it will appear. These can be fixed up with more clay.

Plaster strip: it is kind of strips made of open-weave fabric covered in plaster, water-reacted. it can be fast to set it, but it takes lots of time—at least a day, to dry it thoroughly. This material is the ideal one for making body model for its feature, but be sure to move the model off the person before it gets too hard for scissors. The cast could be extremely strong, but too much heavy if you apply several layers. Remember it can’t be easily sanded to make it smooth, because plaster strip is based on loose-weave fabric. If you want to make it nice and glossy, you can apply other material such as polyfilla or spackling compound and sand that layer smooth.
There’s other caution about working with plaster. Because the plaster hardens gradually, you may have to use a rubber bowl to mix it. When it hardens while you’re busy working with it, just squeeze it a bit to remove the dried plaster.

Plastic:
If possible, you can choose a latest product called Wonderflex, which is like thermoplastics but becomes pliable at a lower temperature. The most advantageous and healthy feature is you can use it with your own hands without being contaminated by poisonous chemical substances.

Same, there’s another new material called Friendly Plastic. It becomes malleable in hot water and can be managed by bare hands, which is best companion for Wonderflex and for sculpting small items.

Styrofoam: it’s a quick and easy based material to build pieces, but it requires some preparation before painting. If you just spray the hue on the surface of Styrofoam, or use brush on it, you’ll soon find it dissolved. So the best solution is to cover it in gesso, acrylic or latex paint. Even a small gap in between the coverage and the surface could lead to a big mess as it’ll dissolve under the paint.

Upholstery/Craft Foam: Foam is a good selection if you need your props to be light and flexible. Upholstery foam could be found in a fabric store, or in an upholstery repair shop. It comes in thick blocks and can be carved and shaped to whatever you need, then covered with fabric. It can make perfect armor, esp. the knee pads. Another foam is craft foam, which is available at craft stores and shaped in thin sheets in different colors. You can cut it into various shapes and attach or sew it on. In some specific situation, you can use it to decorate surface on you items, or make great armor coated with sheet plastic or strengthen with glue.

Skills

Sanding: use a coarse grit sandpaper(50) to remove large lumps. To make porcelain effect, start with medium grit sandpaper, 80 or 100 will be ok. Then sand it with fine grit, 300 or 400. Work it in different steps and you can boldly use finer grits.

Painting: first is to make sure the surface is smooth. Until the surface is nice and fine, you cannot paint it evenly. Use fine sand paper to make it smooth. When paint the props, you can choose acrylics, for they are quick-drying, easy to handle, waterproof and can be cleaned up with soap and water.

Glue: although there are many glue available, choosing the right one for your need is crucial. The underlying theory is that 5-minute epoxy comes in two tubes and you mix it together to make it work. It’s strong and versatile for most needs, but isn’t flexible when dry, the same as Superglue. To deal with flexible materials like leather and attaching boot covers, shoemaker’s glue, available at shoe repair places, is extremely apt, but when used in a well-ventilated area, it gives off hazardous fumes. For attaching things that don’t fit perfectly, 2-part epoxy putty is helpful because it fills in the gaps and can be filed and painted. If you want to glue plastic, there are special glues available at hobby stores that can heat and fuse the plastic together. Of course there’s old fashion hot-glue–it’s invaluable for last-minute repairs, but normal hot-glue is vulnerable on durability because it will melt in summer heat and often falls off completely. While not working well on smooth surfaces like metal, hot-glue works fabulously on foam and other porous materials, however, you want to make sure to get a high-temperature glue gun and hi-temp glue. The hi-temp glue is much more durable, but watch out when it is VERY hot as it can burn yourself badly.

Finishing Tricks: There are many ways to make your piece look more professional. The truth is that most crafting materials, even made into the right shape, still just look like crafting materials. A necklace made out of gold FIMO will look like a FIMO one, but not a gold one. Fortunately, means are available to avoid this.

An important step, especially for metallic surfaces, is breakdown. This term refers to stressing or emphasizing the surface details of a piece. The easiest way to do this is to apply a thin wash of dark brown, black or blue paint. It will run into the recessed areas, creating artificial shadows. This gives the piece dimension and makes it more realistic.

To gain more control of your piece, you can manually paint in the shadows and highlight some parts. Doing this, you can completely customize the look of the piece and change a flat, boring piece of clay or plaster into a shiny and three-dimensional one. Even something of right color, like FIMO, can benefit from these artificial shadows and highlighting.

Once the painting is all done, give the finished piece a couple coats of clear spraying lacquer (available at hardware stores, in the paint section). Glossy lacquer is the most durable lacquer, but if you want your oiece to be matte, then apply a layer of gloss for protection and then a layer of matte lacquer on top. Make sure to let each layer dry completely before adding another one.

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Are You Elegant?

Are You Elegant?
By Kjersti Randall

As an American society we are taught from a young age that first impressions are extremely important. In order to see why, one only has to observe the way someone walks into a room. It is human nature to constantly make appraisals and even stereotypes. What do you think about a woman sashaying through a doorway, refined and truly elegant? But what is elegant, and how did she gat that way? Elegance is more than just a first impression; it is a feeling, a lifestyle, and an aura all packaged up with a bow.

Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Marilyn Monroe were all actresses in a time when elegance and glamour were everywhere. They did not have to worry whether or not they were perceived as elegant; it surrounded and enveloped their style, actions, and all of those who came into contact with them. The word “elegance” alone brings visions of luxury and the ultra feminine: gowns, pearls, and hours spent in front of the vanity applying creams and makeup to perfection. Elegance is also a stature. It is the way she walks, talks, eats, and even sleeps. Mannerisms and body language are just as important as the clothes elegant women wear and the makeup they put on. In the words of Coco Chanel, “Elegance does not consist of putting on a new dress.” It’s how you wear the dress that counts.

Actresses, models, socialites, and everyday women have since lost their elegance, letting it fall to the side, making room for more “practical things.” Women are using their careers and motherhood as an excuse for being frumpy. However, they don’t realize that are diminishing themselves from the femininity which they possess: beauty, mystery, and of course elegance.

Another more recent excuse is just as faulty. Some women claim they cannot be elegant because they lack natural beauty. Contrary to popular belief, a women lacking so-called “natural” beauty can still be elegant. True elegance is less about looks and more about presentation. An average plain jane with time can become far more elegant then an overly athletic beauty. Her beauty comes from within, a sort of confidence that stands out in a crowd, a confidence that pushes her to spend that extra thirty minutes shaving her legs (even in winter) and smothering herself in lotion. It makes her slip on high heels before double-checking her makeup in the mirror. Taking the time to spritz her neck with jasmine scent will make all the difference.

It is no easy task to be elegant. In fact, it is hard work, requiring a bottomless amount of patience and endurance. Getting ready (even for a casual event) takes time. Imagine a women who didn’t. Instead she chose to leave the house hair undone and makeup-less. Her clothes are unmatched and she isn’t wearing a stitch of perfume. What if that say day she met the guy of her dreams, or got a promotion; wouldn’t she want to look her best? Why was she not prepared ahead of time, ready for anything and anyone? We should be ready to give a great impression no matter where we are, because we never know what may happen. Though our feet may hurt, and our heads could pound, we should smile and remember how beautiful we look. Acknowledge each passing glance, knowing we’ve left a great a first impression. As Katherine Hepburn (in Little Women) once said, “I feel perfectly miserable with nineteen hairpins sticking straight into my head. But, dear me, let us be elegant or die!”

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New Music Resource for Band Directors

New Music Resource for Band Directors, Combo Musicians and Worship Band
Leaders

By Jim Green

New website offers Jazz/Rock Combo Band
Arrangements for use with Jr. High and High School Level Instrumental Ensembles.

Dixon, IL, August 20, 2008- Music Directors who have
difficulty finding material for small bands with non-standard or fluctuating
instrumentations, may find this new website to be of value. CubotMusic specializes in contemporary arrangements of public domain
hymns and worship music, written with junior high and high school age musicians
in mind.

The arrangements are generally written for 3 horns and a rhythm
section. However, a generous array of alternate parts is included to allow for
other instrumentations.

Many of the songs provide the opportunity to
learn improvisational skills. Another unique feature of each arrangement is the
inclusion of Improv. Guides which offer suggestions for successful soloing.

The music is provided as a downloadable zip file containing PDF's of score
and instrumentation, with permission to copy the individual parts as needed to
outfit the band. Each song featured on the site has a demo recording, as well as
a preview of one of the notated parts.

A forum is available for
performers and band directors to talk about our music, discuss teaching
material/technique, and connect with musicians across the globe.

The
arrangements have been prepared by Jim Green, band director at Faith Christian
School, in Grand Detour, IL. He has used the songs for his junior high and high
school groups, as well as for his family band and church worship team. "It's
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Pagan Holidays

Pagan Holidays
By Peter Emerson

A number of holidays are celebrated by pagans, those who do not believe in Christ. Most of these holidays are associated with seasons and cycles of nature and are sometimes referred to as the Wheel of the Year. A person may practice any form of paganism and that determines which holidays they celebrate throughout the year.

People belonging to the Wiccan religion are the most popular of the pagans in the US. Sabbat, the cycle of life between the God and the Goddess is the most celebrated. It consists of eight holidays such as Samhain, Imbolc, Yule, Lughnasadh, Beltane, Midsummer, Ostara, and Mabon. These are the main holidays celebrated by the pagans.

Samhain, considered the Celtic New Year, is now known in the name of Halloween. Usually, this ritual is observed on October 31st or November 1st. It is marked as the end of the summer months.

Imbolc goes by many names including Oimelc, Candlemas, or Brigid. It is either celebrated on February 1st or 2nd and marks the return of light and the start of the spring.

Another popular name of Yule is the winter solstice. It is usually celebrated when the sun reaches its southernmost point. This holiday normally falls around December 21st and is considered the shortest day and longest night of the year.

Lughnasadh, also called Lammas, is celebrated on the eve of July 31st. This is a pre-harvest festival mainly observed in honor of the Irish sun-god, Lugh.

Beltane is another sacred holiday of the pagans. It is a feast to celebrate the wedding of God and the Goddess. Bonfires and good luck rituals are the major activities of this holiday which comes on April 30th or May 1st.

Midsummer is also known as summer solstice and Litha. Harvesting healing herbs and eating honeyed foodstuffs are some of the traditional activities performed during this ritual. It normally occurs between June 20th and 23rd.

Ostara, the spring or vernal equinox observed on March 21st, is a day celebrating dawn and the new spring. On this day, the day and the night have equal lengths.

Mabon occurs between September 20th and 23rd when the sun crosses the equator moving southward. Another popular name of Mabon is autumn equinox and is regarded as the second of harvest holidays.

Many pagans also celebrate esbats which are celebrations associated with the phases of the moon.

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Sinister Forces - A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft -Book III - The Manson Secret

Sinister Forces - A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft -Book III - The Manson Secret
By William J. Gallagher

In my first review of Peter Levendas Sinister Forces series, I imagined Mr. Levendas appearance to be something like that of Bela Lugosi, with a goatee. This of course led me to a search, and the only picture I could find of Mr. Levenda on the internet was from a gathering of authors and publishers in Coconut Grove Florida, and he DOES look something like Bela Lugosi, though larger, and with glasses; and He DOES have a goatee! Or he did, at least, in the picture I am referring to. It was as if I had intuited something about this author, and though I found this revelation somewhat odd, I did not give it too much energy.

Not then, at least.

It was also during that first book that I found myself occasionally thinking in some cases that certain informations within seemed somehow…incomplete…only to find the information which explained these situations in the next book of the series, haunting me if you will, with not precognition, but answers to precognition…many times these answers contained EXACT wording and phrases as I had noted them in passing, or mentioned them in terms during my writing about the book! I stopped this critiquing during book III, and just satisfied myself that all was being made known. Truthfully, I was somewhat relieved that there are only three books in this series, if for no other reason than I do not know how much of this I could stand! It was more than coincidence. Much more. If you get the books, you will certainly see for yourself, and I do recommend them highly, however disconcerting some of the content may be.

Hard core readers are usually a little jaded, at least, and always looking for new experiences among the symbols. George Carlin once described our type as being Symbol Minded, and I guess thats as good a description as any. I assure you that the Sinister Forces books, by Peter Levenda, will assist you in your quest toward new, unique symbology, and most likely well beyond any expectations you may have.

Yes, many odd experiences and coincidences occurred during my reading of these 3 books by Peter Levenda. The only thing that came close was over ten years ago, after reading a book by Philip K. Dick, called Valis, and though I was astounded at that time by coincidences piled one upon another, that was nothing compared to the seemingly prescient ultra-sensitivity these books by Levenda created within my psyche. Many is the time during the reading of the series that I found myself in deep contemplation for many minutes, putting pictures together, from my past, and, perhaps, my future as well. I was becoming immersed in a flow that I had hitherto ill-perceived, and it is an instructional ride, oh yeahhhhhhh.

This is not too surprising really, considering that coincidence and its related institutions play a large part, perhaps even a Super-Conscious part, in this three book series which shows, among many other things, and in many startling and evocative ways, that there really is no such thing as coincidence, just a very intricate but meaningful weave and weft APPEARING to us as coincidence, but which is actual reality, and it is ALIVE. Boo.

Within this living thing are we, the id entitys, individual identities, and though infantile and dangerous for the most part, we influence the whole, as any part of any thing does. A vast majority of the time our influence in the All is en passant, without will or meaning. Even within this higgledy-piggledy massively ignorant state of existence which we physical beings inhabit, there are some who have taken it upon themselves to learn their place within the body of reality, and to thereby influence it, in what can only be called a conscious manner, however malign or evil some of these people may be.

Think — Instruments Of Torture — think Idolatry of instruments of torture. Sometimes the greatest evil is that which occurs all unbeknownst, disguised as goodness and love, within and by large groups of well meaning, but very ignorant people. That is my opinion at least, and it is based on long term observation, for what its worth. While delving into the books dealing with sinister forces I was rather astounded at certain of the revelations concerning the outwardly holy, who were, via scrutiny, revealed to be demons par excellence, whose god, if they have one, is nothing more than conflict, torture, hate and human suffering. We all know these people. Many are in government today. Many preach their ideology weekly, on TV, or in churches around the world.

In Book III of Sinister Forces a good case is made for positive influences, good people, to learn and develop control of our psychic lives in order to actually combat, or perhaps balance out the powers who would use reality to further their personal agendas, which seem comprised of what can only be called bad things. We must learn, and try hard, to overcome the employers of Sinister forces, or we are doomed to the world as it is right now, and is that not a sorry state, after all?

I think we should all learn to pray, instead of what the evil ones teach and do, and that is prey.

Also in my review of book one, I felt that Mr. Levenda must be, by nature, a very serious type of person, and though I found this to be fairly true throughout my further readings of this authors work, I was also pleasantly surprised to see that Peter Levenda possesses a wry and well developed wit, which is all the more powerful because of the subject matter at hand, and because of the artful way in which he purveys it. More than a few times I found myself laughing hard about something anomalous; anomalous in the sense it was dealing with death and destruction, but was described in such a way that humor was the inevitable result. There is no escape from these lovely surprises dear reader, and because these humorous incidents are timed perfectly and seemingly innocent, they can only be called comic relief of the highest sort. Several examples come quickly to mind, and I will not delve too deeply into this aspect of Mr. Levendas art, though his reference to Richard Nixon as one of histories great dirty jokes was one certainly memorable humor within.

Mr. Levendas coverage and interpretation of Quantum States as applied to human consciousness, and the body of reality, within which are we, the parts, was very valuable to me, and I am sure most readers will find this distillation by the author extremely agreeable, as opposed to the actual physics, which are daunting to say the least.

Mr. Levenda is intrigued by the work of two well known quantum physicists: Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff, whose work — Orchestrated Reduction of Quantum Coherence in Brain Microtubules: a Model For Consciousness, has been hailed as a new way to describe how thinking and perception really work, especially in relation to our view of reality. As one might expect, the US military has had great interest in all this, and employed these two scientists as consultants and representatives during a series of meetings sponsored by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). It is part and parcel of the militaries continuing though covert interest in remote viewing, psychic spying, and other spooooky types of behavior. Below are a few excerpts of the Penrose/Hameroff work from book III of the Sinister Forces Series:

…Another feature of quantum systems is quantum inseparability, or non-locality, which implies that all quantum objects which have ever interacted are in some sense still connected! When two quantum systems have interacted, their wave functions become phase entangled, so that when one systems wave function is collapsed, the other systems wave function, no matter how far away, instantly collapses as well. This non-local connection (Phase Entanglement), is independent of distance and implies that the quantum entities, by sharing a wave function, are indivisible… (Ansibel-ed.)

And another tidbit from Book III of the Sinister Forces Series:

…The problem is the transition….why and how do microscopic superposed states become classical and definite in the macro-world? This problem is called quantum state reduction, or collapse of the wave function, and it may be the key to both consciousness and reality…The wave function collapse is non-reversible in time, and it is the successive collapse of wave functions at the micro-tubule level that gives rise, in effect, to the passage of time (its seeming unidirectional nature: past-present-future) and thus to consciousness itself. This seems to solve the conundrum posed by Penrose in 1994 that the laws of physics are the same whether time flows forward or backward, and that the sensation of time going in one direction only is therefore a function of consciousness, since there are no physical laws to account for it…

The application of Quantum Mechanics to human reality is even more confusing considering it takes other sciences such as neurobiology, along with QM, to fully explain things we take for granted, like seeing, perceiving, memory, thought. It must be stated that there is no theory of physics that describes reality as well as the Quantum explanations, and though they are inexplicable to many, the multiverse is real, and you are a part of them! So lets get busy!

Overall, these three books in the Sinister Forces series deal with the United States Governments never-ending and no-holds-barred quest for mind control of its citizens, along with nazi involvement in that quest, and others, such as the catholic church, black magicians everywhere, and the intelligence apparat, as general as that term is. One begins to see, beyond doubt, after reading these books, that history can many times be considered a painting, where some brush strokes are bold and colorful, while others are muted and slight, though all a part of the whole, which in itself is a creation more than anything else. A contrivance.

The work of Mr. Peter Levenda is extremely well researched, and cannot be slighted in any way. There is no way that even the most informed reader on these subjects can come away empty handed from this literal smorgasbord of facts about the US governments continuing and frenzied involvement in the occult, the ramifications of this involvement to the citizens of the USA alongwith the world at large, as well as overall reality and our places in it. Do yourself a service, if you are inquisitive in the least: Get the three books of the Sinister Forces series by Peter Levenda, and see for yourself just where you are right now.

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Woman stabs self during Wiccan ritual

Woman stabs self during Wiccan ritual

LEBANON, Ind. - A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a cemetery in central Indiana.

Katherine Gunther, 36, of Lebanon, pierced her left foot with the sword while performing the rite at Oak Hill Cemetery, police said.

Gunther said she was performing the ceremony to give thanks for a recent run of good luck. The ceremony involves the use of candles, incense and driving swords into the ground during the full moon.

Gunther said was aiming to put the sword in the ground, but hit her foot instead.

“It wasn’t the first time I performed the ritual, but it was the first time I put a sword through my foot,” she said.

Gunther immediately pulled the sword out of her foot, and her companions took her to Witham Memorial Hospital, where she was kept a couple days for treatment.

No charges were filed, police said. The Wiccans were warned that being in the cemetery in the city about 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis after posted visiting hours constitutes trespassing.

Wicca is a nature-based religion based on respect for the earth, nature and the cycle of the seasons.

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On Tour

16Volt
"The Denial Highway" Tour (w/
Bella Morte)

Jul 09      Los Angeles, CA         Knitting Factory
Jul 10      San Francisco, CA       DNA Lounge
Jul 11      Sacramento, CA          Silk
Jul 12      Portland, OR            Fez Ballroom
Jul 13      Vancouver, BC           Media Club
Jul 15      Seattle, WA             El Corazon

The A.K.A.s
"Everybody Make Some Noise" Tour on the Warped Tour

Jul 23      Mansfield, MA           Tweeter Center
Jul 24      Darien Center, NY       Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Jul 25      Camden, NJ              Susquehanna Bank Center
Jul 26      Uniondale, NY           Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Jul 27      Scranton, PA            Toyota Pavilion
Jul 28      Englishtown, NJ         Raceway Park
Jul 29      Pittsburgh, PA          Post Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake
Jul 30      Cincinatti, OH          Riverbend Music Center
Jul 31      Noblesville, IN         Verizon Wireless Music Center
Aug 01      Milwaukee, WI           Marcus Ampitheatre
Aug 02      Tinley Park, IL         First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre
Aug 03      Minneapolis, MN         Warped Tour
Warped Tour pause
Aug 04      Omaha, NE               Waiting Room
Aug 05      Denver, CO              Hi Dive
Aug 07      Salt Lake City, UT      Kilby Court
Warped Tour resumes
Aug 08      Nampa, ID               Idaho Center
Aug 09      George, WA              Idaho Center
Aug 10      St Helens, OR           Columbia Meadows

Bella Morte
"The Denial Highway" Tour (w/
16Volt)

Jul 09      Los Angeles, CA         Knitting Factory
Jul 10      San Francisco, CA       DNA Lounge
Jul 11      Sacramento, CA          Silk
Jul 12      Portland, OR            Fez Ballroom
Jul 13      Vancouver, BC           Media Club
Jul 15      Seattle, WA             El Corazon
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Jul 16      Salt Lake City, UT      Burts Tiki Lounge
Jul 17      Denver, CO              Oriental Theater
Jul 18      Tulsa, OK               Crush Lounge
Jul 19      San Antonio, TX         Atomix
Jul 20      New Orleans, LA         Howlin' Wolf
Jul 22      Tallahassee, FL         The Beta Bar
Jul 23      Orlando, FL             Back Booth
Jul 25      West Palm Beach, FL     Respectable Street
Jul 26      Gainesville, FL         Backstage Lounge
Jul 27      Nashville, TN           Salvation
Gorgeous Frankenstein Tour
Aug 15      Springfield, VA         Jaxx
Aug 16      Atlanta, GA             The Masquerade
Aug 17      Nashville, TN           Mercy Lounge
Aug 18      New Orleans, LA         One Eyed Jacks
Aug 19      San Antonio, TX         Rock Bottom
Aug 20      Dallas, TX              The Granada Theater
Aug 23      Los Angeles, CA         Crash Mansion
Aug 24      San Francisco, CA       DNA Lounge
Aug 26      Portland, OR            Hawthorne Theatre
Aug 27      Seattle, WA             El Corazon
Aug 29      Denver, CO              Oriental Theater
Aug 30      Kansas City, MO         Record Bar
Aug 31      Munster, IN             Three Floyd's
Sep 01      Sauget, IL              Pops Nightclub
Sep 02      Chicago, IL             The Buzzbomb Club
Sep 03      Detroit, MI             I-Rock Nightclub
Sep 04      Cleveland, OH           Peabody's
Sep 05      Philadelphia, PA        New Alhambra Arena
Sep 06      Allentown, PA           Crocodile Rock
Sep 07      New York, NY            BB King's Blues Club
Sep 09      Montreal, QUE           Les Foufounes Electriques
Sep 10      Toronto, ONT            Opera House

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Aug 31      Toronto, ONT            Reverb

Clan Of
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Sep 20      Orlando, FL             Independent Bar
Sep 21      Orlando, FL             Independent Bar

Combichrist
"Sent To Destroy You On Tour"

Jul 11      Barcelona, Spain        Sala Salamandra
Jul 12      Madrid, Spain           Caracol
Jul 13      Melun, France           Dark Castle Festival
Jul 16      Vienna, Austria         Viper Room
Jul 17      Berlin, Germany         Kato
Jul 18      Warsaw, Poland          Progresja
Jul 19      Cologne, Germany        Amphi Festival
Jul 24      Leiria, Portugal        Beat Club
Jul 26      Waregem, Belgium        Gothic Festival
Jul 27      Dublin, Ireland         The Academy
Jul 29      Wrexham, Wales          Central Station
Jul 30      Birmingham, UK          Barfly
Jul 31      Bristol, UK             Bierkeller
Aug 01      Edinburgh, UK           The Hive
Aug 02      Sheffield, UK           Corporation
Aug 03      London, England         Electric Ballroom
Aug 05      Ausburg, Germany        Rockfabrik
Aug 06      Ludwigsburg, Germany    Rockfabrik
Aug 08      Utrecht, Netherlands    Summer Darkness Festival
Aug 10      Hildesheim, Germany     M'era Luna Festival
Aug 16      Salt Lake City, UT      Electric Ladyland Festival
Oct 11      Orlando, FL             Goth Cruise

Decoded
Feedback EBMfest 2008

Aug 31      Toronto, ONT            Reverb

Electric
Six Summer Shows

Aug 08      Hoboken, NJ             Maxwell's
Aug 14      New York, NY            Rocks Off Concert Cruise
Aug 15      Boston, MA              Mass Bay Lines
May 16      Northampton, MA         Iron Horse Music Hall

Grendel
EBMfest 2008

Aug 31      Toronto, ONT            Reverb

IAMX
Tour Dates

Sep 09      Cambridge, MA           T.T. The Bear's
Sep 10      New York, NY            Blender Theatre @ Gramercy
Sep 13      Birmingham, AL          Matthew's Bar And Grill
Sep 15      Los Angeles, CA         El Rey Theatre
Sep 16      San Francisco, CA       Great American Music Hall

Imperative Reaction Minus All North American Tour w/
SITD

Sep 20      Hollywood, CA           Safari Sam's
Sep 21      San Francisco, CA       DNA Lounge
Sep 24      Portland, OR            Mt. Tabor's Legacy
Sep 25      Vancouver, BC           Red Room
Sep 27      Calgary, AB             The Underground
Sep 28      Edmonton, AB            New City Suburbs
Sep 30      Seattle, WA             El Corazon
Oct 02      Salt Lake City, UT      Avalon Theater
Oct 03      Denver, CO              Hi-Dive
Oct 04      Lawrence, KS            Jackpot Music Hall
Oct 05      St Louis, MO            TBA
Oct 06      Milwaukee, WI           Miramar Theater
Oct 07      Minneapolis, MN         Ground Zero
Oct 08      Chicago, IL             The Abbey
Oct 09      Columbus, OH            TBA
Oct 10      Detroit, MI             TBA
Oct 12      Toronto, ONT            The Reverb
Oct 13      Montreal, QUE           TBA
Oct 14      Philadelphia, PA        New Alhambra Arena
Oct 15      Boston, MA              TBA
Oct 16      Washington, DC          Club Liv
Oct 17      New York, NY            Knitting Factory
Oct 18      Pittsburgh, PA          Pegasus
Oct 19      Nashville, TN           Salvation
Oct 22      Atlanta, GA             TBA
Oct 24      Orlando, FL             TBA
Oct 25      West Palm Beach, FL     Respectable Street
Oct 27      New Orleans, LA         Howlin' Wolf
Oct 29      Tulsa, OK               TBA
Oct 30      Dallas, TX              The Church
Nov 01      San Antonio, TX         Atomix
Nov 02      El Paso, TX             Lucky Devil's Bar
Nov 05      Garden Grove, CA        The Can Nightclub
Nov 06      Sacramento, CA          TBA
Nov 07      San Diego, CA           Brick By Brick
Nov 08      Phoenix, AZ             Sadisco

London
After Midnight "Un-American" Tour

Sep 05      Hollywood, CA           Knitting Factory

Melotron
On Tour

Sep 19      Barcelona, Spain        Sala Apollo 2
Sep 20      Madrid, Spain           Ritmo Y Compas
Sep 25      Moskau, Russia          B2
Sep 26      St Petersburg, Russia   A2
Oct 04      Denver, CO              Vendetta Festival @ Hi-Dive

Mindless
Self Indulgence "IF" Tour

Jul 10      Nottingham, UK          Rock City
Jul 11      London, England         Roundhouse (w/ IAMX)

Snog
Tour Dates

Aug 09      Utrecht, Holland        Summer Darkness Festival
Aug 19      Budapest, Hungary       Club Yuk
Aug 22-24   Bradford, UK            Infest @ University Of Bradford
Aug 31      Toronto, ONT            EBMfest 2008 @ Reverb

System Syn
"End" Tour

Jul 25      El Paso, TX             TBD
Jul 26      San Antonio, TX         Atomix
Jul 27      New Orleans, LA         Howling Wolf
Jul 30      West Palm Beach, FL     Respectable Street
Jul 31      Orlando, FL             Pandora's Box
Aug 02      Cincinnati, OH          TBD
Aug 03      Rochester, NY           TBD
Aug 04      New York, NY            Don Hills info
Aug 06      Pittsburgh, PA          Altar Bar
Aug 07      Detroit, MI             TBD
Aug 08      Milwaukee, WI           TBD
Aug 09      Omaha, NE               TBD
Aug 10      Denver, CO              Falcon Bowl
Aug 11      Salt Lake City, UT      Club Vegas
Aug 13      Portland, OR            Fez Ballroom
Aug 14      San Francisco, CA       DNA Lounge
Aug 15      Los Angeles, CA         Das Bunker

theStart
Ciao, Baby Tour

Jul 22      Las Vegas, NV           Beatles Revolution Lounge
Jul 25      Orangevale, CA          Boardwalk
Jul 26      Reno, NV                Tonic Lounge
Aug 07      Hollywood, CA           Safari Sam's
Nov 15      Long Beach, CA          Vault 350

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