Stacy Horn

I can’t remember if I posted or tweeted about it, but I watched this amazing video of a subway skater, Tengu, and in addition to being blown away by the skater I loved the sound track. The composer, Jacob Ireland, sent me a link to the complete piece, Subway Track, and I’ve been meaning to post it. It’s made entirely from sounds on the subway, and I just love it. Very inventive. Turns out Ireland is a graphic designer, among other things. Many other things, including being a skater!

The crowds on 11th Street on Halloween. Costumes and candy are serious business around here.

After all my worrying, the Tardis did appear! And once again I failed to get a decent shot of it. It’s partly my camera’s fault, I swear. I met someone last night who knows the Canon G series of cameras (he has each of them including the latest) and he agreed mine just doesn’t take good night shots. “You can get the new one for $400!” he said. I tried not to sob.

The Dalek also returned, ready to exterminate, thank God. I mean, OH NO!

Giving out candy at a gallery on West 4th Street. Most of the activity was centered around stoops, but a few businesses were also giving out treats.

Tree head man. Crazy tree head man (I just saw an old Adam Sandler SNL Halloween bit).

This was in front of the building on 11th and 4th Streets that had the great decorations in the post just before this one.

Now this is commitment to Halloween and your costume. (It was also cold last night!) This picture is disturbing, but she was actually totally awesome. But too much for the children. While I was taking her picture every child who passed by refused to go up and take candy from her. I couldn’t blame them.

I still haven’t decided what I’m doing tonight. Choice 1: take it easy and walk around and take pictures, enjoying the sights. Pros: I will see all the Halloween action I miss every year because the parade takes up the whole night. I love taking pictures. I love seeing all the children all dressed up, and all the adults all dressed up to entertain them. Also, I only slept a couple of hours last night and I’m tired. Also, it’s cold. And, my next door neighbor is having a party on our stoop. That should be fun, too! Cons: None.

Choice 2: drum in the Halloween Parade. Pros: It feels great to walk up the middle of 6th Avenue drumming. My band has a good spot in the parade too, so it shouldn’t be as long a wait as usual and it’s exciting to be in front. I’ll see old friends. It’s good exercise. Cons: You have to line up hours before the parade starts and then wait there for hours shivering (although again it won’t be as long as usual). It’s cold. I’m tired. I’ll miss all the local action in my neighborhood because I don’t get back home until late.

You can see which way I’m leaning. Except the guy who runs the band sent out email asking everyone to show up. We have a good spot it’s important to make a good showing.

A ghost on 11th Street. 11th Street seems to be beating out Perry Street this year.

There’s still no Tardis, which concerns me. I hope the people who normally put it up are okay. Maybe they just moved away.

But the people on 11th Street came through. This is the place which had the creepy girl on the swing last year. They were never going to be able to top that, but they still did a great job. Thank you people on 11th Street and West 4th! This is all at one house, by the way.

I just remembered! Last year, it wasn’t until Halloween that you saw the best part about the little girl on the swing, when she started to swing and sing that haunting little song. (See that here.) I wonder if any of these will do something more tomorrow?

I’m going to cut to the chase and start with my favorite first. Here she is close-up. Stunning!

This is pulled back a little, so you can see her in context. Absolutely incredible. Whoever does this is such an artist.

They had another creepy hanging girl to the right. Are girls just scarier?

They are when they they are crawling up out of the ground!

You don’t have to tell me that cats are evil! I’ve got one curled up on my lap right now, plotting my destruction.

Poor dogs. They just die I guess. They do not zombify and come back to kill you.

This was a little different than my recent video, and sadder. I was at my desk and some man started screaming for help as loudly as I’ve ever heard someone scream. The sad part was he was screaming because he was getting help. Apparently a workman was in the building (I think it was a Time Warner guy) and the man thought he was in danger and he turned on all the gas and started yelling. What I heard was his screaming as they put him in the ambulance. What you hear in this video is a lot quieter than what it had been a minute before.

I hope he’s getting whatever he needs and life is starting to improve for him.