Hallowmas 2019
I worked at a restaurant for a whole month, so I was there working until 7pm the day of Halloween. I went to work dressed as a cat and went straight to the Warsaw after that for World/Inferno’s 2019 Hallowmas.
I ended up pregaming after work rather than going straight to the venue like I had planned, so I missed Will Wood opening. Will Wood, This Way to the Egress, and Public Serpents opened. I didn’t watch any of them.
I was a little drunk when I got to the venue, and apparently I missed the rest of the openers while I was drunkenly eating pierogis. Whoops.
Some costumes of the night:
The first people I found were Zanne, Zanne’s fiance Emma, and their boyfriend Cyrus who I hadn’t seen in like a MINUTE. They were the We Bare Bears, I loved it.
Josh was dressed as one of those blow up wavy guy things like outside car lots. We joked about him trying to wear that in the pit. I think ultimately he decided to wear it for “Tattoos Fade” and then deflate it, which was probably smart.
Scott didn’t dress up at all, and I gave him shit for it. Neither did Max. I saw him in the pit and was like “wtf dude?”
Doug was a pineapple.
Here’s me being a goofy af cat:
Oh yeah, also had a giant stick of confetti down the front of my shirt. I think it was from Hillary. She also gave me little ones I had in my pockets.
Kevin was also a cat. We talked about how All Borders Are Porous to Cats, the new album, was supposed to be out in time for Hallowmas, so it made sense that we were cats, but then they pushed the album’s release date back a few months, ugh.
They had special cassette tapes at merch, so I bought one, and also two CDs I probably didn’t need… whoops. But my cassette didn’t come in a box for some reason? lol
I found Brandy before coatcheck but then somehow lost her for the rest of the show?
Tattoos Fade
Ich Erinnere Mich an Die Weimarer Republik
Paul Robeson
Me v Angry Mob
A Night in the Woods
Devil’s Ball
Thumb Cinema
M is for Morphine
Freedom is a Wilderness
Peter Lorre
Three Parts WTF
Jerusalem Boys
Culture Wars
Jeffrey Lee
Velocity of Love
Nightmares
Glamour Ghouls
I’ll Be Your Alibi
I Wouldn’t Wanna Live in a World Without Grudges
Let’s Steal Everything
Please My Favorite Don’t Be Sad
Cats Are Not Lucky Creatures
Naughty Little Rat Makes New Friends
Heart Attack ’64
One for the Witches
Addicted to Bad Ideas
Zen and the Art of Breaking Everything in this Room
Pumpkin Time
We’ve heard “Freedom is a Wilderness” many times before, but I wasn’t sure if the other four new ones were familiar at all. Lotta new songs from the upcoming new album.
“Well that was a song.”
“We’re gonna hate it and shit on it and then in a few years we’ll love it, just like we do with every new Inferno album.”
Okay but like the new songs have been kinda rough so far.
I’m pretty sure Josh’s costume did not last long at all. I think he ended up taking it off completely rather than just deflating it.
During “Me v the Angry Mob” a circle of human pyramid started to form. I attempted to get on the third level, but one person under me was… too low I guess? I dunno, but I was not balanced AT ALL and kinda started to fall. At first I climbed back up, but then I fell flat on my back in the middle of the circle lolllll. Straight up turtle-ing. I was out for the rest of the song. Is it even Hallowmas if I didn’t fall?
Pit photos by Doug Kavendek
During “Glamour Ghouls”: “Tequila!” I didn’t realize this was even like a legit thing we did, it just seemed natural and I laughed at myself for it, but I think a lot of other people did it too.
“Cats Are Bad” is a new tradition now.
The giant circle pit for “Naughty Little Rat” is my fave.
I waltzed with Doug for “Heart Attack,” which is a new tradition. We started like in the pit and chaotically moved toward the back by the door to the bar. We’ve had plenty of practice this year, so we did the jump from Dirty Dancing. <3 Best dance partner ever. I’ve always wanted to do that at a show, and it went pretty well tbh. Sunny told me later she saw us killing it.
There were pumpkin balloons everywhere, obviously. Apparently Doug Kavendek found fake blood on a wall somewhere leftover from Hallowmas past.
I honestly forgot they hadn’t played “Pumpkin Time” until they closed with it. It’s definitely not Hallowmas without “Pumpkin Time.”
Gina handed out candy after the show, and when she got to me, she said, “You are a wonderful, wonderful fan. Thank you.” I cry.
I was a little conflicted. I love both Gina and Sandra (who Gina replaced in the band) so much. It sounds like Sandra might’ve been let go in kinda a shitty way, but that had nothing to do with Gina, right? I can love both women. The ladies are awesome af. I guess I never even really talked to Sandra, I just thought she was cool. All my interactions with Gina have been absolutely lovely though. I really do love her.
Eventually we were kicked out and all went outside, where it started to rain, and I had a long journey home to New Jersey.
