There is no doubt that Star Wars fans cross all political parties.

However, if the Imperialist Party existed, we’d all be part of it… maybe.  It can’t be any worse than the Republican/Democrat nonsense we have to deal with these days.

Show your support for the Imperialist Party with this new shirt from Threadless.

Subscribe by February 29 and you can use PayPal’s Bill Me Later service to pay the $100 over a span of 6 months with zero interest.  That comes out to $16.66 a month for this.  Most people can easily pay that.

Here is an updated list of discounts and items that will be given away to subscribers.

Subscribers will receive discounts from these great Vendors:

Juneau Studios ~
Save $50 of their DVDs. You pay $19.99, retail price $69.99.
Receive a $250 certificate for any order of $1150 and save 60% on freight orders.

DC Props ~
15% off his amazing props and mechanisms *except sale items, not valid September and October.

Fright Theatre ~
15% off all product *except sale items, not valid September or October

Dark Imaginings ~
20% off our changing portraits, $75 off custom changing portraits, as well as other discounts on our other products and services (graphic design, web design, video effects, etc).

Mini Spot Light ~
15% off all lights

Necrotic Creations ~
15% off their entire productline

Monkey Basic ~
20% off all software

Skull Shoppe Skulls – 20% off plus FREE shipping* order thru Hauntcast site

Froggy’s Fog - 15% off from April – September

Midnight Studios –
$150 off their Vanessa Corpse prop)

Vox Noctis Voiceovers ~
$50 off any custom made voice over.

Shellhawk’s Creations ~
15% her amazing hand-made pottery and FREE shipping.

DBGgraphix ~
50% OFF a logo or poster design for their haunts.

Woodloom Custom Tombstones -
10% off

Isher Creations ~
20% off

Ghosts of Olde Towne Petersburg will be starting up with the very first haunted walking tours on selected nights in April.  Hauntcast fans can purchase 50% off admission tickets. That offer is good for the entire 2012 season.

Total Terror! Haunted Attraction - 50% off admission price by purchasing tickets online.

Hauntcast The Magazine ~
Free (at least two issues a year, maybe more)

If we reach our goal we will be give away prizes from these amazing vendors:

• DC Props – $195 Spitter mechanism
• Juneau Studios – (10) $70 DVDs
• Fright Theatre – $375 Torso Prop
• Stolloween – custom pumpkin $125 value
• Stiltbeast Studios – Three Deranged Masks, $100 a piece.
• Skull Shoppe Skulls – 2 museum skulls $85 each and 2 film quality skulls $65
• Mini Spot Lights – LED lights
• Necrotic Creations – $100 cameo
• Woodloom – $55 Celtic Tombstone
• Terra – Handmade tombstone of choice
• How to Haunt Your House volume 3 book – $30 value
• Vox Noctis – $50 dollar coupon
• 2011 Haunters Video Awards DVD Set $25
• Davis Graveyard – $25 Concrete Skull
• Skeleton Store Paul Skeleton – $52 value
• Dark Imaginings – $49.95 value 11×14 changing portrait. You can pick the portrait.If the 11×14 is too large for them then they can choose a smaller version (5×7 or 8×10). The winner will have to pay the shipping fee, though, which is $10.
• Spider Hill Prop Works – $50 worth of product from their site (winner’s choice)
• Haunted Hot Sauce – Assortment of Hot Sauce
• Haunted Attraction Fright Team Management Book and CD
  So You Want to be a Haunt Entrepreneur Book –
  $49.95 + $4.95 shipping (A $54.90 Value!)
• West Coast Haunters Convention – 2 Pair of three day passes to the show
• Hauntcon – 2 conference passes, $150 value
• Midnight Syndicate – Two 6 packs of their amazing Haunt Music – $72 value each
• Author Lesley Bannatyne – 3 pack of books: Halloween Nation, A Halloween Reader & Halloween, An American Holiday An American History

GRAND PRIZE

Juneau Studios is raffling off his Lizzy Borden Mirror to subscribers of Hauntcast. It’s a $2500 value.
The mirror measures 2 feet tall by 15 inches wide.
Comes with 4 dvds: Blood wrighting, Clown changing portrait, Poltergeist portrait and Lizzy Borden.
Each subscriber will get their name thrown into the hat twice doubling your chances to win.

A friend of mine said, “Talent is not a substitute for character” in response to her death.  I agree.  She was talented.  ”Was” being the key word.  It seems that all went away when she got involved with Bobby Brown.  She got hooked on drugs.  Crack.  Her career went away.

So to everyone feeling sad now, feel sad that you lost your girl 10+ years ago.  The music she created back then will live on.

Another friend told me she had turned her life around.  No she didn’t.  If she did, she wouldn’t have died.  She wouldn’t have done the ol’ presecription drug + alcohol mixture that seems to be the thing to do these days.

Before the crack

Holy crap.  Imagine having this in your home.  You could… for free!

It is one of the items that has been donated by Juneau Studios to be given away to a subscriber to Hauntcast.  $2500 retail… FREE.

Subscribe using PayPal by February 29 and you can use “BillMeLater” for 6 months of no interest financing.  The $100 subscription fee would need to be paid in at least $16.66 statements over 6 months (September).

How awesome is that?

Bring one of the best podcasts that ever existed back from the dead!  Hauntcast!

http://hauntcast.net/subscribe/

While I want to get the Tambu Lounge podcast up and running, I’m all about supporting other podcasts that have inspired me in the podcast world as well as in my other interests.

Hauntcast is one of those.

It is obvious that my love of Halloween is all over this blog.  Hauntcast is the definitive podcast for home haunters (those of us who decorate our yards/houses for the big day in October).  Actually, I should say “was”.  Chris Baker, the host, had to stop production on his show because he was not making any money.  Now, in the podcast world, that isn’t unheard of.  The issue was that Chris and many of the show contributors are victims of this horrible economy (Thanks George W).  This was one of the most professionally produced podcasts out there.  Two hours of segments with plenty of professional V.O. work.  It was amazing.

Chris had hung up the dungeon keys in November.  People missed it.  Missed it and bugged the hell out of him to bring it back.  Obviously not understanding what it took to put the show together each month (time) and their financial need to keep a house over their heads and food on the table and clothes on their backs.

About a week ago Chris said that he would bring it back based on a subscription basis.

He threw out the price point of $100 for a year of shows.

It sounded steep to me.  I loved the show, but I couldn’t afford to drop $100 all at once for a 2 hour show.

But then things started happening.  Vendors started stepping up to offer discounts on their services and wares.  Many also donated things to go into a raffle for the subscribers… we are talking things worth several hundred dollars.  Chris and his buddy, Johnny Thunder, announced a second show.  Then they announced a magazine (2 issues a year).

Breaking it all down (2 shoes, a magazine, and thousands of dollars available in discounts), the $100 didn’t seem so bad.  But it was still a lot to drop at once.

Along comes PayPal’s  ”BillMeLater” with a promo.  6 months no interest financing on a purchase of $99 or more.  THIS I COULD DO!

It comes out to about $16.66 a month as long as it is paid off by September.  I can easily do that (and pay it off earlier).

Again, go download some of the old episodes.  Give it a listen.  If you agree that it is as awesome as I think, go pony up the money and get this thing going again.  Again $16.66 a month… that is like 2 beers at the ballpark.   You can do this.  I could.  The BillMeLater promo is only good until February 29.  So don’t delay.  You don’t have to pay anything right now either.  Just do your monthly installment when you get the $$ and you are good to go!

http://hauntcast.net/subscribe/

Subscribers will receive discounts from these great Vendors:

Juneau Studios ~
Save $50 of their DVDs. You pay $19.99, retail price $69.99.
Receive a $250 certificate for any order of $1150 and save 60% on freight orders.

DC Props ~
15% off his amazing props and mechanisms *except sale items, not valid September and October.

Fright Theatre ~
15% off all product *except sale items, not valid September or October

Dark Imaginings ~
20% off our changing portraits, $75 off custom changing portraits, as well as other discounts on our other products and services (graphic design, web design, video effects, etc).

Mini Spot Light ~
15% off all lights

Necrotic Creations ~
15% off their entire productline

Monkey Basic ~
20% off all software

Vox Noctis Voiceovers ~
$50 off any custom made voice over.

Shellhawk Creations ~
15% her amazing hand-made pottery and FREE shipping.

DBGgraphix ~
50% OFF a logo or poster design for their haunts.

Woodloom Custom Tombstones -
10% off

Isher Creations ~
20% off

Ghosts of Olde Towne Petersburg will be starting up with the very first haunted walking tours on selected nights in April.  Hauntcast fans can purchase 50% off admission tickets. That offer is good for the entire 2012 season.

Total Terror! Haunted Attraction - 50% off admission price by purchasing tickets online.

Midnight Studios –
$150 off their Vanessa Corpse prop

Hauntcast the Magazine –
Get a free subscription to Hauntcast the magazine.
If we reach our goal will will be giving awa prizes Such as:

• DC Props – $195 Spitter mechanism
• Juneau Studios – (10) $70 DVDs
• Fright Theatre – Prop
• Mini Spot Lights – LED lights
• Necrotic Creations – $100 cameo
• Woodloom – $55 Celtic Tombstone
• Terra – Handmade tombstone of choice
• How to Haunt Your House volume 3 book – $30 value
• Vox Noctis – $50 dollar coupon
• 2011 Haunters Video Awards DVD Set $25
• Davis Graveyard – $25 Concrete Skull
• Dark Imaginings – $49.95 value 11×14 changing portrait. You can pick the portrait.If the 11×14 is too large for them then they can choose a smaller version (5×7 or 8×10). The winner will have to pay the shipping fee, though, which is $10.
• Spider Hill Prop Works – $50 worth of product from their site (winner’s choice)
• Haunted Hot Sauce – Assortment of Hot Sauce

Honestly, this is the way to go.

Want 2 free weeks? Here you go- http://hulu.com/r/fTiaSg

just click through, register, and you can try it out.

While I’m not the biggest Transformers fan (movie… I grew up with the animated show and had a ton of the toys), this looks like I would be a lot of fun.  Quite a bit like Spider-Man at their Orlando park.

Speaking of which…. Universal announced that they were closing the Jaws ride and the entire Amity area of the park (makes sense since it was so closely tied to the ride).  No tears shed by me on this.  Jaws should have been scary.  It shouldn’t have been the ridiculous Jungle Cruise-esque thing that it became.  Also never liked it for the forced-perspective buildings that one was never far enough away from for it them to really work.

Rumors are that a Harry Potter expansion will go in that area.  Looking at the layouts of the two parks, it would be extremely hard for this to happen (plus it would be in a completely separate gated park from where the original goes.

To tie it together… I bet Transformers goes into the Jaws/Amity area.  A version in Singapore has opened.  Another in Hollywood is opening next year.  Why not clone it a 3rd time for Orlando?

As for the Harry Potter expansion, that should go into the remainder of the “lost continent” area of Islands of Adventure that wasn’t taken over with the first build.  They actually should have done this from the start.  Harry Potter is being marketed as almost it’s own theme park.  It is really just about half of the Lost Continent Area with a little more thrown in the back.  It is well done (except for the size of the shops), but not marketed well.  Expanding it into the Lost Continent entirely would be cheaper and really make the Harry Potter land, then land it really should be.

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