About Author: It Came from New York

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Chal Pivik lives in Los Angeles.

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  • Although limited, Popkiller on Vermont in Los Feliz has a made some good choices (with more to come) that don’t scream fly-by-night tacky costume pop-up shop, especially when mixed in...

    Popkiller Halloween

    Although limited, Popkiller on Vermont in Los Feliz has a made some good choices (with more to come) that don’t scream fly-by-night tacky costume pop-up shop, especially when mixed in...

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  • Extreme Halloween, the new book by Tom Nardone, takes the holiday and ramps it up several notches with advice and instructions on how to create over-the-top decorations, startlingly gross-looking party...

    More Creepy Questions for Tom Nardone

    Extreme Halloween, the new book by Tom Nardone, takes the holiday and ramps it up several notches with advice and instructions on how to create over-the-top decorations, startlingly gross-looking party...

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  • Ghetto Gloss, the gallery that pulled up its roots in Silver Lake last month and moved to Melrose and Seward, is continuing its busy schedule of bizarro-glam events and happenings....

    Channel your inner Carrie

    Ghetto Gloss, the gallery that pulled up its roots in Silver Lake last month and moved to Melrose and Seward, is continuing its busy schedule of bizarro-glam events and happenings....

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  • At first I thought it was just me thinking that the pumpkins I saw at Trader Joe’s are smaller this year. But when I saw this report on CBS2′s local...

    Smaller pumpkins this year

    At first I thought it was just me thinking that the pumpkins I saw at Trader Joe’s are smaller this year. But when I saw this report on CBS2′s local...

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  • I don’t remember such a wide selection of skulls in years past at the 99 Cents Only Stores–  and particularly gruesome ones, practically nothing cute here. Chalk it up to...

    Cheapo Creepo: Skulls

    I don’t remember such a wide selection of skulls in years past at the 99 Cents Only Stores–  and particularly gruesome ones, practically nothing cute here. Chalk it up to...

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  • The 99 Cents Only Stores have their Halloween stock on shelves so, it being October 1st, we’re rolling out our first item to covet: Creepy socks. Yes, they have other...

    Cheapo Creepo: Creepy Socks

    The 99 Cents Only Stores have their Halloween stock on shelves so, it being October 1st, we’re rolling out our first item to covet: Creepy socks. Yes, they have other...

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  • Lucha VaVOOM‘s Halloween parties are the best thing going in Los Angeles for costume-bedecked lunacy. Just add luchadores (that’s Mexican wrestlers to you, Gringo,) burlesque, comedians and, according to them,...

    Lucha VaVOOM’s Halloween smackdown returns to Mayan Theater

    Lucha VaVOOM‘s Halloween parties are the best thing going in Los Angeles for costume-bedecked lunacy. Just add luchadores (that’s Mexican wrestlers to you, Gringo,) burlesque, comedians and, according to them,...

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  • We’ve been on board with Tom Nardone since his first book, Extreme Pumpkins, came out two years ago. Nardone has re-invented pumpkin carving, taking it into slash-and-burn (as in “carve...

    Out now: Extreme Halloween book

    We’ve been on board with Tom Nardone since his first book, Extreme Pumpkins, came out two years ago. Nardone has re-invented pumpkin carving, taking it into slash-and-burn (as in “carve...

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  • Hollywood Forever Cemetery held their 9th annual Dia de Los Muertos event on Saturday. Each year it draws larger crowds and this year was no exception, with a few jarring...

    Dia de Los Muertos @ Hollywood Forever

    Hollywood Forever Cemetery held their 9th annual Dia de Los Muertos event on Saturday. Each year it draws larger crowds and this year was no exception, with a few jarring...

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  • Last night saw the opening of SPLATTER at Antebellum Gallery, an exhibition of art inspired by murder. Many attendees came in costume to hear music performances by Citizen Savant, Botoxic...

    SPLATTER opens at Antebellum Gallery

    Last night saw the opening of SPLATTER at Antebellum Gallery, an exhibition of art inspired by murder. Many attendees came in costume to hear music performances by Citizen Savant, Botoxic...

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  • Rick Castro is telling me he sees ghosts all the time. “As far as I’m concerned, all of Hollywood is haunted or has spiritual presence. Every square mile of  old...

    Rick Castro’s Haunted Hollywood

    Rick Castro is telling me he sees ghosts all the time. “As far as I’m concerned, all of Hollywood is haunted or has spiritual presence. Every square mile of  old...

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  • Jonathan Sharp walked into a friend’s house recently weighed down with bags of food and started unpacking them. “This is a Moroccan stew that I made last night. And I...

    Creepy Questions for Jonathan Sharp

    Jonathan Sharp walked into a friend’s house recently weighed down with bags of food and started unpacking them. “This is a Moroccan stew that I made last night. And I...

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  • Let’s see. If you crossed Extreme Pumpkins, the über-pumpkin carving book by Tom Nardone, with Extreme Makeover and… nip/tuck… Oh, nevermind. h/t> my house is cuter than yours.

    Maybe next year…

    Let’s see. If you crossed Extreme Pumpkins, the über-pumpkin carving book by Tom Nardone, with Extreme Makeover and… nip/tuck… Oh, nevermind. h/t> my house is cuter than yours.

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  • Sublety is usually not a successful element of Halloween costumes. But these special effects lenses from Coastal Contacts sure are tempting, with dozens more available on their site.

    Look into my eyes…

    Sublety is usually not a successful element of Halloween costumes. But these special effects lenses from Coastal Contacts sure are tempting, with dozens more available on their site.

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  • Another successful year for the horror film festival, plus a list of this year’s Shriekfest Awards winners. Shriekfest percolated through the past weekend with large audiences lining up to see...

    Shriekfest Redux

    Another successful year for the horror film festival, plus a list of this year’s Shriekfest Awards winners. Shriekfest percolated through the past weekend with large audiences lining up to see...

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