Thanks, Frank. I actually stumbled across that on my TiVo listings, but I don't get Trio. Fortunately, I found some Johnny Staccato videos at Kim's Video in NYC (gray market at the very least), so I've got some on hand. They're very cool if you get the chance to check them out.
Cool pix from the 5th Annual Edwardian Gorey Ball
Is it surprising that Edward Gorey -- the late author and illustrator known for macabre children's books -- has a saintlike status in San Francisco, where Halloween festivities rule? "The Evil Garden," the fifth annual Edwardian Ball in his honor, provided such a delicious opportunity for ghoulish whimsy -- and costumes -- that dozens of eccentrics lined up outside well before the doors opened at the Cat Club in SoMa's demimonde.The love of Gorey brought all the misfits -- goths, history buffs, puppeteers, Ren Fair fans -- together to let their freak flags fly, in a wholly respectable way. Guys sported dapper suits with cravats, canes and top hats; women wore long black skirts and corsets. A dread-headed Heather Gallagher, a.k.a. "Camera Girl," decked her top hat and Edwardian-era gown with little pink flowers. Another woman removed her motorcycle jacket, revealing a peasant blouse, and replaced it with a red velvet duster. Voila! From biker to pirate.Stepping inside put attendees right into the pages of Gorey's black-and- white story "The Evil Garden," with vines climbing to the ceiling and googly- eyed bugs crouching on the wall. The sounds of classical violins swirled from the speakers, and in the back room -- in an allusion to "The Disrespectful Summons" -- waltzers twirled on the dance floor.