They all float down here...∞
The Devil's Rain...
🥀 An amusingly soggy procession with pedals sliding off floats, leaving white glue marks instead, a nonfunctioning bird prop drifting limply in the wind. The malfunctioning 'Diwali' float was towed along instead like a repo. Band members dumping out water from within brass instruments. Participants covered in clear rain ponchos to detect a semblance of particular representation. Overall toning down the fluorescence, otherwise richer visaged darker flora & fauna appeared refreshed.
Parade theme: "The Magic in teamwork".
They all float!
🌉 San Francisco float: An actually nice representation of the foggy city by the bay. Features a cable car {one would expect a "KFOG" sign thereupon}, The Golden Hell Gate Bridge {to sin and vice}, and Victorian "painted ladies" houses, one of which resembles the {prepainted} Black House structure.
👹 Pasadena float features Devils Gate Damn beneath the decorative suicide bridge, along with veritable sacrificial car plunging over the side. No kidding.
🚀 Star Trek float - but no shat? With The Starship Enterprise flying above, Sulu settles into the deck like The Philadelphia Experiment, and the teleporter materializes a crew member back and forth. It would have been a great opportunity to display several crew members in costume, perhaps including villains as well. Maybe lasers. Kahn! Corbis!
🏹 South Dakota float with Mt. Rushmore and squaw maiden. Speaking of so-called team work, how about great warrior chiefs Red Cloud, Black Hawk, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, & Crazy Horse on the other side? Accompanying display of the recently included memorial to indigenous women, many of whom have been violated throughout history by the multiple-faced likes thereabouts, but at least the reality is being realized.
🦅 America 250 features 3 giant majestic eagles soaring above the land, rather like thunderbirds.
🐻 The Great picnic: A robust bear feasts sumptuously upon a well-earned cornucopia of gustatory delights. Gula in excelsis! [Not unlike "Barry"]
🤖 Jungle Jumpstart: A robot reclines amongst the lushness of nature and other dwellers therein, to assert technology and nature in cooperation. Agreed. So long as nature is allowed to flourish, with technology allowing for its full expression, preservation, as a nest, frame into which to settle.
🔥 Rising Together: Features a Phoenix rising from a budding garden of regeneration symbolizing reconstruction after previous massive wildfires.
💨 What an excellent day for a cruxifiction... Comedy relief floats by with some goofy jesus poser in a bad wig and Halloween costume dress stupidly smiling and waving at the jeering crowd. While above, a hot air balloon complete with stained glass windows and target cross, propelling itself by prayerful farts in the wind, and for a mere 10% of your income, you can purchase a ticket at the additional cost of your brain.
🐂 Followed by a football float with a bull mascot looking rather Baphometesque. Interesting pairing.
Marching bands
🌯 Señoras y señores, presentando... Los churros mojados! But better than Los Naked Mariachis.
💃🏻 Homewood patriot band - sexy little velvet one piece on dancers, Paul Revere marching band motif on musicians. The blue coats are coming!
🥁 Band directors marching band. Somebody's bright idea for a legion of marching band instructors playing the tunes themselves!
🤡 Fatlip-synched "performances" by several generic mediocre pseudo-talents.
🦇 No Batplane this time around, considering it would not be visible in the pleasant overcast rainy weather. After all, that is the general point to its construction.
🌧️ Synchronistically, the last time it rained on the parade was in 200666 / 202666. Coincidence?
93rd Hollywood Santa Parade
BLACK EARTH
P a r a d e s
Hosts: Erik Estrada {ponch}, Laura McKenzie? {bimbo 1}, Elizabeth Stanton? {bimbo 2}, Montel Williams {dispensing certificates for showing up}, Dean Caine {stuporman}
Gather the grog and the nog, the coffee or tea, biscotti or fruitcake, an assorted cornucopia with concupiscent company... swirl the cauldron's pool...
At the foot of the haunted Roosevelt Hotel, where many a sinful interlude is enjoyed, the superficial red carpet unfolds to cover the secrets of tinsel town. Hereupon the Paganativities of Horus, Dionysus, & Moloch, pour the goblet full, and present the exhibits!
Jet Velocity Holiday All Star Band featuring several members of Knights In Satan's Service tribute bands, and Sebastian Bach of Skid Row {about a mile S/E}, with Jason Ebs (Catman Peter Criss on the “Bad Boys of KIϟϟ” Tours with Spaceman Ace Frehley & Swaggermouth), busty soulful-singing wife Janea Chadwick Ebs (Joe Cocker & Swaggermouth). Matt Starr from Ace Frehley on Drums, Adam Kury from Candlebox on Bass, Tracii Guns from LA Guns on guitar, and the legerdemain of Suzanne Le Bach from Masters of Illusion. Performing "Run, Run Rudolph" and "Magical xmas".
Other highlights include:
- Adding an element of class, a surprise operatic performance by Anna Azerli.
- Prestidigitatrix Mai Wynn performs impressive outdoor illusions.
- Prestidigitator Murray Sawchuck performing basic tricks in an odd, goofy infantile manner.
Standout dancers include the elegant Kevorkian Dance Academy, attractive Van Nuys Cheer, nostalgic LA Catholic School Marching band, Indig X {a powwowerful dynamic brings a sense of substance}, 2 splendorous Korean dance troupes, plus Ms. West Coast Pageant {sexbots}, a quite remarkable wushu demonstration, and sundry salacious others.
Marching bands include the snappy on-point SD Marine band, traditional Salvation Army band, and the amusing Sons of The American Revolution in full regalia.
501st [Star Wars] Legion {The Empire looking powerfully regal as ever, while the so-called "rebel legion" look rather tawdry & ramshackle, including Cinnabons Leah, mangy chewie, disheveled Solo, and sloppy Luke}; LA Ghostbusters remarkably & appropriately accompanied by Ecto-1 {Slimer up front, Janine in the back}, Truman's Star Cars {including Batmobile, KITT, & The Macabremobile - but where's Batman? Mike? Elvira?}; 3 Wheel Family {several unstable looking trinary-wheeled vehicles}, Lit Drivers {tacky Vegas/xmas style illuminated vehicles}, & mini-airplanes for little kids, monkeys, and midgets.
Those who drive these vehicles should be attired likewise in costumes from those presentations. Ponch arrives on CHiPs cycle {perhaps with Jon, Grossie, Getraer, Baricza, Clarke, etc.}, Michael Knight in KITT {others within - Devon, Bonnie, April, RC}, The A Team in the van, etc. Preferably the actors in character, but at least fully costumed participants. The Ghostbusters did it correctly this time around. Also include the local Krampus crew in on the presentations as well.
Ballons included Superman, Ninja Turtles {Sumo turtles}, Smurfs {evil dead gnomes}, a pirate looking to plunder booty, & nutcrackers. How about Shogun Warriors machinders, kaiju balloons, and more Hard Rock / Heavy Metal, Classical, Opera, Gothic, retropop, less ghetto overall.
Instead of elves, Mrs. Claus, Krampus, or Zwarte Piet, Santa was accompanied by two Marines. He should also arrive with other legends of Invernal fane, a veritable parade in itself, like said Krampus, Knecht Ruprecht, Father Flog, Mari Lwyd, Yule Goat & Cat, Grýla and Leppalúði with the Yule lads, kallikantzaros, even Cagatio & Caganer, finally with La Befana at the end symbolizing the conclusion of the Winter celebrations.
Presentations run by too fast. Add another 1/2 hour if needs be. ∞
🦃 99th Birdbrain parade
The Turkey parade was mostly the same lame game as previous years, with the always few exceptions in-between.
This year's highlights were FOREIGNER playing "Cold As Ice" on the STRANGER THINGS float, complete with Demogorgon menacing in a chamber. A strong performance by actual Rock musicians.
Now jumping into the pentagram, a sample of a thrilling American native powwow. Also of note, a "Labubu" float, touted as demonic by paranoid, wacky xians floated by without incident. It is mildly amusing to watch various participants race into the center star, sometimes appearing as if dancing 'round it like some witch's circle.
Of all marching bands, the NYPD looked sharp and sounded on point, much to the appreciation of the more discerning members of the crowd. Unfortunately, minimal revealing costumes for cheerleaders, with the refreshing exception of The Rockettes, dancing to the classic 'That's Entertainment'.
"Santa" appears with accompanying HO HO HO's, an enthusiastically gay elf, Zwarte Piet, and an asian "Mrs. Craus" Kringle picked up along the way for this year. Still no Krampus, or Martial Arts demonstration, but at least Disney had a display featuring various villains. Though The Grinch was lurking among the spectators. The only notable balloon was Spidey, in My estimation.
Otherwise, the rest of the parade suffered from ghettoization, the exaltation of mediocrity, lip-synching, and overall generic commonality. Sometimes one could question how much of this is actually brainless AI? No class, just crass. ∞
Golden Dragon Year of The Snake Parade
Gung Hei Fat Choi!
Prelude features The Police Force demonstrating impressive dragon-faced motorbike formation skills to the delight of the crowd.
Then to the sounds of explosive drums, magnificent silken ridged banners adorned with ancient characters begin the procession like entering the elegant gates of cultural hissstory. Celebratory pops of confetti & streamers resonate throughout. The Year of The Snake symbolizes the ecdysis of rebirth & evolution, the serpent shedding skin in a process of transformation.
Wushu & Kung Fu demonstrations feature spear, bo staff, nunchaku, & sword skills, along with detected Dragon & Snake style Tao Lu 'kata'! Dragon, Snake, Lion dances permeate the streets, complete with infernal eyes flashing and hissing, spitting fumes. By the by, an unexpected, though welcomed lovely latin troupe of alluring dancers in skintight fiery costumes writhed along the path, and a bevy of Miss Chinatown pageant beauties waved gracefully along.
There were also a couple of culturally indigenous celebrities, politicians, local business representatives, and the rambunctious mayor greeting several participants, even jumping up on a float at one point. A mass of firecrackers conclude the event in eruptive aplomb!
Be sure to wear red, a serpentine, dragon pendant, a chosen pitchfork / spear Sceptor, and enjoy Chinese cuisine, inclusive of eur/asian pulchritude! Hail The Dragon! Hail the Snake! Hail Yen-Lo-Wang! ∞
~ Sinsei Rev. Blackthorne
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🦃 The Macy's thankgiving parade was typical, nothing really too different from all the others at all. Still just a bunch of lame balloons, the perfect Santa at the end with Zwarte Piet in sleigh and some lady in tow. Although he did have a nicely ornate thorn trim on his coat!
Unfortunately, still no Krampuslauf this year, but it is definitely getting closer. There are more parades around the US & world than ever!
Sadly, performances featured only just poptard nursery jingles, traditional carols properly sang as intended {thankfully no caterwauling}, ugly ghetto "dance" eye/earsores, and otherwise some lovely Asian cultural music.
🎅🏻 The Hollywood Xmas parade was celebritarded as ever, way too rushed, the same hosts {sponch, montel, fat stuporman, tricks guy on the street, thieving Grinch, and toothy bimbo}. Of course, the Marines are always a highlight, the cheerleader / color guard leg shows, Martial Arts {wushu} & Dragon demonstration, TV showcars {hooted when KITT was spotted! Batmobiles!} Ghostbusters, A-Team van, mini planes, & Star Wars groups. The holiday rockers band played the same tune a last year, but even Poison's Bret Michaels was a gratefully refreshing relief.
🦌 Santa was accompanied by a Marine on the sleigh and reindeer.
🌹 Standouts in the Rose parade were...
🌋 The dino float gathered around what resembled Peter Brady's bukkake volcano {featuring flamethrower!}.
🤡 Charlie Chaplin looked like The Joker {"have you ever danced with The Devil in the pale moonlight?"}
🐉 Nessie made it all the way from Scotland to grace us with her presence. Sass may have been driving the float.
🦚 A tribute to venerable Melek Taus by City of Hope.
🎆 Veteran's Day float featured a destroyer, hellicopter, jetplane, & exploding fireworks!
🚽 Lush & stoner douchebag Ferris Bueller celebrates truancy with a party.
⚜ Louisiana float of drunken rednecks reveling on a dilapidated shack's porch, smiling King Crocogator {somber contemplation on the car massacre just a few hours previous; last year it was the catastrophic Japan earthquake}.
🐝 To the tune of Stryper, amorous bees {as in "the birds and the bees"}; looks like the Kellog's honey bee finally found a girlfriend!
👾 Horny gayliens floating around in flying saucers {'antennae' looking more like horns} and on planet X with an asstronaut. The other inebriated aliens crossed the border to another float.
🦁 Baby lion clubs - that is all.
⛪ The always goofy lutheran float presenting the crazy nazarene and other wacky biblical characters like zany mascots.
🎏 Koi fish windsocks course above a beautiful bridge within a glorious garden to a tower that would hold Bruce Lee and opponents, and/or a Shaolin Temple, or perhaps a Ninja cult. {Knight of The Rising Sun}
🐼🐼 Racoon bears stand amidst a plethora of jungle dwellers, seeking whom they may devour.
🌄 Lurch alert! UPS presents an impressive Rodan spectacle encouraging baby pterodactyls to flight. Pterodactyl Air Mail option?
🏆 The Army float displays toy soldiers in various military uniforms throughout history.
🧹 The 'Wiz' float features unfamiliar mismatched characterization, with terrible casting direction, as far as the film representation is concerned. The play is well-fitting. ∞
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
And so Helios did ignite the flame by speculum face, whereupon vessel unto Gaul shall tradition endure.
On a wonderfully rainy afternoon did these Olympic games begin, in a city infamous for the creation of the guillotine, upon which the Eiffel Tower is based, to writers the likes of The Marquis De Sade, Baudelaire, Antonin Artaud, Alexandre Dumas.
The overcast skies were perfect for the presentations to follow, each giving The Devil His due in kind. As a matter of fact, a mysterious cloaked figure traverses through various landmarks observing the proceedings, evilutions in the country's history, as if granting acknowledgment for each veritable obeisance. The Louvre museum, Eiffel Tower, Grand Palais, Arc de Triomphe featured 12 artistic segments, plus the reconstructed Notre Dame Cathedral was also showcased.
The following progression follows the theme of France's pipe-dream motto. Whereas Liberty {through Rebellion & Strength}, Meritocracy, {selective} Misanthropy makes more sense.
Gazing into the dark history of war via Le Misérables, the next progression yields...
💀 An unexpected, pleasing horror guignol performance by French dark metal band Gojira amidst beheaded Marie Antoinette phantoms leering from widows, amidst spurts of hellfire and ghostly fog, accompanied by an operatic diva riding upon a spectrous ship, all in a remarkable finale with explosive sanguinous aplomb.
📚 A noble nod to the romantic, gothic, and infernal literature purviewed by harlequin libertines gamboling sensually into a private chamber to enjoy carnal ecstasies. Followed by a trip to the Louvre as paintings come to life.
Lady Gaga invokes the rousing sensuous cabaret muse of Moulin Rouge in a neo-Burlesque performance of Zizi Jeanmaire's "Mon truc en plumes". One can imagine this being performed in a favorite pub like l'Enfer, which must be resurrected.
MacLeod had to move the barge to avoid the lengthy parade of boats coasting down the Seine, while the heads of various historic luminaries floated in the water. ⏩
In almost Le Messe Noir fashion, a cavalcade of cross-dressed apostates enjoyed a smorgasbord of luscious culinary delicacies. Proto-Luciferian Roman Goddess Libertas is present, representing freedom & liberty {through rebellion}; apparently Lugh or Dionysus centered luxuriating within the impending Feast of The Beast. And so another scale fell from the eyes of the world.
🎈 Making its way upon the River Seine, a shadowy rider conferred The Torch from the phantom to be ignited by 5 established Olympic champions onto a hot air balloon cauldron representing the 1st documented flight of the kind. Concludes with a moving performance by Celine Dion of Hymne à l'amour by Édith Piaf.
🗼 The Tower itself became a veritable beacon reminiscent of a Hellraiser lantern with beams cast forth across the land as lights sparkled along its symmetry.
By the spirit of Prometheus did hellfire ignite the flame of Baphomet. Let the games begin! ∞
💃🏻Dracommendation: Barcelona, Spain. Opening Olympic Ceremony. ¡Viva España!
So again the Shadow of Gaul emerged to coalesce with Hellas by Hades Underworld arisen. The Pentagonal Rings marked upon the earth to shine as a beacon unto timelessness, the torch flame crowning infernal Titan god.
The psychodramatic theatrics were again an exquisite spectacle, reminiscent of Circe Du Soleil. Other features included French Champion swimmer Léon Marchand transporting the flame from the cauldron via lantern inside the stadium for extinguishing; Opera singer Benjamin Bernheim emerged accompanied vertically in fiery fumigation by Pianist Alain Roche with the haunting Hymn To Apollo, as if ascending from the Netherworld. Followed by a muted rendition of Frank Sinatra's Satanic tune My Way.
Now Duncan can return the barge to its preferred location, but not before having dispatched a couple more opponents due to the corporeal deluge.Amidst a graceful orchestra accompanying the Ancient Epic, Promethius did descend from the heavens to bestow the forgotten knowledge of The Olympiads unto a gaping, shuffling populace. Faceless phantoms arose from their graves to rebuild those wonders which have slept for far too long.
To a culture steeped in rich history, The Arts in abundance, a civilization surrounded in the arcane, the Gothically resplendent, and sensually replete. The Catacombs, The Guillotine Tower, Moulin Rouge, Opera House, Arc Du Triumph, Lady Libertas on the Seine, Demonic Notre Dame gargoyles are some favorites.
A toast of a carefully poured Green Demoness philter of AbSINthe glimmering in candlelight to thine wonders, pleasures and treasures sublime.
Upon its conclusion of a new dawn which continues to resound in its own insular world, the generic degeneration began to be a forgettable amalgam of primitive displays. Contrast and compare. ∞
Independance Day parade
To the cool coastal breeze and foggy overcast skies, a very delightfully folksy small-town feel. Notable spectacles include:
🥋 Karate Kids! Adorned in appealing red gis, Victory Tae Kwon Do offered demonstrations, basic kata moves, and plenty of Ki! Martial Arts dojos should feature in virtually all parades, to assert self-defense as a life-basic, enhancing overall discipline.
🤸🏻 The dynamic SCATS Gymnastics had a bar setup right there on the float!
😎 Waving the flag to and fro like Mr. America, weatherman personality Dallas Raines was kissing babies and pretty ladies! Have those contact cards ready! Oh, yeah!
✈ The Italian Airforce Precision team was seen flying over the parade in the colors of beloved Italia bella! While just a couple cities over in beautiful San Pedro, the Amerigo Vespucci is docked for a few days during independence day observations. America is actually named after the explorer the ship itself is named after.
⚔ Ragnarök: Speaking of ships, a grand Viking vessel graced the route, mighty dragon mast, along with a couple of woodshop Vikings thereon. Quite an accomplishment indeed! Drinking horn, axes & swords, beards & braids, buxom Valkyries with cries of Hail Odin! Hail Thor! Loki! Fenris! Midgard! would make for a mighty presentation! {cue Manowar & Amon Amarth!}
🥁 A couple of marching bands sounding quite spot on, and the always appreciated plethora of lovely cheerleaders and color guard pretties strutted by.
⚜ The Scouts of America sauntered by. By the way, apparently no need including "boy" in the title any longer on account of the organization allowing female scouts therein now as well, to include tomboys, while the girlscouts seem to remain exclusive still. So apparently those cookies really are made out of real girlscouts!
🏕 In contrast, The Y has always maintained the benefits of an all-inclusive populace. Even though YWCA persists for much the same reason as girlscouts as a specialized female club with enhanced feminine sensibilities. However, the "C" in the acronym may be appropriately removed now, as perhaps the "M", to overall form Young Camper's Association. Plus, from personal experience, gotta' love those CIT's!*
⛪ Goofy Blindlighter Douchebags: The local Masonic lodge marched in aprons and collar chains with their own misnomered stunted version of the boyscouts, while doing little more; then Shriners zipped about in clown minicars and organ-grinder's monkey fez hats. The Lutherans were a small bit more dignified, while a rude fundamentalist zealot bozombie from another crutch typically blurted out irrelevant propaganda in-between comments from a reporter.
The parade was the late morning into noon entertainment, while a marathon was held earlier that morning as well, while fireworks blazed into the night asserting the prideful rebel Lucifer's victory. Hail Hellfire! ∞
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* "Councilors In Training".
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It might as well be called the bagpipes parade, for the plethora of elegantly kilted bagpipers, with the only real difference being the colors of the uniforms, and most everything representing and otherwise sponsored by unions, that some would say is a bit... stereotypical. Yet it is what it is, with nary a crybaby in sight about it!
In fact, I found the parade emitting a very positive energy, an overall vigorous and wholesome impression. No fights, uncivilized behavior, vulgarity, eyesores, or de-evolutionary displays needing correction. Very organized, with primary content being Catholic, some Masonic, and Police groups, which may in part explain the conduct.
Detecting "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", there were some sparse marching bands with lovely cheerleaders heading them off, and it was also delightful to see stepdancers hopping to action! Followed by The Boyscouts and a Catholic club.
The banners are quite elaborate, depicting 'saints', missionaries, catholic clergy, union founders, etc. The meeting with Americanatives was most memorable, imparting hospitality even to cross wielding zealots, and everyone knows how that ended.
The parade began with an interview with a perhaps bepinted Cardinal admitting the connections with the seasonal equinox, while the church previously used this date to replace all Pagan significance to The Equinox except what could be exploited, and for conversion purposes. Upon their diminishing influence, they seem to be taking cues from Pagans now!
The Dapper Gentlemen - A Dr. from Iona University, the Vice President of Tourism Ireland, another representative for Irish tourism, the chairman of the St. Patrick's day foundation, a representative for "Catholic health", the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Assn.
The Lovely Lasses - Laura Merrit, the chief marketer Digeo of Guiness beer wearing an amusing sweater with logo - does she come with it? Mentioning a collaboration with Tipsy Scoop {spirited ice cream!}; the chairman of the parade, and the Grand Marshall who also happens to be the Heineken CEO!; and... the president of Forham University.
No "St. Patrick" in a carriage at the conclusion like a Santa Claus cousin, or serpents or leprechauns for that matter, but it was like the entire Irish neighborhood populace of NY was walking in the parade! Almost like a marathon. And families of all persuasions enjoying the afternoon.
Personally, I would like to see the addition of floats, folkloric characters like Leprechauns and wee folk {spot the dwarf!}, more arcane & Pagan costumes and instruments, and food displays. [4/5] ∞
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* Apparently, due to religious reasons, the parade is never held on a Sunday.
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