{"id":578,"date":"2007-08-13T22:21:59","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T22:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2007\/08\/13\/armadillocon-the-connening\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:25:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:25:03","slug":"armadillocon-the-connening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2007\/08\/13\/armadillocon-the-connening\/","title":{"rendered":"Armadillocon: The Connening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some photos and captions put together by my colleague Steve Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Armadillocon<br \/>\nOpening night party<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/85706345746c0d31c1b1f1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nLawrence Person and Mikal Trimm trade sarcastic quips about something or other.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/63699709346c0d32535fa5.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nRevSF Editor-at-Large Mark Finn chats with RevSF Co-editor of Fiction Matthew Bey, MonkeyBrain Books&#8217; Allison Baker and &quot;Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana&quot; author Jess Nevins. Finn&#8217;s real purpose: to plug his Vernon Plaza Theater via his back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/128256734446c0d33242301.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nJessica Reisman reads from a new short story, &quot;Flower Tongue,&quot; which has nothing to do with &quot;Little Shop of Horrors.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/136294773646c0d33ae0e26.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nLiving the high life as they are, the Rev SF panel heads to Austin&#8217;s finest dining establishment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/132495352546c0d34f13cc7.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nAustin&#8217;s RevSF contingent, moments before being thrown out for a heated debate about the exact whereabouts of Star City and Coast City in America.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/178019584446c0d35c00457.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n&quot;Homemade batter.&quot; \u2013 Mark Finn<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/21498960746c0d3652c363.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n&quot;They don&#8217;t serve hot dogs like this in Star City.&quot; \u2013 Jayme Blaschke<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/39176063246c0d36e5f850.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nFast and furious writer Jay Lake (left) interviews slow and steady writer Howard Waldrop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/209885822746c0d37bc875f.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nCockroach shall walk the Earth (and fly creepily around the room) no more!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/56361665146c0d384ab2b5.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSpace Squid co-editor David Chang makes the scene, the picture of calm mere moments after murdering a bug. When will the facade crack over time?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/74955375246c0d38c7305e.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nThe air conditioner gets turned down to capture the movie theater experience during the screening of a the short film version of &quot;When the Magic&#8217;s Gone,&quot; adapted to the screen by Tiffany Sullivan from Patrick Sullivan&#8217;s RevSF short story. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/43527420946c0d392e0e01.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nRevSF Co-fiction editor Steve Wilson (bad hair, left) discussing the state of Austin radio with Chris Nakashima-Brown (middle) and someone whose name the photographer didn&#8217;t catch. Meanwhile, Trimm insinuates himself into yet another shot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/173855525546c0d39a13cc9.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nStina Licht (middle) fresh from three back-to-back panels, each related in some way to fantasy sex (not to be confused with fantastic sex). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/147804953746c0d3a453465.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nTwo members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejigglewatts.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Jigglewatts<\/a> burlesque dance troupe. This being a con, men and women alike asked them how they made their costumes. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/208653479946c0d3aeb27d5.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nWriter Patrice Sarath &#8211; with one of Matthew Bey&#8217;s Chocolate Salty Oat cookies in hand (courtesy of Space Squid and Quacks Bakery)- chats with that ubiquitous Trimm .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/5\/43370222946c0d3b573030.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nFinn: the lion at rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some photos and captions put together by my colleague Steve Wilson. Armadillocon Opening night party Lawrence Person and Mikal Trimm trade sarcastic quips about something or other. 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