Mr. Pacione has been spending the past couple of weeks posting comments in various groups at MySpace: Gothicfest, DemonsandDarlings, and Traditional Horror. He must be really stoked about Gothicfest.
If anyone who reads this blog happens to attend tomorrow, please take pictures of him and his booth, and post them online for his “fans” to view. I, for one, would be grateful. The one of him standing on the table at his 2005 booth, screeching “RIDE THE STORM!” was classic.
Say, didn’t Nicky lose control of his bowels at a book signing two years ago (I saw a reference to this on TODP the other day)? And if he did, was it at Gothicfest?
I’ve also heard something about a tinfoil hat being mentioned whenever this incident was brought up. How did that fit in?
And the folks at TODP changed the map making it look like Nicky’s table was in the bathroom. Silly shit really.
Silly, yes, but it was funny at the time. Ben, there was a thing going called “Project Booth 36.” That was Nicky’s booth number in 2005. Word was spread that the project team had rigged walkie-talkies to beam out radio waves at a frequency that would give Pacione an uncontrollable urge to shit himself. His defense against it was to cover a helmet with tinfoil.
Someone has a picture of him sitting down wearing the foil-covered hat, looking forlorn–perhaps Al_Kilyu? If anyone still has copy, I’d love to have a link to it.
Anyway, rumor has it that his mother finally told him about tinfoil hats before the convention and he didn’t bring it, so the only real fun was in getting him going for a while. Nothing happened at the convention itself, other than Nicky making a fool of himself by jumping up on his table and snarling while yelling in his adenoidal whine “Wide the Thawm!” I may or may not still have a copy of that picture. Again, a link would be appreciated, if anyone else still has a copy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/NickolausPacione/RIDE_THE_STORM.jpg
I owe you one, Cuss! Thanks.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2qlsgw2&s=2
Gas, that was beautiful! I hadn’t seen that in nearly two years. Thanks so much. *wipes tear from eye from laughing too hard*
So…he went into the men’s room by mistake?