Taikonaut 1
SMH.com.au: China’s First Man in Space!
Spacetoday.net: Shenzhou 5 Lands Safely
You know what this means? The People’s Republic of China is now really in the Space Race!
Just received tapes of the final mix for Cosmic Baby (3 x 7 minute episodes) from Sixty 40 two days ago. Will be watching this very soon…
According to LA Alternative Press, this is the Best of L.A. Can’t say we’re familiar with most of these places, but there’s plenty of time to explore!
Movin’ In
Well, we’ve signed a one-year lease and are moving into our apartment by the end of this week.
Each day – another piece of furniture, another utility gets connected. We have been to Ikea and Target this week - buying tables, chairs, pots and pans… we need just about everything you can think of! This morning we checked out some vintage furniture stores along La Brea but the stuff was way too expensive. And so back to Ikea we went, in spite of Eddie’s complaints about the blister on his hand… Tomorrow afternoon, the bed will arrive, and Ikea-furniture-assembly-hell continues…
Before
…and After. Our very first pieces of furniture!
More later!
A night in Tijuana
event poster
Here it is- the Tijuana photo album! with selected images from our second trip to Tijuana. (The first trip was three years ago with WBA scriptwriters and FPU before Mucha Lucha went into production)
The purpose of this trip was to see the legends – El Hijo del Santo and Super Parka in a Mask vs Mask match. Totally predictable, of course who would end up keeping his mask 
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For such a hugely promoted event, we all expected more technical brilliance (we have seen better wrestling at RevPro - small local indie promotion) but that said, the vibe of being there in Tijuana in a packed bullring-turned-arena was truly phenomenal. We are indebted to Mr and Mrs Gutierrez, our excellent tourguides, for the amazing ringside seats. Behind us, little kids in Santo masks were screaming and cheering for their heroes while their parents cussed and flung beer.
When Super Parka unmasked, the crowds went wild and photographers snapped away. Santo’s mask was covered in blood (real or fake – we can’t tell), but our sympathies were really with Super Parka. I felt sorry for him standing there maskless, ignored and comparatively insignificant in his final moment of humiliation. Sigh.
Eddie’s review:
As expected, the undercard matches were incredibly flat – it was as if the promoter figured that everyone was here for the main event, so why bother with the other bouts. At least Villanos, Dos Caras Snr. and Jr. and Hijo del Perro Aguayo (who was SO over with the crowd – and had the shortest,tightest wrestling trunks ever seen in a public place!) gave the card some star power.
The main event was never gonna live up to the hype and expectations. Although when Santo came out with a posse of Aztecs, who then started gyrating to techno music (‘The Aztec nation will rise, and then we will RAVE!’), it did indeed seem the evening would deliver.
Super Parka played the total heel; bleeding Santo early on, slamming him into a wooden board – he was so great, I was completely rooting for him. The match was pretty scrappy, and Santo was kinda off form. He actually blew one spot twice, and Parka had to improvise the finish to the second fall. He did redeem himself with a couple of awesome topes and planchas outside the ring. And kids, I have to tell you – that’s just plain ordinary board they land on outside the ring – not padded mats like in WWE!
So Santo inevitably wins with the camel clutch, and Super Parka unmasks. Dammit – another enmascarado bites the dust. So sad – I really do hate mask versus mask matches. I was expecting Super Parka’s nephew, the great La Parka, to run in and avenge his uncle, but alas there was no retribution.
Overall, a great evening in a great venue, and a historic match. There is simply nothing like the atmosphere and feel of going to see Lucha Libre in Tijuana. Maybe we’ll get to capture it in one of our cartoons one day 
Lili: Cameras were not allowed in the arena but I do have some video footage which I will post later. For some reason, I can’t access our (bigpond) server…
Music & Miceli’s
Tuesday night: We went to Amoeba Music & bought more CDs. More stuff to listen to in the car! (Someday we have to figure out how to connect the Nomad Jukebox/mp3 player to the car stereo…)
What we bought:
Then Joel took us to Miceli’s. (Ventura Blvd, Universal City) This place is tacky cool. There are old dining booths, red and white checkered tablecloths, christmas lights and Italian-themed murals all round, piano music, and … every waiter sings! Our waitress sang a Puccini opera beautifully and everyone clapped.
Overheard at the next table: “I miss being in showbusiness”.
Another one of those Hollywood moments…
We’re going to Tijuana tomorrow with Roman (Mucha Lucha BG artist-extraordinaire), Jorge and Sandra. I think we’ll be staying the night right after the lucha match (can’t drink and drive can we?) and be back in LA, Saturday afternoon. No blogging until the weekend and I promise you… there WILL be photos!
SoCalUncensored Forums: Some info on the match & getting there
And ¡muchisimas gracias! to the Gutierrezes for the front row seats!
Santo movie screening in Sydney
From the Mu-Meson mailing list:
Sunday 12th October –
Santo Mexican Wrestling DoubleSanto is the oldest and greatest Mexican wrestling hero. The films we are screening tonight herald from the 60′s and are some of the most hilarious and bizarre ever made Santo and the Blue Demon vs. Dracula & the Wolfman plus Santo in the treasure of Dracula. This is Santo in the time Tunnel as he steps back to the 19th century to fight Dracula. Mu-Meson Archives 7pm $8
To get on mailing list please email to either of the email addresses below: mumesonarchives@hotmail.com or meson@ihug.com.au
Mu-Meson Archives at Crn Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St Annandale at the end of King Furniture building up the steel staircase. Phone for more info: 9517-2010
Address: Annandale Hotel at 17 Parramatta Rd Annandale. Ph 9550-1078
We’ve just bought these titles on DVD… but first, we need a DVD player
© 2003 Eddie Mort
….Eddie continues with his Santito side project.
Big Ass Pumpkins
Halloween pumpkins at the supemarket
Wat Thai
On Saturday afternoon, Joel took us to Wat Thai, a Buddhist temple on Coldwater Canyon, North Hollywood. On the weekends, the temple grounds are alive with Thai families and food stalls selling cheap and authentic Thai food. The food was excellent and the vibe was great.
We had papaya salad, a coconut-creamy fish mousse (that resembled Malaysian otak-otak), satays, and L.A.’s best pad thai. Dessert was mango and sticky rice (a whole mango!) and rubies/jellies in sweet coconut milk. Yummm.
PCC Flea Markets
Peter was right. The Pasadena City College Flea Market is bigger than the one on Melrose/Fairfax. The best part is the Music/Collectible records section, a street away from the college. Not cheap! Most of the vinyl cost between $30 and $100. We were lucky we found some gems for five bucks.
What we bought:
We’ll be back next month after we get ourselves a turntable
Update: Week 3 in L.A.
We got the apartment in Lyman Place! 
We submit a deposit tomorrow and the apartment will be ready for us to move in next week. The biggest hurdle at the moment, is accessing funds from our Australian bank accounts. We can’t purchase money orders or cashiers checks without a local bank account. Credit cards not accepted. I am hoping & praying that we can use Paypal … there must be a solution …
And did we tell you the apartment is practically a minute’s walk away from Wacko?
TAURUS – from the Shag astrological exhibition at
La Luz de Jesus gallery (inside Wacko)
Yesterday we met up with Liz and Rita promoters of Lucha Va Voom, at Buddha’s Belly (Beverly Blvd). Liz is a costume designer whose boyfriend is Gringo Loco (Where’s the mask???) and she takes care of the Mexican wrestling talent for Va Voom. She tells us that she has access to any luchador South-of-the Border… She also has El Santo‘s home phone number which she so kindly passed onto me… Mwa ha ha ha ha ! The power! Rita is a producer-dancer who joins the Va Voom burlesque troupe as Ursulina… We also learnt that *our* apartment is located in the street where a number of the Va Voom dancers live. Sometimes, L.A. feels like a small world.
Speaking of burlesque, Tease-O-Rama 2003 takes place next weekend. Eddie is pressuring me to fulfil my go-go dancing fantasy. The Pontani Sisters are hosting a Go-Go-Robics class & the Dance Workshop with Tura Santana sounds like an opportunity not to be missed, even if she has aged somewhat … (see activities)
Some other stuff we want to do: Roadtrip to Joshua Tree National Park. Check out some swapmeets to buy cheap vintage furniture etc. for our new pad. Peter has recommended the Pasadena City College Flea Market for this weekend.
Australian vs American words
Mobile phone —— Cell Phone
Boot —— Trunk
Bonnet —— Hood
Petrol —— Gas
Windscreen —— Windshield
Toilets —— Bathrooms
Prawn —— Shrimp
Takeaway —— To Go
Flat —— Apartment
Flatmate —— Roommate
Ground Floor —— First Floor
Coriander —— Cilantro
Capsicum —— Peppers
Chemist —— Drugstore
Lift —— Elevator
Going out —— Dating
Pissed —— Drunk
Angry —— Pissed
Lollies —— Candy
Entrees —— Appetizers
Mains —— Entrees
Long Black —— Americano
Bill —— Check
Cheque —— Check
Check in your bag —— Check your bag
Give a lift —— Give a ride
At uni —— At college
(Some are from this Australian-American dictionary)
Know any others?
Links
Kaiju.com‘s Terebi Sento DVD! - wacky costumed wrestling mayhem from Boston. (linked via FPU)
FishTank Platform Shoes! (as seen in I’m Gonna Get You Sucka)
Sensitivelight - a nice photoblog
The Casual Lofa is a “street legal” leopard print sofa! Created by Cummfy Banana… “an innovative company which designs, manufactures and provides unique vehicles for advertising, corporate promotional work and special occasions such as weddings and proms”
Mucha Lucha Direct-To-Video
voice recording week
It’s still feels very surreal to us that there is a feature-length DTV movie in production right now. The voice recording sessions for “The Code of Evil” started this morning with Freddy Rodriguez (voice of El Silver Mask Jr)
Design by Jorge Gutierrez,
© 2003 WB Animation
Of course, being big fans of Six Feet Under we couldn’t resist getting an autograph, and a photo with Freddy…
I think we are getting closer to finding an apartment. We submitted an application this morning for a gorgeous old-style 1BR within walking distance of Hollywood/Vermont. Perfect location. Fingers crossed.
This week:
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