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The Hunger
Friday, October 21, 2005
San Francisco, CA


The Hunger is an annual vampire-themed costume ball that happens in San Francisco every year around Halloween time. Two of my friends had attended last year and had a wonderful time, so our local group of vampires decided to go out en mass this year. All told, there were seven of us in attendance, dressed as though vampires of fantasy and legend had materialized from the shadows of a San Francisco night. As it turned out, we had gotten all dressed up for nothing.

The event itself was a complete disappointment. First of all, it cost $20 each to get in (It was $15 before 10pm - we just missed it), but that we expected. It is not an unreasonable price for a once-a-year all-out vampire ball. Sadly, the actuality fell short of the expectations. The first thing we noticed was by far the worst offense of the evening: a really terrible DJ. Well, he might have been all right for a techno rave, but certainly not at any vampire-themed event. And that was another feature lacking: with the exception of a biting booth (pay by the minute to be bitten by cute girls wearing fangs), there was no "vampire" theme in evidence at all.

The event was sponsored and (it appeared) organized by the Pagan Alliance in San Francisco. I have nothing against their group, but apparently they cannot organize a decent party. The music (such as it was) was periodically interrupted by an annoying sales pitch to buy raffle tickets, and a room that had the previous year been dedicated to dungeon play was this year some kind of pagan proselytizing room. Overall it gave the evening the feel of a social fundraiser rather than a night of dark decadence.

The performances included belly dancers and a girl with a spark- generating device. Both of which were mildly amusing but not really enough to be worth the price of admission. The fact that the belly dancers were performing to bad hip-hop also kind of lessened the effect.

Overall, this event was not worth going to at all. However, it was much better last year. Given a sample size of two, there is a 50% chance of it sucking next year. As my friend said, "You pays your money and you takes your chances."

Cole Wellman

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