the long slow amble of the undead

e-mailed to me by Heather Jean Mcdermid on
August 19, 2006

Vancouver Art Gallery :: Zombiewalk Vancouver, Jr ::

or perhaps Zombierock Vancouver, as roving zombie
soundsystems are highly encouraged . . . If you are
liberal minded and creative, you won't need to be told
to interpret this liberally and creatively.


The walk will start as per unusual at the Vancouver
Art Gallery (Robson and Howe). Undead from all
zombiewalks of life will congregate in front of the
VAG, wherever an anti-war protest is not congregating.
Do not confuse the two; they will have different
signage and gutteral utterances.


To combat weary zombie syndrome the route will be
shorter. The beach party will be longer. However,
in the spirit of 'make your own fun' the 'party' part
of beach party will be up to all you zombies.

To make reading between the lines easy, this means
that the walk will not end in the cemetery this year.
Variety is the spice of death, and the walk up MainSt.
was 'killer' on all the poor zombies. Before
complaining, consider this:

Vancouver is curiously lacking in evenly distributed
graveyards, preferring a decentralized approach that
situates these oases of quietude outside of the main
shopping and business districts.

This is perhaps explained by one of the following:
1. nobody who lives there dies
2. nobody who lives there stays dead
3. nobody wants to be buried next to ugly condos only
to have their grave defiled by chihuahuas with botox
injections.

or perhaps not. At any rate, central and accessible
has won the battle over thematically appropirate.

Besides, zombies belong in the marketplace:
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/politics/61270

and on the beach:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376355/
http://www.trinity.edu/sgilliam/MATCHBOX/RAZAVI04S/zombies.html