On that day in 1977 - 31 October

About time I resumed this thing! I had just moved into the Tiger den on La Cienega. Trudie, Helen and Mary had apartment-sat (or office-sat? Tiger's apartment was actually a unit in an office building) for Tiger over the summer and after that had cobbled together some money to get their own place in West Hollywood, the Plunger Pit near the Starwood. The year before, Jerry Satinsky had taken some photos of them holding plungers, and they were thereafter known as The Plungers. However, just to confuse you, Jerry called us all "the weirdos" - not to be confused with the group of that name - and I will retain my references from the time.

I can't remember if the Mumps/Devo gig was at the Whisky or Starwood; perhaps the latter? For a while I was automatically always on Devo's guest list. And Rodney DJ'd at the Starwood; not that he didn't go to most shows at the Whisky too.

The "giant guy" who won the Halloween costume was a 7-foot aspiring actor, Carel Struycken, who later turned up playing the Giant on Twin Peaks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Struycken.

Shame about my cleaned-out purse; I was thinking I probably wouldn't have had more than a couple bucks at any one time in those days but since I said "all my money", maybe I lost the $20!

31 October 1977

Well, today after classes I went home. And they [the 'rents] were really nice to me and gave me $20. I stayed for dinner but then I had to go back. And I was so homesick and stuff I started crying on the way back, how embarrassing.

I didn't know what to be for Halloween so I put on that black dress and went to the weirdoes'. Trudie was gonna wear these red pajamas but she decided not to so I wore them. Took them long enough to get ready and we missed the first band!

Soo Catwoman/vampire Helen, me in Trixie's PJs, Trudie as Vampira in the Plunger Pit

The Mumps were great!!!! They all wore masks and stuff and Lance wore orange and black, a shirt with a Jack-o-lantern with a safety pin through his nose. Oh, but first he came out and did the first song with a sheet on!

Devo - it was so crowded I could hardly see. I saw their film though and it was FANTASTIC!

Oh, I'd thought that Rodney had forgotten who I was, but no such luck. This night he remembered. And - I'm sure! - tried to talk me into ditching my boyfriend and moving in with him! He said he'd support me and I could be the cohost of his show - oh sure! Barf barf barf!!!

What else happened that night... Well, everyone went upstairs and left me down there alone. and they had a costume contest and I think Rod should have won but he was booed offstage!!! But it was neat that the giant guy won... He wasn't even wearing a costume!

The costume that should have won was booed offstage! Mary as Twiggy on the right.

Afterward the weirdoes had a party again but I only stayed for a few minutes. Till I found who had my purse - took long enough - and then all my money was stolen.