Whee! Sent off for my DragonCon tickets today. Price goes up after Friday. And my tickets for the concert came in the mail! The place seats 1000 so it may be one of his bigger venues. Ben finally has a good camera with a great lens so even he is excited. Just 8 weeks away

CONGRATS! I thought JM wasn't doing Dragoncon? I must have read wrong.

He hasn't done it since 2003. But it's been on his official site (and on dragonCon's) that he is doing this years for awhile now. And they just announced Juliet Landau will be there as well! I've never met her and would love to. Maark Sheppard and Ron Glass are the other Whedonverse stars that are so far coming to DC.

Any scaper people going to be there?

At first I thought the answer to your question was "No" because I see no 'Scapers names on the guest attendees list on the DC home page. BUT,I checked Virginia Hey's site and she says that she will be there ...and she goes on:
GiGi and Lani and David and Wayne will all be at Dragoncon too.. YAY!!!!!

Awww now I really want to be there. I haven't met Ginny or Lani or....does she mean David Kemper? I have serious love for David Kemper.

Come to think of it, I bet DK could write very well for James. He does such a great job of giving versatle actors good material.

Giving versatile actors good material...


Sounds like what they are doing on Torchwood for James. They sent him a script for one episode and he liked it and accepted. Now they are re-writing it to make the "cool guy" part even cooler (they really don't have to go to any trouble...James will up the "coolness factor of anything) . My spies are stalking the Torchwood filming location in Cardiff as we speak. So far,no James sighting but the trailers have one for each known character and one for a John Hart. Could that be James' character? Time will tell....but I like the name.

FRIDAY FUN WITH JAMES

Spend Friday night of DragonCon, August 31, with James Marsters at an exclusive party event.

Just 100 lucky people will be able to spend quality time with James at a restaurant near the main DragonCon hotels in Atlanta. James will mix and mingle, chatting one on one and in small groups with his guests for at least two hours. The venue, one of Atlanta's premium party spots, will provide an open bar and delicious finger food.

Tickets for this special event will be $125 per person, payable in CASH ONLY at the door (no checks or cards) by prior reservation only (see below). Reservations will be accepted for up to two people per advance booking.

Entry includes unlimited wine, beer and soft drinks and a finger buffet.

To book for the party:

* email Steve Himber at himberent@aol.com with the full name and address of one or both persons attending

* bookings for two must provide name and address of both parties; any booking only giving one name will be taken as for one person

* payment will be by cash at the door of the event

* bookings are not transferable; anyone unable to attend must notify the organisers in order for their reservation to be transferred to the next person on the list

* you will receive a confirmatory email with your booked name/s and further details of the venue, which you must bring with ID for admission.

* reservations will be allocated to the first 100 people to book in strict order of receipt of email

*a waiting list of up to 20 people will be kept so that any returns can be allocated in similar order

* anyone failing to attend without at least two days prior notice will be billed for full ticket price

* persons needing wheelchair access or any other disabled support are asked to state this in their booking email

* beer, wine and soft drinks will be available at the open bar and the food includes vegetarian options

* still photography allowed; no audio, video or posed shots

Whoo hoo! Whhee!! Got my confirmation e-mail...I am going to be par-taying with James before the month is out!

Waiting for B to get back hee! Hoping you had a great time with the man and also your men this weekend.,

Great time was had by all (except my son who didn't go....long story...will relate later. But 43000 elves,storm-troopers me and James....we rocked!



Have details and photos...but first, FOOD!



James & me hanging out backstage after his concert. snicker




photo's by Mr.Berry



James at the cocktail party on Friday night

Saturday Q&A .................................................................... Saturday night concert
photo's by Mr.Berry

photos by Mr.Berry

WOW! I see the camera got fixed the pics look great but they aren't showing. I had to go into properties and get the addys and put them up on a different e page.

Well he looks great and you look great. Everyone looks relaxed and having fun. So what was said in the Q&A? please, could someone give the actress who played Dru a cookie? sorry, but she's scarily thin

That's bizzare, after I went thru the properties the pics are showing. I apparently missed on photo and it's still not showing

Sorry your son didn't make it ..........um, elves?????

Sunday's Q&A is transcribed by Bendy here....and that leads you to Fridays Q&A transcribed by Deb. Thanks to both of them for sharing with the fandom:



http://bendy1.livejournal.com/381392.html




Let me tell you about Juliet Landau....I am in love. She is so warm,friendly and talented. James adores her and would love to work with her again. And I took a comic book that had her picture on the front. She was so excited to see it. She didn't know they made a new one...the only one she had ever seen was years ago and it was ugly. Now the artwork is much better. So she's asking me who makes them...how can she get a copy....and I'm starting to tell her about IDW when I think "Hey,I only paid $3 for this thing. " And I traded her the comic for one of the Drusilla photos she had out for sale. So she personalized my autograph to thank me for the comic. Later I went and had my picture taken with James and her together and she recognized me and told me she had been showing the comic to everybody...and James smiled at me so warmly because I had made her happy.

Awww that is so sweet Isn't she doing some indy thing? Seems like I remember she's trying to get money together for something?

Thanks for the links

Oh,yes,go to JulietLandau.com and help her make her film "It's Raining Cats and Cats". All merchandise sold will help her fund the film. She plays 7 different characters in it.

Geek magazine will be doing a piece about this film and Juliet in Sept.




"I love what James said to her during one of the Q&A's. He said "I was really "Spike" when I was with you and the other times...I was faking it.

Now you say something nice about me. (big grin) . "

OMG! I so agree with this man's politics! I fear we are in deep do-do in this country. I become so upset with people's complacency and downright stupidity to believe the lies that are being told! Grrrr argh! do not get me started on the republican party!

sorry to any republicans reading this

I didn't realize he'd asked for embarrassing questions

on the "loosing virginity" question my kid is 14 no way!

At the cocktail party someone mentioned that story to him and he said that he thought he had been "too young"....he said he thought 17 was about right. Then someone mentioned his niece and he said "35 is the right age to start."

I got a grip on you!!!! .....because you're miiiinnneee!

Isn't there a song that goes like that?? Jest askin'

Wow B that is a super pic It's so cute your hubby is supportive. DV just rolls his eyes at me for any of my fandom things well, he secretly has a thing for Chianna on Farscape.

I don't remember how old James' kids are but I know I used to think of myself fairly libral about sexual stuff, at least what other people did, till I had my kid. Now I realize I'm a prude at least where he is concerned.

I'm sad James had such a bad experiance at Juliard How sad the teachers have such negative impack

photo by Mr.Berry



Allow me to introduce the "other woman" in Mr.B's life.....Aeryn Sun...aka a very pregnant Claudia Black.

Oh oh oh!!!! What did Claudia say? I know she couldn't take the job on life cause of the baby.

I'd LOVE for DV to like Claude. He's the only person in existance that didn't see chemistry between Ben and CB

I have no clue what she said....this was a Q&A Ben attended all on his own while I was off waiting in line for my photo/ autographs. See,it's not all like he just does it for me....he has some fun of his own too.

Ben says to say that she talked about the audiobooks she does...and said she likes working with Ben Browder and Michael Shanks equally.

Oh and the session started late because she was driving around looking for parking!

Did she say anything about the websodes?

Mr. B says he remembers her talking about being in 10 websodes and she was pleased about it....but he was taking pictures and not focusing on what she said. Sorry.


Bum reportage.



Now ask me about James....there I was hanging on every word. It's funny to see James and his harem.
We do seem silly to those around us...but we make each other so happy (James & the harem) .

So do tell, life within the harem

I'll go over to terra firma and get reports. I'll be in frelling heaven if any of the old cast are in the websodes. i figured they'd be jumping well ahead.

Well,here's a treat I didn't think we'd have...a podcast of one of the Marsters/Landau/Rohm/Chaos Demon Q&A's. I am the one who asks them to tell about an experience they'd had working on an small independent film.


Upside Down and Halfway to Happyland
http://athenamuze.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=252874
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That was fun I love his laugh. Sounds like he was having a really good time. He likes to talk Anth/Dargo is like that. He LOVES to talk to the fans. They practically have to drag him off the stage.

Honestly, it would be interesting to see Ben Browder and James Marsters together in a piece. Not that their method for acting is similar, I don't think it is, but their level of passion for the work and work ethic sounds alike. Course, they might clash, I think Ben kind of takes over whatever he is doing. He hangs with the writers, the cameramen, pretty much works the whole time he's onset. He seems to have unbeleivable energy.

OMG I can see Claudia and James together. That would be outstanding.

Okay, I'm completely jealous
I finally right clicked and 'viewed' your images. Wonderful!
Melting over that smile
Thanks for the images and links, Berengaria

You're welcome,Lori. If you want to feel that you were right there and didn't miss a thing....the quality on these is very good.


http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=dosx2

Fantastic! Thanks

I'm really enjoying those hope I see them before they yank them down. you can never tell when something will get snatched on youtube.

I have to say, those guys are into it I hope someone gets the first one up with JL. It's better to see James live than read transcript. Some of his responses come out harsher than meant to be.

Absolutely. I know someone who is so furious at something James said at this last Con that she's quit posting on his board. But if she had been there...he is so innocent with his foot-in-mouth answers. He is a lovely soul and a good man and while you can perceive ...especially when you just see it in print....that something was gross or offensive...if you were there in the moment, he is always coming from a place of just wanting to "share" his views with his friends.


And believe me, with the amount of questions he has to answer, it's no wonder he stumbles once in a while.

I think one reason he does have such a good time is he really is willing to answer anything, it seems. It prolly, in the long run makes the fans asking more responsible. They know he'll do his best, prolly more than he should so there is no "I get my jollies from pushing the actor and embarrassing him" I think maybe putting the responsibilty back into the fans hands actually backs them off. It's a brilliant strategy {also I'm not sure he means it that way} and very brave.

Seeing these, I think I will have to try and make one of his cons.

I can see how he could upset people with his answers anyway. He's much more new-agey than I had realized and even among libral democrats he's a little more out there, I'm just guessing. I, personally, am quite fine with all that.

Yeppers,that's our Jamie.





Here he is giving an off-the-cuff Shakespearian monologue from his Q&A


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxG5L9Ng8ug

photo by Mr.Berry, please do not repost





Ah,look...he's talking to me!

What's he saying?

I don't know.

Why?

because he's talking to me! lol