NYC///THE GREAT PUMPKIN STRIKES AGAIN…

October 19th, 2007

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The Halloween season officially kicked off in the East Village last weekend when ERIK FOSS‘ FUSE GALLERY held its annual “Pumpkin Carving Bizarre” last Sunday where the freaks of the industry turned out in droves to put their artistic (dis)abilities to work in disfiguring a patch full of fresh squash. After several unsuccessful attempts to summon the spirit of the Great Pumpkin, the crew kept things moving at the bar while Public Image Limited’s MARTIN ATKINS got busy on the wheels of steel with the OG jams. PEEP THE RECAP:

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Ah, the spirit of old New York…

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Howl-worthy, indeed…

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Celebrity carver Paul Sevigny remembers the bad old days…

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Can we just say “Day-um”!?!

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Wake-n-Bake Dave, the Metal DJ practices proper knife handling…

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Pumpkin lobotomy in progress…

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Art star Matt Sweeney cooks up some pumpkin salad…

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A true carver keeps her tools close…


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Once again, Stuntboy ruins another nice mental picture…

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The perky pumpkin princess…

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The LES’ biggest fire hazard…

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Who didn’t see this photo coming???…

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PIL’s Martin Atkins gets down to business..

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And shows up at the bar for free drinks…

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This is where we stop posting for the sake of decent people everywhere…

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Take note, kids: This is what happens to your gallery when you lite 500 pumpkins at once..

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