Pajama Party

This week on Sunday at 4 pm SLT we bounce onto the Venus Beach  Big Bed for our semi-regular Pajama Party. Don your favorite sleepwear (if any) and join us for two hours of chat, dancing and pillow fights, with slumber-themed music from DJ Avion to conversely keep you awake.

Bea's This Week in VB II

Monday, March 02, 9 am SLT                            DJ Bea, Dance Party
Monday, March 02, 5 pm SLT                            DJ JoAnn, 80s Night
Tuesday, March 03, 5 pm SLT                            DJ Avion, Tiki Toosday
Wednesday, March 04, 5 pm SLT                      DJ JoAnn, Symphonic & Goth Metal
Friday, March 06, 5 pm SLT                               DJ JoAnn, International Women's Day
Sunday, March 08, 5 am SLT                              DJ Qntal, Celtic Sunrise
Sunday, March 08, 4 pm SLT                              DJ Avion, Pajama Party

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The Haunted Mansion...and so much more

Recent conversation in the Dungeon about Disney's Haunted Mansion prompted Avion and Shy to revisit the SL version we first found on a 2018 trip to the Disney-tribute Magicland. The Haunted Mansion has moved, but creator Nance Clowes has maintained and improved the awesome 20-minute adventure so that it remains one of SL's premier attractions. It's now located in Masters Park, a brand new 2020 aggregation of some of the best rides inworld collected by owner Brick Stable-Masters. Much to see and do here but, first, jump in a "Doom Buggy" and relive the Haunted Mansion experience.

In Masters Park dozens of quality rides are located in areas called Dark Land, Coaster World, Water World, Undersea Land, and the family-oriented Play Land. We barely scratched the surface of the many rides, and strongly suggest you grab the greeting notecard on arrival. It contains LMs for all of the rides. Most important lessons we learned while wandering this fun-filled adventure: turn on sounds; use mouselook on rides (go back a second time if you want to pull back for photos); follow the popup and other instructions; sometimes there are programmed delays; turnstiles, gates and elevators might require some patience and second attempts. But, most important, have fun!

LM for Haunted Mansion & Masters Park

For those who might be wondering, Magicland, which dates to the early days of SL, is still there for the enjoyment of children of all ages. Be sure to grab your free ears at City Hall near the entrance. And THEN make the same last-minute discovery we did: a box full of 40+ LMs to rides and theme parks in SL. It's in the middle of the Photo Supply Co. shop one block west on Main Street and across the street from City Hall. We had time to test just one of the LMs (Haunted Catacombs) and it was terrific! 

LM for Magicland

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Last Sunday evening we skied and skated our way to the permafrost of Venus Freeze for Winter Festival, celebrating the beginning of the end of the Northern hemisphere frigidity. Most guests wore clothing appropriate to the weather, while dancing to the cool, even cold, tunes by DJ Avion.

For this week's Celtic Sunrise at 5 am SLT, we magic-carpet our way to the Arabian Nights set where DJ Qntal  will play Celtic and romantic music. Last week DJ Shelly presented "Love Songs and Lingerie" with a selection of sweet tunes on the Big Bed in Venus Bean.

DJ Bea plays an eclectic set of rock, blues and jazz on Monday mornings at 9 am SLT. This Monday Bea says "I have recently acquired several greatest hits albums from some great 1960s artists. We'll hear music from Johnny Rivers and The Animals, and a bunch of other good stuff."

DJ JoAnn continues her journey into the best decades of contemporary music with 80s Night at 5 pm SLT Monday. Always lots of favorites, as well as music you've rarely or never heard before.

DJ Avion spins tunes old and new, by artists legendary and obscure, when we gather for Tiki Toosday at 5 pm SLT. We currently alternate between the VB Pool and Surf's Up, which will be the location of next Tuesday's event.

DJ JoAnn presents Symphonic and Goth metal on Wednesdays at 5 pm SLT  in her latex and leather dungeon. Great music in a perfect setting for an oft-overlooked but compelling genre of music.

On Fridays at 5 pm SLT, DJ JoAnn plays a musical theme that often takes place in one of the special venues. This week JoAnn will celebrate International Women's Day, held annually on March 8th, with the theme this year being "I am Generation Equality. Realizing Women's Rights." Last week we visited the Detroit Motors showroom for "Cars and Erotica", where JoAnn played a selection of music covering both often-connected topics. 

The dark world of blogging ....

~by Avion Luminos and Shy Librarian