The first day of the festival was today, and the opening show was fantastic. After a fine meal in Mellomello, festival goers were treated to the brilliant Jud Charlton and his conspiracy show. The first half, "The Hole in the Ocean" was a treatise on how Paul McCartney died on November 9th, 1966 and it was all covered up by the other Beatles and Brian Epstein, and the second half concerned UFOs and the conspiracies surrounding flying saucers and all that sort of seekerish strangeness.
It was the perfect opening to the festival - funny and thought provoking while managing to stay tongue firmly in cheek. In the spirit of Ken, Jud presented each member of the audience with a pinch of salt at the beginning. The show was particularly poignant for me, as the first draft of this show was last Hallowe'en, during the School of Night Hallowe'en caper with Ken that year. Bravo Jud.
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