Memphis Zombie Walk

Last April (just a handful of months before I made the move to Austin) I went to the Memphis zombie walk with a few of my friends. The walk started on Beale Street and went across downtown and ended at Ernestine and Hazel's bar. I went in a strictly photographic role while my friends Eric and Jared got there early and got themselves made up as zombies for the walk.

The first picture is of Eric just before the walk started when it would start raining, stop raining, start raining, stop raining and we were all standing around wondering if it was going to be a complete and literal washout.

Next up is Chris from Trilogy tattoo who wore her actual wedding dress to the zombie walk showing just how well her marriage turned out.

The zombies attacked a tour bus, smeared blood on every window and sign between Beale and the bar (much to the un-amusement of the people who were attending various showings at the art galleries). The third picture is a random zombie who was very much into it and very much zombie-like as he lunged at my camera.

Jared found someone who had a gallon jug full of fake blood and just kind of poured it on his face looking like he came from a fresh kill. The fake blood was kind of a pain in the ass as it stuck to everything and was a pain to get off, especially when it came to skin.

Finally we got to the bar which we ended up on the outside of because the place was so jam-packed with zombies. We stuck around for a while and finally went back to the car where we went to Ubee's (a wonderful Memphis establishment where everything is cooked in a vat of grease). It was me, our friend Mike, and zombie Eric and zombie Jared. The frat crowd in attendance got their yuk's by coming up and pointing out that "had some red on them" and other jokes. Then we went back to Trilogy for another round of pictures. One woman who walked into the store took one look at Jared and promptly turned around and left.

Then we went to the diviest of dive bars down the street for drinks which me and Mike stayed at for almost 5 minutes. The bar only took cash and got all of their drinks from the convenience store down the street it seemed like. Stay classy, Rally Point.

Too bad I missed the Austin Zombie Walk this year which seems a lot more organized and purposeful with the whole march to the capital thing. Oh well, there's always next time and maybe I can take a short trip back to Memphis for the next march.