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Know Your HallowMEME: 51 Photos From Last Night's Meme Costume Party
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 25, 2013
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Last night marked the fifth annual HallowMEME Costume Party. What the hell's that, you ask, while massaging Himalaya Hair Loss Cream into your scalp and cranking up Daydream Nation (which just turned 25). According to the essential website Know Your Meme, HallowMEME is "an Internet meme-themed costume contest and party held in New York City during the week of Halloween." It also takes place in Brooklyn. Are you scared yet?
Photographer Katie Sokoler hit the Bell House last night to document the memeorable event, which we're told featured Banksy, Emoji, the Ikea Monkeys, the Starbucks Drake Hands, and the Ylvises... Yeah, we only know what half those memes are, so please click through and tell us what the hell we're looking at in the comments. (Here are some clues.)
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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