Weirdness

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Happy Birthday Van Morrison!

http://www.vanmorrison.com/index.html


Friday, August 30, 2013

Happy Birthday Lewis Black!

http://lewisblack.com/


Happy Birthday Frank Conniff!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Conniff


Happy Birthday John Phillips!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Phillips_(musician)


Happy Birthday Joan Blondell!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000951/


Happy Birthday Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley


Happy National Toasted Marshmallow Day!

Yum!

Thursday, August 29, 2013

The Ultimate Star Wars Experience?

http://www.atlbanana.com/science-themed-strip-club-jabbus-hut-to-open-near-ga-tech/

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

We're #1! We're #1! We're #1!

http://www.wtop.com/41/3435688/Nations-worst-drivers-Md-Va-or-DC

Woo Hoo!

And then there were 5....

On this date,  in 1958, Harrison joined Lennon, McCartney, Best & Sutcliffe in the Quarrymen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quarrymen

Happy Birthday Elliott Gould!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001285/


Happy Birthday John Locke!

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/


Wednesday, August 28, 2013

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://entertainment.ie/wtf/Watch-Japanese-dinosaur-prank-may-be-the-best-prank-weve-ever-seen/208163.htm

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday to Animal Crackers!

Premiered on this date in 1930.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020640/


Happy Birthday Jack Vance!

http://www.jackvance.com/


Happy Birthday J.S. LeFanu!

http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/lefanu.html


Happy Birthday John Stark!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stark

A Patriot.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Cthulhu Mythos in Oklahoma City!

http://kfor.com/2013/08/26/strange-monument-mysteriously-shows-up-in-front-of-paseo-area-restaurant/

Neat-O!

(Thanks for the link, Katie!)

Happy Birthday Martha Raye!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Raye


Happy Birthday Joseph Reed!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Reed_(jurist)

A Patriot.

Monday, August 26, 2013

The Dictionary Collector

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexnaidus/amazingly-nerdy-history-jokes

Very cool!

History Humor

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexnaidus/amazingly-nerdy-history-jokes


Ordinary Batman Adventures

http://sarahj-art.tumblr.com/tagged/OrdinaryBatman

Fun stuff!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

The Onion and Miley Cyrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOgj2etJs3Y&feature=youtu.be

So true!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Saving Seeds

http://www.arcamax.com/health/healthtips/s-1377992?fs

I love stuff like this.


(Thanks for the link, Margrete!)

The Virginia Independent Horror Film Fest is coming up!

http://www.vahorror.com/

Happy Birthday Shirley Manson!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Manson


Sunday, August 25, 2013

A great site devoted to the history of the DC area

http://ghostsofdc.org/

Pretty neat for those with an interest.


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

The 2013 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winner!

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2013win.html
Fun stuff!

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday to Born To Run!

Released on this date in 1975.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Run


Happy Birthday Tim Burton!

http://www.timburtoncollective.com/


Happy Birthday Elvis Costello!

http://www.elviscostello.info/


Happy Birthday Sean Connery!

http://www.seanconnery.com/


Happy Birthday Monster Mash!

THE National Anthem for Halloween - released on this date in1962.

http://www.themonstermash.com/

Happy Birthday Monster Mash!

THE National Anthem for Halloween - released on this date in 1962.


http://www.themonstermash.com/


Saturday, August 24, 2013

The return of monster cereal...

http://io9.com/the-triumphant-return-of-the-most-terrifying-cereals-of-1185520573

My question on these, as on almost any breakfast food sold to kids is this - Is there anything the least bit healthy about these things?  They all seem to match my definition of candy, more than cereal.

Karl Wagner's short story, "Sticks", being read

http://www.radiodramarevival.com/mp3/Sticks-Halloween.mp3

Probably his most famous piece, and a big influence on the Blair Witch Project....

Anniversary of the Battle of Bladensburg

In my opinion, the worst fought battle in American history, and our greatest defeat. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bladensburg


Happy Birthday Niagara!

Lead singer for one of the great early punk bands - Destroy All Monsters.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_%28artist%29

Friday, August 23, 2013

There Can Be Only One....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FdVJWyoncdU



Happy Birthday to The Big Sleep!

Premiered on this date in 1946.  Great film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/


Happy Birthday Keith Moon!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon


Happy Birthday Malvina Reynolds!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina_Reynolds


Happy Birthday Mark Russell!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russell


Happy Birthday Gene Kelly!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000037/


Happy Birthday Jonathan Wainwright!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_M._Wainwright_%28general%29
An under-appreciated Hero.

Happy Birthday Oliver Perry!

http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/perry_oliver_h.htm


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Musical Hallucinations

http://www.livescience.com/39023-odd-hallucination-woman-hears-forgotten-songs.html

Fascinating!

Happy Birthday John Lee Hooker!

http://www.johnleehooker.com/home.htm


Happy Birthday Dorothy Parker!

http://www.dorothyparker.com/
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/756


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Magic Beard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEYCPc9P-Q0&feature=youtu.be

A very cute video...


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

I'm practicing holding my breath

http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/03/19/what_would_happen_if_oxygen_were_to_disappear_for_5_seconds.html


Happy Birthday Joe Strummer!

http://www.joestrummer.org/


Happy Birthday Jackie DeShannon!

http://www.jackiedeshannon.com/


Happy Birthday Friz Freleng!

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/218865/Friz-Freleng



Happy Senior Citizens Day!

http://www.bubblews.com/news/824042-august-21st-is-poets-day-national-senior-citizens-day-and-national-spumoni-day


Happy Poets Day!

http://www.bubblews.com/news/824042-august-21st-is-poets-day-national-senior-citizens-day-and-national-spumoni-day


Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The return of Mazzy Star!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mazzy-stars-17-year-silence-music-is-its-own-language-20130820


OUCH!!!!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/shocking-xray-doctors-remove-fork-from-penis-of-70yearold-australian-man-8774501.html
I will never look at a place setting again, without feeling deeply disturbed...


(Thanks for the link and title, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Isaac Hayes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes


Happy Birthday Phil Lynott!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Lynott


Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft!

http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/

http://www.hplovecraft.com/

Happy National Lemonade Day!

Yum!

Monday, August 19, 2013

A nice article about "Be My Baby" turning 50

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/movies/be-my-baby-a-hit-single-with-staying-power.html?_r=0
It's just a great, great song.


(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

Happy Birthday Gene Roddenberry!

http://www.roddenberry.com/corporate-gene-biography


Happy Birthday Ginger Baker!

http://www.gingerbaker.com/


Happy National Potato Day!

Yum!


Happy National Hot & Spicy Food Day!

https://thewrath.com/

Yum!

Sunday, August 18, 2013

A documentary on The Prisoner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscOjhdT-xU&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLC480F9E22D8B88FB

My fave TV show of all time...

A nice interview with Paul Roland

http://spacerockreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/paul-roland-interview.html
Nearly unknown, especially in the States, he's one of my fave performers.

Happy Birthday Meriwether Lewis!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether_Lewis

Happy Birthday Criswell!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Criswell


Happy Bad Poetry Day!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/vogonpoetry/lettergen.shtml


Saturday, August 17, 2013

The condom ad....

http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/if-you-hate-children-watch-this-ad


The Longest Sentry Duty

http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/08/17/the-longest-sentry-duty/

Amusing, and hardly the first or last instance of such things.


Happy Birthday Mae West!

http://allaboutmae.com/


Happy National Rum Day!

Yum!

75 Days Until Halloween!


Friday, August 16, 2013

The Call of Cthulhu a la Dr. Seuss!

http://drfaustusau.deviantart.com/gallery/32992770?offset=0
Wonderful!  (For some reason, the pages are in reverse order, however...)


(Thanks for the link, Infidel753!)

The 15 Most Disturbing Host Segments in MST3000

http://io9.com/the-15-most-disturbing-mst3k-host-segments-705926246

Fun stuff!

27 Great Record Stores

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mariasherm/best-record-stores-around-the-world

Makes me want to go on a tour...


(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Anniversary of the death of Bela Lugosi in 1956

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7xyjU-jsU


Anniversary of the first Ramones concert, in 1974!

http://ramonesworld.com/


Happy Birthday Glenn Strange!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833363/


Happy Birthday Hal Foster!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Foster


Thursday, August 15, 2013

RIP Jack Germond

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/14/jack-germond-a-reporter-from-another-time.html


Anniversary of the Beatles playing at Shea Stadium

http://www.thebeatles.com/#/video/The_Beatles_At_Shea_Stadium2


Happy Birthday Huntz Hall!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355653/


Happy Birthday Jimmy Webb!

http://www.jimmywebb.com/

Happy Birthday Woodstock!

http://www.woodstock.com/

Happy National Meringue Pie Day!

Yum!

Happy VJ Day!


Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Happy Birthday to The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Premiered on this date in 1975.

http://www.rockyhorror.com/


Happy Birthday Dash Crofts!

http://www.sealsandcrofts.com/main.html


Happy Birthday David Crosby!

http://www.davidcrosby.com/


Happy Birthday Gary Larson!

http://www.thefarside.com/


Happy National Navajo Codetalkers Day!

http://www.navajocodetalkers.org/


Happy Liberty Tree Day!

http://libertytreesociety.org/Liberty_Tree_Day_14RT.html

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Newsclips from the Past

http://www.nbc29.com/story/23117060/uva-library-launches-archive-of-tv-news-clips-from-eras-past

This is wonderful, at least for Virginians interested in the recent past!


(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

DC Government - Doing What It Does, Best!!!

http://www.wtop.com/41/3420113/DC-ambulance-on-White-House-call-runs-out-of-gas


Are books Dying?

An interesting read...

http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/08/09/go-web-young-man-why-books-are-dead/

I suspect that they are, and I regret that very very much....

The Big Chill!

http://www.deandeluca.com/glace-luxury-ice.aspx

I love it when people come up with ways to get money off of stupid rich people!  This may well be at the top of a very long list - Congratulations, Dean & DeLuca!

Happy Birthday South Park!

Premiered on this date in 1997.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/

Happy Birthday Alfred Hitchcock!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/


Happy National Filet Mignon Day!

Yum!

Happy Festival of Hekate!

http://reclaimingthedarkgoddess.blogspot.com/2011/08/festival-of-hecate-august-13.html

Monday, August 12, 2013

Happy Birthday to The Wizard of Oz! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1939.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/


Happy Birthday Dan Curtis!

http://www.collinwood.net/cast/curtis.htm


Happy Birthday Mark Knopfler!

http://www.markknopfler.com/

Happy Vinyl Record Day!

http://www.vinylrecordday.com/


Sunday, August 11, 2013

A cute ad for Nutri-Grain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wcAsx3-pCLo


Headline & Story of the Day!

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/3/4584980/inax-satis-bluetooth-toilet-android-app-vulnerability

(Thanks for the link, Infidel753!)

The cutting edge of Garden Gnomes

http://www.etsy.com/listing/158955663/pre-order-combat-garden-gnome-with


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

The Pumpkin House

http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/fall06/pumpkinhouse.html

Neat-O!

Happy Birthday to Solid Gold!

Premiered on this date in 1980.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080277/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


Saturday, August 10, 2013

Capclave 2013

http://www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave13/

The DC science fiction convention.


Happy Birthday Horse Feathers!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023027/

Premiered on this date in 1932.

Happy Birthday Bobby Hatfield!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Hatfield


Happy Birthday Ronnia Spector!

http://www.ronniespector.com/

Happy Birthday to the Smithsonian!

http://www.si.edu/

Happy Birthday Ian Anderson!

http://jethrotull.com/

Happy National Banana Split Day!

http://justinesicecreamparlor.com/

Yum!

Friday, August 09, 2013

Happy Birthday David Steinberg!

http://thedavidsteinberg.com/


Happy Puck Fair!

http://www.puckfair.ie/

Happy International Day of Indiginous Peoples!

http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/


Happy Book Lovers Day!

http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/book-lovers-day/


Thursday, August 08, 2013

RIP Karen Black

http://deathbeeper.com/6000342.html


The Ultimate Clock

http://longnow.org/clock/


Dance Like Nobody's Watching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32bgx36G-0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DS32bgx36G-0&nomobile=1

This is very cute!

(Thanks for the link, Missy!)

The oldest brewery...

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2013/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-breweries-reconstructed

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Edge!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge


Happy Birthday Dustin Hoffman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/


Happy Birthday Allan McLane!

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/mclane.html

A Patriot, now almost forgotten.

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Headline of the day

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/douglas-spink-arrested-in_n_541379.html

I love his lawyer's statement:  "There's no hard evidence he's been engaging in bestiality at all,"

(Thanks for the link, Eddie!)

Beware of the Blob....

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/06/209487575/fatberg-15-ton-lump-of-lard-removed-from-london-sewer?utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130806

(Thanks for the link and title, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Mata Hari!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari


Happy Birthday BJ Thomas!

http://www.bjthomas.net/


Happy Birthday Nathaniel Greene!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greene


Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Happy Birthday Charles Fort!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort


Monday, August 05, 2013

Johnny Depp to star as the Abominable Dr. Phibes

http://www.naughtybutnicerob.com/johnny-depp-to-star-in-the-abominable-dr-phibes-remake/

The Balancing Act...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEcVOZiK4i4

(Thanks for the link and title, Mike!)

Sunday, August 04, 2013

I will NEVER use a bluetooth toilet....

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/3/4584980/inax-satis-bluetooth-toilet-android-app-vulnerability

(Thanks for the link, Infidel753!)

The pyrosome - one of the most fascinating 'creatures' that I've ever heard of!

http://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/

(Thanks for the link, Infidel 753 !)

The return of the wooly mammoth?

http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/08/will-prehistoric-woolly-mammoths-roam-earth-again.html


The cutting edge of sea rescues

http://news.sky.com/story/1120867/lost-pigeon-rescued-by-navy-in-atlantic-ocean


Great moments in air defense systems

http://gizmodo.com/india-thought-jupiter-and-venus-were-actually-chinese-s-929975598


ESP and Space Travel

http://www.openminds.tv/lockheed-skunk-works-director-says-esp-is-the-key-to-interstellar-travel-video-1092/

An interesting and strange little tease from the Skunk Works....

Art Bell is returning to radio

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Radio-s-Art-Bell-returning-with-Sirius-XM-show-4694653.php

A talk show for all things Fortean and weird...

An interview with Kenneth Anger on making the film Lucifer Rising

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/22/how-we-made-lucifer-rising


Happy Birthday Louis Armstrong!

http://www.biography.com/people/louis-armstrong-9188912

Happy National IPA Day!

Yum!

http://www.stonebrew.com/

http://www.dogfish.com/

Saturday, August 03, 2013

Cthulhu Pie!

http://io9.com/today-for-gibbering-chaos-lunch-eat-some-cthulhu-pie-1004799328


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Bates Bookends!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/100556351/shower-scene-metal-art-bookends-free-usa


Wuss America

http://now.msn.com/seattle-says-words-citizen-and-brown-bag-could-be-offensive

We have come to this - using the name of a color in a sentence is now considered threatening...
It's interesting that the PC commissars missed the point, even within their own whiny world view:  'Brown' has never been an insult, but 'Bag' is....



(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

A wonderful idea for a Kickstarter campaign

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1106918453/little-free-library-project-winston-salem-nc


Happy National Watermelon Day!

Yum!

Happy National Mead Day!

http://www.meaderyoftherockies.com/

Happy National Mustard Day!

http://mustardmuseum.com/

Friday, August 02, 2013

A Pentagram in Kazakhstan?

http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/08/the-kazakhstan-pentagram-why-dont-know/
I'm going along with one of the commenters, and guessing an old missile site....


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Mojo Nixon!

http://www.mojonixon.com/home.html


Happy Birthday Myrna Loy!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001485/
One of my faves.

Thursday, August 01, 2013

WE BELONG DEAD!

The Bride of Frankenstein is one of my fave films.  The ending is quite dramatic, the Monster has grabbed ahold of a rather unlikely self-destruct switch at Castle Frankenstein, and is viewing his hostile and imbecilic "bride", as well as the his formerly arrogant and now cowed creator, Dr. Frankenstein, and the evil and demented Dr. Praetorius.  The Monster realizes in that glimpse, that there is nothing here, nothing worth living for, and nothing worth saving, and pushes on the lever, destroying them all, while yelling out the phrase in this post's title.  For some reason, I'm reminded of that scene, now....
http://totalfratmove.com/dude-gets-ucsb-females-to-sign-petition-to-end-womens-suffrage-effectively-giving-up-their-right-to-vote/2/


(Thanks for the link, Allison!)



 

Happy Anniversary to The Little Soldier Shop!

On this date in 1978, my friend Dennis purchased the Little Soldier Shop, moved it to NoVa, and ushered in a renaissance of wargaming in the region.  The shop is long gone, but the memories and friendships made will last to my dying day.

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia!

http://jerrygarcia.com/

Happy Lughnasadh!