Haunted Military Spots

http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20131024/OFFDUTY02/310240017/


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Some nice back story about the Great Pumpkin TV special

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-7-things-you-dont-know-about-thursdays-peanuts-special/2013/10/28/abb92e4c-4023-11e3-9c8b-e8deeb3c755b_blog.html

Great Moments In Satanic Pay Negotiations

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/30/law-professors-file-labor-complaint-charging-satanism-for-666-raises/

The history of candy corn

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/30/an-oral-history-of-candy-corn-the-most-polarizing-confection-of-them-all/
I'm not a big candy eater, but find the hatred of candy corn to be puzzling, especially given all of the other goop that's being sold.  At any rate, every Halloween I treat myself to half a dozen of them, and consider it one more thin reminder and connection to childhood.

Happy Punkie Night!

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

Happy Allantide!

http://www.cornishculture.co.uk/allan.htm

Happy Birthday Tom Paxton!

http://www.tompaxton.com/

Happy Birthday Bud Spencer!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817881/

Happy National Candy Apple Day!

Yum!

Happy Carve a Pumpkin Day!

http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/

Happy Crack Nut Night!

http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/samhainoctober31/p/NutCrackNight.htm

Happy National Magic Day!

http://www.edworksheets.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=504

Happy Nos Calan Gaeaf!

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

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6leNRGhOqA

A nice article on the history and analysis of the Ouija Board

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Strange-and-Mysterious-History-of-the-Ouija-Board-229532101.html?device=iphone

Ghost Tape #10

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/10/30/trick-or-treat-the-strange-tale-of-ghost-tape-no-10/

A spooky little footnote to the Vietnam War....

Unfortunate Candy Wrappers

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/treats-or-tricks-unfortunate-vintage-candy-wrappers/

Fun stuff!

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Devil's/Cabbage/Tick-Tack/Mischief/Corn/Goosy/Trick/ Gate/ Beggars Night!

Dark Side Of The Net

http://www.darklinks.com/

It's been a long time since I mentioned this blog and listing site.  A long -lived and absolutely essential resource for all things gothic and/or related to horror, halloween, and the dark.  Fantastic site.

The Halloween Candy Taste Challenge

http://www.buzzfeed.com/maycie/crest-gave-a-bunch-of-kids-healthy-flavored-halloween-candy

Pretty cute!

The Ultimate Ouija Board!

http://www.incrediblethings.com/home/ouija-board-coffee-table-rug/

This is so cool!

Happy National Candy Corn Day!

Yum!

Anniversary of the broadcast of War of the Worlds

http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/Radio/

http://www.radiolab.org/story/91622-war-of-the-worlds/

Probably the single most famous radio broadcast of all time.

Happy Birthday Ruth Gordon!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002106/

Happy Birthday Otis Williams!

http://www.otiswilliams.net/bio.aspx

Happy Birthday Grace Slick!

http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/the-band/grace-slick/

Happy Haunted Refrigerator Night!

http://www.wellcat.com/october/haunted_refrigerator_night.htm

Halloween Week - Night of the Recent Dead

Furniture & Furnishings for the Bookworm

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/things-that-belong-in-every-bookworms-dream-home
Some of these are pretty cute!

And yet another brewpub opens in DC - Bluejacket

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bestbites/beer-news/bluejacket-brewery-celebrates-its-grand-opening-photos.php

I just wonder how much more the local market can support.

The cutting edge of Icelantic fashion!

http://www.ibtimes.com/necropants-made-dead-human-skin-display-iceland-museum-nsfw-photo-1444724

Sneaky (and spooky) Librarians....

http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/43/all-agatha-library-ghost-story-2013_10_25_bk.html

The Demonic Doll

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/10/annabelle-the-true-story-of-a-demonic-doll/?utm_source=feedly

The Most Dangerous Game

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norwegian-hunter-who-took-pot-shot-at-moose-injures-man-on-toilet-8902585.html

The Most Dangerous Game

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norwegian-hunter-who-took-pot-shot-at-moose-injures-man-on-toilet-8902585.html

A nice interview with Marshall Crenshaw

http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/marshall_crenshaw/

One of the best popsters, ever. 


(Thanks for the link, Peter!)

Happy Birthday Bill Mauldin!

http://billmauldin.com/

Happy Birthday Ralph Bakshi!

http://www.ralphbakshi.com/

Halloween Week - Night of Remebrance of Forgotten Ancestors, Heritage, & Origins

Happy Birthday to The Internet!

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/today-internets-40th-birthday/story?id=8945743

Happy Birthday John Laurens!

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

A great Patriot, and almost forgotten, now.

Happy Birthday Elsa Lanchester!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006471/

Happy National Wild Foods Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/wild-foods-day

Halloween Week - The Night of Remembrance of Family Pets & Familiars

A neat site devoted to the War of the Worlds radio broadcast

http://www.radiolab.org/story/91622-war-of-the-worlds/

(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

RIP Lou Reed

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/arts/music/lou-reed-dies-at-71.html?_r=0

We've lost a Giant...

Pyropets!

Candles shaped like animals - when they melt, they leave the skeleton behind.  Neat-O!

http://pyropetcandles.com/



(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday to It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

First broadcast on this date in 1966.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060550/

Happy Birthday to The Federalist Papers!

First began publishing on this date in 1787.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html

Happy Birthday to You Bet Your Life (the radio show)

Premiered on this date in 1947.

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

Happy Birthday Garry Tallent!

http://www.garrytallent.com/

Happy Birthday John Cleese!

http://www.thejohncleese.com/

Happy Birthday Lara Parker!

http://laraparkersite.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_7252.html

Happy American Beer Day!

http://www.stonebrew.com/

Yum!

Happy National Potato Day!

Yum!

Halloween Week - The Night of Nurterers

The Residents and the ultimate box set

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/100000-Ultimate-Box-Set-Sold-and-Delivered-228739581.html

Cthulhu Bendy Toy!

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DC01235#.Umv9ixCE4SM

RIP Marcia Wallace

http://deathbeeper.com/2804703.html

The Lego Record Store

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2013/10/25/lego-record-store/

Ah, sweet nostalgia!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

A new blog devoted to vampirology

http://thevampirologist.wordpress.com/

Happy Birthday Doonesbury!

Premiered on this date in 1970.

http://doonesbury.slate.com/

Happy Birthday Natalie Merchant!

http://www.nataliemerchant.com/

Halloween Week - The Night of Artists

Happy National Pretzel Day!

http://www.juliussturgis.com/

Yum!

Happy National Pumpkin Day!

Irony....

http://www.wtop.com/209/3491250/Former-spy-chief-gets-eavesdropping-lesson

Trekkie T-Shirt

http://fashionablygeek.com/t-shirts/a-vulcan-in-the-streets-a-klingon-in-the-sheets-t-shirt/#!mwY3g

A nice article about Alexandria's Apothecary Museum

http://www.wtop.com/134/3490834/Va-apothecary-takes-visitors-back-in-time
I've always liked this place.  It's nothing big or fancy, but kind of neat to browse around if you're in Old Town.

Anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade

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

Happy World Pasta Day!

Yum!

Halloween Week - The Night of Heroes & Martyrs

Happy Frankenstein Friday!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/frankensteinfriday.htm

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

When the Grim Reaper Attacks!

http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/24/video-flying-grim-reaper-stars-in-epic-halloween-prank-4160011/

I've just GOT to get one of these!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Shower the Star Trek Way!

http://www.startrek.com/article/greatest-trek-product-ever-star-trek-transporter-room-bath-mat-shower-curtain-set


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

The Beginning of Halloween Week - The Night of Seers

Happy Birthday American Pie!

Released on this date in 1971.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_%28album%29

Happy Birthday to Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid!

Premiered on this date in 1969.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/

Happy National Bologna Day!

Yum!

Here There Be Dragons

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2013/10/16/21200001.html

Happy Birthday Weird Al!

http://www.weirdal.com/

Happy Birthday Johnny Carson!

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

Happy Birthday Ellie Greenwich!

http://www.elliegreenwich.com/

Happy Birthday Thomas Pinckney!

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

A Patriot.

Baby Cthulhu!

http://io9.com/baby-cthulhu-sculpture-will-drive-the-world-to-adorable-1448788333

More Barn!

http://www.thatericalper.com/2013/10/19/awesome-story-how-neil-young-introduced-his-classic-1972-album-harvest-to-graham-nash/

An amusing little story about Neil Young...

Happy Birthday to The Sterile Cuckoo! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1969.  One of my all-time fave movies.  And one of those rare instances where I think that the film surpasses the book.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065037/

Happy Birthday to She Wore A Yellow Ribbon!

Premiered on this date in 1949.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041866/

Happy Birthday Bobby Fuller!

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

Happy Birthday N.C. Wyeth!

http://www.ncwyeth.org/ncbio.htm

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/2013/10/22/international-caps-lock-day

Happy National Nut Day!

http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/national-nut-day/

Yum!

Neil Young at the Cellar Door to be released on CD!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-releasing-cellar-door-concerts-20131021

Project T.P.

https://www.project-tp.com/

This is pretty cute!  T.P. the location of your choice!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday to Trinity Is Still My Name!

Premiered on this date in 1971.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068154/

Happy Birthday Manfred Mann!

http://www.manfredmann.co.uk/

Happy Birthday Samuel Taylor Coleridge!

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/292

Happy All Hallows Read Day!

http://www.allhallowsread.com/

Happy National Caramel Apple Day!

Yum!

Only Ten Days Until Halloween!

Happy Free Speech Week!

http://www.freespeechweek.org

Army of Darkness 2!!!

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3260402/bruce-campbell-confirms-army-of-darkness-2-is-happening/

Some 45's I've never heard of before - but have now just got to own!

http://liartownusa.tumblr.com/post/63285933078/45-rpm-singles-showcase-e-m-o-t-i-o-n-every

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Margaret Dumont!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241669/

Happy Birthday Carolyne Mas!

http://www.carolynemas.com/

A fave of mine.

Happy Birthday Art Buchwald!

http://www.biography.com/people/art-buchwald-9230341

A DC Legend, a personal favorite, and a very nice man.

Happy Birthday Tom Petty!

http://www.tompetty.com/

Happy Birthday Bela!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000509/

Happy Dorothy Parker Day!

http://www.dorothyparker.com/nj/

Lovecraft's Dreams In The Witch House is now a rock opera!

http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/dreams-witch-house-lovecraftian-rock-opera-%E2%80%93-album-review

Happy Brithday Trey Parker!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005295/

Happy Birthday Tor!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426363/

Happy Birthday Christian Febiger!

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

A Patriot.

Anniversary of the War Of Jenkin's Ear!

My favorite name for a war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear

Happy Yorktown Surrender Day!

http://historyisfun.org/Yorktown-Victory-Center.htm

Cats stealing dog beds

http://www.wimp.com/dogbeds/
And a dog & deer - best friends:

http://www.wimp.com/dogdeer/


Cute!


(Thanks for the links, Mathew!)

The Coffin Races are held today in Manitou Springs, Colorado!

http://manitousprings.org/calendar/emma-crawford-coffin-races-parade/

Happy Birthday Bunnyman!

NoVa's own monster!  First sighted on this date in 1970.  Long may he hop. 

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/bunny/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Bk4CXebP0

Happy Birthday Laura Nyro!

http://www.lauranyro.com/

Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!

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

Tonight is the Hunter's Moon!

http://www.almanac.com/content/full-hunters-moon-octobers-moon-guide

A neat card trick on Penn & Teller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvW7-019XLQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvW7-019XLQ

Pretty neat!

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Hollywood Squares!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

http://classicsquares.com/

Happy Birthday Tom Poston!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692976/

Happy Birthday Jim Seals!

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

Happy National Pasta Day!

Yum!

Gandalf - The Early Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQXUgHm4c8

A Mother's Love...

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131016/financial-district/mom-stealing-candy-from-drugstore-leaves-baby-behind-police-say

My new faorite corporate mascot

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/fukuppy-fukushima-mascot-japan-fridge-egg-name

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

A horror movie for the rest of us

http://happyplace.someecards.com/26921/hell-no-is-the-horror-movie-where-characters-finally-make-intelligent-decisions

Firefly - the game

http://boardgamegeek.com/video/32500/firefly-the-game/gen-con-2013-firefly-the-game-demo

Hmmm, I don't think that the show readily lends itself to a game theme.  To its credit, the plots were character driven, not goal oriented.  I confess that this didn't seem real interesting to me. 


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/2014-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/

Happy Birthday Nico!

http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/

Happy National Liqueur Day!

Yum!

http://www.irishmist.com/

Happy Dictionary Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/dictionaryday.htm

Happy World Food Day!

http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/

Denver Airport Exploits Its X-Files Reputation!

http://www.openminds.tv/alien-conspiracy-theories-help-promote-new-denver-international-airport-build-out-1165/

Fun stuff!

The wrong safe to crack

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/burglars-killed-torch-safe-full-of-fireworks_n_4078207.html

Puppy Chow

http://weirdnews.about.com/b/2013/09/30/alleged-dog-abuser-eaten-by-dogs.htm?nl=1
Of course, my boy Nick Lowe was way ahead of the curve on this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3dTc4kyIOU

The Haunted Asylum

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/travel/getting-into-the-spirit.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0

A neat possibility in West Virginia

(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

Happy National Grouch Day!

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/National_Grouch_Day

Happy National Roast Pheasant Day!

Yum!

Not...Eating....Here...

http://la.eater.com/archives/2013/10/14/outrageously_themed_magic_restroom_cafe_soft_opens_serving_golden_poop_rice.php

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Photoshop babydoc kim!

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2013/10/north_korea_photoshop_fail_submit_your_own_fake_photo.html

A nice article on protecting your records

http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2013/10/14/ten-reasons-why-your-vinyl-records-are-in-bad-shape/

The story behind the Dead Parrot Sketch

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/monty_python_the_true_story_behind_the_dead_parrot_sketch


One of the greatest comedy sketches - ever.

A ghost tour of Occoquan

http://lakeridge.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/new-ghostly-stories-on-haunted-occoquan-tour-lakeridge

A credit card commercial for the Halloween season...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85UsebTl0S0

Happy Birthday Justin Hayward!

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

Happy Native Americans Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_People%27s_Day

Happy Columbus Day!

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

Cthulhu Fridge Magnet

http://arkhambazaar.com/sculptures/green-cthulhu-magnet/

And yet another fan based Trek series

http://trekweb.com/articles/2013/10/13/Critically-Acclaimed-Star-Trek-Continues-WebSeries-Launches-New-Kickstarter-Campaign-Aptly-Named-KIRKstarter.shtml

Happy Birthday Paul Simon!

http://www.paulsimon.com/us/home

Happy Birthday John Ford Coley!

http://www.johnfordcoley.com/

Happy Birthday Lenny Bruce!

http://www.lennybruceofficial.com/

Happy National Chess Day!

http://www.uschess.org/

Happy Birthday Joseph Graham!

http://americanrevolutioncenter.org/reflections/career-general-joseph-graham-north-carolina

A Patriot.

A new Star Trek series?

http://io9.com/what-do-you-want-to-see-from-a-new-star-trek-tv-show-1444063674

A new Star Trek series?

http://io9.com/what-do-you-want-to-see-from-a-new-star-trek-tv-show-1444063674

A new documentary about Calvin & Hobbes

http://io9.com/celebrate-the-brilliance-of-calvin-hobbes-with-dear-m-1444048393

Cool!

A late battle from WWII

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/10/09/poljana-the-ww2-battle-that-was-fought-a-week-after-ve-day/

An interesting footnote to the war in Europe.

A new collection for the Cthulhu Mythos!

http://www.amazon.com/Acolytes-Cthulhu-Neil-Gaiman/dp/1781165262/

Adding Monsters To Thrift Store Paintings

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/04/adding-monsters-to-thrift-store-paintings/

Fun stuff!


(Thanks for the link, Kristine!)

Happy Birthday Melvin Franklin!

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

Happy Birthday Sam Moore!

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

Happy Farmers Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/oldfarmersday.htm

Nice interview on the new documentary on Dr. Sarcofoguy

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20131009/ENTERTAINMENT/131009076/1149/documentary-focuses-on-horror-host-dr-sarcofiguy&template=gazette

A local ghost host of note.

A nice interview with Joel Hodgson

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/q-a-joel-hodgson-on-cinematic-titanic-s-farewell/article_ded55ea0-e69c-5bf1-ba7b-c2d060f38400.html

IKEA or Death

http://ikeaordeath.com/
Can you tell the difference between IKEA's names and those of metal bands?



(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday to To Have And Have Not!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/?ref_=sr_1

Premiered on this date in 1944.

Happy Birthday Saturday Night Live!

Premiered on this date in 1975.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/?ref_=sr_1

Happy Birthday Mike Nelson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625621/

Only 20 Days Until Halloween!

Happy It's My Party Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/itsmypartyday.htm

Happy Pulaski Memorial Day!

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

Happy National Sausage Pizza Day!

Yum!

http://www.crozetpizza.net/

Happy World Egg Day!

Yum!

Telekenesis (sort of...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlOxlSOr3_M#t=105

(Thanks for the link and title, Mike!)

The coolest rendition of Rembrandt you're going to see today

http://dailyrevolution.com/2013/06/06/rembrandt-flashmob-guards-of-the-night/?fb_action_ids=10153354882325271&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%2210153354882325271%22%3A230717613720279}&action_type_map={%2210153354882325271%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[]

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

RIP Scott Carpenter

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/us/scott-carpenter-mercury-astronaut-who-orbited-earth-dies-at-88.html?_r=0

A tour of the Halloween Museum!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd0u1YFwWOo#t=623

I've always wanted to visit this place.

Rock Stars with their parents

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/09/classic-rock-stars-at-home_n_4072319.html
A cool little set of pictures.


(Thanks for the link, Hannah!)

Still Dead

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/judge-tells-living-man-that-he%E2%80%99s-still-legally-dead-201043615.html

(Thanks for the link and title, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Diamond Dave!

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

Happy Birthday Kirsty MacColl!

http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/

Happy Birthday Ed Wood!

http://www.biography.com/people/ed-wood-251029

A nice (but too short) interview with Eric Burdon

http://smashinginterviews.com/interviews/musicians/eric-burdon-interview-legendary-animals-and-war-vocalist-talks-new-music-piracy-and-rock-icons

A new Woody Guthrie collection!

http://www.woodyguthrie.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TWGS&Product_Code=WGARP&Category_Code=NRS

Keith Richards has his own bomb maker?!?

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Oklahoma-City-bomb-making-chemicals-in-Fairfield-4879318.php

The relationship with Mick has really gone sour....


(Thanks for the link and title, Mike!)

Happy Birthday John Entwistle!

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

Happy Birthday Jackson Browne!

http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/

Happy birthday John Lennon!

http://www.johnlennon.com/

Happy Leif Erikson Day!

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

Happy National Hoagie/Submarine Sandwich Day!

Yum!

The Paisley Underground Lives!

http://thefillmore.com/ai1ec_event/the-bangles/?instance_id

Happy Birthday to Love Happy!

Premiered on this date in 1949.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041604/

RIP Philip Chevron

http://pitchfork.com/news/50847-rip-pogues-guitarist-philip-chevron/
A great loss.  His song, Thousands Are Sailing, is one of my faves.

The ultimate dating site...

http://www.yourjewishnews.com/2013/10/n29419.html

More signs that we are living in the End Times: Dinosaur Porn

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/10-real-book-covers-from-dinosaur-on-human-sex-novels/

Imagine...

Was released on this date in 1971...

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

Have it Yahweh!

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/national_world&id=9274105

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday John Mellencamp!

http://www.mellencamp.com/

a new documentary about Gene Clark

http://monkey-picks.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-byrd-who-flew-alone-triumphs.html

Happy Ivy Day!

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

Happy Mad Hatter Day!

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ari/madHatter.html

Happy National Noodle Day!

Yum!

Count Gore!

http://www.countgore.com/

With our entrance into the Halloween season, it's time for my annual endorsement and plug for THE online horror show, Creature Feature, starring DC's own Count Gore De Vol.  It evolved out of his ghost host show on TV and is now a staple of the web, dealing with all forms of horror in all formats.  I highly recommend it.  Count Gore Rules!

The cutting edge of exorcism...

http://www.themorningstarr.co.uk/2013/08/18/arrest-made-after-penis-was-used-during-exorcism/#axzz2gtQsVYE1

The cutest lion roar that you're going to hear today

http://io9.com/sweet-mercy-the-cuteness-a-white-lion-cub-practicing-1441352088

Dogfish Disappointment

http://io9.com/dogfish-head-brews-a-beer-made-with-moon-dust-1441511337
Normally, I love Dogfish beers, and consider them my second favorite brewery.  But to me, this just sounds stupid and forced.

Who is quieter - a ninja or a Navy SEAL?

http://www.businessinsider.com/walker-greentree-ninjas-seals-mcraven-jsoc-2013-10

An article on some of the ghosts in the White House

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/10/white-house-ghosts-continue-working-during-us-government-shutdown/

Alexandra David-Neel & Her Tulpa

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/10/a-creature-of-the-mind/

This is a fairly well known story in mystic circles.  And it's a good one.  But I have serious doubts as to this supposed ability.  I would not be the first person to point out that if tulpas are real, then there really would constant and serious episodes with Santa Claus.  Millions of children, laser-focused on a character, with a hundred years and billions of dollars in reinforcing marketing, etc.  And yet - nothing. 

Happy Birthday to Love Me Do!

The Beatles first record, released on this date in 1962.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xuMwfUqJJM

Happy Birthday Monty Python's Flying Circus!

Premiered on this date in 1969.

http://www.montypython.net/

Happy Birthday to You Bet Your Life! ((the TV show))

Premiered on this date in 1950.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042171/

Post Awful

http://happyplace.someecards.com/26691/home-security-cam-catches-lazy-postal-worker-driving-truck-across-front-lawn-to-deliver-package

Vincent Price filmfest on TCM this month!

Woo Hoo!

http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2013/10/tcm-salutes-vincent-price-in-october-with-a-month-long-film-fest/

Happy Birthday Sputnik!

Launched on this date in 1957.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

Happy Birthday Isaac Asimov!

http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_home_page.html

Happy Birthday Buster Keaton!

http://www.busterkeaton.com/

Happy National Taco Day!

Yum!

The latest thoeries about rudolf hess

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10336126/Nazis-offered-to-leave-western-Europe-in-exchange-for-free-hand-to-attack-USSR.html
I continue to believe that hess's voyage is one of the two or three great mysteries of the War, another being Churchill's attempts at negotiation with the axis from mid 1940 to mid 1941.  This story touches on both, significantly.  But I remain unconvinced of hess having official sanction or negotiating power.  And his flight is all too dramatic, when official channels were conveniently available in Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Portugal.  I do think something was going on, on both counts, but the evidence is too slim, and the mysteries may never be solved. 

The lake of stone...

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/artscience/2013/10/this-alkaline-african-lake-turns-animals-into-stone/

Fascinating!

Happy Birthday Captain Kangaroo!

Premiered on this date in 1955.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047718/

Happy Birthday MythBusters!

Premiered on this date in 2003.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters

Happy Birthday to The Dick Van Dyke Show!

Premiered on this date in 1961. 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054533/?ref_=sr_1

Happy Birthday Charles B. Middleton!

Ming the Merciless!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585481/

Happy Birthday to The Maltese Falcon! ((the film))

Premiered on this date in 1941

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/

Happy birthday Lindsey Buckingham!

http://lindseybuckingham.com/

Happy Birthday Eddie Cochran!

http://www.eddiecochran.info/

Great Halloween costumes of the past

http://flavorwire.com/339253/20-incredibly-bizarre-vintage-halloween-costumes/view-all/

A list of unusual museums

http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1896701/report-unusual-museums-of-the-world-sausage-and-comic-strip-museum-featured
Have visited the Mustard Museum, and am a big fan!

Nice article on I. J. Good and the 'superintelligent machine'

http://io9.com/why-a-superintelligent-machine-may-be-the-last-thing-we-1440091472

Corn Mazes in Virginia and Maryland

http://dc.about.com/od/hoildaysseasonalevents/a/CornMazes.htm?nl=1

Fun stuff!

Happy Birthday to The Twilight Zone!

Premiered on this date in 1959.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_%281959_TV_series%29

Happy Birthday Bud Abbott!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007941/

Happy Birthday Groucho!

http://www.biography.com/people/groucho-marx-594094

Happy National Fried Scallops Day!

Yum!

Happy Birthday to Peanuts!

The strip premiered on this date in 1950.

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

Gothtober starts!

http://www.gothtober.com/

A new video every day!

Happy Birthday to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson!

Premiered on this date in 1962.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055708/

Happy Birthday John Peter Muhlenberg!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Dave Arneson!

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

Happy Birthday James Lawrence!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Homemade Cookies Day!

Yum!

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/

Happy International Day of Older Persons!

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

Only 30 Days Until Halloween!