Weirdness

Thursday, October 31, 2013

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

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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


Monday, October 28, 2013

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

Sunday, October 27, 2013

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

Saturday, October 26, 2013

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!


Friday, October 25, 2013

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


Thursday, October 24, 2013

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!

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

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.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

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!

Monday, October 21, 2013

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


Sunday, October 20, 2013

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/

Saturday, October 19, 2013

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

Friday, October 18, 2013

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


Thursday, October 17, 2013

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!

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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/


Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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!

Monday, October 14, 2013

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

Sunday, October 13, 2013

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.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

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


Friday, October 11, 2013

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!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

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

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

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!

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

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


Monday, October 07, 2013

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/

Sunday, October 06, 2013

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!

Saturday, October 05, 2013

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/


Friday, October 04, 2013

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!

Thursday, October 03, 2013

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/


Wednesday, October 02, 2013

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!

Tuesday, October 01, 2013

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!