Posts from October 2008

Hey, Comcast customers! They have the REAL version of Grindhouse available On Demand (look in the Encore section). It’s the actual version they actually showed in theaters, not the split-up, expanded versions of the two movies they released separately on DVD.

If anyone missed seeing Grindhouse in the theaters, I highly recommend you put aside three hours and watch the whole thing. It’s an experience not to be missed.

Link of the Month:
Monstrous.com
An aggregate site for all things horror, weird science, paranormal, and cryptozoological in the real world and in popular culture. The Monstropedia sub-section has detailed articles of over 1,500 different monstrous things.

DVD of the Month:
Bill’s Big Pumpkins
A fun, inspiring look at an offbeat corner of American gardening and the dedicated, hard-working, and slightly nutty people who inhabit it. Follow giant-pumpkin grower Bill Foss (he grows giant pumpkins; he’s not a giant himself) as he attempts to grow the biggest pumpkin in Minnesota history.

Album of the Month:
Black Eyes & Neckties: Apprarition!
A local (Bellingham-based) horror-punk-rock band who owe much to the Misfits and Murder City Devils. They rose from th same dirty rock scene that also spawned USS Horsewhip and the Wastelanders. Apparition! is a fierce blend of loud, buzzing guitars, spooky organ lines, pummeling rhythms, gravelly, shouted vocals, and horror-inspired lyrics. It has suitably horror-themed songs such as "Ghosts in Our Clothes," "Tide of Bones," "Bloodbath," and "Dirty From the Grave." Repeatedly voted the best rock band by readers of What’s-Up Magazine.

And so, soon, will this website! October will bring about a couple of new things here:

Switching to a new server

My current hosting service just got a big fat “F” from the Better Business Bureau. Time to jump from a sinking ship to a nice, shiny, new ship.

Bye-Bye, Blogger

Though I dearly love Google and its products, Blogger has increasingly become all about its Blogspot service and has all but abandoned we who are using it to upload content to our own websites. So, like Tangentbot before me, I’m going to be switching over to WordPress.

RE-DESIGN!

Holy crap! Yes, that’s right. When I switch over to WordPress I’m going to do a slight re-design on my website, the first one in about seven frikkin’ years (about durned time)!!! Don’t worry, it won’t be too different, but I’d like it to be a li’l bit more W3C compliant…

So, stay tuned for those! Oh, also, thanks for everyone who responded with ideas for my “Of the Month” stuff for October. Especially thanks to Taisha, who was the only one who actually commented on my post about it. For some reason everybody else emailed me, even though instructions were very clear that I wanted you to comment. Weirdos. Anyhoo, some good ideas, and I’ll put that up later today. Mucho!

There’s also an Episode 2.

Every year for my “Of the Month” choices in October I like to choose more horror-themed things. It’s October 1st and I haven’t updated yet. That’s because this year I am stumped. I just can’t think of anything good. So I need your recommendations!

I need:
• 1 WEBSITE
• A total of 2 of the following:
  • DVD
  • BOOK
  • VIDEO GAME
  • ALBUM

Check out my “Of the Month” archives for the kinds of things that I’ve already chosen, and then recommend stuff in the comments section. Your help is greatly appreciatated (sic).