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Monthly Archive for October, 2010
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Propnomicon Kickstarter
As I mentioned a while back, Propnomicon created a Kickstarter project which was successfully funded. I got my gear in the mail yesterday and it’s very cool. Here are photos. Check out Propnomicon’s site for more info, and don’t forget that the awesome Propnomicon Miskatonic University shirts on Zazzle make great holiday gifts for that special horrorshow in your life who has everything.
Dreams Are The Genus: Nightmares the Species
I don’t usually do press releases, but this one might be for a good cause (I think it is but I can’t tell) and the story is good and the photos look cool so here it is. More pictures of the art on this blog post.
Are you afraid of the dark? You should be…
Halloween is fast approaching and what better way to embrace your dark side than to take a peek at this frightening new art book entitled ‘Dreams Are The Genus: Nightmares The Species’. Featuring 7 dark artists and one truly terrifying writer Helen Calcutt, this book is bound to give you the chills!
This new collaborative project, edited by alternative photographer and illustrator Tigz Rice, will get your heart pounding, your knees shaking and your lips quivering as you delve into this delightful little treat of horror and darkness. Inspired by her own dark thoughts, nightmares and fantasies, the book features a fantastic line up of UK – based artists, including Tigz Rice, Matt Grundy, Audrey Newhouse, Peter Tinkler, Kirsty Greenwood, Nelson Evergreen and Natsuki Otani.
Dark, sexy mysterious and fun: this is the ideal coffee table chiller. For your viewing pleasure, here’s a sneak peek inside the book as we are pleased to announce this deliciously devilish book is now available for pre-order. You can order your copy via Tigz’s website at www.tigzrice.com or via Etsy at http://www.etsy.com/listing/58675812/dreams-are-the-genus-nightmares-the
This book is both designed and printed in the UK to show support for the creative industries. For more information, please contact Tigz Rice at hello@tigzrice.com.
Music
Having gone from mild disappointment to bitter disillusionment with my music collection, I have done the unthinkable and turned to the Internets for new sources of music. The first thing I decided to try was Pandora, and as soon as I can find the right controls for this thing, I’m sure that there will be lots of great music playing in my humble basement. What Pandora really needs is some knobs. Like let’s say, maybe they need a knob labeled Crazy and a knob labeled Folk Singing. In this imaginary utopian world where Pandora was equipped with knobs, I would be able to make a radio station based on Rasputina, and I would turn down the Folk Singing and turn up the Crazy. Mmmmmm. Crazy.
I love this album by Orion Rigel Dommisse. It’s kind of dark, kind of sad, and kind of silly all at the same time. It features a really lovely sounding singer who must be fascinated with the morbid and is pretty hard to understand a good part of the time (not that there’s anything wrong with that). There are not one, not two, not three, but four tracks about death on this album. I am no good at talking about music. This might make your skin crawl. Either with disgust or delight, depending on your tastes.
BEHIND THE MASK
by
ERLE STANLEY GARDNER
SPAWN OF THE SPIDER
FREDERICK C. PAINTON
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be a changeling. For instance, as a changeling, one day you might find yourself getting all groovy with Nastasia Kinski. I can’t think of a whole more to say on the subject, except that when I heard about the book The Beastly Bride – Tales of the Animal People, I was pretty excited. I didn’t hesitate a moment and sent my rat army out to secure a copy.
As might be expected from the title, and my intro, The Beastly Bride is a collection of short stories about people who turn into animals, and vice-versa. You’ve got horse people, fish people, puma people, snake people and just about any other kind of people you can think of. Some of them don’t seem to mind mixing with the human race, others are perilous, and still others hide themselves completely. For the most part, the stories have a fairy-tale flavor, which would normally be a good thing, but in this case, the book is decidedly young-adult. That wouldn’t normally be a bad thing. I’ve reviewed a lot of young adult books here, but to me the stories lacked real heart and punch.
There was an exception here and there. For example, Shweta Narayan’s “Pishaach”, a story about Nagas, or snake people, seemed to me to be more about what it’s like to be a kid in reality. Also, “Island Lake” by E. Catherine Tobler stood out among the rest for being uncompromisingly mysterious and magical.
Creepy Factor: 2 out of 5
Suspense Factor: 2 out of 5
Weird Erotic Tension Factor: 1 out of 5
Funny and/or Strange Factor: 2 out of 5
Final result: I don’t know why I keep getting anthologies. They always seem to disappoint. I just can’t get engaged with the stories. There are some good stories here, but the whole is a little bit too after-school-special flavored for my blood.
The Beastly Bride edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling – Viking Juvenile – 2010
Thanks for reading another one of my book reviews. See you next time!
As you all know this section is reserved for vintage magazine covers of damsels in distress. And this week’s installment is no exception. Look at how twisted up in knots our subject is today. Observe the stern finger of Mr. Anthony. Feel embarrassed for the poor schmuck who is most likely, unknowingly, killing all the good in his life.
Yes yes. I know that this is pretty far out of the standard date range in the charter, being from the early 1950s, and I’m sorry for that. I thought from the hairstyles, her hat, and her dress that this was probably ’40s, but a little Internet research has revealed that this issue is probably from 1950.
Intimate Revelations of Love and Romance
Real Stories from Life as told to John J. Anthony… Director Marital Relations Institute and Conductor of the Famous Radio Hour heard weekly by millions of people.
The horror!
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