Given the renewed interest in 3D movies these days, I’m somewhat surprised that 3D audio isn’t receiving a similar comeback. After all, iPods have done wonders for sales of headphones (a requirement for 3D audio, not unlike the need for 3D glasses during movie-watching) and the promotional potential is definitely there. Although not the first …
June 2011 archive
Jun 28 2011
Tuesday uEtsy: Stone House Arts
Stone House Arts http://www.etsy.com/shop/StoneHouseArts Quoth the Raven Sometimes, Quiet Side caters to clientele with unorthodox interment procedures. Once in a few years, we get a special request to bury a body at noon. The attendants are only scant in numbers, possibly immediate family though there’s rarely a common look among them. The running theory that Young Gun …
Jun 27 2011
Special Order
Those of you who read “Fear For Your Ears” will no doubt recognize the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. Founded in 1984 by William L. Brown and Patrick Stansbury, they initially sponsored a one hour radio program on WGST 640. Thomas E. Fuller was soon recruited as a writer due to his background as a playwright …
Jun 26 2011
Puppet Master
It’s very appropriate that I’m reviewing this movie now, as summer and Full Moon movies (especially the Puppet Master franchise) are very closely linked for me. Many days of the summer vacations of my youth were spent browsing the aisles at the (now-defunct) local West Coast Video with my younger brother and happily watching our …
Jun 25 2011
The Evil Dead, Claymation Style
Jun 24 2011
6′+ Episode 7 is Up!
To quote the description given at our seventh episode’s official listing: “Robots. Space. Two key elements to science fiction and the imagination we have when we look up at the stars, out to the future. We go beyond the grave for this episode of 6′+. Note: A little mature language in this episode.” So be …
Jun 21 2011
Tuesday uEtsy: Trance Doll Apparel
Trace Doll Apparel http://www.etsy.com/shop/TranceDollApparel Corrosive Deconstruction Line ‘Zombie Attack’ T-Shirt For some, the summer isn’t all that fun. Dog-mouth humidity and high temperatures might make someone choose to hibernate in front of a window-mounted AC unit until the end of September. We can’t fault a person for doing that. There will come a time in …
Jun 14 2011
Tuesday uEtsy: Vivid Vivka
Vivid Vivka http://www.etsy.com/shop/Vivka Brim digital print red orange yellow black macbre dark goth A lot of weddings had been happening ’round the last month. The climate has turned a bit more agreeable, giving favorable traveling conditions for those out of town relatives to come and join in the joyous festivities. Traveling is what Cort has …
Jun 11 2011
Vincent Price Presents: Volume 1
Although some might argue that the Vincentennial ended on May 27th (Vincent Price’s birthday), but we here at Gravedigger’s Local 16 disagree. After all, the US Bicentennial celebration lasted long after the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Since our celebration started with a review of a Price-related radio drama series, why …
Jun 10 2011
6′+ Episode 6 is Up!
To quote the description given at our sixth episode’s official listing: “Interspersed between this review of the best music of 2011 (so far) is the promotion 6′+ ran when we started up our Facebook page. The first twenty five to LIKE the page were able to pick six words to be read aloud on this …
Jun 09 2011
A Handful of Dirt: Our Ghoul Jenn
A Handful of Dirt asks a person five questions they wouldn’t normally expect or receive in any other credible interview. In consulting the Serendipiter Bag o’InquiryTM, we pose a series of questions to come up with a bit of knowledge unknown before – a handful of dirt. Our Ghoul Jenn doesn’t care …
Jun 08 2011
The Pine Box Boys, TALES FROM THE EMANCIPATED HEAD
The Pine Box Boys Tales From The Emancipated Head Official Site The greatest artistic injustice that will come about at the end of 2011 will be the plethora of BEST OF lists that don’t place Tales From The Emancipated Head by The Pine Box Boys up near in the single digits. Most might just straight up …
Jun 06 2011
The Problem with Frankenchrist
Young kids: If you ever want to get into the Dead Kennedys, you only need to pick up their first two full-lengths, the IN GOD WE TRUST INC. EP, the GIVE ME CONVIENCE compilation and, if you’re a big fan, the LIVE AT THE DEATH CLUB release. Pretend that the band broke up in 1986 …
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