As we continue our Halloween Countdown, this is a reminder to join us on Facebook. We usually post and interact with our fans/friends there (if you have any comments about the articles we post, or suggestions for what next we need to do.) You can follow Gravedigger’s Local 16 over at http://www.facebook.com/gravediggerslocal Meanwhile, the page …
October 2011 archive
Oct 04 2011
Of Quasi-Men and Vinyl
If you’ve ever listened to a lo-fi band or musician, it’s the lesser quality that adds to the music’s charm. There’s something endearing about feedback or fuzz, something that is lost when the music is smoothed out, de-loused and returned from the dry-cleaners. However, CDs don’t suck. Personally, I prefer digital music. I like CDs …
Oct 04 2011
It Came From Wikipedia IV
When preparing the series Night Gallery for syndication, the powers that be decided to merge the short-lived series The Sixth Sense into it in order to pad out the number of episodes. They even went as far as to shoot new scenes with Rod Serling to help with the illusion that these were merely more …
Oct 03 2011
Kepi Ghoulie, AMERICAN GOTHIC and HANGIN’ OUT
Kepi Ghoulie, American Gothic and Hangin’ Out It’s perverse how a divorce can become a footnote on a Wikipedia entry; even worse when it becomes evident that it was the catalyst for a punk band’s break-up. In 2008, one year after the Groovie Ghoulies disbanded, Kepi Ghoulie released two albums that established himself as a solo …
Oct 03 2011
Beetlejuice Reenactment
I first became aware of ArtieTSMITW thanks to a friend and I constantly joking about a YTMND featuring the infamous “The line must be drawn here!” line from Star Trek: First Contact. One day, said friend linked me to a reenactment of the scene by Artie. This was back when he had first started out, …
Oct 02 2011
Sunday Reading: BARFODDER by Rain Graves
Barfodder: Poetry Written in Dark bars and Questionable Cafes By Rain Graves Cemetery Dance Publications 2008 www.cemeterydance.com Poetry is hell; specifically, writing poetry is a hell to endure to create something that is terribly personal but to the point it twists itself inside out to achieve a universal state. Poetry, or ‘good’ poetry, requires a …
Oct 02 2011
How to Survive a Horror Movie
Given the sheer amount of humorous horror–related handbooks and survival guides, it’s all too easy to forget the idea that started it all: horror movie survival in general. There must have been something in the air during the mid-to-late nineties. “How to survive a horror movie” emails were being forwarded left and right and 1996’s …
Oct 01 2011
6′+ Episode 14 is Up!
To quote the description given at the new listing: “6′+ kicks off the Halloween season, as Gravedigger’s Local 16 readies for the yearly Halloween Countdown. Before everyone over at http://www.gravediggerslocal.com starts offering daily content, we’re going to jumpstart the festivities with a bounty of spooky Halloween Music. Featuring songs from The Ebgbs, The Left Hand, …
Oct 01 2011
Trickin’
During a the second of two years when I lived at home to attended the local state university, I helped my parents hand out candy by being The Cowardly Vampire. Donning one of the many surplus capes my family kept onhand (the vampire is the easiest costume to make) I handed out candy while doing …
Oct 01 2011
Scary Stories
What better way to get into the Halloween season than by reading scary stories? Our first selection is Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (which is the source of the above image). He also wrote “The Body Snatcher,” which was later adapted into the classic Val Lewton movie of …