January 2014 archive

Papercraft Jiangshi

As much as I enjoyed last year’s Jiangshi inspired papercraft project, I wanted to focus on something a little more traditional this year. But it turns out that finding downloadable Chinese hopping vampire papercraft models online is much harder than one might think. I had originally wanted to showcase this cool jiangshi papercraft, but was …

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6′+ Episode 91 is Up!

To quote the description given at the new listing: “In an infectuous episode, we have music from The House of Haunt, Cosmic Monster, Mad Sin, Satan’s Plgrims w/ Vampira and more! Monstermatt Patterson attemps laughter as the best medicine, plus a new edition of All This And Gore.” Remember to email 6′+ (contact at 6ftplus.com) …

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6’+ Delay

In case you don’t read our podcast’s Facebook page, here’s a repeat of an important status update: “It’s time for the annual “No episode this week because Jason has gotten sick in the first few months of the year” celebration.” If you have any suggestions for artists/bands (or anything else you want more of on …

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Even More Links *I* Like

Atop the Fourth Wall – Hilarious reviews of comic books that suck. Pop Music Pop Culture – ‎It’s more quiet than it used to be, but it’s still worth registering for PMPC. If you like bargain bin entertainment, this is the group for you! Video Junkie Strikes Back from Beyond the Grave – William S. …

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6′+ Episode 90 is Up!

To quote the description given at the new listing: “In this episode, Strange Jason mispronounces ‘ambient’ and says a lot of gibberish in between great music by Bullet Biters, Calavera, Alphonsin and Cancerslug. It’s a anti-Winter show with some anti-winter music. Get your global warming on with this episode of 6ftplus!” Remember to email 6′+ …

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Interview: Ron Rochondo of THE MANGLED DEAD

“Meanwhile some dude is saving up to put monster truck tires on his van but can’t because his rent is too high. That’s the world we live in, and it sucks.” It’s clear that The Mangled Dead are appreciated here, having written a blurb about the band once or twice on this site, as well …

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Unknown Specimen

This is a followup to the Mongolian Death Worm gaff back in May. The basic idea behind this series of projects is to create a sideshow-style gaff using techniques and materials that would have been available in the early 20th century. For this one I used the same materials as before- paper, flour, glue, and …

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6′+ Episode 89 is Up!

To quote the description given at the new listing: “2014 holds promise with releases from Zombina and the Skeletones, Kill, Baby…Kill, The Browns, The Independents and more. So we preview the upcoming year’s music and offer some knowledge with Dr. Gangrene’s Recommended Movie of the Week, and a very special “Monstermatt Minute.”” Remember to email …

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Free (Legal) Download: Tyrannovision – Year One

Baron Dixon wears many hats. He’s an artist, musician animator, poet and has had numerous on and off screen duties on indie horror films like American Alien and Blood Bath of the Bat-Beast. He’s also an evil dictator. Okay, he only plays one (among many other roles) on the beautifully bizarre sci-fi web series Tyrannovision, …

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6′+ Episode 88 is Up!

To quote the description given at the new listing: “The first episode of 2014 wraps up 2013, with music by The Mutants, The Reigning Monarchs, Ghosts Run Wild, Thirteen Shots, The Tall Boys and more. Listen to the Monstermatt Minute on an episode that says 2013 R.I.P. and welcomes 2014 with a bang!” Remember to …

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