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Update - Mothertongue Composer Nico Muhly Scores New Stephen Daldry Film
A while back I interviewed Nico Muhly about horror movies and his score for the creeptacular 2007 film Joshua; additionally, Muhly's album Mothertongue was one of my favorite albums of 2008. I just...
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Deadly Fungi Product Reviews
Lately I keep running across this saying: "There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters." Rather than take this to heart, I've been...
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MicroHorror Featured Pick - "The Final Chapter"
Here's the last of MicroHorror's three winners from the 2008 Halloween contest -- coincidentally authored by Oonah V. Joslin, the very first MicroHorror author I featured on this site. May hervision of...
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Update - Power Hour With Sloane Crosley
Sloane Crosley popped up here months ago to answer questions about horror movies, and since then I've read and thoroughly enjoyed her book of essays, I Was Told There'd Be Cake. It was fun to open the...
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UPDATE - Tiffany Stalker Drops In On Milano
Remember Jeff Turner, one of the two (!!!) Tiffany stalkers profiled in the new documentary I Think We're Alone Now? Turns out he has a thing for Alyssa Milano as well, and the actress recently filed a...
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VERSUS POLL - Movie Wrestler Smackdown
I'm currently in the middle of composing a bunch of fun tournament polls for AMC, the kind of thing where various movie characters are pitted against each other in an imaginary competition for some...
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MicroHorror Featured Pick - "The Magician's Dilemma"
Normally MicroHorror's creator, Nathan Rosen, gives me full sway in my decision of which story from his 1000+ collection to feature here, so I was a little alarmed this week when he intervened,...
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Seen Between Fingers - Don't Quit Your Day Job, Dracula!
In this regular feature, wimp and noted horror non-enthusiast Chris Kelly reports back with his first-impressions of memorable scary movies (he's also one of the judges of my January Interview...
View ArticleJanuary's The Best Time Of Year To Be Alone Again (Naturally)
Is there anything better than a really depressing song in the darkest days of January? I'm terribly partial to Gilbert O'Sullivan's 1972 hit Alone Again (Naturally), which he sings so matter-of-factly...
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INTERVIEW - Ladies And Gentleman, The President Of The American Tarantula...
When it comes to appreciating the unique charms of the world's largest spiders, you can't beat the American Tarantula Society for education and advocacy. Last week I spoke to Wade Harrell (the...
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Beware The Azalea Trail Maids And Their Hypnotic Parasols Of Slavery
Does this image fill you with righteous indignation? According to the Alabama NAACP, it should. The Azalea Trail Maids began promenading in 1929 in an effort to get people to plant azaleas along the...
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INTERVIEW - My Bloody Valentine 3D Director Patrick Lussier Keeps It In The...
Considering how much of last year he spent hunched over in a dank cave shooting a slasher movie, editor-turned-director Patrick Lussier seemed incredibly chipper as we spoke about the upcoming My...
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Seen Between Fingers - Chris Kelly Wooed By Original Bloody Valentine
In this regular feature, wimp and noted horror non-enthusiast Chris Kelly reports back with his first-impressions of memorable scary movies. (He's also starring in a NYC revival of Torch Song Trilogy...
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MicroHorror Featured Pick - "I Am Done! Or, The Last Entry of J. P. Lawson"
This is the 14th story from MicroHorror that I've featured -- a mere microcosm of the site's cyclopean compilation of 666-words-or-less fiction. This entry by Seth Furman reminds me of Chris Van...
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Guest Post at Trailers Undone - Coming Attractions, Yet To Come
I was invited to write a guest article for the site Trailers Undone, a great blog about movie trailers by a fellow MeFite. Here's my bit about the phenomenon of bootleged previews that have inflamed...
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VERSUS POLL - Desroy All Bridezillas!
Obnoxious and downright villainous bridesmaids, here is what you have to look forward to! Click here to help decide which of these 16 uncouth damsels has the worst etiquette...
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INTERVIEW - Lars Horntveth Releases Kaleidoscopic Album That Lynch Would Love
The Norwegian ensemble Jaga Jazzist has been a platform for many side projects, but Lars Horntveth has really raised the stakes with his new album, joining forces with the Latvian National Symphony...
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Seen Between Fingers - The Final Chapter...?
In this regular feature, wimp and noted horror non-enthusiast Chris Kelly has reported back with his first-impressions of memorable scary movies. Having given the original My Bloody Valentine a whirl,...
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Arcanalogue: New Cycle of Cards Underway!
Maybe you haven't noticed, but it's been a little dead around here! I've been taking a break from posting to hermitosis so that I can get my Tarot site, Arcanalogue, up and running once more; in...
View ArticleGreetings, Haunted Late-Night Googlers Of The World!
Nothing makes me feel more cozily connected to the world's freaks and strangers than my web-traffic doohickey that logs all the Google searches which lead people to this site. Thanks to the wide range...
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Actors Needed - "Julius Caesar" on the Ides of March, Live From Central Park!
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"There's nothing worse, I'm telling you..."
Congratulations, HBO, you've officially locked down the market for big-budget Lifetime-esque movies-of-the-week that will only be enjoyed by bored stay-at-home moms and gays with an unquenchable thirst...
View ArticleSUNDAY, MAY 3RD - UNDER ST. MARKS
Horse Trade Theater Group presentsThe Rise and Fall of Nina Simone:Montreux, 1976@ UNDER St. Marks94 St. Marks Place, btw 1st Ave and Avenue AL train to 1st Ave, F/V to 2nd Ave, N, R, W train to 8th...
View ArticleWallpaper Dream
In last night's dream I was on vacation visiting my mom. She took me with her to visit an elderly female relative whom I'd never met before, warning me that the old woman had never really recovered...
View ArticleMovies For Hot Weather
Every year when the days become intolerably muggy and miserable I get irrational movie cravings. You'd think I'd want to kick back with something chilly and soothing, but it's quite the opposite. My...
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