Braindead Shithead

Lots of new stuff this week. I don't have much to say in the way of introduction, except it is a crime that A Balladeer's CD is not commerically available in the U.S. It's a solid effort of pop yumminess that deserves to be heard.

UPDATE!!!

Well, it looks as though Bolt no longer hosts music! I uploaded my files last night, and today...there are no html or embed codes for any music on Bolt. Also, 'Music" is no longer listed as a menu option.

You can still listen to the songs listed below, and the rest of my music by simply following this link. In the meantime, I guess I can look to other sources to host The Mix. The dreaded MySpace is an option, as is Last FM. I'd be happy to listen to any other suggestions. I guess I could entertain the notion of a Podcast, as well.


Mix Time: 35 minutes

Now here's a lovely gift for the compulsive cleaners in your life.

"Nope, It's Soap" is handmade the old-fashioned way without any moulds (no molds either!) making each pile of poo a unique gift. It has a refreshing coffee scent and can also be used as an exfoliator.

Remember boys and girls, don't scrimp on that awful shampoo, only real poo will do.

Via "Strange New Products" blog.

Random 11 (Volume 16) [Volume 16 at my place. Here, probably Volume 3 or something.]

Eleven random songs chosen by the tiny DJ inside my NonPod:

1. Love Hate Love -- Alice in Chains -- (+)


2. Higher -- Skylab2000 -- (=)


3. Stinkfist -- Tool -- (+)


4. Edgecrusher -- Fear Factory -- (=)


5. Temptation -- Heaven 17 -- (+)


6. Deep -- Pearl Jam -- (-)


7. Miss Modular -- Stereolab -- (+)


8. Paddle Out -- Sublime -- (=)


9. Tax Free [Live] -- The Jimi Hendrix Experience -- (+)


10. Rusty Cage -- Soundgarden -- (+)


11. El Chupra Nibre -- Danger Doom -- (+)

Bonus #12: Intro -- X-ecutioners

+, =, +, =, +, -, +, =, +, +, +. (No Only one 'minuses' but I did just clean a bunch of deadwood off the device the other day. I'm warning you, Pearl Jam... next time you won't be so lucky. No wait. Fuck it. I'm taking your 'equals sign' away immediately.)

Aggregate: +6

OK, I just needed to get Madame's Meatloaf video out of my head. Of course, it doesn't escape my attention that I'm doing it with another Meatloaf video, but it's OK because he gets whacked by an ax wielding transvestite at the end. Closure! That's all I'm looking for.

Apparently, in all the hoopla over KFed's releasing the suck on us yesterday, I missed this little tidbit.

Meat Loaf released "Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose."
In all honesty, I love Meat Loaf. Ever since first seeing him as Eddie in RHPS back in the day, I have loved him. (And, hello, bitch tits? Totally the awesome.)
On the other hand, his music? Not my favorite.
Oh, the grand pomposity of the '70s rock, which he still embraces. Though, thank god, with shorter hair.

So, in honor of him completing the trilogy (jesus, I thought it was bad enough with that whole "I would do anything for love"...did we really have to have a third?), here's a tip of the hat to Meat Loaf, and also the video for his newest single "Couldn't have said it better myself."

What would Halloween be without a good old fashioned seance? And if you're going to try and contact the dead, you might as well try to get in touch with somebody interesting. After all, who really wants to talk to their Great Aunt Gertrude?

A special Halloween night episode of the Council For Inquiry's Point of Inquiry podcast as Joe Nickell and DJ Grothe conduct CFI's 10th Annual Houdini Seance. They also discuss Harry Houdini's impact on skepticism, the ways he challenged mediums in his day and talk about his experiences as a "magician among the spirits". Also included in this bonus episode is audio from 1936 with the last Houdini seance attended by Bess Houdini at the historic Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Listen online, download the MP3, or subscribe to the POI podcast [RSS, iTunes].

I haven't listened yet. Do ya think they'll make contact with ol' Harry?

A little bicentennial Vincent Price at his creepy best. A Hornbook For Witches. Courtesy of Scar Stuff.

It's late.
I can't sleep.
My internet connection may die at any moment.
But damn it, it's Halloween!

Here is a mix of some old favorites and some...not so old favorites.

Enjoy, and Happy Halloween, everyone!

Yeah, I know, that doesn't sound like fun, but I have a quick question for y'alls.

So, I was chatting online with a friend earlier, and he mentioned something on another blogger's site that really bothered him. I went to check it out.
My reaction was a little different. He was disturbed, I laughed my ass off.
I have to admit, it is one of the most creative costumes I've seen in years.



My question is this-what, if anything, is wrong with this costume? I'm going to guess that this man has never been molested, and it's probably a safe bet he's not a molester himself, because otherwise, that's just a "warning sign" waiting for a case file to go in.
We actually got in a bit of a tiff over it, because I look at it and see "creative costume", while he sees "laughing at the suffering of millions of children", or something along those lines. He actually asked me "How would you feel if Reade had to suck some guy's dick?" That's nowhere near the actual subject, which is "offensive halloween costumes".

So, I guess what I'm wondering is, am I wrong? Probably, I freely admit to having very bad taste, especially when it comes to humor, but I just don't see anything that bad about it. I'm suddenly reminded of Holden, in Chasing Amy, saying he was "a fan of clergy molestation humor", and again in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, trying to explain comic books and "fictional characters". I feel the sudden urge to do bad pretend sign language. I guess this is a matter more of "what offends you?" than anything else.
But I still think it's funny.

Brains! That's what tops off the perfect dinner. It's just too hard to find good recipes for brains though. I blame Jerry Falwell and his damn Moral Majority. Well, here's Omni Brain's delightful Panna Cotta (brain style) with Pomegranate Sauce recipe. So delicious your guests will never know you're serving faux brains!

So I found this new thing called RockYou where you can post slideshows. Pretty neat, I think.

Over the years, I have collected many pictures; some because I thought they were strange or funny, and others because I needed them for blog "creations". In the spirit of Montag's random music tracks feature, I have decided to create a random picture feature. Here, then, are 10 random pictures from my frightening hard drive.



Create Your Own!

Oh dear god. Okay, okay, so I was looking at the gossip sites I read daily (look, I have to know. Everything. It's a sickness), and I came across a little tidbit that disturbed me. Apparently on Jessica Simpson's new waste of disc space, she covered the classic '80s dance anthem "You Spin Me Round (like a record)", by Dead or Alive.
Yes, okay, so I really like the song. You get to howl and say stupid things like "I want your lo-o-oo-o-o-oooooove." What's not to like?

So, I listened to it, and the synthesizers weren't too bad, but she really fucked up the vocals. That's half the joy, the richness of lead singer Pete Burns' voice.

Now, most of us know what Pete Burns looks like today. Not the jaunty velvet pirate with mall bangs we remember from the original video for the song, but the current sufferer of Jocelyn Wildenstein syndrome.



At any rate, I decided that I wanted to hear this song, it had been awhile, and it would help cleanse my brain of the crap Ms. Simpson was trying to pull of as "dance music". Ugh.
Of course I went to YouTube, even though they blow with more and more frequency, and guess what I happened upon?






THIS!



Apparently Dead or Alive did a remix for their greatest hits collection in 2003, and did a new video to go along with the remix.
It's so bizarre, because the voice is the same, yet right in the beginning? You're looking at a porn star. The feathered blonde hair, the turquoise eyeshadow...holy crap.

I had to share. Because...yeah.

At any rate, here is the original version, if you feel the need to walk down memory lane and see what Pete USED to look like. (personally, I think he was kinda hot. Okay, so he had bigger hair than I have ever in my life had, and um, an eye patch? Whatever. It was the '80s.)