JUST PLAYING ALONG... ;o) Are you scared of bats? I used to call them when I was a kid to scare the girls... I make a kind of high pitched whistle with my lips that they seem to want to investigate. When you were a kid, did you go out on Mischief Night? Yes, but we never lit a bag of shit on the porch and rang the doorbell... We would go "tick-tacking" (throwing corn at people's windows). What is your favorite trick-or-treat candy? Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Have you ever seen a ghost? Yes. Mischief ensued... The most memorable costume you ever wore? King Tut (1977) ...I won first prize at the disco for that one... I completely handmade the outfit myself... and the make-up was simply fabulous... Do you carve a happy or a scary face on the pumpkin? Scary, of course... Will anyone wear a costume to work on October 31st? I'll be bringing mine along to change into at the appropriate time... Any cooking or baking you do for Hallowe’en? pumpkin cheesecake and butternut squash soup... Have you ever been to The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland or Disneyworld? No. Haven't been there since 1985. Any element of the season you don’t like? People who want to change the "history" of the holiday... What is your favorite scary movie? I have to say there is a tie for that spot: "Return of the Living Dead" for the kicks and music ...and Then of course there are all of those Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi flicks... I still love them. Do you cook the pumpkin seeds from your carved jack-o-lanterns? I used to... maybe I will this year (if I get the time to carve one). Are you intrigued with vampires? Yes, absolutely. So sexy... Still into the Goth thing after all these years. I've still got a thing for Tim Curry in "Rocky Horror Picture Show".
"Black Sabbath" (which scared the living daylights out of me when I was a youngster)...
Monday, October 27, 2008
Bro-Spo's Hallowe'en Meme # 2...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Jimi: Still Releasing... after all these years
The recently discovered Jimi Hendrix XXX tape is finally ready to legally hit the streets.
Execs at porno distrib Vivid Video say the Purple Haze icon's estate has failed to prove the film is a phony.
Vivid offered a $100,000 offer to Jimi's estate, Experience Hendrix LLC, if they could prove within sixty days that the archival sex tape was fake.
"We always knew it was real," Vivid's Steven Hirsch told The New York Daily News.
The film graphically depicts Jimi gettin' down and dirty with recognizable super-groupies Pamela Des Barres and Cynthia Albritton.
Albritton, who had made a plaster casts of Jimi's phallus - as well as other famed rockers 'thangs'- attested to the footage's authenticity.
Oddly enough, Albritton is also getting a cut of the royalties from the DVD despite the fact she doesn't remember experiencing it.
Must have been the mind blowing milieu of the 1960s counter culture drug scene.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Festive Litha
LITHA (Summer Solstice, June 20-23, dependent on actual astronomical event)
Held on the longest day of the year, the Solstice is the celebration of lights triumph over darkness and that of the bountiful beauty that light brings into life. Flowers are common in the circle, roses and bright cheerful wildflowers are upon the altar and usually worn by all. It is the changing point of the year, and the celebration of the spiral dance of the year is common among Wiccans. It a celebration with much joy, and much feasting. Many Wiccans will attire themselves in bright colours and equally bright adornments of flowers. Usual food fare may include honeycakes or cornbread. Litha is not celebrated by all sects nor in the same way.
We celebrated Midsummer Day (St John's Eve) yesterday at Columcille.
It was a grand occasion with all the stops pulled out. I wish I had brought my camera along - there were so many colorful people there.
First off, let me tell you how hard it is to convince an ex-Priest that he would have a ton of fun at a Pagan Solstice Festival... LOL.
Finally, he went for it and we got there a bit late - just in time to see NNDT.
My favorite performance of the day would be hard to pick...
- Native Nations Dance Theater was pretty awesome.
Delwin played the flute at the top of the mountain. (pictured above left) Man, it sounded incredible. It brought the whole vibe together.
I wish my Son would have been able to come along so he could have seen some of his heritage in action. The Hoop Dance was very involved and totally inspiring and also Drew's Prairie Chicken Dance (pictured on the right). This performance lit the flame of the Solstice for me.The Lady who narrated (I think her name was Vaughnda) was very keen to present a concise history of the dances and what they represented. It was marvelous.
- Vicki Doney — Her beautiful voice followed us through the park as we left the circle of stones to explore the wondrous nature of the park at the edge of the Appalachian Trail...
- Next up was Circle of Stones Ritual Theater - also truly awesome.
- Jack McGavin did his two-tone chanting with the shruti box while I meditated - Butch thought I was crazy, but I didn't care. ;o)
The day was magical - especially in the beautiful setting of Columcille. Butch and I wandered off a few times to visit the megalith formations. I thought of Sister Sorrow as I walked the Labyrinth.
I'll make my way back up there again soon and take some pictures...
Happy Jāņi Everyone.
शांति
इंद्रधनु राक्षस
Link: Pocono Record Article - Celebrating Summer
**note: If you read the comments in the newspaper article, it will remind you that some people are just never satisfied unless they can feel superior to others.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Rock's Forever 27 Club... Top Ten
1. Jimi Hendrix:
Asphyxiated in his own vomit after an OD on sleeping pills. Ask Eric Burdon what actually happened...
2. Janis Joplin:
Heroin overdose, a magical singer, originally with Big Brother and the Holding Company, her version of "Summertime" is an incredible example of her work...
3. Jim Morrison:
Listed as dying from heart failure but almost definitely Heroin OD, massively influential, including inspiration for Iggy Pop...
4. Brian Jones:
Drowned in his swimming pool under mysterious circumstances; one of the most dangerous characters around if you were his girlfriend, lots of domestic violence and paranoia overshadowed his brilliance as a musician. Predicted the world music scene with his Moroccan experiments...
5. Kurt Cobain:
Made into a popular saint after his death from a 'self-inflicted' gun shot wound in 1994. Ironically he expressed a desire to join the 27 club as a young teenager...
6. Robert Johnson:
Pneumonia from strychnine poisoning, 1938; the Father of the Blues would never see 30... Inspiration of a great British Blues movement in the 60s and 70s. Such great bands as Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac and Climax Blues...
7. Alan Wilson:
Possible suicide, leader of blues outfit Canned Heat...
8. Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan:
Alcohol related gastrointestinal hemorrhage, founding member & keyboard / vocalist of the Grateful Dead...
9. Gary Thain:
Bassist of Uriah Heep...
10. Peter Ham:
Keyboardist and singer from Badfinger, suicide by hanging...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
STONEHENGE DECODED
I'm looking forward to this one ...
Sun June 1 @ 9pm National Geographic Channel
Legend states that Merlin summoned the stones that make up Stonehenge from the Giant's Circle in Ireland.
Mid-12th Century pseudo-historian Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose book Historia Regum Britanniae (“History of the Kings of Britain”) presented the legend of King Arthur as fact, was perhaps the first to come up with an elaborate, fanciful explanation for Stonehenge’s existence. According to Geoffrey, the monument’s bluestones originated in Africa, where ancient giants scooped them up because of their healing properties and transported them to the mythical Mount Killaraus in Ireland, where they formed the Giants’ Circle. But when Aurelius Ambrosius, King of the Britons, wanted to create a memorial to slain warriors, the magician Merlin suggested to him that the stones (preseli bluestone) would make excellent building material. The king sent an army to defeat the Irish in battle, but they were unable to move the stones, until Merlin used his sorcery to dismantle the structure and transport it across the sea—proving, in the process, that the supernatural was more potent than brute force.
