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Invisible Creature 2016

posted October 4, 2016 #

Take a moment today to cruise around the freshly relaunched Invisible Creature site. As I am sure you are well aware, they've been absolutely crushing it for years with their enormous body of work but the past few years have shown a new focus on much bigger undertakings. The Cinerama mural, the Odd Galaxy Colonel Stinson toys, the Stack and Scare! sets and Target gift cards are enormously enjoyable works and reach a huge audience. Really happy for these guys and delighted to spend time cruising through the work.

And just in time for Halloween, I gotta pick up one of these guys.

posted September 30, 2016 #

only 32 more shopping days until Halloween https://t.co/mdWUYb0f6U

Creepy Co. does Beistle

posted September 20, 2016 #

Beistle is "the oldest and largest manufacturer of decorations and party goods in the United States." You may know them from such classics as Plastic Shackles or 3-D Zombie Wall Decoration. Mostly it's ridiculous crap that you'd buy for your home to display for no more than 6 weeks.

But then Creepy Co swoops in and turns their classic Halloween decore into a badass pin, shirt and pin collection. How can you not love the classic cat or scared Pumpkin? The designs are great and the timing is perfect for your October flair display.

posted August 28, 2016 #

Already excited to see your Harambe Halloween costume!!!

posted December 26, 2015 #

New Year's resolution: snatch more weaves, up-cycle them into a Chewbacca costume for Halloween.

Ragamuffin Day

posted November 25, 2015 #

This is all new to me so, please, bear with me if you're already familiar with the history of Thanksgiving and Ragamuffin Day.

Shortly after Lincoln declared a fixed date for Thanksgiving, New York City instituted its annual parade. Along with that, loads of residents, immigrants and the working-class came out to celebrate and mock the "stuffed shirts" putting on the fanfare. Kids picked up on the fun, started wearing masks and dressing like hobos - going door to door ask for treats. In the early 1900's, it was equally known as Ragamuffin Day.

Over the decades, the middle class stopped dressing up but the practice continued from the well-to-do youth dressing as the impoverished, continuing to ring doorbells. Folks got so annoyed that they'd heat up pennies in their oven and throw them into the streets, hoping to burn the fingers of the greedy passerbys.

The Great Depression put a stop to all that and Thanksgiving became more of what we know it to be now. This all actually happened! There is lots and lots and lots of coverage of all this if you're curious to learn more.. which I suggest you do.

Friday Videos - Nov 20th, 2015

posted November 20, 2015 #

Additional weirdness: This Gamewave album came into my life yesterday and I can't explain how weird it is, yet I love it. More classic goodness in that genre here.

Friday Videos - Nov 6th, 2015

posted November 6, 2015 #

I had a helluva week and my time for browsing and encountering awesome videos was at an absolute minimum. Trust me, I'm as disappointed as you are. So, the list is meager this week but I threw in some additional non-video goodies at the bottom just to keep you satisfied.
  • Billy on the Street - NAME A WOMAN - I can't say that I've ever considered myself a diligent fan of this series but I was dying over this particular interaction. You'll know it when you see it.
  • Darth Hoverboard - probably more appropriate for last weeks Halloween playlist but I've watched this a good ten times in a row and keep coming back.
  • The Lost Rolls - total honesty policy, I have not watched this yet but I'm intrigued by it. 200 rolls of undeveloped film finally see the light. It might be completely snooze but it sounds good.
  • Patrick Cowley - Zygote - not really a music video but a song I can't hear enough. Cowley was as influential as Giorgio Moroder in terms of pioneering electronic music but is entirely new to me.
  • JEFFPARDY - stupid, real stupid, but oddly satisfying.
BONUS
  • Chipmunks Slowed Down - I knew this would be good but I didn't know it would be this good.
  • ForeBears - input your surname and see where it's most popular across the globe. There are a surprising amount of "Eades" in Australia. Does my family have a history of criminals?!

posted October 30, 2015 #

Your 2015 VHX Halloween watch list: All our screens are tuned to SPOOKY VIDEO, y'all https://t.co/LvTOjSdJlt https://t.co/GnZbWg6pjt

Friday Videos - Halloween! Oct 30th, 2015

posted October 30, 2015 #

Here it is! Halloween time! I've been making these playlists for a few years. So if this collection doesn't quite do it for you, there's loads to fall back on. And if that isn't enough, just start clicking around in here.

Hope you have a great one!
  • Pumpkin Dance - it's the classic. If this doesn't put you in a great mood, you're bonkers.
  • Saxy Pumpkin Dance - did you know you could merge the Pumpkin Dance with the Sexy Sax Guy? You can and it is wonderful.
  • Pumpkin Dance - Curse Rock - and just for good measure, be sure to watch the Pumpkin dance mashed up with Shaboi - it works surprisingly well.
  • Dead Man's Bones Dance - a more modern variant on the above. Dancing, Skeleton Man and a ton of locations.
  • Anything Can Happen on Halloween - I'm sure I've posted this before but Tim Curry's green screen performance is certainly worth a revisit.
  • GnR Subway Skeleton - this marionette skeleton has got the moves down.
  • 8-Bit Army of Darkness - I'm sure this was released just in time for the Ash vs Evil Dead series that premieres on Halloween but I don't even care about the cross promotion.
  • Simpsons Intro by John K - nice to see this ghoulish version of The Simpsons from the Ren & Stimpy mastermind.
  • Island of Horrors - one from the Ferris Plock archives. Skip to 1:35 to check out the Cheese Grater ride - gruesome in the best way.
BONUS TREATS!

Halloween Sounds 2015

posted October 30, 2015 #

No Halloween environment is complete without some good spooky, creepy, ridiculous sounds to really set the mood. So, here's a short compilation of exactly that.
  • ruination rumination mix - of course I have to recommend my own Halloween mix first...
  • Curse Walk - ... and of course I'm going to push Shaboi's one and only album, absolutely perfect, Halloween album next. Doi.
  • Dirty Knobs - Hallow - roughly an hour and a half of very ambient, very creeptacular sounds. This is for those folks that really want to feel like their descending into hell. via Falfa.
  • It's the Big Ass Devil Pumpkin, Brer Sunshine - lots of vintage samples, some non-threatening vibes and plenty of hip-hop beats. It's a solid, enjoyable, combination.
  • Joshua Morse -VLAD II - like classic Castlevania? Like EDM? Strangely, mashing those two together sounds like a horrible idea but it works surprisingly well.
There is no end to the list of great additional Halloween music out there but I don't wanna be overwhelming. Just leave your faves in the comments.

posted October 29, 2015 #

Well. We've got your campy vampire movie picked out for Halloween: DIE HARD DRACULA https://t.co/jQSGFCJzXa https://t.co/kKioYgfOcg

Appropriately Spooky Stories

posted October 29, 2015 #

Halloween is just a few days away, so, here are a few stories that should get you appropriately in the mood.
  • Real Life Vampires in New Orleans - a community of people that drink blood, intentionally, as they believe it helps them sustain their livelihood.
  • How a Man's Unborn Twin Fathered His Child - it sounds like a headline ripped from The Enquirer but it really happened! A man's unborn faternal twin was absorbed in the womb and his DNA lives on via the next generation. Insane.
  • Creepy Podcasts - a list of podcasts meant to creep you out. I'm told the No Sleep Podcast, filled with horror fiction plucked from /r/NoSleep, is the way to go.
via Becky.

posted October 28, 2015 #

Still need a Halloween costume? Fashion empty carbonated water boxes into clothing and add a wig: you're Lacroix-a Jackson.

Friday Videos - Oct 23rd, 2015

posted October 23, 2015 #

Fun fact: I'm actually in Florida right now. So, if some awesome video dropped on Friday morning and it's not included in this list and you're thinking "what's this all about? how did he manage not to post that video?" Well, it's because I'm off avoiding the foreboding NYC winter with some sunshine and family time.

But I digress. Enjoy these distractions and be sure to listen to my latest mix, cause it's my tenth Halloween mix!
  • Drake + Frasier - I wonder if Drake set out to make a meme'able video or if the world is just a pleasant enough place to let wonderful things like this happen naturally.
  • Master of None trailer - the new Aziz Ansari series has a trailer, this is it! I think it's safe to say that after watching the trailer, I'm on board to watch the show.
  • I'm the Man, That Will Find You - I dunno what it is about this Connan Mockasin video but dude is creepy in an oddly delightful way.
  • Fay Boys "Are You Ready for Freddy?" - classic hip-hop + Halloween mashup. It's actually a surprising amount of Freddy Kreuger rapping. Quite a flow on that guy.
  • The Shining Bear Suit Scene - my mind must be going because I do not recall this scene. Plenty of reading to do on it as well, if you're into Stanley Kubrick Conspiracy Theories... and I am.
  • Michael Jackson Skeleton Dance - I regularly browse Youtube for "Skeleton Dance" videos and this clip from the 1997 Michael Jackson featurette "Ghosts" is pretty ridiculous. You've never seen a bag of bones with such swagger.
If you need a little something more, there's this highly NSFW Paint Stripper video that is a rather clever use of Green Screen or the Venture Brothers Season 6 trailer if that's up your alley.

posted October 21, 2015 #

Our designer @yewknee makes a Halloween music mix every year. Get spooky silly y'all: https://t.co/1eaTiibXIf https://t.co/0W2naYi1yn

posted October 21, 2015 #

I made a Halloween playlist a year or so ago on @Rdio: https://t.co/bo3f5P8IQo Enjoy!

yk mix: Ruination Rumination

posted October 21, 2015 #

It's that time of year again, the Halloween mix! I can't believe I've been putting these together for TEN YEARS. Frankly, I'm not even bored of it. This years undertaking, Ruination Rumination, is a three part movement and I think it turned out pretty well. Not as terrifying as some years past and not as silly either. An excellent balance and some era spanning selections.

I full admit that the title is *bit* on the dramatic side but sometimes that's a fun indulgence this time of year. Imagine saying it with your head tilted back and a light underneath your face and then laughing maniacally.

ruination rumination
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Previous Halloween Mixes
Revival Denied (2014), Potions & Brews for Countless Horrors (2013), Paralyzed with Fear (2012), Endless Hell (2011), My Descent Into Madness (2010), Dark Despair (Undead Trespass) (2009), Crepuscular (2008), Et Tu, Morte? (2007), Songs for Spooks (2006), Pure Terror (2005)
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