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Halloween Roundup
Herewith a selection from the holiday-themed submissions today. severedfinger writes, "CNET reports that this Halloween some people are using the alphabet-search system on the new iPods to communicate with the dead. The writer uses an iPod nano to test the new craze. He plugs it into a loud stereo system to 'increase the scary quotient when a spirit picks a track,' and the editorial staff begin to talk to a spirit called 'Brad.'" And markmcb writes, "If you've never read much about the history of Halloween, Nick Dilmore offers an entertaining and snarky summary of how the holiday came to be. From the article, 'Halloween, that festive time of the year when kids dress up in fantastic costumes, bob for apples, and go trick-or-treating. Well, unless they live in a community that has done away with Halloween because some Christians say it's a holiday for Satan, or some Jews say it's too Christian, or some Wiccans say it makes fun of their religion (which has as much to do with ancient witchcraft as P. Diddy has to do with Bluegrass...).'" Finally, check out MAKE's geeky / tech DIY guide to "amazing costumes, scary tech, pumpkins, and gross food."
O Brother, Where Art Thou:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/
Shawn Combs:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004835/
As you can see, Combs' contributions to O Brother, Where Art Thou are far from insignificant. His role in that film was cited as the inspiration behind the transition from rock to folk for Spinal Tap, now known as The Folksmen.
He Is Awake In my soul A seething hot-bed Of all that will come and will be My Darkest Angel, Come, Sweet Prince of Oblivion. We Are Consumed One and All We beckon Your Call Ashen earth, wake of The Hallowed Harvest Us, O' Lord that we may walk in Your Shadow Lo And Behold My Brethren Perse is the Sunset We are Harbringers of the Void His Mechanism, Stillborn Severance In Vivo Remember, Satanists aren't perfect, but they know someone who IS!