World Goth Day

Since today is World Goth Day, I thought I would post a few music videos in honor of the occasion:

Type O Negative - Black No. 1:
Dead Can Dance - The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove:
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-a-Boo:
Switchblade Symphony - Clown:

5th Anniversary Post

Well, here we are, Specters. Five years since the day I created this blog. I must admit, there were times, particularly when I was going through my struggles with my mental health, if I would ever reach this point. Yet, here I am. It's been a blast writing this blog, and I look forward to another five years. I look back on posts I had written, and while I cringe at the writing style, I think the blog acts as a marker of how I have evolved not only as a writer, but as a human being: my prose is a little classier, with Crypt Keeper-style puns few and far between; my taste in subject has swung from strictly Halloween-related, to horror, art, the occult, and all sorts of other things; it shows my slow transformation from a painfully shy high school freshman with lack of self-esteem and identity issues to a confident, powerful, self-reliant college student employed by an internationally-published magazine who has discovered his identity and has eveloped himself in the Gothic sensibility. I think this is reflected in my writing. I have found my own voice as writer, and while I still have a ways to go, I look forward to the journey ahead of me. There is much to accomplish, and I'm glad your along for the ride, Specters. Happy Anniversary.

Just for kicks, here's the first post of the blog:

I'm On Facebook!

Yes, it's official - The Misadventures of the HalloweeNut now has it's own page on Facebook! You check it out, and Like It, at https://www.facebook.com/HalloweeNut. I will be using the page to help promote the blog, as well as share any odd pieces of Halloween-y goodness I come across. Follow the link, Specters!

HR Giger, 1940 - 2014

Rest In Peace, Sir. Rest in Peace.

Feast Your Eyes, Glut Your Soul!

Happy 146th Birthday to Gaston Leroux, author of The Phantom of the Opera, born this day in Paris, 1868.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music Video Monday:

Here's a few favorites of mine:

"Hell Broke Luce" by Tom Waits:
"Ich Will" by Rammstein: "Worthless" by Villains for Vultures: "Antichrist Superstar" by Marilyn Manson:

Walpurgisnacht

Follow the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7qfRNzS3s