Lyckantropen Themes

By Ulver.

Click below for the album (really recommend this one [track seven if you want a quick taste of it]):

Metatron

By Atsushi Fukui.

Happy Accident

Was listening to the main titles from the Fright Night remake while watching a video of Haunted Overload with the music track turned off.  It worked perfectly.

Click here to launch the track.

Then click here to load the video and turn the sound down.

The Next In Line

In the market, the remainder of candy skulls from the Death Fiesta were sold from flimsy little tables. Women hung with black rebozos sat quietly, now and then speaking one word to each other, the sweet sugar skeletons, the saccharine corpses and white candy skulls at their elbows. Each skull had a name on top in gold candy curlicue; Jose or Carmen or Ramon or Tena or Guiermo or Rosa. They sold cheap. The Death Festival was gone. Joseph paid a peso and got two candy skulls. 
Marie stood in the narrow street. She saw the candy skulls and Joseph and the dark ladies who put the skulls in a bag.

Ray Bradbury

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Sea Salted Maple Pumpkin Doughnuts With A Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling

Not fair.

Chalice Well Gardens

It'd be great setting up a Haunt in a garden like this.
I need to be Howard Hughes rich.

Images by phoenixspringwater.

Pumpkin People

From the dancesippydance Etsy shop.

Click here for the shop.

Revisiting A Cool Old Blog

Haikus & Charicatoos...

with fall all around
and the Tennessee trees brown
david rakes the leaves

a splish and a splash
he looks to the sky and frowns
as the sun comes out

there’s nothing inside
his straw hair like a scarecrow
he’s so much like me

Click for more. 
 

Dark House

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Halloween Daze

More images here.

This Way

Image by SynergySkewed.

Now Playing: Wastelands

By Protector 101.

Click below:

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Crucifixion

By Beksinski.

Witch City Wicks

The salty scent of the sea softened with forest greens, jasmine, green apple, juniper berries and musk.

Star anise, fennel, spicy cinnamon cassia, nutmeg, fresh green herbs, amber and woods.

Creamy vanilla offset with spicy clove and touch of black pepper gives it a nice kick.

A must have for any Twin Peaks fan! A warm woodsy fragrance with bergamot, a heart of rose and violet, rounded out with amber, sandalwood, vanilla and a mysterious, earthy undertone.  

Frankincense and sandalwood are two of the best scents to aid in opening psychic awareness, in addition to custom designed "spirit board" label.

 Click for their Etsy shop.

Aliens On The Moon

Hopefully SyFy shows this again, beings I missed it last night.

Click below for the opening scene:

Moonrise

Now playing:  Bringing Down The Light, by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp.

Click below:

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Kringle Candles

Spicy woody undertones marry sweetly with the unmistakable and nostalgic aroma of crunchy fallen leaves.

A rich licorice/fennel base blends with slightly sweet, toasty caramel and vanilla notes.

The warm, sweet, earthy intensity of Clove is like no other, truly one of nature’s great gifts.

kringlecandle.com

Desmodus Rotundus

Image by frenchieness.

Strudel

Supposedly in stores now.

Small Death

Image by unknownfluids.

Alien Scent

From Nature's Garden Candles:
A magical fragrance oil by Natures Garden that will make you feel like the Princess of the Universe!  Notes of bright melon and sparkling mandarin are mixed with orange blossom, star jasmine, and rose.  A woody base is supplemented by vanilla and musk.

And I thought Aliens smelled like Screaming.

UglyMailbox.com

Funny concept for a website.

uglymailbox.com

Shocker

Kemmler was executed in New York's Auburn Prison on August 6, 1890; the "state electrician" was Edwin F. Davis. The first 17-second passage of current through Kemmler caused unconsciousness, but failed to stop his heart and breathing. The attending physicians, Edward Charles Spitzka and Charles F. Macdonald, came forward to examine Kemmler. After confirming Kemmler was still alive, Spitzka reportedly called out, "Have the current turned on again, quick, no delay." The generator needed time to re-charge, however. In the second attempt, Kemmler was shocked with 2,000 volts. Blood vessels under the skin ruptured and bled, and the areas around the electrodes singed. The entire execution took about eight minutes. George Westinghouse later commented that "they would have done better using an axe,"and a witnessing reporter claimed that it was "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging."

Image by thehiddencemetery. 

Halloween Store Sightings

I don't have a problem finding Halloween stuff in the stores in the middle of July, but it stinks that by the time the cooler weather of late summer/early autumn arrives every bit of Halloween merchandise is long gone.  Not sure when that started to happen.  I feel like when I was a kid we'd see Halloween stuff in all the stores before/during/and after Halloween.

I've been monitoring what stores have what and when by checking forum posts on Halloweenforum.com.

Click below (I always check the last page first and work my way back):

Village Candle

This truly unique blend of fresh pumpkin and chrysanthemums is laced with clove, nutmeg and cinnamon. The essence of a trip to the farmer’s market, in a candle. 

Halloween has become the perfect Holiday to throw a party and have lots of fun! Create ‘Spooktacular” ambiance with this Honorary Black Licorice Halloween.

  
















Combine the fresh scent of sweet apples and the rustic richness of oak, and you've got one of our founder's favorite candles The essence of this rich and woodsy fragrance rekindles memories of country fairs, apple picking, and a long brisk walk through crisp, fallen leaves.

Sensual and earthy, this fragrance will transport you back to the 1960's in no time at all.
Bought this one yesterday after finding it at a local supermarket.
What it SHOULD say is:
Witches conjuring dark things with powdered bones and ancient spells.

 
  













Village Candles here.