Last night Marci came after being away for nearly two years in the National Guard. We’ve seen each other during that time, but only for a few days or weeks here and there. Good to have her home. Today is our grandkid’s birthday. Four years-old! The last 24 hours have been epic.

Dead Can't Dance

One last mix to share for you ghouls and gals. While not a Halloween mix, it is Gothy enough to qualify if you squint your eyes. Light a candle, burn some incense, and paint your nails black while you listen to this show from 1993. 🎵

  1. M1-Alterantive “The Marvels of Insect Life Theme"
  2. ID
  3. SPK “In Flagranto Delicto”
  4. Halcyon Daze “Ragman”
  5. The Wolfgang Press “Cut the Tree”
  6. A Scanner Darkly “This is the Way”
  7. Unknown “Unknown” One Truth?
  8. ID
  9. Bauhaus “Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Instrumental)”
  10. Mother “Tiny Fingers”
  11. Area “Green Light (Original Mix)”
  12. Pink Industry “The Corpse (Absolute Version)”
  13. Southern Death Cult “Moya”
  14. ID
  15. Beautiful Pea Green Boat “Nostalgia”
  16. Dead Can Dance “Frontier (Demo)”
  17. Shock Headed Peters “Thumbs of A Murderer”
  18. Psychic Surgery “Greeks and Romans”
  19. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult “Universal Blackness"
  20. ID
  21. Unknown “Unknown”
  22. Boris Mikulic “Diana”
  23. Mumbles “Two Clouds”
  24. Coil “Main Title (Unreleased Hellraiser Theme)”
  25. Clan of Xymox “Muscoviet Musquito”
  26. Unknown “Unknown”
  27. The Cure “World War”
  28. No Trend “Teen Love”
  29. ID
  30. Unknown “Unknown”
  31. PSA: Recycle
  32. ID
  33. Gene Loves Jezebel “Shaving My Neck”
  34. Johanna’s House of Glamour “Dark Hour”
  35. Christian Death “This is Heresy”
  36. Double Happiness “Cut”
  37. Jesus and Mary Chain “Cut Dead”
  38. Unknown “Unknown”

The Bazooka Joe Show Halloween Special

Yet another Halloween tradition of mine was my yearly Halloween show on WMFO. I was not above playing “The Monster Mash” or “The Purple People Eater,” but I leaned more toward Goth, metal, and industrial. Here’s a Halloween show I did last century for your listening pleasure. 🎵

  1. PSA: Give Blood
  2. Boris Mikulic “Inspired by the Devil”
  3. Samhain “Initium”
  4. Black Sabbath “Black Sabbath”
  5. ID/Comic of the Week: Children’s Crusade
  6. Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra “Twilight Zone"
  7. Carcass “Reek of Putrefaction”
  8. Slayer “Seasons in the Abyss”
  9. Bauhaus “Bela Lagosi’s Dead, Live”
  10. Voïvod “Batman”
  11. Ministry “Every Day is Halloween
  12. ID
  13. Rick McIntyr “Hyde’s Account of Things”
  14. Veil of Thorns LIVE & DIRECT
  15. ID
  16. Rudimentary Peni “Nightgaunts”
  17. Rudimentary Peni “The Horrors in the Museum”
  18. Misfits “Halloween II”
  19. Slaughter Shack “Vampire”
  20. The One Way Streets “Jack the Ripper”
  21. Alien Sex Fiend “Now I’m Feeling Zombified”
  22. Venom “Welcome to Hell”
  23. Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt Kickers “Monster Mash”
  24. Skinny Puppy “Draining Faces”
  25. Vic Mizzy “The Addams Family (Main Theme)”
  26. Megadeth “Five Magics”
  27. Morbid Angel “Chapel of Ghouls”

A Scanner Darkly

Another Halloween tradition I had was listing to a lot of Goth music. One of my favorite albums was This Is The Way by A Scanner Darkly, and I think that album is somewhere in my dad’s basement. Fortunately, someone uploaded the album to YouTube. I hope Sub Rosa will release the LP digitally some day. 🎵

When I was younger, my Halloween tradition was to read one story from H.P. Lovecraft a day. I ended that tradition because I don’t have that kind of time anymore and because I’ve re-read his stories many times.“The Rats in the Walls” remains my favorite story by Lovecraft.

Currently reading: The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley 📚

Want to read: Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century by Philip Freeman 📚

Currently reading: The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri 📚

Now that I’m back in the office I’m finding the oddest things at my desk, like a bowl and a spoon that haven’t been washed in over a year and a half. Gross.

Just worked w/ Phil Freeman (https://burningambulance.com/) on recording his introduction to his mix for Genius & Soul. We talked about why he loves jazz, music journalism, & his forthcoming book, Ugly Beauty.

The Curse of Using Facebook to Log In to Other Services

I never use Facebook, Gmail, Apple, Amazon, etc., to log in to the services I use. I don’t want to rely on the Stacks, so I’ll use my email address and generate a password.

Except for that one time I used Facebook to create an account with Spotify, and now that decision is biting me in the ass.

I made the exception with Spotify because I wanted to use the music service’s social media features. There didn’t seem any harm in it, but Facebook locked me out of my account for no apparent reason a year or so ago. Maybe my cat photos were too controversial?

I admit to trying a few times without successfully reactivating my account, but I didn’t care enough to resolve the issue. It was a minor inconvenience, but I didn’t miss Facebook as long as I still had access to Instagram and Facebook Messenger. And as we’ve learned what a terrible, awful, horrible company Facebook is, I was grateful that I couldn’t access my Facebook account.

Until this morning, when I found, I could no longer use Spotify.

So now I’m jumping through various hoops to reactivate my Facebook account. And once I do, I’m going to jump through whatever hoops are necessary to decouple my Spotify account from Facebook.

Lesson learned.

The other day by boy & I went grocery shopping & picked up a season box of Frankenberry cereal. I admit, I was excited. When we got home I poured myself a bowl I recalled that Monster cereals were more fun to eat than yummy. My first spoonful proved me right.

Hey, @bbohling, this is my knife I mentioned.

Published my first Now page. Keep tabs on this jetsetter.

I can hear the thunder rolling and I see lighting arcing through black storm clouds. Serendipity: I just came across on my walk with my dog.

Test pattern.

Finally seeing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in the theater. I have a couple of spiked podcasts I want to catch up on.

2021 photoblogging challenge 📷 day 1 — touch

Ripped.

Good morning, everyone!