positivelyBLEAK Grinning back into the abyss.

7Sep/101

All Things Horror Made My Day

Fun is telling your coworkers that you have to head out to catch a screening of “Dead Hooker in a Trunk.” ♠ Continue reading…

31Aug/100

Metal Millionaire

Ever play that game with a pile of look­books and a Sharpie, cir­cling stuff like a kid cre­ating a fan­tasy Christmas list? I do, prob­ably more often than is healthy. I call it playing Millionaire. ♠ Continue reading…

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19Jul/103

And the Last Known Survivor Stalks His Prey in the Night

I ran for twenty min­utes straight on Thursday, which prob­ably doesn’t sound like much to most of you, but I’m a smoker with a desk job, so it’s an accom­plish­ment to me. My awe­some dad and I are going to run the Falmouth Road Race together come 2011, so I have a real incen­tive to keep picking my feet up off the ground. ♠ Continue reading…

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8Apr/102

Brutalizing the Carnival

We Bostonians get a spe­cial annual treat every spring – the local suburb of Revere, renowned for its ya-​doods, sketchy strip clubs, and beach lit­tered with garbage, hosts a spring car­nival in the movie the­ater parking lot. It’s simply…magical. ♠ Continue reading…

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25Mar/100

How to Make Friends at a Metal Show

Everybody needs a bestie. Sometimes it’s hard to find new friends, whether you’ve just made a big life change like moving to a new place or have just grad­u­ated from col­lege, or even if you just want to meet some new people to shake things up a little. ♠ Continue reading…

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20Mar/104

Me, Oreo, & Equinophobia

Today was Thunderhorse Day, and it was a beau­tiful day to over­come a baseless-​but-​longstanding fear. ♠ Continue reading…

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18Mar/100

Birthday, Dethday

Happy birthday to me! ♠ Continue reading…

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4Mar/103

The Very Best of YouTube Headbanging

It’s been a hell of a week for me, between my soul-​crushing day job and busily plan­ning for my birthday (I’m turning 25 on the 18th!!!), so I wanted to do a quick, JWZ-​style video run­down of one of my most favorite ways of burning off frus­tra­tion: head­banging. ♠ Continue reading…

Filed under: Geekery, Music 3 Comments
11Feb/104

The High Court of Love: Having a Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day

Our familiar sickly-​sweet hol­iday wasn’t always this pus­si­fied. The ancient Romans called it Lupercalia, “the Wolf Festival,” you know, because of that she-​wolf that nursed Romulus and Remus…what, you weren’t paying atten­tion in Ancient History? Anyway, people ran around naked in the streets, a bunch of priests sac­ri­ficed goats, wore the raw goat pelts, and women lined up for the priests to beat them with the bloody bits of hide to ensure their fer­tility. ♠ Continue reading…

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5Jan/103

The Beast Speaks: That’s My Bloody T-​Shirt

Editress’s note: my beau and con­fi­dant, who goes by S. McManbeast, is a fellow freak of nature and rabid horror fanatic. He wanted in on the blog­ging action, so you’ll see occa­sional guest posts from him under the header “The Beast Speaks.” Have at! ♠ Continue reading…







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