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Creepy Clown Monday #10: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978) and Terror on Tour (1980)

In the fall of 1978 KISS was big stuff. I know because I was about to turn 10 and I loved them more than anything in the world with the possible exception of Charlie's Angels. In the previous four years the group had released 6 studio albums (Kiss, Hotter Than Hell, Dressed to Kill, Destroyer, Rock and Roll Over, and Love Gun), 2 iconic live albums, and a greatest hits collection.  None of which my mother would allow me to own. But my friend Stephanie did have them and we listened to them end...

Creepy Clown Monday #9: Secrets of the Clown (2007)

I don't care how beautiful you are, a dangly belly button piercing makes you look like a slut.

Now I'm not saying that's why Michelle Brancato gets killed within the first five minutes of Secrets of the Clown, but I don't think it helped. Neither did the lime green lace panties. Or balloon-like breasts. At the very least they were disturbing to watch. Tony Lee as her doomed boyfriend/husband doesn't fare very well either, and he doesn't have any visible piercings so maybe that theory is indeed...

Flaming Asshats of the Day, Part 2: The Supreme Court

As if having one FAotD isn't bad enough, today we have two. Actually, 6.

First there was Pat Robertson and his moronic comments about the earthquake in Haiti being caused by a "pact with the Devil" the people of Haiti made at the end of the 18th century in exchange for Satan helping them rout the French. Now we have a ruling by the Supreme Court that prevents the televising of the trial currently underway in San Francisco over Proposition 8, the voter-approved proposition making gay marriage i...

Flaming Asshat of the Day: Pat Robertson

As I'm sure you know, they had an earthquake in Haiti yesterday. Much of the country's infrastructure is destroyed. It's estimated that as many as 100,000 people were killed. Disaster relief and humanitarian aid organizations worldwide are rushing to help.

And what is televangelist and former presidential candidate Pat Robertson doing? He's offering his unique perspective on the cause of the earthquake. Here's what he had to say this morning on CBN's The 700 Club when asked for his thoughts by...

Creepy Clown Monday #8: Hellbreeder (2003)

To borrow from an old adage, the road to Hellbreeder was paved with good intentions. You wouldn't know this if you just watch the movie, but a little poking around into the film's history turns up an all too familiar story of artistic vision thwarted by marketplace interference.

Writer/directors Johannes Roberts and James Eaves originally made a movie called Alice. We don't know what it was about because it was never released. What we do know is that distributors hated it and wouldn't touch it...

Life Goes On

So as you know Bob the hamster was murdered earlier this week. I would like to say that Teddy feels bad about what he did, but he doesn't. In fact, every time he comes down here he sniffs around the site of the horrible event and does a little victory dance. It's all very upsetting, particularly to Bob's brother, Jeff, who witnessed the slaughter and hasn't been the same since.

But even in the face of great tragedy we must move on. Only I haven't moved very far because I've been sick. This stu...

And It's Only Wednesday

What a week it's been. And it's only Wednesday.

It started on Sunday. Well, Monday really as the events occurred after midnight. See, both Patrick and I were coming down with coldy/fluey things. His first day at the new job was Monday, and of course I wanted him to get his rest. Besides, I couldn't sleep, so I moved to the couch.

Teddy came with me. If you don't remember Teddy, that's us to the left. He's the adorably cute one. Everybody thinks so. People actually stop us on the street and ask ...

Creepy Clown Monday #7: The Idiot Box Part I (Comedy Television)

The main focus of Creepy Clown Mondays is films. But the horror of evil clowns knows no bounds, and I think it appropriate that from time to time we take a look at those red-nosed demons that have occupied our television sets.

With the exception of a handful of children's shows (which we'll discuss in another post) there have been no television series devoted entirely to clowns. However, a number of well-known series have featured clowns in one or more episodes. Again keeping with the theme...

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

I don't usually post anything new on Sundays, but something exciting has happened and I don't want to wait.

On Friday's edition of WKAR's "Under the Radar" segment writer Lev Raphael talked about Jane Bites Back. You can listen to it here.

This is a real thrill for me. Raphael is a wonderful writer. When I graduated from college and moved to New York in 1989 one of the first places I went was the now-closed A Different Light bookstore on Hudson Street. For a 20-year-old gay man who had just esc...

New Year, New Blog

First off, happy New Year to everyone. I know it's January 2. Yesterday I was busy sleeping off the fun of New Year's Eve. Also, we went to see Nine. (Which you should totally see. The reviews are full of crap. It's wonderful.)

But now I am back to work. And I'm very pleased to announce the launch of a new project. It's called The Year of Good Fortune. It's a blog. I know, who needs another blog? But this one is fun.

As some of you may recall, every Thursday Patrick and I go to dinner with our ...