My Krusty Carcass

(Ooooh, there's an appetizing subject line!)

A few weeks ago I picked up a new mask that I love a lot. It's an adult size, pretty gruesome mask from a 2006 kid's Halloween costume called KRUSTY CARCASS, made by Paper Magic Group. I got it at a costume shop for only $1.50, because it was old stock and the costume set of mask, shirt and pants was missing the shirt. Who cares about the shirt? I don't need a shirt OR pants.

It reminds me of old Topstone masks (but better), and also of images from E.C. horror comics. Feast ya peepers on this:




On the left in the photos above are 3 creepy Tingler-like toys I got at Walgreen's last year. They and the mask all sit on top of my computer.

Isn't that mask a thing of beauty and fine design? Well, I certainly think it is! Made me delirious that I could get it for UNDER TWO BUCKS! WOW!

Y'know, the mask kinda makes me think of a rotted Richard Nixon. Sort of a physical, outer portrait of his inner self (when he was alive), like the portrait of Dorian Gray.

You can your own Krusty Carcass at this link.

(At THIS link, you can see a governmental tariff ruling on Krusty Carcass that describes the costume set which describes the shirt part of the set as "imparting the essential character." (WTF??!!)

Monster Mayhem Moved!

Stoner's Monster Mayhem, the website that sprouted from the premiere classic monster movie fanzine of the same name, has had to find new quarters, since Yahoo's sites on Geocities is closing.

The new site is HERE. Go and "Be a Stoner!"




Friend Rick Stoner amongst his monstrous collection of groovy stuff.

Image source: SMM

The next pat on the head!

A couple of compliments came my way this month, and the second was the Honest Scrap award given to TDSH by the blog when is evil cool? Now, in accordance with the rules sent with the award, I'm discharging my duty to say who else deserves the award. (In other words, I'm s'posed to shoot my mouth off. But I'm good at that.)

First, in no particular order, are ten currently active blogs I haven't previously praised much but which I admire. I pass on the Honest Scrap award to them, but WITHOUT the obligation to do ANYTHING else at all, if they don't want to. Just don't like obligating other folks--and I never send out chain letters or e-mails either. But the following are award-worthy:

The Horrors of it All
For its generosity to its readers and devotion to daily sharing of pre-code horror comics.

Igloo of the Uncanny
For its intelligent but fun use of a fictional persona, theme and setting, and great reviews.

Wonderful Wonderblog
For reflecting Erick B.'s wide-ranging tastes in horror, fantasy, and 60s and 70s nostalgia. A site as kind, low-key, and warm as its owner, Erick B.

Gospel of the Living Dead
For its erudition on the modern zombie.

Groovy Age of Horror
For its daring grooviness.

Kindertrauma
For making one's childhood traumas come vividly back to life by sharing those of others.

Trixie's Treats
For its dead-ication to macabre and unusual art.

Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire
For being righteously wicked and funny.

The Uranium Cafe
For its readable reviews of trashed and treasured movies.

Radiation Cinema
For being a thoughtful but joyous celebrant of the best of the worst in classic sci-fi.

Numbers 11 and 12, since I just can't stop at ten (Now I include blogs I've praised many times here at TDSH.)

Zombos' Closet of Horror
For his constancy as a source of horror-related news and reviews, and devotion to publicizing good horror blogs.

Frankensteinia
For keeping Shelley's hideous progeny healthy with celebration and scholarship about all things Frankenstein.

Now, for some reason, I'm supposed to share ten HONEST things about myself. Hmmm. Why limit it to the factual, when the semi-fictional can be so much fun? But, in honor of wiec?, here are ten true things about me:

1. I had pizza with Abbie Hoffman once.
2. I actually like some folk music, and some show tunes!
   
3. I have a personal connection to the Central High Crisis, even though it happened before I was born.
4. I once conducted a seance, but was disappointed by it, though others thought it a success.
5. I once made rum cake that people could feel the burn of the rum from as it went down their gullets!
6. I got a brief letter from Ray Bradbury the other day!
7. I had a crush on Julie Newmar when I was a child.
8. Monster movies and monster toys have been part of my life since I was three!
9. I once played Bela Lugosi in a stage production of Glen or Glenda.
10. I miss a lot of people who live in St. Louis, where I used to live.

FIN

Numerology

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And now some news to keep my retirement fund jar from looking neglected:

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Coupla cool compliments come in hot weather

Just recently the blasted braincase, the 'nebriated noggin, the dipsomaniacal dome (ME, in other words) was given two pats on the head! Honeyed words have been ladled over me, and I'm not even dead! (Of course, I don't exactly call this livin'.)

The first pat came from Freddy in Space, a great blog that keeps an eye on all developments in film (and sometimes video game) horror. Ol' Fred (actually blogger John Squires) said this blog has "perhaps the coolest name out there on the interweb," and was "cool and very unique." He even said I was a "classy dude"! (As of today, he has still not asked for any money yet. Perhaps he was sick and had a high fever when posting.)

Wow. I'm savoring the coolness of all these compliments. Especially now, with the weather so miserably hot and humid, an me living in a house with no air-conditioning!


The second pat came from the decidedly cool blog When Is Evil Cool?, who gave me an Honest Scrap award. (I think that second 'S' is a typo.) It's similar to the world-wide blogosphere's Premio Dardo award, where an awardee is expected to link back to the awarder, then to pass on the honor on to other quality blogs. Finally, with both awards, one is also expected to tell something about him-/her-/itself.

In the case of this Honest Scrap award (named after an old brand of chewing tobacco, of all things), I'm supposed to to pass the pat on the head (or back, in the case of non-severed-head bloggers) to TEN other blogs.

But that'll appear on Saturday, along with all the stuff I gotta share about myself.

Oh, just when IS evil cool, you want to know, intrigued as you are with hard questions? Well, the answer seems to be answered here, here, or possibly here.

If you think you're become both evil AND cool, this society wants you!

Only good for the bottles

The three liquor bottles seen below are the COOLEST liquor bottles ever made, says I.


Photo source HERE.

Ironically, the libations inside 'em are among the worst spirits ever made for human consumption!

The skull bottle on the left once held Crystal Head Vodka, whose taste has been compared to nail polish remover. (Still, it would worth buying just for the bottle.)

Next to the vodka bottle are the two bottles that fit together to hold Jekyll and Hyde liquors, marketed by Anheuser-Busch's subsidiary, Long Tail Libations. As this site describes the two-in-one drink, "Both bottles hold 750 mL, with one clear glass bottle showing the deep-red, 60-proof raspberry-flavored Jekyll, the other revealing the black, 80-proof Hyde, a black molasses-tasting product. When a bartender pours each into a shot glass, Hyde floats on top of Jekyll due to differing product viscosities and the amount of sugar in each." Another site, Liquor Snob, says the Hyde part is "herbal tasting;" the site The Bachelor Guy site similarly describes Hyde as "spicy."

But MOLASSES-tasting? Ooorg!

Both liquors are pretty sweet. Feh. Manischewitz is cheaper.

The Jekyll and Hyde liquors seem to have evolved from fruit-flavored malt liquor shots designed to be added to beer! (Blehhh.) This was test-marketed by Anheuser-Busch in 2006; the following year the harder Jekyll and Hyde liquors came out.

Below is the original art that was designed for the malt liquor; the painting by illustrator Jerome Lagarrigue was adapted for the label of the 2007 Jekyll and Hyde form-fitting bottles:

Image source: Flickr account- Jon Cronin

If you want drink recipes (like a Mary Reilly) that use Jekyll and Hyde, or a Jekyll and Hyde screensaver, go to the official website.