FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:
Strewn in the shallows of the Indian Ocean off Tanzania lie shards of dead coral reefs.
Sunday, January 3, 2016
One of the greatest creepy stories on REDDIT I have read in a while
READ IT HERE..
It’s the story of a song called ‘See you after, Babe,’ by a band called Symmetry Icon, from the year 2008.
Remember that song?
Some words..
I just wanted to be a big name
For you.But I got caught up in this craziness
Without you.We made a deal with him,
He said he’d rise us upIn exchange for something small.
I am sure you recall that song now, right?
Actually you probably don’t. (If you did, there may be some issues).. The post appears in the /nosleep Reddit thread.. the post’s author Hartijay writes ominously:
I downloaded the file and listened to it immediately. I recognized the song the second I heard it. I have no idea whether or not Hoskins is telling the truth, so I put the clip up on YouTube and sent it to some friends to see if they recognize it. They all agree this was the song, including Matt.
I don’t know what to make of this. I mean, it is kind of catchy in an out-there kind of way, and I’ve listened to it a few times just because it is kind of enjoyable and reminds me of my days in college.
Does anyone else remember “See You After, Babe” from 2008???
I just…I need to hear the whole song again, and it sucks knowing I never will.
Perhaps the creepiest part of this entire story of See You After Babe: I sort of initially recalled the song. I kind of, well, questioned my sanity afterwards.. So I sent this to my wife, who is an amateur expert on music. She did not recall it but was really bothered by the whole thing, even wondering aloud if the whole post could be REAL after all. Then I sent it to other friends, all of whom felt the same way. Creeped out even though they knew, probably, it was not real..
I went on to peruse the commentary that the post was getting on Reddit, You Tube, and @sixpenceee.. It would appear a number of people aren’t getting the hoax of it all and believing it, even desperately searching for the ‘whole song’ somewhere online..
I think that is because, deep down, we all know there have been times we have been hit with time slips–those moments when your reality is shaken to the core and no one else realized how they slipped, too.. Times when what you thought was real turns out to be a dream. Or vice versa..
So this song, this ‘2008 one hit wonder,’ seems to nicely fit into that category.
As one Reddit response went,
I Googled both the song and the group. Not sure if I am glad that the search turn up with irrelevant results. I half-expected there to be pictures of 3 guys on an album cover…
Because the story seems to real..
This is quite a legendary No Sleep Reddit story already. Guaranteed it will show up on a paranormal site near you.
Week three for STAR WARS.. and it’s still rocking and rolling the New Years box office in 2016..
Much may change soon–look at that 40% drop. It’s bound to happen.. big dollars cannot continue forever..
Or…
Can they.
Nonetheless, the movie top ten this week.. DADDY is home but nothing near strong enough to topple Kylo Ren’s return with the dark side..
LA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year's Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?
Glenn Whipp writes,
Their fear: The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite will be trending on social media again.
The academy found itself on the defensive last year when white actors earned all 20 of the nominations in the lead and supporting categories. The topic came to define the Academy Awards so much that host Neil Patrick Harris opened the ceremony by quipping: “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest. Sorry, brightest.”
The good thing to remember, all: The Oscars are completely and utterly meaningless when it comes to what is actually a good film.
LA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year's Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?
Belgium’s Doel nuclear reactor went offline on Saturday, after it was restarted just three days ago, the plant's spokesperson said. Meanwhile, Germany has stepped up criticism on operational safety of its neighbor’s aging nuclear facilities. Doel 1 nuclear reactor, located in northern Belgium, was taken offline automatically, RTL broadcaster quoted the communications manager Els De Clercq as saying. At this point there is no safety risk, AFP reported, citing power utility company Electrabel, which operates the plant.
2016! THE RETURN OF BOOK STORES!
I wrote several predictions for 2016 and published then on here a few days ago.. Read them if you choose.
I have also been reading some other people’s predictions. One I found in the Wall Street JOURNAL is amazingly accurate, wish I would have said it myself.
Ann Patchett predicts the return of book stores.. She writes,
This is going to be a fabulous year for books. In 2016, Elizabeth Strout has her best novel yet coming out, “My Name Is Lucy Barton,” and I can’t wait to sell the late Paul Kalanithi’s gorgeous “When Breath Becomes Air,” and just when you think Louise Erdrich can’t get any better, she goes and writes “LaRose.” Go to your local independent bookstore this year and buy a copy. You’ll be part of the trend.
Independent book stores are amazing. All book stores are amazing.
In my county, Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, there are virtually no more book stores left. We have to leave the county to get somewhere meaningful in the print world. This has become a detriment since my nearly 5-year-old loves book stores..
Last month, we signed up at the library for the first time, at least for me, in 15 years.
It’s all worth it.
And yes, progress is amazing. Tech is great. But there will never be anything which surpasses holding paper bound together in your hand and turning pages. .
2016.. the return of book stores. I like that one.
Large Group Of Armed Militia Members Take Over Federal Building
Cliven Bundy is also advising the local ranchers, Steven and Dwight Hammond, not to submit to federal authorities as required on Monday. Instead, Bundy is urging them to go to the Harney County jail and ask for “protective custody.”
Large Group Of Armed Militia Members Take Over Federal Building
A ‘real’ headline from ‘real’ media..
Blind mystic whose followers claim she predicted 9/11 attack, ISIS and 2004 tsunami has chilling vision for 2016
That chilling vision for this year, courtesy of the fine reporting at the MIRROR:
And now it has been revealed that, before her death at age 85 she predicted “a 2016 invasion by Muslim extremists” across Europe.
Oh… Baba Vanga died in 1996, by the way.
She must have been REALLY good to still be quoted today…
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Psychologists warn constant email notifications are 'toxic source of stress' .. MORE: A culture has developed where people must feel they are constantly available for work, study reveals
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The first song of 2016 on Coal Speaker..
Hope you follow me in 2016. I will be here as long as you will…
I’m on Twitter too..
And Instagram.
And YouTube.
Follow me wherever you find me.
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A lot of corporations utilize auto-timed social media posts.
And this year, a lot of companies got it very very wrong, wishing people a happy new year the day before it happened..
Social media jobs suddenly open at big corporations!? Checking Indeed.com nowThe Force Sleeps tonight?
My friend Anghus at Flickering Myth wrote up a good post on the latest STAR WARS..
While the dust is still not clearing (two sold out shows at my local movie house last night when my wife and I took my son to see the newest Alvin movie), it’s worth noting that some of the amazing reviews the movie was getting is dimming.. the glittering of gold has gotten old.. Stale.. Perhaps over.
Anghus douses it with some cold water–the fandom need this..
He writes, in part:
There were so many moments where I cringed. The scene where Han Solo first appears is so terribly staged. Woefully written with embarrassing levels of convenience wrapped up nicely in an unconvincing action sequence featuring monstrous Rathtars. None of it felt like Star Wars. And yet, it’s still Han Solo and Chewbacca back in action… extremely limited action. Or the moment you realize the movie is going to feature yet another variation on the Death Star. At that moment, my eyes rolled so hard I could see my brain—and it wasn’t happy. Another Death Star? Seriously?
Anghus penned a number of controversial posts on my website back in the early 2000s. He knows how to evoke emotions and be opinionated with purpose–making a good point almost always.
While I did not award STAR WARS the movie of the year on my site for 2015, it did rank up.
And now reading this Flickering Myth column I’m wondering if the movie is just rank.
That cringe worthy scene? The first time we see Hans Solo? I felt it too. I felt that ‘force’ of wincing at the screen..
Time will certainly tell if the movie rates with some of the early STAR WARS films. Needless to say, it already rates stunningly higher than the PHANTOM MENACE.
New company claims they'll be able to RESURRECT THE DEAD by the year 2045!! ENTREPRENEUR Josh Bocanegra says his new company Humai area aiming to bring the dead back to life
The new company are aiming to “extend and enhance life" by freezing human brains for extended periods of time using cryonics, a deep freezing technology using very low temperatures, and then putting them into artificial bodies.
But Josh claims the company’s ultimate goal is to preserve a human brain BEFORE a person dies.
New company claims they'll be able to RESURRECT THE DEAD by the year 2045!! ENTREPRENEUR Josh Bocanegra says his new company Humai area aiming to bring the dead back to life
The annuity value of Saturday night's Powerball jackpot is worth $334 million
Play it.. More than once.
But accept the consequences of a win should you be chosen by fate.
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A guy recording an internal tree fire in Defiance, OH.. And he fell twice in the mud.
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Friday, January 1, 2016
Kim Jong Un is threatening a war in 2016
One of these years he’ll do it.
In the mean time, sit back and enjoy some parody pictures of this very real image:
Trying something new
Chatzy has been around for some time now.. I created a room on there and will utilize it from time to time. I am going to call it something. Just haven’t thought of the name yet.. A place to go and sulk, perhaps exchange some goodness or positive commentary.. maybe lament a day. Perhaps give good tidings or paraphrase contempt for society.. You pick the purpose.
Nonetheless the room exists here: http://www.chatzy.com/64563083013868
I will, from time to time, be live in there.. Stop by, stop in.. leave a message.. If not it will be stagnant. And disappear. Like Geocities.
Let’s not make this a Geocities chat room, okay?
The room name for now: The Sorrowful Passion
Watchful eye on January 11-13 time frame.. This storm will make Christmas Day’s 70 degrees be a distant memory if it holds.. it would be pretty significant and pretty snowy in places that haven’t seen snow yet this winter..
AND there is still a chance all of this will just end up being plain old boring rain. Either way, a storm is brewing.
By now you may have heard of this.. it’s gruesome. The image you are seeing shows blood pouring down an elevator shaft after an electrician was killed.. it was filmed by shocked vacation goers who thought they were suddenly in the movie THE SHINING..
Matt Davis called it a “real life scene (from) ‘The Shining’” when he and his family walked by an elevator with blood pouring from the top, WFTX reports. The elevator was also struggling to open and close with cruise officials trying to steer people away from the scene.According to Davis, he was told by a waiter that an electrician on the ship got hurt with a Carnival cruise supervisor telling him that the man passed away. “A crew member or somebody was inside or behind that wall when the elevator came down, and I don’t know what happened, but something terrifying happened,” Davis said.
Police said the man was Jose Sandoval Opazo, 66, who was an electrician aboard the ship. WFTX reports Carnival has not commented on the incident, but offered to pay for three counseling sessions for the Opazo family
A vacation from hell indeed.. and a horribly tragic way for the cruise ship worker to meet a demise.. A horrid story all around..
Pretty sure this is a yearly tradition now for British press.. this, in photography, is how the drunkest of the drunkest heralded in New Years 2016 across the pond. Learn from the images presented. And for the UK TELEGRAPH, get as many hits as you can since Drudge and others have now linked you up.
Pretty sure what we are seeing here is not just alcophol.. but other …things.. too. May God bless humanity.
Asylum-seekers in Sweden demand relocation in fear of ghosts
Several dozen refugees sheltered in a remote village in Sweden have asked authorities to relocate them, complaining the building allocated for their shelter is haunted by strange noises and flickering lights.Swedish Migration Agency officials reported Wednesday that 35 out of 58 asylum-seekers accommodated in small village of Grannaforsa in the depths of Smaland province demanded relocation, according to AP.
The migrants complained Tuesday of suspicious sounds in facility’s plumbing system and malfunctioning electric lights.
“Doors are getting reopened by themselves,” Hamid Alojaili, a Syrian resident of the Grannaforsa facility, told local newspaper Smalandsposten. “And there is no one outside.”
The paranormal was in the news in 2015.. why not start it like that in ‘16..
Stefan Johansson, a co-owner of the facility, believes there ought to be natural explanations to the ‘ghost’ phenomena, blaming faulty wiring and slight deformations of the building’s structure caused by sudden temperature changes that eventually caused strange squeaking sounds.
But there are cultural and religious reasons that those logical explanation may not be of use in this situation..
Cultures are clashing..
Ghosts are thrashing..
Welcome to 2016..
The season of mean.
Asylum-seekers in Sweden demand relocation in fear of ghosts
Obama to impose new gun control curbs next week
This coming:
President Obama will meet with Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch on Monday to finalize a set of executive actions on guns that he will unveil next week, according to several individuals briefed on the matter.
White House officials declined to comment on Obama’s plans beyond releasing his weekly radio address on Friday, a day earlier than usual. But according to those familiar with the proposal, who asked for anonymity because it was not yet public, the president will expand new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers.
Obama to impose new gun control curbs next week
Portals schmortals
Happy 2016..
And for your initial conspiracy viewing of the year, this website which says a portal opened over CERN.
THE GREAT SHAKING STATE OF OKLAHOMA
And it’s not stopping. The quakes in the state have been making news lately, especially within the last few days.
And now just this morning, New Years day, another shake has hit the state. This one a 4.2..
According the U.S. Geological Survey’s website, the quake happened at 5:39 a.m. in an area 3 miles northeast of Edmond and 16 miles north-northeast of Oklahoma City.
There were no immediate reports of injury or damage.
There used to be a few dozen quakes in the state prior to 2012. After fracking took hold, there have been 800 in 2015. 800..
800..
And surely more in 2016 to go.
Not that fracking would EVER do such things…. (Remember, at one time when those against fracking said earthquakes would be a danger, they were called kooks and loons.) Who’s kooky now.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
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The annual anthem of a dying year..
Groove Armada, Richie Havens Hands Of Time Live
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HOLD ON TO 16 AS LONG AS YOU CAN
I want to sit down less in 2016.I sat down a lot this year.. Whether it was due to work, due to personal habits changing, or to my body aging, I found myself on a couch a lot more than I did walking, jogging, or being active. I want to change that.
I also want to change my attitude.
There are a number of things about attitudes, in general, that should be changed. There are times when, in my opinion, it’s worthwhile to see a specialist in all fields. Medicine. Astrology. Religion. Psychology.. and yes, even the voice in your own head—pick your favorite if you have multiple. Sit down with that inner self, get to know it.
That’s enough about me for a minute. Let’s talk about you.
How many times have you looked in a mirror and really truly not seen the person you are looking at. You’re checking your hair, or makeup. You’re making sure your concealer effectively hid away the pimple or scar.. but are you really ever getting to know the person you stare at? And what is that reflection? It’s not even you.. it’s the mirror image, yes, but it’s just an image. The real you is locked behind your eyes of whatever color. The eyes are the window to the soul—the mirror is a reflection of the body.
Get deep in yourself as the year ends and reflect the soul out. Make the body image be less important.
Use your phone less in 2016. Not saying you should stop, but give yourself a phone free day. Actually take a walk in nature and look at trees instead of photographing them.
My wife normally is the photographer of the family. This Christmas, she did not take video or images of my son opening his giant ImagineX T-Rex dinosaur with shooting missile teeth. While we may miss the image in the future, we were still both ‘in the moment.’ The image may stay with us forever—that hopeful and amazed glimmer on a child’s face when he realized Santa did show up and the cookies were eaten. I am not saying to stop taking pictures in 2016, just maybe not 100. Ten may due just fine.
Back to me.
I believe 2016 may be just fine.
I am going to say no to fear next year.
I also run a website called Night Terror News—a bit of tongue in cheek name for a site that comments on society, pop culture, entertainment, and current events. The Night Terrors are normally not real, though. There is an image I have posted before, shown here, of a monster reading news to someone frightened, locked behind a window I envision is taped shut with duct tape. That is the modern way of delivering information. Check your nightly news shows. Between the ads for prescription drugs during breaks, there is a healthy dose of fear and pestilence, disease, and murder. And politics. Who can forget politics..?
Maybe I need to pick just ONE WEBSITE for 2016..?
But the fear isn’t real. The events may be, but the reaction you and I have to it is our collective choice.
In 2016, let’s choose wisely. Let’s make it extraordinary.
And yes, every once and a while, let’s slowly drink a glass of red wine, increase the raw vegetables, and cut down on meat if not rid yourself of the carcinogens completely. You’d be calmer, happier, less fearful, and stronger in 2017 if you did such.
And speaking of 2017, that will be here before you know it, too.
So take a breather and look back in the mirror. 2015 is going…going…soon gone.
Hold on to ’16 as long as you can, changes come around real soon and make us women and men.
A message to 2016 from the soon to be previous year. Weather is wild.. times are changing. And there was a hurricane in the Arctic–the same storm that caused Christmas tornadoes made the North Pole rise above 35 for a few hours..That was 2015.
I bet 2016 is the same.
THIS IS A LINK TO THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR THE NEW YEARS 2016 TWILIGHT ZONE MARATHON ON SYFY
My favorites:
Dec 30th, 11:30 PM: Judgment Night
The one where a man finds himself on a ship in 1942 and doesn’t know how he got there.
Dec 31st, 5:30 AM: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Jan 1st, 10:00 AM: The Midnight Sun
THIS IS A LINK TO THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR THE NEW YEARS 2016 TWILIGHT ZONE MARATHON ON SYFY
THE BILE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR
My son got sick this morning, right before his final day of day care for the year..
As I write this, he’s watching Netflix on the couch and relaxing. I am home from work and blogging in between worried looks each time he makes a move, just in case I have to rush back to couchside to ensure the garbage can is secure while his body’s natural state does its deed to rid itself of whatever virus is running its course.
It somehow seems fitting. Ending the year with a few projectile dispatches.
Think about it..
New years is about cleaning out the mind, body, and soul. While a four and a half year old may not get the ramifications and meaning of calendar changes or balls dropping in Times Square, it’s almost like his little body decided to take part in a ritualistic cleanse..
Yes, maybe I am being over dramatic.
But my over-drama has improved since my son was born.
I fondly–sarcasm there–recall the very first time my son had a flu. He was about 2, and the vomit started occurring around 3am. And a lot of it.. in the midst of the cleaning, it almost immediately began happening to me. It was gruesome, actually. A mixture of awfulness. My wife got sick, too.. but not to the extent of dad and son. The air was so bad we wanted to just move out.
Each time he got sick since, I was calmer each time.
That calmness may not last forever, but the years of training my mind to accept sickness as a part of life, and a part of the body’s actual defense mechanism to heal, has culminated with amazing senses.
Like this….
This morning when my son sat up, he looked funny. I was sitting next to him and saw something in his expression.. I knew. I said, “You okay?” A nod ‘yes’ occurred.. I didn’t believe it. I immediately held up the garbage can and, like an amazing 1990s Michael Jordan basketball shot, he projected refuse into the can. 3 points!
Live action dad hero.
Maybe the one time only in life that will happen.. but moms and dads get to be keenly aware of what each expression on their child’s face means.
I knew this morning what the worried look meant. “It” was coming..
My wife and I have dinner plans tonight with friends for new years eve. That may be called off now due to unforeseen bodily circumstances. The first mission of the day is to effectively utilize Febreeze and Lysol where it needs it most. Already, every door handle was disinfected. Waiting on the current room until the dust settles..
The Twilight Zone marathon is on, too.
Not sure if my son will give a break from Netflix, or fall asleep for a bit, in time for me to tune in to a few amazing Twilight Zones on SYFY, but that’s life.
Life happens when you least expect it.
When you have dinner plans..
When the calendar changes..
So in the spirit of my son at this moment: Cleanse yourself of the trials, tribulations, and pains of 2015. Sixteen is a brand new chance to get something right that has been going wrong for some time. Only YOU know what is wrong. Or your body. And if it’s internal, get ready with a garbage can and some Gatorade.
May your travels be safe and your new years eve be the last day you to worry about the things you worried about in 2015.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
2015 TURNS INTO 16: The predictions from last year reviewed and new ones made.
2016: The year of the anti-tech movement
There is anti-GMO. Anti chemicals..
And in 2016, the next phase of the tech future will be the anti-techs, those who embrace a 1980s MAC and love fax machines… those who disobey the powers that be and want a washing machine WITHOUT WI-FI ..
They keep a little paper over top of their laptop camera just in case big brother or an advertiser is watching..
Deep down they make sense to you.
And in 2016, you may just join in the chorus of rebellion against gadgets..
The year you’ll dread all forms of media.
Politics is on the way.
Donald Trump is coming.
Hillary’s arrow is going to be dancing on your night time TV ads..
All forms of media are going be hit hard with political advertising.. there is no stopping it. Pop culture will be transformed into a nightmare of debate and endless punditry. It’s coming.
The predictions from last year. Now to be judged.
I wrote the following ‘predictions’ in my 2014 review..
The campaign for the White House 2016 will become very annoying. Straw polls, debates.. early PR disasters. Jeb Bush . Hillary Clinton .. we will be dreading 2015. A dark horse will emerge and, even more importantly, perhaps third party candidates will start becoming more acceptable to Americans. It better happen soon.
Sort of right! Donald Trump was the 'dark horse’ who emerged. Trump may not be the dark horse you wanted but he certainly has shaken things up.
President Obama will look very good by Christmas 2016. The economic turnaround will be slow to start by steamroll by spring, with GDP edging higher by the third quarter. Construction will rebound, at least in some sectors, and Americans will be hopeful again.
Somewhat right. There still seem to be some issues. Interest rates.. weak jobs but more of them.. a shaky economy that may actually be in recession in 2016.
There are a few events that will make us fearful. They will come from other nations. They may be terror related, or perhaps just the wrap of daily headlines of murder and mayhem on other continents will make us tremble …
This was general, perhaps. But there were things that made us fear. Name terrorism in Paris and then San Bernardino.
Ebola is not over.
It never will be. I was too general. This can be considered insignificant.
The weather will be calmer than predicted. But large storms will strike when least expected in places not used to them. Global warming has caused chaos.. we have become used to the chaos but areas not accustomed to it will be hurt.
Not really. It was warmer than expected. But there were lots of weird storms and freak incidents.
People will continue to stop going to theaters for movies. SONY’s release of the INTERVIEW will set a trend.. people will stream. It’s the future.
STAR WARS, THE MARTIAN, JURASSIC WORLD all blew this prediction out of the water. I was dead wrong. And funny enough, this was the year I went to the movies the most in the last five. If I could go back and revise, I would and say “2015 will be the year people turn back to theaters”..
There will be a number of earthquakes in the Midwest. Some will be sizable, others barely that. But each one will make us wonder if the New Madrid fault line is waking up..
Oklahoma.
The typhoon season in the Pacific will be dangerous in 2015.
Some of the strongest storms ever. The strongest storm ever. This was a year for wild typhoon drama.
THE PREDICTIONS FOR 2016
- Donald Trump will be the nominee for Republicans. He will choose Marco Rubio. Hillary will be for the Dems.. her choice as a running mate: Charlie Crist.
- Terrorism will be the top story by the end of 2016. As will the fear it generates.
- There will be a medical development with cancer that will give hope to millions who are afflicted.
- There will be a bigger emphasis on open-source artificial intelligence. It will be 'power to the people,’ with the dawn of the drones. Get ready. They are coming.
- GMO-free food will gain in popularity. But there will be increasingly and creative ways to mask GMO from consumers. It’s the year you’ll be deceived even more by fancy packages. Be smart and buy after research.
- There will be less tech addiction in 2016. People have had enough. Phone free Sundays may turn into phone free weeks. People may give up on Facebook, except for the emergency chats..
- Health–real health–will be en vogue in 2016. Not fad diets or fraud get thin quick schemes. But real long term health. This is the beginning of a new age of fitting in jeans and having a healthy heart.
- The Olympics will not be without incident. Massive rains–flooding rains actually–may hit just in time in Brazil.
- The economy that will matter in 2016: India. China will matter a lot less.
- It will be hot. All year.. some of the hottest weather on the planet earth in centuries is on the way.
Those are my predictions. Sealed in HTML for a year.
Maybe next year if we’re all still here we’ll see how I did.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
2016: The year of the anti-tech movement
There is anti-GMO. Anti chemicals..
And in 2016, the next phase of the tech future will be the anti-techs, those who embrace a 1980s MAC and love fax machines… those who disobey the powers that be and want a washing machine WITHOUT WI-FI ..
They keep a little paper over top of their laptop camera just in case big brother or an advertiser is watching..
Deep down they make sense to you.
And in 2016, you may just join in the chorus of rebellion against gadgets..
MOST CONVINCING GENDER BENDING OF THE YEAR
This belongs to Justin Bieber. The same Beebs who was nude this year online.. the same Beebs who did anything Beebs does. In 2015 he
became a sensation online for his impression of Ozzy singing CRAZY TRAIN on the Lip Sync Battle..
And in my opinion, had a striking likeness to Monica Lewinsky..
BEST SHORT LIVED PARANORMAL RADIO OF THE YEAR
Again the prize goes to Art Bell for his show MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT.
He also won this category in 2013 when he was on SIRIUS for 6 weeks. This year’s RADIO beat the record set in 13 but not by much. He quickly quit almost as fast as he started..
Will a return occur in ‘16? Maybe. But there may also be less of a desire for fans to listen with each quitting..
HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR
It almost was KRAMPUS. KRAMPUS was fun.. but the movie of this year is a dual pick. Because this is the first year I watched last year’s movie BABADOOK, I am going to have to choose that along with IT FOLLOWS..
Both movies gave a burst of creativity.. both movies had strange and sinister background stories.. both movies relied on a storyline more than a blood soaked script. And both movies gave hope to horror fans that new inspiration may be coming to a genre that is desperately in need of it.
Of course Rob Zombie is coming out with 31 soon.
So any progress made in horror could crash with that.
For now, though, both movies are great. See them. Even in 2016.
Monday, December 28, 2015
DUMBEST POP CULTURE OF THE YEAR
You know you took part in it.. you know you debated it. What color was this dress? Around February of 2015, it was the hottest argument in the world of pop culture.. The image was posted online, and people were seeing a blue dress. Others white. It was dividing marriages, ruining friendships, causing hostile and vitriolic rage on the internet. Pop culture at its finest, weirdest, and strangest.
THE RIPs OF THE YEAR
A lot of amazing people lost to time in 2015.. They have gone on to the next realm.. wherever and whatever that may be.
The faces of those are left..
Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots founding lead singer, dead at 48
Actress Maureen O’Hara dead at 95..
The horror world shocked. Wes Craven dead this year after a battle with brain cancer.. He was 76.
Anne Streiber, the creator of UNKNOWNCOUNTRY.COM and Whitley Streiber’s wife
RIP RODDY PIPER..
RIP DICK VAN PATTON, DEAD AT 86
Virgil Runnels, aka “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes — WWE Hall of Famer, three-time NWA Champion and one of the most captivating and charismatic figures in sports entertainment history — passed away at the age of 69.
Actor and icon, Sir Christopher Lee, dead at 93..
BETSY PALMER, “JASON’S MOM,” DEAD AT 88..
She became the famous player in horror only because she wanted enough money to buy a car…
No one could play a tune like BB KING..
A legend gone at 89..
The world is sorely missing the ‘rockin granny’ from WEDDING CRASHERS.
Ellen Albertini Dow was 101 when she passed away..
May Vince Kalochie rest in peace On…’The Other Side.’
RIP Sam Simon, the co-creator of the Simpsons..
LEONARD NIMOY.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
DOWNFALL OF THE YEAR
No, not Ben Carson. Not Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices.. this prize belongs to Brian Williams, who was accused of ‘tall tales’ and skewered by the media officials who once loved him. He either lied or just simply enjoyed making stories up and believing them.. by the time the scandal was in full swing, he lost his prized anchor position on the NIGHTLY NEWS on NBC.
He’s back on MSNBC now.
And perhaps that’s the finest eternal punishment someone can get after a downfall..
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