In praise of women rock writers (who rock)
I am a girl. I like high heels and red lipstick and being called beautiful and having the umbrella held over my head for me when it rains by someone tall, pale and handsome; I by far prefer wearing...
View ArticleIn praise of the Song
“Sing me a song, you’re a singer …….do me a wrong, you’re a bringer of evil….” Ronnie James Dio wrote that in 1979, for a Black Sabbath album that came out in 1980. It’s called “Heaven and Hell” and...
View ArticleIn praise of…Dark Delicacies
I have found the horror fan’s dream bookstore. I’ve known about Dark Delicacies for years, of course, by reputation. I included it in my Encyclopedia Gothica, after all. But I wanted to visit it...
View ArticleIn praise of…The Grid (RIP)
I haven’t been writing here much lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. I’m always writing. About something, for someone. And for the past three years, the place I wrote for most often...
View ArticleIn praise of ….. Nine Inch Nails
I couldn’t live tweet from the NIN show tonight. Not because my phone battery died. Not because my thoughts wouldn’t fit into 140 characters. (It really only needed three: OMG). But because I didn’t...
View ArticleIn Praise of….Kate Bush Live!
Prologue. “If she ever plays live again, anywhere in the world, I’m getting on a plane and going.” I’ve been saying that for years. And as the years went by, and Kate Bush did not in fact play live...
View ArticleIn praise of …. Anne Rice
December, 1987. I’m at the back of a Greyhound bus between Barrie and Toronto. It’s winter, so it’s dark. We are four high school kids travelling to see Depeche Mode play Maple Leaf Gardens, and by the...
View ArticleIn Praise of….Kate Bush Live!
Prologue. “If she ever plays live again, anywhere in the world, I’m getting on a plane and going.” I’ve been saying that for years. And as the years went by, and Kate Bush did not in fact play live...
View ArticleIn praise of ….. Anne Rice
December, 1987. I’m at the back of a Greyhound bus between Barrie and Toronto. It’s winter, so it’s dark. We are four high school kids travelling to see Depeche Mode play Maple Leaf Gardens, and by the...
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