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The 11th is Halloween, too

The 11th is Halloween, too

| October 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

One more month to the scariest day of the year (and quickest to write on checks): 11/11/11! Macabre are even scarier.

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Everyday Is Halloween: October 10th

Everyday Is Halloween: October 10th

| October 10, 2011 | 0 Comments

Like tall basketball players and their knees, you have to wonder if — by marrying Gene Simmons — Shannon Tweed got married without paying attention to the law of diminishing returns. Ladies and gentlemen, our countup continues with Kiss!

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Three Girls And A Guy

Three Girls And A Guy

| October 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

It’s not the increasing gender disparity at colleges nationwide, it’s our early-week preview with Sims, Dessa, Hindi Zahra, and Zola Jesus!

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Every Weekend Is Halloween

Every Weekend Is Halloween

| October 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

Here’s your end-of-weeks primer: Danzig tonight! Plus Parliament/Funkadelic and Locrian!

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Good girls

Good girls

| October 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

Image is everything. Dowdily dressed women can be the most sexual creatures alive, while vacantly expressioned art waifs don’t necessarily lie with any man or thing just because “life is empty.” Where do Lisa Hannigan and Anika fit in?

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Everyday Is Halloween: October 6th

Everyday Is Halloween: October 6th

| October 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

Do an image search for Ozzy Osbourne — even add the word “costume” — and 9 out of 10 results have him in modern priest/undertaker garb with his Purple Rain glasses and long, cross necklace. No Bark At The Moon? No Diary Of A Madman?

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Bringing Saxon back

Bringing Saxon back

| October 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

Saxon come to town on their 19th album; Wild Flag on their first. Yet which of the two are the real classic rockers?

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The only thing that cuts diamonds . . .

The only thing that cuts diamonds . . .

| October 5, 2011 | 2 Comments

It’s October 5th, and Everyday Is Halloween continues with Rodney Pawlak’s recollection of this King Diamond/Mercyful Fate moment.

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October 4th: Cuh dis is Thrill-uh!

October 4th: Cuh dis is Thrill-uh!

| October 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

Everyday Is Halloween’s 4th entry is a landmark in short-film music video . . . blah blah blah. It’s “Thriller”!

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October 3rd!

October 3rd!

| October 3, 2011 | 0 Comments

Our “Everyday Is Halloween” countdown continues today with The Flaming Dames, a rock ‘n’ roll burlesque troupe!

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