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Read any good books lately?
- Dave

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The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu. Unspeakable, isn’t it?
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Having a great time at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival here in cloudy Portland, OR. This year’s short films were pretty good overall.
Some stand out films this year were “Noirville”, “Tinglewood”, “Seance” and “Dirt Dauber.”
I’m looking forward to a showing of “The Mist” later tonight, which is a faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s story of [...]

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This will be cool for maybe 4 people that happen to read this blog…
- Dave

I took these photos and video last night at Tony Starlights in Portland. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets played to a packed house for the HP Lovecraft Film Festival. The show was fantastic. Justine and I were singing along to all the crazy Thickets’ songs. A good time was had [...]

It’s that time of year again, folks!  Justine and I mysteriously woke up in Portland, Oregon yesterday standing in front of the Hollywood Theater.  It’s rainy.  It’s cold.  It’s dark.
In other words…it’s perfect.
We watchd the introduction by Robert Price and Brian Lumely.  I also met Mike Mignola and chatted about Hellboy a little bit.  We’re [...]

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What a fantastic idea for Halloween.  The kids may think twice before knocking the door and asking for candy.
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I  was recently shown a really cool site called Wordle that takes any text and converts it into a word cloud, giving more frequently used words more prominence on the page.
This is where writing and art collide.  It’s both beautiful and interesting at the same time.
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-Dave

No review here…just a quick note that I watched the new JJ Abrams movie, Cloverfield, today. I have a feeling that some people will hate the ending. I also have a feeling that those people have never read H.P. Lovecraft.
Nuff said.
P.S. (for Scott) – I forgot to mention I give the film a [...]