exercise note

3 mile walk.

October could be a busy month for Huntsville fandom

with not just 1 but 2 Science Fiction cons in town...

http://www.crisis.epicenternetworks.com/

http://www.con-stellation.org/constell/index.html

And I wonder what else interesting may be going on for Halloween?

morbid fascinations: ballad blog

I've had the haunting song "Henry Lee" stuck in my head all day! For a murder ballad, Nick Cave and P.J. Harvey sure make their version one hell of a darkly erotic love song. (If you haven't heard the song or seen the video- see previous posts for a link.)

Just spent some time internet surfing for more information on murder ballads, traditional and contemporary. Here's some of what I found:


http://mh.cla.umn.edu/culler.html
http://www.selkie.net/journal/archives/002170.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003328195_murderballads30.html
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A160489
http://www.thecabinet.com/blogs/subcategory.php?sub_id=horror_blogs&category_id=2