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Grimly Fiendish – 28 Hauntingly Awesome Songs for Halloween

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  This is my first mix tape playlist on request!    One of my readers emailed me and requested an “awesome Goth/Punk/Alt Halloween playlist perfect for a Halloween Party” – your wish is my command.  I’m not going to write this one in my normal fashion because let’s face it, TWENTY-EIGHT songs, around two hours of awesome music, that is just too much to post individually about each tune. Instead, to streamline reading and maximize your enjoyment, I’ve created a YouTube playlist with every song in order.   A little about…

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Creative Passion – My Manifesto

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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” ~ Jack Kerouac     Why, why, oh why, do I insist on trying to mainstream? Why am I trying to be like that, like everyone else? I have tried so many times over the years to be normal and mainstream  – it always felt wrong and uncomfortable. I know I’m not like others – I never have been. I’ve known this since I was a child. I am meant for more. The creative…

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“Sexy Disco” Haiku [poetry]

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When I traveled to Italy in 2011, I learned the phrase “sexy disco” from Matteo, my sexy Italian tour guide on my ride to the Amalfi Coast. I found that “sexy disco” is the term for strip clubs when I told him where I worked at the time. From what I understand, they are nothing like the gritty clubs of the US. Matteo wanted to take me to see a “sexy disco” when we returned to Rome. Unfortunately, I did not take him up on that offer.  The following haiku (I took some Jack Kerouac…

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