http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:19:30 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/29/112127.php#comment-474447 heya, the whole concept of Halloween, or All Souls Day is pretty weird. But that's the history, babe... pretty strange, i agree. In the UK, i never did Halloween when i was growing up. Maybe other places in the UK do... but not in Tottenham or Finsbury Park... at least, not in my family, and not in my family in Glasgow either... so I never saw it until I came to the states. My favorite was always the night before, which my brother told me was "mischief night" which i always thought more fun than Halloween. We once stole a sign that said "Beyond" from a "No parking beyond this point" thing and Beyond was on a separate piece of wood. We put it on my creepy (older teenagers) front lawn and then in shaving cream wrote beneath it "Help" such that it read, "Beyond Help" - we were about sixteen, he was about 19. He caught us (i'll never forget this - because this kid had a major crush on me... his name was Kirk McDouglas and he was friggin' creepy). He came out with a BB gun, threatened my kid brother, then forced me to sing for him (yes, really) in his garage. I'll never forget, i sang "Angel of the Morning" (which you prob. don't know... or maybe you do... i'm not sure if it's a popular song or not, only that i know/knew the words). So his 'punishment' was that i had to sit there and sing for him. THAT was the creepiest part of all. I'm almost certain he's a serial killer now... or maybe he just lives with his mother still and plays with his BB gun and spends too much time in the shower, if you catch my drift. In any event, Kirk, if you're out there, you're a damn freak and you freaked me right out, you friggin' weirdo. If i saw you today, i'd kick your ass. So would my brothers (yes, plural now, and all of them huge). Talk about weird - there you go... THAT IS WEIRD. thanks for the read. s.r.p. 474447@blogcritics.org Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:19:30 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/29/112127.php#comment-474408 this is wierd. i havent read it yet. but it's wierd. 474408@blogcritics.org Tue, 7 Nov 2006 02:36:39 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/29/112127.php#comment-264745 ilikeit soooooooo much 264745@blogcritics.org Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:51:50 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/29/112127.php#comment-94561 thanks, Eric - just a quick round up of halloween history; it needed to be done, though perhaps others have done so as well. collectively, i think we've got all soul's day covered... i hope! spooookkkkyyyyy.... * *~~} sade 94561@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:57:56 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/29/112127.php#comment-94548 thanks Sadi, and interesting and informative roundup of the odd collection of traditions and rituals that has come to be Halloween 94548@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:50:42 EDT