Month: September 2019

Beetlejuice is Tim Burton’s Weirdest Movie

Hello, care for a fan wank? Over at 366Weird, a bit of controversy spiked up awhile back: What to do about Tim Burton? He’s obviously a director of *somewhat* unusual films, but most of them are not at all up to being ranked with the weirdest. But shouldn’t we give him an honorary bone?

Which is it to be? All us weirdies haggled for awhile, but the site administrator went with Batman Returns (1992). “Blasphemy!” responded those of us on the Beetlejuice (1988) side. Well, this week I got to make my pitch for Team Beetlejuice as the weirdest Tim Burton movie. Join my crusade!

Bonus buck on the click:

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New at 123ish: The Mediterranean Diet, and why It’s the opposite of American eating

Big whoopie, I’m a food blogger now! Well, OK, we’ve gotta fill categories somehow, so it’s been food a couple times. I am far from the only blogger online to rave about the Mediterranean Diet, but it’s the only sensible diet there is to find with real research to back it up.

Naturally, sticking to the Mediterranean Diet is just about the most anti-American thing you can do. Walk home from the store with a bottle of actual olive oil (easier said than done) and a bag of kale and pick-ups like these:

will follow you down the street yelling “FAGGIT!” So I go into how American food culture is one big conspiracy to keep you tubby as a hippo. This brings us to a very topical subject…

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New at 366Weird: Let My Puppets Come (1976)

Yeah, I’ve been so crazy busy lately that I can hardly find the time to view a whole movie, let alone review one. But I did manage to return to the vineyards of 366 Weird Movies to become one of the first web authors to review Let My Puppets Come (1976), a puppet porno-comedy.

Now you’re probably thinking it was a parody of The Muppet Show? Nope, Kermit and his pals debuted after this movie’s release! Or perchance you expect it to be a rehash of ground already well-trod in Peter Jackson’s Meet the Feebles? Nay, this was 13 years before Feebles saw light of day! Seeing how it was so far ahead of its time, it’s doubly disappointing how tame it is.

Anyway, puppet porn. If that’s your bag, enjoy!

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How I Became A Detective Tracking Down Poison THC Vape Cartridges

I’m Just As Surprised As You Are!

Somewhere in my online journalism career, winging into its third decade, I must have come to think of myself as a member of the counterculture. Certainly, the “geek culture” beat I’ve been pounding on is no longer underground, but part of the mainstream and transformed into a hyperthyroid monster of its own. So much so that we enablers sometimes wish we’d saved the cork to the genie’s bottle in case it gets out of control. Ever since undertaking to branch out into swampier horizons, I’ve sought new catacombs of popular culture. There has to be a skull or spiderweb or two here sufficiently gruesome to hold aloft and fascinate some of you.

And then they legalized weed.

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New at Spookwire: Exploring the Denver Airport’s Wacky Conspiracies

Ah, Denver International Airport! Nothing adds spice to the most controversial – and most expensive – public works project in history like decorating it with Nazi murals, demonic horses, grimacing gargoyles, and Freemason symbols. Join me on a tour of DIA, as we delve into the mysteries surrounding this nexus of nuttiness.

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