Monthly Archives: March 2008

Bandbox

Posted on March 28, 2008 by ubu507

  Bandbox   Oh and ash blonde of The black ribbon band The most fetching Mother in the school Walking under her umbrella Hair completely hidden Under her beret Nodding in greeting With a slight moue How rare          she’s Better … Continue reading →

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Satan’s Dupes: Lauren Stratford and the SRAP

Posted on March 26, 2008 by ubu507

Although I enjoyed Steven Sidor’s The Mirror’s Edge, it was almost despite the subject matter – Satanism is one of those subjects, like UFO’s or vast conspiracies, that I prefer to read about in nominal non-fiction. Somehow the paranoiac imagination works … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Return of the Log Lady or Beaned by Pork and Beans

Posted on March 25, 2008 by ubu507

Woman charged in assault with a log A woman has been charged with hitting her live in boyfriend in the head with a fireplace log and a can of pork and beans. Cheri A. Hill, 42, was arraigned by Clare … Continue reading →

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The Mirror’s Edge by Steven Sidor

Posted on March 22, 2008 by ubu507

  Don’t they kind of drive you crazy, those chapters from an author’s "coming soon" book that the publishers stick at the end of the latest paperback? It’s such a tease – if it’s any good it will suck you … Continue reading →

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Simulacra

Posted on March 21, 2008 by ubu507

  In the half veil of refracted lightA curious gray not dawn not moonshineChoking for breath still saying her nameHer name in the dark night of the SabbathMost terribly haunted the spell the glamourWorship adore offer the cord of sacrificeThe … Continue reading →

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if a tree almost falls on your house

Posted on March 20, 2008 by ubu507

you will hear it

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Rasputin: Neither Mad Nor Monk

Posted on March 18, 2008 by ubu507

As so often happens, it all started with something I found at the library sale. It was a movie from the sixties English horror schlockmeisters Hammer Studios called Rasputin: The Mad Monk. Of course, its historical accuracy can be gauged … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Family Values

Posted on March 15, 2008 by ubu507

  Police: Man attacks mom, reads Bible to her as she dies   HOUTZDALE, Pa. — A Clearfield County man beat and slashed his mother because he feared she would have him arrested for taking her computer, then read the … Continue reading →

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Petition

Posted on March 14, 2008 by ubu507

I’m asked by a young couple, members of the current smart set, to drop by their flat for drinks. It seems a little odd – I know and like them, but we don’t really socialize. I’m fairly certain they’re not … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: For Religious Reasons

Posted on March 12, 2008 by ubu507

I’d like to meet the Sherlock who can piece together these clues! Police probe death of woman in dry ice NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – A man who was found with a woman’s body packed in dry ice in his hotel … Continue reading →

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