Weekend Blog Picks 10/27/06

I've said it before: Halloween is Christmas for weirdoes and the weather outside is frightful, if you get my drift. We'll be back to the Guest Editor programming next week, don't you worry. But this week, I just had to seize the spotlight and highlight some spectacular Halloween blog content from the weird wild Web.

I'm a pretty huge horror buff, but it hasn't always been that way. Horror movies used to scare the absolute whoopsies out of me. I read the 'Creepshow' comic book as a third-grader and bedtime was freaking cancelled that week, let me tell you. In middle school, I once drew a cross above my bed in pencil to ward off the concept of Freddy Krueger. When I finally did see 'Nightmare on Elm Street' for the first time, it was through the protective veil of my best friend's afghan. I was 17.

Now I wear a skeleton-printed T-shirt as a default, and I listen to the Misfits like whales eat plankton. It's an obsession that may be slightly prolonging my bachelorhood, but screw it. Like John Waters said, "Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." Around Halloween the Web erupts with stuff I just love -- weird music, creepy vintage art, and all the stuff that I crave year-round. So, without further ado, here are some blogs that make my inner Count cackle with garish glee:

Bruce Campbell is the contemporary horror fan's superhero. He's starred in 'Evil Dead,' 'Evil Dead II,' 'Army of Darkness,' 'Bubba Ho-tep' and had bit parts in both 'Spider-Man' films. It's even rumoured that he'll be playing a Spidey villain in the upcoming 'Spider-Man 3.' He's got a Web site that perfectly mirrors my perception of his personality, complete with blog page. In this post, he describes a 'Celebrity Death-Match, Horror-Style.'

Halloween are horror music is a huge part of my life, year-round -- here are a few awesome repositories of horrific tunes:

The Essential Ghoul's Record Shelf has all kinds of rare, kitschy and unabashedly crappy horror-themed tunes, including the theme to one of my favorite films of all time: 'Spider Baby.'

WFMU's Beware of the Blog is a superlative blog year-round, but this Halloween MP3 post really takes the biscuit -- it's got spooky kiddie records, cool mixes and awesome old-time horror radio. When I listen to this stuff I can feel my actually consciousness expanding with love, each pore in my skin widening into a tiny mouth that shouts "hell yes!" in unison. Is that weird?

When my uncle first bought his house, it was completely infested with fleas. We walked out of there with itchy black ankles crawling with ravenous fleas. See, when fleas are born in the absence of a food source (like in a empty house) they put all their resources into breeding so that even if they die of starvation, their nasty little bloodsucking bloodline lives on. And we all know that fleas lay like, a billion eggs at a time, so just imagine that -- a house full of nasty little vampires breeding and breeding and maybe eating each other for the strength to breed some more.

Now imagine if instead of fleas, that was how real human-sized vampires worked. The nastiness of that little image is in direct proportion to the awesomeness of Scar Stuff, another blog featuring spectacular Halloween music.

No Smoking in the Skull Cave is a pretty righteous blog in its own right, but the author's roundup of overlooked horror recommendations is pretty much exactly what I'm putting in my Netflix queue right this second. Content warning ahoy -- cuss words and occasional tasteful naked ladies abound.

DataJunkie's got a rockin' blog of high weirdness, spooky stuff and crappy pop-kitsch product galleries. He's taking a little break from blogging, but to tide his readers over he's packed this post with cover scans from all kinds of Marvel horror comics.

So there you have it, folks -- my weekend picks. Have a spooky, safe weekend.

**Update** I'm putting together a post of AOL Journals Halloween-themed content next Monday. I've gotten a few submissions already, but please send all you've got. If you have a Halloween-themed blog or blog entry, either mail me a link or leave it in the comments here and I'll be sure to include it!