As I write this Icky Thump month has begun. Yep, that’s right: Halloween! And outside it is cold and rainy! In October! One wonders how much it must suck to be a weatherman these days! Can they even forecast the weather anymore, other than saying that Winter will probably be colder than Summer? We were [...]
So it’s 31 October today, Halloween, the celebration of the icky thump! The immense popularity of this American holiday as it increasingly becomes a worldwide phenomenon begs the question: why are we so fascinated by horror, by the macabre...by the icky? Is it because as a species we are aware of our own eventual demise and [...]
It is the 31st October, and Yes, Halloween!!! I wonder how many of you have the drip...drip...drip of icy dread running down your spine at the moment. Are your dreams uneasy and fitful? How many of you are beginning to wonder about that date: 22/12/2012, the Mayan Armageddon? The World seems full of portents and [...]
