Lucio Fulci – Seven Notes In Black

Marcello Giombini - Le Notti Erotiche dei Morti Viventi

Goblin – Suspiria

Chewy Chocolate Cookies - Profondo Rosso (Mixhell Remix)

Rotterdam Terror Corps – Horror

Bonus:
Evil Nine - VHS Halloween Mix Pt. 2

When I first moved to NYC almost 8 years ago, I lived with my older brother on the Upper East Side. I didn’t have a full time job so I would help him sell his antiques on eBay. My brother collects everything and anything, so there was definitely a variety of items to sell. This included Art Deco nudes, antique ivory dice carved on a whale ship, old textiles, and lots of dolls.

eBay became a weird place. What I mean is that it became super oversaturated with “RARE” items. Some of these items were in fact rare before people started to clean out their closets, attics, garages, etc. and realized that they could sell these items on eBay. Also, a lot of Antique and Collectible stores closed their brick and mortars to exclusively sell on the web. Why pay rent for a store when you can pay a fraction of the cost for a storage space OR work out of your own house?! These factors contributed to eBay becoming saturated with these “rare” items.

Realizing this, I came to find out the best way to sell items, which consisted of simply using keywords, nice photos, clever descriptions, and sometimes a good story. I created the story of Haunted Harold to sell a vintage composition doll on eBay. In an antique store, this doll might have fetched anywhere from $40-60 in its condition. On eBay, I would be lucky to get one bid of $9.99. So begat the story of Haunted Harold.

The doll became a mini-phenomenon. According to Ghoststudy.com, Haunted Harold was the FIRST Haunted Doll sold on eBay. This same claim is made on HauntedAmericaTours.com, reminding me that this was talked about on the Art Bell Coast to Coast radio show and that “paranormal websites were discussing this doll around the world.” As I am now sitting and looking for saved descriptions, I found a great index of my Haunted Harold doll auction on a New Zealand Ghost Hunters Website. Here is my original description from the first time I listed the doll:

I’m sure it’s happened to us all at least once or twice. You are walking around the flea market or antique mall looking for a treasure or two, and you come upon a beat up looking doll. You think to yourself, “oh that’s charming”, or “the child who owned that doll must have really loved this thing”… but what I thought after seeing the doll that is offered today, should never, ever, be repeated…

This doll was purchased in a small dirt lot flea market in the quaint town of Webster, Florida. Webster is a very charming, industrious town about 60 miles south west of Gainesville. They have a weekly flea market offering treasures, bargains, and aisles of kernel corn…anyways I digress…

I had arrived at the flea market fairly late in the day, when most people were packing up to go home. That is when I saw an elderly man placing the doll in a box. It looked interesting, so I asked the man if I could see it… the conversation went something like this..

Man: you don’t want to see this doll

Me: sure I do, what do you want for it?

Man: well, that’s a good question, because it’s very old… (the man looked like he was going to begin to cry) … it was my son’s, I bought it for him when he was born, and he passed away a few years after…this doll has sat in my work shed for over 60 years. I wasn’t going to bring it out today, but I figured I just needed to get it out of there…anyways, I want 20 bucks for it.

I gave the guy 20 bucks, put it in a bag, and walked away. When I was half way down the aisle, the man came running over, visibly out of breath…

Man: I have to warn you about something, I can’t just let you take him like this…the reason it has been in my shed, is that the doll brought an eerie presence into our house after our son died…we would hear crying and singing from his bedroom…when we went to check it out, there was nothing, just the doll.. other things started to happen, and the priest told me I should burn the doll, I tried and tried, but it would barely burn, that’s why his arms and head and legs are so worn.. anyways I just wanted to let you know…

I told him ok, and chuckled to myself as I walked away… that was until I got home, and my life has never been the same…

Two days later my cat died, my gf left me for the pool guy, I began to have chronic migraines, and this is only 2 days after purchasing the doll! A week later I began to hear a children laughing and crying in my basement…Every time I would go to check it out, of course, nothing…

This doll has been in an armadillo coffin in my basement for the last year and half, and I need to get rid of it… I really do believe it’s cursed, sometimes I touch it, and it seems like it has a pulse, maybe im just paranoid, maybe not… The cursed doll measures 21″ tall. His/her/its head, arms, and legs are all composition. The eyes are closed when it’s lying down.

Please ask any and all questions before you bid on this doll. I have not had it out of the coffin for years, so if anything else happens this week I will be sure to let you know. This auction is sold as is! WITH NO RETURNS! PLEASE!

Winner pays exact shipping and optional insurance. Check out my other auctions for more vintage collectibles and other fine antiques. Ask all questions before you bid. Even if you think you are sure about condition, pictures, etc, please ask all SPECIFIC questions, BEFORE BIDDING. Thanks for looking and Good Luck!

To make a bit of a long story short, the doll at one point I think had over 100,000 views. It was bid up to around $700 and the person didn’t pay. I then put it up again, and it sold to a family friend for around $300. I think in the second posting, I created a video with the doll “moving” and “talking” I can’t for the life of me, find the videos, but if I do I will be sure to update this post.

I don’t know what made me think of the doll. I think someone brought it up recently, or I just randomly decided to Google Haunted Harold. I was pretty satisfied, that I sort of made eBay history by selling the first Haunted doll, and I figured it was fitting to post about it this Halloween.

I have no clue where the doll is now. I know Kathy (our family friend who bought it) brought it with her to Ireland. She actually listed the doll, hoping to cash in on Harold’s celebrity status. At this point no one was buying it. Last I heard though, she experienced two odd occurrences after having the doll in her possession for about a year. A friend of hers had come over to see the doll after seeing her auction posting. About a month later this friend developed a brain tumor and died about a month later. Her friend had been completely healthy with no prior medical condition. A week later another friend had inquired about the doll during a dinner party at Kathy’s house. A month later he fell from a flight of stairs to his death.

Maybe Haunted Harold really is…

As promised, here is Ryan Berger‘s completed tattoo of My Pet Monster cuddling the skull of Cyco Simon. Look at that color and shading! Seriously one of the sickest tattoos we’ve ever seen and we’re honored to have some small part in it.

The tattoo was done by Diane Seruga from Requiem Body Art in Spring Hill, Florida. If you’re in the area and want/need top notch work, now you know where to go.

So now I know: I’m not alone. My fervor and unflagging love for NIN is shared by a few other souls who habitate this blog. Hosanna.

I’m sort of stunned into silence by the whole ‘Waving Goodbye’ aspect of their latest exploits, but I am doing my best to remain positive that Trent & Co. will find a way to continue contributing music and all around good stuff to the world after a short hiatus. Hope is all I have right now.

But! To tide me over until that whenever, I stumbled onto a few goodies that are out there in the ninverse, stuff that you, avid reader, will also probably like to get in on.

First: The Nine Inch Nails Live 2009 channel on Vimeo is absolutely superb. Rob Sheridan has spent the past year documenting the band’s exploits on stage and off, and there are some wonderful performance videos to be had. The above is of none other than Mister Gary Numan performing ‘Cars’ with the gang, and the below is the more Nin-centric ‘Metal’. Too much good stuff.

Second: As our own Cornbluth had previously reported, part of the last wave of dates that Nin played here in the states included a live run-through of the entire The Downward Spiral album. In the spirit of Nin’s open-camera policy, these shows were captured by multiple fan sources, and there are a plethora of fan-authored video projects that have been released. From Nin’s news feed:

On the recent Wave Goodbye tour, we were unable to professionally film the band’s performance of The Downward Spiral at Webster Hall, due to exorbitant fees requested by the LiveNation venue. Our open camera policy, however, remained in tact, and as soon as the show ended fans took matters into their own hands, organizing online to track down everyone who had filmed HD footage of the show. Now, only two months later, the group has released a polished, edited, downloadable DVD of the full Downward Spiral performance from Webster Hall. The entire thing has been recorded, edited, and distributed entirely by fans, and it’s the latest example of the amazing things fans will do when their creativity isn’t limited by outdated, misguided restrictions.

Do yourself a favor and download this gem. There’s also an audio-only version available, which I rocked this morning. Even WITH the dudes next to the camera wiling out, it’s amazing. That album is amazing. This band is (was, sob) amazing.

Happy Halloween.

Lil Wayne - No Ceilings (2009) [Cash Money] // Grade: B+

Dude goes in:

“I’m all over this Ice Cream beat like sprinkles.”

“I’m on some shit that aint come out the ass yet”.

“Still spitting fire you n****s wood to me.”

No Weezer. Lil Wayne is definitely making some people eat their words with this one. He’s off that rock mess—which as an artist he’s free to do, but I’m not into it—and back on the classique. He’s given it away for free, cause he does it so easy. He lets you know pretty explicitly too. This is on some Dedication2, Drought3 shit. Just dope raps. Only difference is No Ceilings is decidedly shorter. There are some guest appearances, but none really compare, and no Drake. Yeah, all alone on that king shit.

Keep Watch Vol. 13 comes to you courtesy of Atlanta, Georgia’s very own DJ Klever, world renowned turntablist and party-starter. Just in time for Halloween revelry, the mix includes hits by the likes of L.A. Riots, Little Boots, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and Klever himself. A healthy selection of upbeat tracks with a little darkness thrown in for festive good measure. Don’t get superstitious, this is a rare lucky #13.

An all-american kid at heart, Klever was born to bluesman Juke Joint Johnny and quickly set forth into the world of music courtesy of the drums. A childhood full of skateboarding, baseball and apple pie gave way to the creativity that has led him to work with the likes of A-Trak, Kill the Noise, Craze, Steed Lord and countless others. As a turntablist, Klever was part of the world famous Allies crew, battling his way to the world championships. When he is not touring the world, he is working hard in the studio on his upcoming EP and has remixes coming out for Steed Lord, Barletta and Autoerotique.

Keep Watch Vol. XIII: Klever by Мишка Bloglin

It’s goin down tonight Chicago. Our homies BBU are playing, along with A Perfect Kiss, and He Say, She Say. There will be drink specials provided by only the greatest of alcohol purveyors. There will be dope music, and I guess if you get lucky there will be sex.

Hit up Debonair Social Club for more info.

This Thursday, November 5th, Fucked Up come into Brooklyn for one night only to perform all of their (soon to be classic) album, The Chemistry of Common Life. Andrew W.K. & The Vivian Girls will be backing up the band on stage with Titus Andronicus, The Girls at Dawn and Katie Stelmanis opening. This is going to epic (just not Epics in Minutes) and you won’t want to miss it.

Thursday, November 4th 7pm
Brooklyn Masonic Temple
317 Clermont Ave
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
$18 Tix (Click to buy!)