The Odd, Mildly Diseased Brain of Widgett Walls

"I am truly sorry about all this." -Ani DiFranco

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The October Marvel Snap season brought zombies to the game. And the Horde. And Halloween card borders. Hurray!

Just Add Zombies

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Because music is so impossibly big, we have two music ministers here at Need Coffee. And as a result, on occasions like today, you get two Halloween playlists to go check out. Bonus. And they can curate the hell out of a playlist.

Soundtracking the Day

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Ghostly country music! Creepy dolls from across the pond! And a weird vampire cult! 32 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN, folks.

Kiss of the Vampire!

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Herman Munster and Red Skelton (unfortunately not teaming up to fight crime), a folklore FAQ, and David Niven and Deborah Kerr with a family curse? Methinks it's 32 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN!

Eye of the Devil!

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Semi-creepy mourning signifiers, a giant candy factory, and Barbara Stanwyck going crazy? Perfect ingredients for 32 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN!

The Night Walker!

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Colleen Atwood's Headless Horseman, Guillermo Del Toro's life journey, and then luchadoras vs. an aztec mummy? Hmm. Seems like 32 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN.

The Wrestling Women vs. The Aztec Mummy!

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Tattoos on ancient mummies! The terrifying Halloween special of Lawrence Welk! And then the Yeti? Sounds like 32 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN to me!

The Abominable Snowman!

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A bit of old-time radio, a fever dream of some animation, and then a mad scientist's ship of experimentation? Sounds like 32 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN to me!

Torture Ship!

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Blue Oyster Cult in the Dark Ages, Ministry goes acoustic, and Vincent Price is abominable! Must be 32 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN!

The Abominable Dr. Phibes!

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Widge’s Sonic Emporium #2: The Radio Version

Featured in this episode: Young-Holt Unlimited, DJ Reset, Tel Aviv, Miranda Sex Garden and more.

Linking to the show notes instead of directly to the show because for some reason Tumblr doesn't show a thumbnail for Mixcloud, just a weird white void. Which might be a propos, but just looks like arse. Anyway. This difficult sophomore edition stars The Black Brothers, Death From Above 1979, Ween, Dan Deacon, and...you know, the people listed above. BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

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Your Weekend Justice #303: The Three-Headed Entertainment Monster*

Join Jon Boutelle, Rob Levy, Tuffley, JJ Hawkins, Madman, Doc Ezra, and that sandwich you left in the fridge at work over a long weekend, as

Number 303 in a 12411-part series. This latest mega-podcast/group therapy session involves discussions of: Rox being replaced by AI? Madman being a Hostess snack villain? Rob's refusal to play Foghat? ALL OF THIS AND MORE.

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Republicans are garbage.

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my latest for New Scientist

Lots more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

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I've seen this movie.

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Okay, I promise I'm not just recycling content for the hell of it. However, I figured out how to morph the Sonic Emporium into its full radio form, including me talking. For better or worse. Enjoy. (Content FYI: Some explicit lyrics that may or may not be discernible amidst all the noise.) https://www.mixcloud.com/Widgett/widges-sonic-emporium-menagerie-lawnmower-repair-1/

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“In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trails 1945-1949) I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”

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Captain G. M. Gilbert, the Army psychologist assigned to watching the defendants at the Nuremberg trials

Quoting two Redditors:

“Conservatives attack empathetic people all the time. They invent new slurs just for empathy every 15 years, like “politically correct”, or “bleeding heart”, or “woke”, etc.Restricted or nonexistent empathy is a prerequisite for conservative ideology.”

“The entire conservative ethos, everything they say and do, is completely consistent when your starting point is: no empathy.The bad part is that a lack of fundamental empathy is a somewhat innate quality, established in your first few years.  It’s very hard to acquire later in life.  So a lot of conservatives are beyond redemption.“

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Your Weekend Justice #302: A World of Brian Blessed

Join Jon Boutelle, Rob Levy, Tuffley, JJ Hawkins & that weird noise your hot water heater makes…as they discuss Showtime rebranding, musical