Still an interesting (if overlong) piece:

More from the artist’s YouTube page.

That’s when I remembered Dana Holyfield, the Russ Meyers of the swamp and all round decadent woman after my own heart. Way back in the year 2000 (the dark ages) Dana had published a just such a cookbook which is now something of a collectors item. It was called Cajun Sexy Cookin’ and surprise! There’s a promotional video for it:

Like I said the books have become a collectors item so you’ll have to purchase yours from private sellers. Right now there’s still two on Amazon, but otherwise you’ll have to luck into one in a used bookstore.

Cryptomundo ran a piece on Dana a few years back about her documentary The Legend of the Honey Island Swamp Monster. Seems like great diner viewing while enjoying some gator medallion shiskabobs:

Awesome. My weekend plans are set. Dana has a website here. Apropos of nothing in particular we here at the Hellfireblogs office sometime do website design, for the right price.

The New Holmes and Watson

We’re back from yet another unplanned hiatus and full to brimming with posts of those unusual and hopefully delightful little corners of the world archived on the web.

Surprisingly delightful was this trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes movie scheduled to come out in December. Holmes is played by Robert Downey Jr and the whole affair is presided over by Guy Ritchie so I was dubious, but the trailer has an interesting pulp hero take on the character that looks to be what The League of Extraordinary Gentleman should have been but wasn’t. Purist will probably hate it, but I’m excited and the increasingly popular neo-Victorian/Steampunk sub-culture will surely find a place for it in their cannon:

The plot revolves around an evil Industrialist (aren’t they all) who controls a cult who claim to possess supernatural powers and are linked to a series of murders. Perfect Christmas fare for the family!

Why do I like it? Who knows. Probably the same reason I could tolerate kitschy theme restaurants like Joe’s Crab Shack once I hit 35. But I find this video delightful so enjoy:

A concerned Arkham, MA school board member believes that Nyarlathotep Academy (formerly known as Abraham Lincoln High) inadequately prepares students for the black seas of infinity.

Arguing that students should return to the fundamentals taught in the Pnakotic Manuscripts and the Necronomicon in order to develop the skills they need to be driven to the very edge of sanity, Arkham school board member Charles West continued to advance his pro-madness agenda at the district’s monthly meeting Tuesday.

“Fools!” said West, his clenched fist striking the lectern before him. “We must prepare today’s youth for a world whose terrors are etched upon ancient clay tablets recounting the fever-dreams of the other gods—not fill their heads with such trivia as math and English. Our graduates need to know about those who lie beneath the earth, waiting until the stars align so they can return to their rightful place as our masters and wage war against the Elder Things and the shoggoths!”

Read more about his quest to provide students with regular field trips to the Miskatonic University medieval metaphysics department.

Via Mystery of the Haunted Vampire

Music is supposed to be enjoyed, not pondered, so here’s a video someone uploaded of their song At the Mountains of Madness. Groovy!

Slick, gritty and campy the title track,which features Slash on guitar, proves Alice hasn’t lost a step while out on the golf course. Enjoy:

Like any good celebrity Alice has a MySpace page where you can keep up with him and he has a YouTube channel. What more can you ask for?

I mean besides his radio program and the fact he’s going to be touring this summer.