Count Aleck

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Ancient Sea Witch. Rock Star Werewolf. Chaote. Minister. Pope. Doktor. Eldritch Queer. Puppetmaster. Ephemeral spectre floating at the edge of comprehension. Any/all pronouns. Fan of the Mys./Mystery combo, tho. (Thx to Utada Hiraku)

The cover of the soundtrack album for BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS featuring the female members of the cast standing in a semi-circle and looking down at the camera. They are all wearing very 1970 fashions.
Me with a Bigfoot puppet
Paul Stanley of KISS playing guitar, shirtless (natch), in his “Starchild” makeup is wearing a fireman’s helmet. Presumably he is singing the song “Firehouse,” which would make as much sense as anything Paul Stanley would do.
Burroughs before a chalkboard, holding a cigarette
The Criterion Collection design for the cover of NIGHTMARE ALLEY. The title is in a carnival-esque font over a painting of Tyrone Power in the position of the tarot card the Hanged Man, suspended by one leg whilst hanging upside down with his left leg crossed behind the right. His arms are held behind his back.
A page from the aforementioned book, depicting David Bowie with long blonde hair, wearing a lavender top and light blue trousers on a corded telephone speaking to Mick Ronson.
Two tarot decks, one traditional Marseilles edition restored by Alejandro Jodorowsky, one designed by Salvador Dali. The Marseilles edition is in a modest box, the Dali edition is in a super-large elaborate purple-flocked box with his Magician card embossed on the front above his signature and the word Tarot embossed in gold.
Two stickers on a gas station trash can in Valley, AL: one reading “Read mother fucking books! All damn day” and another reading “Free Palestine”
The movie poster for MESSIAH OF EVIL
Movie poster for E. Elias Merhige’s BEGOTTEN.
Morbid Angel - ALTARS OF MADNESS
Movie poster with white background. The head of Robert Quarry (snarling, with fangs) is inexplicably perched atop a bird’s leg and two hands (one with an eye in its palm and another with a fanged mouth) extend from behind. It reads: The DEATHMASTER is back from beyond the grave! THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA
A poster from the K Foundation circa around 1994, white text on a black background reading: ABANDON ALL ART NOW AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. MAJOR RETHINK IN PROGRESS.
The cover of Dead Kennedys’ FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES, a black-and-white image of an SFPD vehicle in flames, with the band name in gothic lettering in the upper right hand corner.
A nonbinary person wearing a black t-shirt with a pouncing white panther on it, the logo of the White Panther Party, a revolutionary organization founded in Ann Arbor in the 1960s.
Movie poster for THE MALTESE FALCON, showing Humphrey Bogart holding two pistols and Mary Astor in a red dress leaning back against a desk. The tagline reads: “A story as EXPLOSIVE as his BLAZING automatics”
Christopher Lee, in brown-checked blazer and yellow turtleneck and his hair flying wildly in the breeze, stands with arms upraised and spread in mid-speech before a giant man-shaped cage fashioned out of wicker and wood.
Me operating a sack puppet of a Sasquatch/Bigfoot.
The Swiss black metal band Vígljós, three people wearing medieval beekeeping suits and holding candles.
A black page opposite the front page of WHAT IT IS, AND HOW IT IS DONE by Crispin Hellion Glover. The inscription in gold ink reads: “For Brian Spindle (A drawing of a spindle) From Crispin Hellion”
Tee with the cover of Mercyful Fate’s DON’T BREAK THE OATH (a horned skull in flames with a finger pointing at the viewer) being worn by an old dipshit making the devil’s horns salute.
YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Keep your expectations low and your standards high. People are disappointing you left and right. Look closer. Your frustration isn't about their failings but your expectations. Stop demanding quick wins from slow processes. The standards worth fighting for aren't about speed.
Me at 13 or so wearing a Rolling Stones 1981 tour jersey and a brownish grey jacket with my hands in my pockets standing next to Santa Claus
Listeria found in Walmart meatball meals may be linked to deadly fettuccine outbreak
Satan's poet Gylve Nagell A.K.A. Hank Amarillo A.K.A. Fenriz of DARKTHRONE (formerly BLACK DEATH) is yet another Norwegian individual who we've always admired. Some people also call him The One With The Inborn Corpsepaint, but please do remember that his mother doesn't tolerate any of this "Fenriz" nonsense, so if you want to talk to him on the phone, ask for Gylve.
Una O’Connor, screaming
Emily and dog standing inexplicably in the middle of the Lake Pontchartrain bridge waiting to meet Liza in Lucio Fulci’s immortal/undying/undead classic THE BEYOND (1981).
Movie poster for THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
20s: Oppenheimer 10s: Interstellar 00s: (500) Days of Summer 90s: Good Will Hunting 80s: Come and See 70s: Mirror 60s: Harakiri 50s: Wild Strawberries 40s: Brief Encounter 30s: Gone With the Wind 20s: A Page of Madness 10s: Broken Blossoms 00s: The Consequences of Feminism 90s: The Cabbage-Patch Fairy 80s: Roundhay Garden Scene 70s: Passage of Venus
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Movie poster for Gloria Katz’s and Williard Hyuck’s MESSIAH OF EVIL. The image is a painting of star Marianna Hill in closeup with a tear of blood trickling down her cheek. Behind her is a blood-red moon. Below are painted images of five threatening-looking characters, one brandishing a knife. The text reads: Terror you won’t want to remember- In a film you won’t be able to forget. FROM THE MAKERS OF “AMERICAN GRAFFITI”… MESSIAH OF EVIL In order to live, they will take you one by one …and no one will hear you scream! (Credits are at the bottom)
French poster for Jesús Franco’s film THE HORRIBLE DOCTOR ORLOFF (aka GRITOS EN LA NOCHE)
Lucille Ball, with her hair tousled and in a striped shirt dress, holding a chicken on the ranch she shared with Desi Arnaz
Tom Hanks, seated, is being glared at with a contemptuous gaze by Brother Theodore.
Teri Garr in a black and white still from YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN saying, of the monster’s design, “He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.”
Black and white image of William Shatner standing before a painting of the Grim Reaper, his hand extended dramatically in front of him, with blood on his fingertips.
The cover of the Firesign Theatre’s HOW CAN YOU BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE WHEN YOU’RE NOT ANYWHERE AT ALL, featuring the Four or Five Guys dressed as international leaders waving from the stone balcony of a larger stone edifice from which hangs a banner reading “ALL HAIL MARX / LENNON” with photos of Groucho and John Lennon above the names.
DVD cover for the Hammer horror film VAMPIRE CIRCUS
Matt Berry in a sports jersey and jeans with an acoustic guitar from his “guitar instruction video” sketch from SNUFF BOX
Richard O’Brien as Mister Hand in DARK CITY. He is clad entirely in black with a wide-brimmed black fedora, gloves, and a black overcoat with black furry trim. He is dangling a strange hypodermic from his index finger.
Brother Theodore looking sassy.
The cover of Aghast’s Hexerei Im Zwielicht Der Finsternis. It is a black-and-white washed-out photograph of a misty forest with the band’s logo in the upper left corner and the title in an elaborate script in the lower right.
Poster for THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS. Steve Martin, in close-up, has a crazed grin on his face and the top of his head is detached and floating above the rest of him. In between, it reads: STEVE MARTIN IS A WORLD FAMOUS SURGEON. HE INVENTED SCREW TOP, ZIP LOCK BRAIN SURGERY. TRUST HIM. The title and credits are in the bottom 1/3 of the poster.
Violet Harmon from AMERICAN HORROR STORY
Nicolas Cage and Cher in black formal attire in a theater lobby from the film MOONSTRUCK
John Zacherle, aka Zacherley the “Cool Ghoul”
A Lock Screen from an iPhone with an image of the Hamburglar.
Movie poster for the meta-slasher movie ANGUISH. Zelda Rubinstein is wearing a pink sweater and white knit shawl with her arms wrapped around herself and staring at the camera/viewer as she gestures to a wall display of eyes mounted and labeled upon it. In quotes, it reads “The eyes of the city are mine.” Beneath it in yellow font are the film’s title and the credit block.
The cover of Slayer’s REIGN IN BLOOD
Two dogs on a rug. One is a tiny chihuahua/Aussie cattle dog mix, all black-and-white speckled, in a beige/tan furry dog bed with her head hanging out toward the camera. The other is a gigantic golden doodle, practically the same color as the dog bed, curled up on the edge of the bed with her front left leg and shoulder on it, facing away from the camera. Their names are, respectively, Luna and Clementine Eugenia Sarsaparilla.
Shot of a tabletop altar with a purple candle and a Box of Mystery in the foreground, a jar with coins and a scribbled sigil in it in the background, a couple of chalices (a traditional cup and a mug from K2 Plant Hire Ltd - Pyramid Builders), and in the center, a Baba Yaga sculpted candle in the shape of a cabin walking on bird’s legs.
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A plate of spaghetti and meatballs.
George Clooney in overalls and a hairnet says “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!”
Steven Miller in black and white
From the movie Johnny Dangerously, the front page of the New York Gazette. The headline reads: MORONIE DEPORTED TO SWEDEN CLAIMS HE’S NOT FROM THERE
SNL character “Ass” Dan in b/w juggalo makeup proclaims “I’m gonna live forever!”
Me, desperately wanting to be as cool as Coil or something just over 30 years ago. I am lying back against a blue woven blanket with a golden sun motif behind my head, the rays emerging from behind me like a halo (un/intentional NIN reference?). My face is glowing with golden light, and it is framed by long black hair and dark black clothing. My hands are behind my head. I have a suitably dark expression.
A man, older and pudgy, is clad in a dark grey overcoat and derby hat. He is standing in terrified attention with his hand on the shoulder of the woman next to him, who is wearing a light tan double-breasted overcoat buttoned all the way up and a tight-brimmed cap. She has a shocked and concerned look.