Category Archives: Heroes
The Creature
When I was a kid, I had these molded plastic figures of classic Universal movie monsters. I’m sure they were cheap, the sort of thing I could nag my mother into buying me on a visit to what passed for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cultural Leitmotifs, Heroes, Monsters, Movies, Music, Reflections
Tagged Creature from the Black Lagoon, Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair, Universal Studios
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The Ballad of Jeffrey Dahmer, Part IV
This Is Out of Control (the last of four parts) On February 18, 1992, the New York Times ran an article about the sentence passed on Jeffrey Dahmer. I might not have paid it much mind if not for the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Leitmotifs, Heroes, History Lessons
Tagged Jeffrey Dahmer, Rita Isbell
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