FREAKY FRIDAY! MONSTER NETWORK TV - PUPPET MONSTERS POP!

FREAKY FRIDAY! MONSTER NETWORK TV - PUPPET MONSTERS POP!

It was a slow Friday night. Most of my zombie homeboys were safely hiding in their graves, because it was that rare time of the year when Zombzany - my Necromancer neighbor and zombie slaver, for those who haven't been paying attention - released his ghouls from their magical chains to allow them to run free and.... feed. I was in lock down mode in my lab and was cruising the Internet looking for some wicked good monster fun. I stumbled on  the website http://www.monstertvnetwork.com. Every week, the monsters of Monster TV Network broadcast a new show on their website dedicated to all things we horror, and monster fans in particular, love. Their very first broadcast on March 22, 2010 featured news on the newly released Aurora Monster models DVD and Maskfest 2010  last March read by Uncle Henry at the news desk. The next feature was hosted by the bats Fritz (cool name) and Frak  talking about the 12 inch Night of the Living Dead figures released by ExecutiveReplicas.com. The next feature took place in The Witch's Dungeon and Zenobia the witch looked into her crystal ball for an interview with horror special makeup effects wizard Tom Savini. Other characters on the show in charge of "production" are Boris, Mummy, Claw and Igor. All this is produced by Bill Diamond with great video production and effects work. Monsters Network is like the old Muppets Show; only with monsters and horror themed guests. Try it some lonely Friday night when you're hiding out from hungry flesh eating ghouls... or maybe when you're just hanging out and looking for a few monstrous laughs.

FREAKY FRIDAY! LORDI ROCKS THE DEAD!



Every month, on Friday nights when the moon is full, I dig up Bill E. Bones' zombie homeboys from Zombzany's cemetery and we have a kick ass party! Why only once a month, you ask? Only when the moon is full does Zombzany the Necromancer take leave of his cemetery to wander in search of more corpses to resurrect and repopulate his necropolis. To celebrate this brief moment of freedom from his necromantic slavery, Zombzany's zombies gather in his graveyard to party till the break of dawn! Ever since I started hangin' with my boney buddy, we've been dancing with the dead every month! No one knows how to party like a zombie! I bring my amplifier and speakers, along with my CD player and latest Cd's (yeah, I know... I haven't upgraded to an mp3 player, but the zombies still think 8-track tapes are high tech). Zombies seem to really dig classic rock -- I still don't understand their fascination with The Grateful Dead -- but recently I've turned them on to the rockinest band in the world! No, it's not Kiss! It's Lordi!

Lordi is a Finnish heavy metal band that sports wicked cool monster costumes and plays tunes inspired by the best of classic and modern horror movies. Their first album, GET HEAVY, features the single "Would You Love a Monsterman?" and other kick ass tunes like "Devil is a Loser", Monster, Monster" and the title track "Get Heavy". Their second album -- and my personal favorite -- is THE AROCKALYPSE and features "The Dead Girls Gone Wild", "They Only Come Out at Night", "The Chainsaw Buffet", "Supermonsters" and my fave "Who's Your Daddy?". If you really want a good rockin' night, buy the special edition CD and you get an additional DVD that has a live concert of Lordi, a documentary on the band and some their best music videos, including the iconic "Would You Love a Monsterman?". Lordi's latest CD is DEADEACHE and even though it isn't quite as badical as their first two releases, it still has some kick ass tunes like "Bite it Like a Bulldog",  "Man Skin Boots" and "Raise Heaven in Hell". You don't have to be a zombie to rock out to Lordi. You just have to have a need to listen to loud, hard rockin' heavy metal monster music! Rock on, Freaks!

FREAKY FRIDAY! 100 YEARS OF MONSTER MOVIES!

FREAKY FRIDAY! 100 YEARS OF MONSTER MOVIES!