You know, with the popularity of True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight, Vampire Weekend (wink), and the absurd overexposure/frequency of zombie crawls, this whole “horror” thing is getting out of hand. I’m barely kidding. We’re at the cultural point where being “into” horror (Twilight is not horror, I know) or zombies is more popular than baseball.  My point is that it’s no longer a niche thing. You’re not special. Think about THAT.

Also, here’s an NPR piece comparing musicians to the supernatural beings they would be.

The Zombie Vampire Band Invasion [via NPR]

Bruce Campbell needs no introduction and SHALL RECEIVE NONE. However, he was the celebrity guest on this week’s episode of NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. If you’ve never heard the show it may be confusing, but if you’d like to hear Bruce Campbell inject some of his trademark wit into a random NPR news quiz show, do so now (Bruce’s section starts at (17:00).

I listen to NPR. If that makes me an “elitist” then go watch Fox News. The chip is now off of my shoulder.

So today as I was cruising around npr.org I came across this sweet little article about 3 excellent horror books. 2 things immediately stuck out at me – one was that I never even knew The Exorcist was a book (this probably makes me an idiot), and two was that I’d totally forgotten about Wisconsin Death Trip. Many years ago when I was in high school and istened to music that I might today call “terrible,” I was a fan of a little band called Static-X. Embarrassing? Yes. Regardless, I remember their first cd quite fondly and I also remember hearing that it was named after a “disturbing” or “awesome” book called Wisconson Death Trip. I pushed that knowledge to the back of my brain where it was subsequently beaten into non-existence by a 4 year period of massive alcohol abuse commonly referred to as college. 10 years later, NPR reminds me. 

Public radio is good for you.

Devilishly Good Books to Terrify [via NPR]

Related:

Extreme Horror [via NPR]

How Scary Movies Strike Fear [via NPR]