#don hinson and the rigamorticians

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Ghosts Just Wanna Dance

Riboflavin-Flavored Non-Carbonated Polyunsaturated Blood

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Do the Cullens drink riboflavin flavored non-carbonated polyunsaturated blood?

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45 Grave Riboflavin Flavored Non-Carbonated Polyunsaturated Blood

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Don Hinson & the Rigamorticians - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Poly-Unsaturated Blood

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Phantom Of The A-Go-Go · Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians

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Quick question that I'm perfectly fine with you infodumping on-

Any tips for writing vampires? Especially when the change isn't immediate?

Also one of the vampires is blind- how do you think that would work? Especially since they use magic to sense the world, would the fact that they can always hear heartbeats make things easier? (Or much harder in towns bc that's a lotta people in one area-)

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Vampires vampires vampires :D

Do not take my word as gospel:

Okay so how you write vampires is highly dependent on your personal lore. You could say that the only consistent thing about vampires is that they drink blood—but even that isn't necessarily a given. Lots of media have a way for vampires to sustain themselves without that. See:

Sorry anyway.

My vampires usually struggle with bloodlust vs ethics, have some supernatural abilities, and have some supernatural weaknesses. My advice will come from that perspective and experience.

I think one of the first things you have to make a decision about is how magical vs physical your vampires are. They can totally have both, but what tone do you want? Are vampires 100% scientific, can you explain their nervous system and cardiovascular system in a way that doesn't have any inconsistencies? Or are they 100% magical, with no explanations at all, dependent on the magic system?

Once you know what you're going for there, you can derive the rest of your lore. If they can levitate, is it because they are leveraging their personal magnetic fields or whatever or just because magic? I like to go through lists of vampire strengths/weaknesses and say yes, no, or partially. Here are a few to get started:

Some strengths: strength, speed, seeing in the dark, durability, healing, fangs (can they hide them?), shapeshifting (animals, mist, lots of small animals, other human appearances), animal communication, weather control, hypnosis/mind control, flight, blood

Some Weaknesses: garlic, mirrors, religious symbols (crosses? More?), holy water, running water, counting rice, silver, blood

Vampire turning processes are also really variable. It could take a few seconds, a few hours, a few days. The magic or whatever has a big influence on this, too. I've seen it where the vampire's body has to go through a series of stages, like a disease taking hold and altering their very physiology. Sometimes it's a quick brain change. Maybe it's just pure magic. Maybe there's a vampire cocoon and they come out a beautiful vampire butterfly. You should probably decide if it's painful, draining, traumatic, like a coma, or just fine. Maybe it's even pleasant? Make some creative decisions!

As for blind vampires (which is super cool btw): I would caution against the "I see through magic" trope. It can work, and work well, but you don't necessarily want to write the blind character just like you'd write a sighted character minus visual descriptions (if they're a POV.) Consider giving them a white cane, or another sort of accessibility device. It can be a really cool way to write them interacting with the world, too! I'm not blind or very vision impaired, though. This is just my advice as someone who has read a lot of advice from actually blind people and done research.

Hearing heartbeats could be really cool! Is it because they have enhanced hearing—in which case they'd hear clothing shifting and perhaps muscles moving and bones cracking—or just heartbeats because magic? If that, then the heartbeat could be a constant reminder of blood around them. They can perhaps hear vaguely where a quiet person is, but not where they're going, what they look like, or who it is. I imagine it could get disorienting in crowds though, lots of people all at once in addition to whatever other noises and sensations there are.

Hope that was a little helpful :)

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Halloween playlists:

[Playlist]

45 Grave — Evil

45 Grave — Partytime

Emilie Autumn — Dead Is the New Alive

Balzac — Inside My Eyes

The Birthday Massacre — Happy Birthday

The Birthday Massacre — Horror Show

Birthday Party — Release the Bats

The Brides — The Strange Passing of John Coal

The Brides — Whore Money

Bloody Hammers — Witch of Endor

Coven — The White Witch of Rose Hall

Creature Feature — The Greatest Show Unearthed

Creature Feature — Here Be Witches

The Cramps — Goo-Goo Muck

The Cramps — Surfin' Dead

Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians — Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood

Einstürzende Neubauten — Ein Stuhl in der Hölle

HorrorPops — Where They Wander

HorrorPops — Walk Like a Zombie

Hamburger Brothers — Omar the Vampire

Inkubus Sukkubus — Belladonna & Aconite

Inkubus Sukkubus — Corn King

Inkubus Sukkubus — Song to Pan

Inkubus Sukkubus — Wytches

The Irish Rovers — The Banshee’s Cry

Jack Off Jill — Cinnamon Spider

Jack Off Jill — Witch Hunt

Killing Miranda — Burn Sinister

Mandragora Scream — Dark Lantern

Ministry — Everyday is Halloween

The Misfits — Die, Die My Darling

Mister Monster — I’ll Watch Them Die

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — The Curse of Millhaven

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Red Right Hand

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Up Jumped the Devil

Richard O’Brien — Science Fiction Double Feature

The Ramones — Pet Sematary

Rasputina — Gingerbread Coffin

Shonen Knife — Devil House

Siouxsie and the Banshees — Spellbound

Skycycle — The Ghost Is Here

Skycycle — It’s Terror Time Again

Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows — The Inexperienced Spiral Traveler II

ThouShaltNot — The Haunted Phonograph

The Tiger Lilies — Start a Fire

Jill Tracy — Evil Night Together

Jill Tracy — The Fine Art of Poisoning

Traditional — Down in the Willow Garden

Traditional — Pretty Polly

Traditional — Twa Corbies

Traditional — The Lyke-Wake Dirge

Type O Negative — Black No. 1

Type O Negative — Wolf Moon

Vermilion Lies — Circus Apocalypse

Xmal Deutschland — Incubus Succubus II

Zombina and the Skeletones — Come On

Zombina and the Skeletones — Hey Weirdos

Zombina and the Skeletones — Island of Zombina

Zombina and the Skeletones — New Orleans Incident

Zombina and the Skeletones — You’d Scream If I Knew I Did Last Halloween

Instrumental: [Playlist]

Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Béla Bartók — Music for Percussion, Strings and Celesta: III. Adagio

Hector Berlioz — Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath from “Symphonie fantastique”

Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 5

Fryderyk Chopin — Piano Sonata No. 2 III: Marche funèbre: Lento

Coil — Main Title (unreleased Hellraiser Theme)

Philip Glass — Candyman theme

Gustav Holst — Neptune, the Mystic from “The Planets”

Gustav Holst — Saturn, Bringer of Old Age from “The Planets”

Gygory Ligeti — Requiem

In Slaughter Natives — Beauty and Bleeding

Franz Liszt — Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Franz Liszt — Totentanz

Lustmord and Robert Rich — Hidden Refuge

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Dies irae from “Requiem in D Minor”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Lacrimosa from “Requiem in D Minor”

Midnight Syndicate — Born of the Night

Midnight Syndicate — Carousel Ride

Modest Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain

Nox Arcana — Calliope

Nox Arcana — The Doll House

Nox Arcana — Haunted Carousel

Nox Arcana — Hall of the Witch Queen

Nox Arcana — Once Upon a Nightmare

Nox Arcana — Shock Treatment

Nox Arcana — Temple of the Black Pharaoh

Nox Arcana — The Witching Hour

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff — Isle of the Dead

Camille Saint-Saëns — Danse Macabre

Michael Shields — Ginger Snaps Opening Theme

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky — Part I: The Adoration of the Earth from “The Rite of Spring”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Swan Lake - 19 No. 10 Scène (moderato)

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I'd love a reading! Thank you so much 💖

Sure thing!

Currently listening: Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood (Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians)

(Three of Cups, Seven of Swords, Eight of Cups (reversed))

So... from what I can see of this spread, it seems like you're being faced with a conundrum, and this is offering some solutions for how to fix things.

The Three of Cups is a card of friendship and collaboration. It tells you to get together with some of your nearest and dearest and approach the problem together. Three heads are better than one, so to speak, and you shouldn't try to shoulder this problem alone.

The Seven of Swords is typically a sword of betrayal and underhanded tactics, but the guide for this deck makes it very clear that in this case, it's a good thing. You might have to think out of the box a bit to get what you want here. Don't be afraid to be a little sneaky in your methods. Just... don't go too far, I suppose.

Finally, we have the Eight of Cups. This is a card about tough choices that might feel paralyzing at the moment. Should I stay or should I go? When reversed like this, it might indicate that you're really not sure about the answer. So... this card also has a bit of a "shit or get off the pot" vibe to it. (Sorry not sorry to be crass.) It's telling you to pull yourself from your self-imposed limbo and make a decision.

Sometimes seeing the Eight of Cups might mean that it's good to give up and cut your losses, but the other two cards seem to be encouraging action... So I suppose the choice is yours, but at least you won't have to make it alone.

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rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people

pretending to have been tagged by @grimweathers​

h - hunting the wren - lankum o - old man, - chora r - riboflavin-flavored, non-carbonated, polyunsaturated blood - don hinson & the rigamorticians s - silver dagger - charley crockett e - evil ways - graveyard g - glory! glory! - vile creature i - insects - oingo boingo r - rather low - nick shoulders l - last but not least - fall of efrafa e - easy from now on - emmylou harris d - darkness at the heart of my love - ghost d - don’t turn your back - blue öyster cult i - it’s not a fashion statement, it’s a deathwish - mcr e - evil - 45 grave m - matilda - pup u - úirchill an chreagáin - aodh ó duibheannaigh n - neighbors of the beast - pansy division s - songs in the key of compromise - dawn ray’d o - old and withered - sodb n - night crawler - judas priest

tagging @bonitabreezy @stevecarrington @eztraterreztrial and anyone else who wants to do it i will never on my life come up with a person for every letter in my url

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show (The Halloween Edition)

Broadcasting from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery … The Aquarium Drunkard Show. The Halloween edition, Wednesday night / 7pm California time. SIRIUS/XM ~ Channel 35.

Eartha Kitt – I Want To Be Evil (AD Halloween Version) ++ The Munsters – Munster Creep ++ Bob McFadden & Dor – The Mummy ++ Danny Ware – The Zombie Stomp ++ The Sound Offs – The Angry Desert ++ The Blue Echoes – It’s Witchcraft ++ The Tomko’s – The Spook ++ Scotty Macgregor And His Spooks – I’m A Monster ++ Screaming Lord Sutch – She’s Fallen In Love With A Monster Man ++ The Gories – Casting My Spell ++ Baron Daemon & Vampires – Ghost Guitars ++ Elvira – End of Side One ++ The Five Blobs – The Blob ++ Vincent Price – A Hornbook For Witches (AD Halloween Version) ++ The One Way Streets – Jack The Ripper ++ The Swamp Rats – Louie Louie ++ Oma Liddie – J. J. Jackson and the Jackals ++ Bill Buchanan – Beware ++ Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads – Goo Goo Muck ++ Frankenstein – This Is The Fiend ++ Donovan – Wild Witch Lady ++ The Frantics – Werewolf ++ Radio Spot – I Was A Teenage Werewolf ++ The Cramps – I Was A Teenage Werewolf ++ Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man ++ Evariste – Connais Tu L’animal Qui Inventa Le Calcul Intégral ++ The Frantics – The Whip ++ Charles Bernstein – Jail Cell ++ The Vault of Horror ++ Lee Kristofferson – Night of The Werewolf ++ Steve King – Satan Is Her Name ++ Kip Tyler – She’s My Witch ++ The Madmen – Haunted ++ Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians – Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood ++ Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash (AD edit) ++ Billy Lee Riley – Nightmare Mash ++ Wade Denning & Kay Lande – Halloween ++ Los Holys – Campo de Vampiros ++ Otis Redding – Trick or Treat ++ Monsters Crash The Pajama Party ++ Bobby Bare – Vampira ++ The Sonics – Strychnine ++ Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages – All Black & Hairy ++ Chance Halladay – Deep Sleep ++ The Weirdos – E.S.P. ++ Leroy Bowman – Graveyard ++ The Frantics – Werewolf ++ The Dynamic Kapers – Alligator Wine ++ The Surfmen – Ghost Hop ++ The Connoisseurs – Count Macabre ++ The Poets – Dead

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Monsters October 29, 2022

Photo: Ray Harryhausen and friend

Monsters. Y’know, for Halloween. This is one of those 3 hour shows!

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Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night Nervous Gender - Monsters

DJ speaks over Richiro Manabe - The Transforming Pollution Monster

Heavens to Betsy - Monsters Slant 6 - What Kind of Monster Are You? The Campanions - Dorothy, My Monster Swingo Porkies - Un Monstre es en Moi

DJ speaks over The Big Guys - Zombie

Inflatable Boy Clams - Skeletons Comus - Diana Los Shain's - El Monstruo Shonen Knife - Kappa Ex. RJD2 - The Horror

DJ speaks over Goblin - Zombi

Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams - Nosferatu Frank Chickens - Mothra Nicole Paquin - Mon mari c'est Frankenstein Entombed - Night of the Vampire Cochonne - Vampire

DJ speaks over Hot Blood - Even Vampires Fall in Love

David Thomas and Wooden Birds - Monster Walks the Winter Lake Hamlett - Vampire Man Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Trailer John Cooper Clarke - (I Married a) Monster from Outer Space (Live at the Electric Circus)

DJ speaks over Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians - Monster Surf Stomp

Sally Skull - Bride of Frankenstein NoMeansNo - Hunt the She-Beast Aphrodite's Child - The Beast Johnny Whitaker - Sigmund & the Sea Monsters Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf

DJ speaks over John Lurie National Orchestra - The Beast

Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka - Zombie The Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den Mecht Mensch - Zombie X-Prays - Bracket Vampire

DJ speaks over Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Frankenstein Ska

The Bats - Free All the Monsters Buck Owens - (It's A) Monster's Holiday Belvoir - Le Serpent Clan of Xymox - Medusa Clothilde - La Chanson Bête Et Méchante Warning - Beasts of Fiction The Vampires of Dartmoore - Der Feurdrachen Von Hongkong

DJ speaks over Science Fiction Corporation - Monster on Saturn 1

The Only Ones - The Beast Gene "Bowlegs" Miller - Frankenstein Walk Max and the Makeups - Chasing the Monsters Piece War - Monster Pel Mel - Big Foot

DJ speaks over Aphrodite's Child - The Wakening Beast

Slint - Nosferatu Man Mad Kenny's Allnight Drinker - Zombie Rock Outpatients - Zombie Tyme

DJ speaks over The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire

Toto Coelo - Dracula's Tango (Sucker For Your Love)

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riboflavin-flavored non-carbonated polyunsaturated blood by don hinson and the rigamorticians goes kinda hard

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