150 ~ Ask Not (What is a Beatnik?)

Psykookiness!! What is it? And what does it have to do with that hot guy doing flips in West Side Story? What is its connotation to the most terrifying movie I ever saw at age 14? Get cozy with your Halloween treats, tune out the voices in the walls,  and snuggle in for some psychological thrills and horror! PSYKOOKINESS.Whose Hand Was I Holding?https://youtu.be/sog3etUwtSk?is=j-J1HdX74MLvYnMnPsychokinesishttps://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/PsychokinesisThe Haunting (1963) transcripthttps://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?p=152628#p152628

Reverend Augustus Montague Summers! THAT was the guy’s name I couldn’t remember in this episode, so tuck that into your hat for later. Lo and behold, it’s another werewolf song, initiating a little werewolf break to pump you up for Halloween! It’s that marvelous time of the year again! Let’s talk werewolf dreams—werewolf songs (this episode boasts THREE) —werewolf poetry—werewolf movies—Victorian werewolf fiction—and… Team Jacob? The moon grows fat and bright in anticipation of terrifying transformations. Grab your popcorn-candy corn trail mix—let’s go.A MERRY HALLOWEEN https://minutewax.bandcamp.com/album/a-merry-halloweenBeatnik Werewolf https://a.co/d/0e6Z1FNvTerrifying Transformationshttps://www.valancourtbooks.com/terrifying-transformations.html

Ok. Film noir, the psyche, and a bohemian walk into an English class….I would request that they be cool about it … if I were you. It’s the subjunctive mood! A song inspired by a line in a detective novel! That’s what we like. Oh, but don’t worry. This episode quickly veers off-course from grammar to existential blip-blap—but with plenty of examples of the subjunctive mood dangling like chandelier earrings along the way! It’s any excuse for a song ‘round here, and proof that inspiration can come from the darnedest places—and that your host will find a way to talk about whatever she wants.Subjunctive Mood charthttps://share.google/rcvBdCp3szKnir2HLHarvard Boyhttps://www.ft.com/content/7f2bc3a4-59c3-11e2-88a1-00144feab49a

Opera of Life got you down? Well, perhaps it’s only a temporary setback—nothing that can’t be soothed by a little music—and television vampires—funny X-files—birthday art—-and what Kung Fu Panda did!  It’s autumn at last—-school is back in session with a vengeance. I think it’s trying to kill me. That’s a terrible opera! The only solution is music—and this grab-bag of funner topics. BREEATHE.

Time for another birthday episode? Can such things be? Did you guess that from the title? Sands through the hourglass! Join your September-birthday host for indulgence and celebration—with donuts! The passage of time! Three ghosts in an abandoned donut shop! Birthday superstitions and poetry! Songs and more songs! And only YOU can help me decide on this year’s birthday cake—very swag.https://parade.com/astrology/most-magnetic-birth-months-rankedhttps://people.howstuffworks.com/10-wacky-birthday-superstitions.htmhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/s8crkv/extremely_haunted_donut_shop/https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sprinkles-and-fear-an-interview-with-a-baker-at-a-haunted-donut-shopHaunted Donut Shop decor https://share.google/AlrBZpG1TVHSBrw8h

Huzzah, September! What better way to usher in the dying of the year than another song about chuckling vampires? OH, but they’re not chuckling this time! They’re going into battle! And sometimes, in a hunt to the death— as in giving birth—a little archaic swearing is absolutely required. Don your raincoats, vampire-romance addicts, and don’t forget the swear jar!Archaic Derogatory Slangwww.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/swear-words-0017538www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/community/threads/edwardian-expletives.4532/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_early_twentieth_century_slang_in_the_United_Stateshttps://www.queensu.ca/strathy/hidden-profanity-language-and-identity-first-world-warhttps://www.wordgenius.com/10-old-time-swears-youll-want-to-bring-back/Xr0yWBPAJQAG8w89https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/slang/1910s-slang-terms

Whoa, hey, impromptu episode as the Muses deliver in the wee morning hours—again! Summer vacation dwindles now for us school-workers, so it’s cramming time! We got another vampire romance confession—we got a brainy Victorian-Edwardian Canadian TV detective—and yes, the miniature box phenomenon of the early 1980’s! So much to say!

It’s Monster of the Week—and it’s BEATNIKS! Are they even monsters at all? No way! Cursed, perhaps, some of them, and writing through the pain!—but hey, 30 years ago, the Muses brought me this weird little poem-to-song, and at last, I’ve decided not to question it! So let’s dig into the Beats, irreverently termed “beatniks” by the popular press—their freedom! Their antics! Plus, we’ll look in on the sparkling cast of the 1990 television series “The Outsiders”—little bit cursed. And why I had to read and reread On The Road by Jack Kerouac when I was 15! Let’s do it.https://the-artifice.com/beat-literature-influence-death/https://www.beaconcollege.edu/how-death-begat-life-for-a-beat-genius-beacon-professor-explores-uxoricide-and-william-s-burroughs/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Generationhttps://www.beatdom.com/beat-generation-mental-hospitals/https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/news/82611-does-mental-illness-beget-great-poetry%3F-these-4-poets-exposed-the-sickness-of-a-society-that-sought-to-contain-themhttps://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/news/82611-does-mental-illness-beget-great-poetry%3F-these-4-poets-exposed-the-sickness-of-a-society-that-sought-to-contain-themhttps://www.beatdom.com/the-beat-generation-gonzo-journalism-and-crap-writing/https://zoerose0.medium.com/a-forgotten-female-beatnik-the-short-and-sad-life-of-elise-cowen-d48ed9c78886

Urban Legend? Cryptid? You decide as we explore the tale of the man with hands of pudding who LURKS—lurks with impunity, leaving all who witness his unusual features and confusing presence…unsettled.https://theonion.com/pudding-factory-disaster-brings-slow-creamy-death-to-t-1819565362/https://medium.com/@hallowedway/invent-your-own-urban-legend-ccc07abe8101

In the School World, ISS stands for In-School Suspension—when you’ve done wrong enough to be shunned to the Behavior Room for a whole day—or three—where you must sit quietly and do your worksheets. Ever try it with kindergartners? A godless scene! Romper Room goes to hell!!Romper Room!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romper_Room#:~:text=At%20the%20end%20of%20each,me%2C%20tell%20me%2C%20do.