Duang Jai Akkanee: Thai Drama with Spanish Subtitles

I found this accidentally and can't stop watching. I just love Asian dramas. I have loved Japanese dramas for many years and discovered great work coming out of South Korea more recently. 

I can read Spanish, however my skills are nothing to get excited about. I can probably read at about a 5th grade level. I'm certainly no threat to native speakers!

~DJ Dolly~

Cie went looking and found a version with English subs so I don't have to tax what little functioning ability my brain has left. ;-)

PLAYLIST!!!!!

A to Z Blogging Challenge 2015: N is for Nerdgasm

If you follow Team Netherworld's blogs regularly, you might get the idea that we're a bunch of nerds.

Guess what--you're right!

We love science fiction and we love horror. We love classic horror comics. Seeing the sweet stack of cheesy comic goodness that this guy has is giving me a massive Nerdgasm!

My sis (DJ Aurora) and I always loved horror comics. Our father (R.I.P.) said he thought it was a waste of money, but I caught him sneaking a peek more than once! Our mother said that reading them would give us nightmares. Sometimes we did get pretty spooked, but it was worth it!

The guy in the video looks like he'd be a pretty cool fellow nerd to hang out with. Plus, he has an epic beard!

What gives you Nerdgasms?

~DJ Adam~

KHEL 666 Gaming: Call to Minecraft Players

If you play Minecraft, you might be interested in joining this person's faction and giving a hand.

~DJ Tempest~

Lost Area: When Darkness Falls

Unfortunately, this fine German band has decided to part ways. I think they could have gone further, but they feel it is time to move on to other projects.

Their vocals are somewhat reminiscent of Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch. The keyboards are less "dark" than the sound preferred by SOM. I'm not trying to draw a hard comparison between the two bands, only to say that I hear some similarities.

Lost Area may be categorized as "emo," and so what? I hate genre-bashing. Good music is good music. Also, attacking people who identify as "emo" is messed up. What harm are they actually doing? 

I may be an old fart, but there is a truism that should be followed in any generation. Live and let live. It's as simple as that.

Bullying is never justifiable.

~DJ Aurora~

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS 

(Music and Lyrics by vDiva)

The night comes saving us from lies

No time to fight , no time to die

We have been blind, we closed our mind

No regrets for what's left behind

When darkness falls

We rise again

When darkness falls

The end begins

When darkness falls

We fall in love

When darkness falls

We sing this song

The night is our promised land

The day is our masquerade

There's no salvation here to find

No mercy for what's left behind

When darkness falls

We rise again

When darkness falls

The end begins

When darkness falls

We fall in love

When darkness falls

We sing this song

At the end of the day

When there's nothing left to say

When the silence never ends

When the words have no sense

At the end of the dream

When there's no lie and there's no sin

When the life comes to the end

When darkness falls

When darkness falls

We rise again

When darkness falls

The end begins

When darkness falls

We fall in love

When darkness falls

We sing this song

Social Blogger Post #1: Meet DJ Illin' Illsa

The Social Blogger blog hop is hosted by Anna of Herding Cats and Burning Soup. Click here to check out her most recent post. I'm going to follow her format for a first Social Blogger post.

I'm DJ Illin' Illsa. Here are five items of interest about me. There will be a quiz later! ;-)

• Like the other members of Team KHEL 666/Team Netherworld, I live with mental illness. I have type 2 bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD. I also have OCD. As I commented at Anna's blog: I don't have food issues and I'm not a germophobe. I have trouble throwing things out because of an overwhelming anxiety that I might need it later. I have boxes and bags of crap that I sometimes force myself to go through. It makes me very anxious. Also, I'm a picture straightener, and I can't stand to see mismatched pushpins (two different colors.) It drives me crazy! So yes, I have a touch of OCD! In addition, although I'm not afraid of any numbers, there are certain numbers that I like particularly. If I have to make a choice between ten items, for instance, I'll choose the fifth or the seventh.
• My father died in a motorcycle crash when I was fifteen. He was just 38 years old. (Would have been 38 in 2 weeks. He died on July 16. His birthday would have been August 2.) It's strange to me that I am now older than he ever got to be. His death was devastating to our family. I acted out a lot after his death. My older brother tried hard to be the "man of the family," but he was only seventeen himself. I was hurting a lot, and I was out of control. I have since thanked my brother for everything he did during that difficult time. (P.S. I love you, Hank.)
• My real surname is Göring. Yeah, like the Nazi leader. You can imagine the shit I got for that growing up. I chose Gorrey as a pen surname because I love the quirky and creepy cartoons by Edward Gorey. 
• I love to write horror and sci-fi. I write the dreaded fan fiction along with the other members of Team Netherworld, but our fan fiction is unlike any other. It's quirky and unique, just like the people writing it. We take characters from movies and television programs we love, or we take the characters out of movies we hated but we liked the characters in spite of how terrible the movie was. Some of them are visitors to our realm, The Netherworld. Such visitors include Harry Potter and Dr. Who, often at the same time. Some of them are fugitives, refugees from their own crappy time and bad dimension (Alien 3, Alien Resurrection.) Some are characters whose time came to an end in the material world. (Tony Soprano, J.R. Ewing.) We also have an ever-growing roster of original characters. Our "for public consumption" blog is The Netherworld. Our deep cuts blog is Undead in the Netherworld.
• For the longest time I had a big crush on Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss) but I was dismayed to find out that he's kind of an idiot in person. So it goes. To any rate, he's played some of Team Netherworld's favorite characters, and I have to respect his acting chops.

Here are five items of interest about KHEL 666:

• While we rather obviously love the heavy metal genre in all its varied forms, we also love other kinds of music. This is a very eclectic blog, and all tastes in music are respected.
• Satanists are not what most people think, but in spite of the name of the blog, none of us are Satanists. KHEL 666 was the call letters chosen for The Netherworld's most popular radio station. The "HEL" part of the call letters refers to the Norse Goddess of the Underworld, Hel. The "666" refers to the theatrical and often tongue in cheek or hyperbolic usage of the number 666 by heavy metal bands.
• We don't allow bots to spider our site. This might limit the number of potential visitors, but we have also found that it limits the number of potential trolls. We would rather have a small, friendly following than have lots of hits but also lots more crap from trolls.
• KHEL 666 was founded in 2006. It was first referenced at our now archived blog, Rattling Bones Undead Musician Magazine. The blog you see before you was founded in 2012.
• The main DJ's for KHEL 666 Radio Netherworld are Bill S. Preston and Ted "Theodore" Logan for the KHEL 666 Morning Crunch (6 AM to 10 AM), Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar for the KHEL 666 Lunch Hour (10 AM to 2 PM), Beavis and Butthead for KHEL 666 Rush Hour (2 PM to 6 PM), DJ Eddie Head for Evenings with Eddie (6 PM to midnight) and DJ Badass Brittney of the famed Naked Gymnastics for Jesus with Brittney's Bitchin' Witching Hour (midnight to 6 AM.) The weekend DJ's are varied, but include Evil Ed and Chachi Arcola. 

Thanks to Anna for hosting this fun platform to allow our visitors to know us a little better. Now, we'll have to see how many of them stick around and how many of them run off and hide, quavering in fear!

~DJ Illin' Illsa~

Sending you off with a classic tune from DJ Eddie's band, Iron Maiden.

Stumper: What is This Song?

Can anyone tell The Variety Guy what song this riff comes from? He believes it's from the New Wave era. I came of age during those years, but I can't pinpoint the tune. If you can, go to his You Tube channel and give him the 411!

~DJ Helena~

Blog and Channel Recommendation

If you're like me, you enjoy things that are a little off the beaten path. You may also enjoy the Film Festivals and Indie Films channel on You Tube, and the Indie Statik blog, which is where I stole borrowed the image above from. 

Let's face it, when you're short on money and time, you need opinions you can trust to help guide you in the right direction. These look to be two good resources to help you pick your poison. I know that I'm keeping them in my bookmarks for future reference!

~DJ Faycin~

Cross-posted to:

KHEL 666

The Netherworld

Sly Fawkes

Con Alma Band

I love this amazing young voice, and this great selection from the elusive DJ Cheesy, whom I certainly hope will be writing a post for this year's VILE Awards segment at Undead in the Netherworld. (Hint, hint.)
You can follow the band on their Facebook page.
You can check out Cheesy's photoshop manipulations on her Deviant Art page.
You can follow my NaNoWriMo struggles as I wrestle with work count here.
Thank you, Dahlings!

XOXO,
DJ Tempest

Paul McCartney: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter

Dahlings, tonight's suggestion comes from our DJ Dolly. I really think these musical prompts are helping me create a multi-dimensional novel for NaNoWriMo, so thank you so much!
A character who has behaved badly is going to sit down and think about what she's done and whether or not she can make amends.
Follow my progress on NaNoWriMo, if you wish!
XOXO,
DJ Tempest

Jameson Raid: Just as the Dust Had Settled

Hello Dahlings! Tonight's suggestion of forgotten but needs to be remembered old school metal comes to me from DJ Helena. It's time to me to get away from romantic relationships, plucky heroines, and social commentary for a moment and return to the battle as the seemingly doomed human kingdom faces a brutal onslaught from the Ogre King and his minions, both living and Undead. Cheers!

~DJ Tempest~

Follow Tempest's NaNoWriMo Progress

Ron Pope: A Drop In the Ocean

Hello friends, DJ Helena suggested this beautiful and sad song for inspiring my NaNo writing here in the wee hours. I chose the version with the scene from the good ole Vampire Diaries, which is a favorite among our Undead in the Netherworld/KHEL 666 Krew!

In one of my previous posts I mentioned that I was contemplating creating a romantic relationship or proto-romance between two of my characters. As I wrote, I decided to challenge myself by creating a romance between two of the female characters who seemed to be drawing close.

It's easy for me as a straight person to write a straight romance, and I also find it relatively easy to write an authentic romance between two male characters. I wanted to write a romance between two female characters which seemed true and respectful and did not become some sort of lurid lezsploitation scene for the straight male gaze as such scenarios unfortunately so often seem to.

Given the challenges that homosexuals, both male and female, still face even in modern times, I thought it seemed realistic that at some point one or both of the characters would face difficulty acknowledging her true feelings. This song expresses that. Will they be able to resolve their problems? I'll admit that I'm a soft touch, but sometimes it seems more in keeping with the personalities of the characters for heartache to be the end result. We shall see!

XOXO,

DJ Tempest

Follow me on NaNoWriMo!

Pavor: A Pale Debilitating Autumn

Listening to this fine tune while working on my NaNoWriMon novel, The Doomed Kingdom. Thanks to DJ Dolly for the recommendation!
~DJ Tempest~

Hipster Guy/Hipster Girl

I stumbled across this and thought it was really cute and funny. Young Reese and her friend Dae wrote and performed this little tune just for fun.

~DJ Wanda~

WHEREIN HIPSTER GUY GOES FOR HIPSTER GIRL

(Original song by Reese Lansangan and Dae Lee)

VERSE I:

I'm gonna start wearing funky jeans and a graphic shirt

Wear fake plastic frames till my eyes hurt

A strap on my shoulder, a camera on my hip

Doing all these things to get a taste of your lip

I will try my best to be your kind of hipster

A designer's at the prime of the artist's ladder

Run my actions on Photoshop

But you don't need it since you make my heart go stop

CHORUS:

Serif, sans serif, with it without

Words I can make you feel good, without a doubt

Minimalist triangle, minimalist square

My heart is hanging on an anchor point and you don't even care

VERSE II: 

Forget Arial, Futura, even Myriad Pro

Remember MS Comic Sans are just used by hoes

I don't really care much for Helvetica

But the only thing that matters is I think I like you

I'll buy you new black frames and a couple shirt

I know that you are not Korean, 

But we're hipsters, that's how we flirt

Coffee or tea, just as long as we

Take a picture of you, your drink and me

CHORUS

OUTRO:

A B C, typography

Is the obvious solution to our newfound chemistry

1 2 3, yes you and me

Let's give birth to a new font family

I like you Bold, Black, Ultrathin

You can be kind of Condensed

And even Hairline thin (x infinityyy)

So lets get down and start our kerning

And adjust our leading till the early morning (x 4)

Not Young, Thin, or Pretty, but Beautiful Anyway

The Real Cie shared this picture and text on our Encouragement in a Discouraging World page. 

When I was a child, the animals I loved most were butterflies and cats. When I saw this picture I thought "that's me, the Butterfly Queen!" Then with sadness I realized, this couldn't be me. I don't look like that picture. I'm not pretty, thin, or young. But what if the Butterfly Queen wasn't pretty, thin, or young? What if she was middle-aged, fat, and plain? Does this detract from the beauty in her soul? This world focuses too much on external beauty. Sometimes people miss knowing lovely people who aren't particularly pretty outside but whose souls are amazing. ~Cie~

I'm not going to clutter up Cie's message by overanalyzing it. She's right.

Spectra

Cross-posted to:

Ghost Seeker Readings
KHEL 666

Undead in the Netherworld

Todrick Hall Moves Like Jagger 2

The Psycho has Moved

Those who know some of my writing sisters may have already heard this story. The KHEL 666 gang has made a mass exodus to Posterous, because ping.fm, which we used for years, no longer supports Blogger. We like our KHEL 666 blog, and weren't about to give it up! It would have been too much of a pain to post our shares to Ping, AND to Facebook, AND to Blogger. We needed a solution.

Fortunately, the brilliant H.P. Liebekraft discovered Posterous! And now, here we are!

I'll no longer be updating the Blooming Psycho's Funhouse blog on Blogger, in case anyone actually read that.

We'll see how this goes, but so far it looks pretty cool!

 

Arctic Fox

Shared by Laughing Lilly

Crab Nebula

This image was shared by Jessica Trapp. Jessica states:

The Crab Nebula. A neutron star (a spinning ball of neutrons) 28–30 km across emits pulses of radiation from gamma rays to radio waves with a spin rate of 30.2 times per second at the center. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical supernova explosion.

Observers in China and Japan recorded the supernova nearly 1,000 years ago, in 1054.