My novel favorite web log is Weird Universe , a itemization of uncanny natural event and ethnical phenomena . It has three contributor : Ribofunk generator Paul Di Filippo , one of my favourite writers of freaky SF , Chuck Shepherd , writer of the News Of The Weird column for decades , and Alex Boese , creator of the Museum Of Hoaxes .
They ’re join by underground cartoonist Rick Altergott to bring back the weirdness to bring through us from sluggish conformity . They say :
We trust in the power of the weird .
To harbor , to elucidate , to enlighten . To humble , to horrify , to abide by . To shock , to surprise , to scandalize .
Most vitally , we conceive in the power of the weird as the concluding frontier of gloriously untameable human nature . In a world that grows progressively homogeneous , regimented , authoritarian , unsure and horrendous , the weird stand as humanity ’s last best Leslie Townes Hope for spontaneousness , inventiveness , courageousness , goofiness , laughter , astonishment , and half-baked sapience .
Recent subject include the Jesus Toilet , a zombi garden sculpture and flakey musicals . [ Weird Universe ]
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