A Litany of Space Witches

Would that he could, Bindlegrim would most certainly be visiting The Halloween Trunk Show in Denver this weekend  (details at bottom) however, Bindlegrim is happy to be offering some limited edition lanterns online. These were held back just for the Halloween season, and this is perhaps the last gasp for the 2012 Halloween. Two of these lanterns end on eBay this Sunday night September 30th - that's October Eve!

1: The Cornish Litany #/9 #/3 : This lantern (listed together with a set of 12 postcards) features verse of The Cornish Litany originally seen on postcards from Cornwall in the early century. This lantern features a Bindlegrim-esque take on this frightful prayer, and I was happy to see this get a nod this year from the Pumpkinrot blog:

From Ghoulies and Ghosties
and Long-leggetty Beasties
and All Things that go Bump in the Night,
Good Lord deliver us!

Read more about the lantern (and related postcards) from this blog entry Lanterns for Ghoulies and Ghosties or see more images in the following flickr gallery:



2: The Space Witches #4/5 was quite honestly just a riot to create! This lantern features 12 different images based on plastic candy containers of witches and rockets. Bindlegrim expanded this idea to take a journey into outer space, traveling with these witches and their black cats, to encounter aliens and other problems - like white mice running loose inside your space helmet!

Read more in this past blog entry A Cyclonic Cavalcade of Witches and Rockets or
view the following flickr gallery:


So, in the meantime, there has been a red pen marking up the proof copy of the new book. And promise to get the news out as soon as that is available, with some offers for a number of free copies! Until then, best wishes to all those attending the multitude of shows that are coming up just around the corner, such as The Halloween Trunk Show (Saturday, September 29th: 12 noon - 6pm at Leo's Garage 1563 S Pearl St., Denver 80210),  Ghoultide Gathering, and Halloween & Vine.

Witches, Rockets, and Bindlegrim Radio Waves

With The Haint House Halloween Hex Lantern #3 ending today on ebay, it was maybe past time to get to work on style #4... and this time it's a countdown to outer space adventure featuring witches and rockets! Below are a couple of images from the 12 being created for this new Halloween lantern, (and, btw, for those who might be keeping track, version #1 The Pumpkin Dream & #2 The Cornish Litany will be listed for sale shortly in the coming weeks).

This upcoming version (number four) was inspired by a series of 1950's plastic candy containers with goggle-clad witches riding space-age vehicles. Here's an example of these vintage pieces from the amazing collection of flickr member ghostofhalloweenpast:

With inspiration like that, it's hard not to have fun creating this space-age imagery, while listening to some moog and theremin, with spacey retro lounge music like Space Capades: Ultra Lounge 3, or instrumental rock like Telstar by The Tornadoes, or the darker side of eerie electronic experimental music with Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet soundtrack... to name a few.

And speaking of music, that seems like a perfect segue-way to mention Bindegrim radio, which is now broadcasting on a DIY internet broadcaster station that I've enjoyed now for many years called Live365, and is featuring alot of the vintage Halloween music I've been discovering over the past many years.

Currently the Bindlegrim station is in construction-development mode, so the playlist may seem a little limited at this time, but I think audio folks will enjoy what is currently available. I have started off with a collection of Halloween-themed tunes from the 1920's to the 1950's, and, in future, plan to expand the music from those years as well as into larger time-spans reaching into the 1960's and beyond. In the meantime, hope you enjoy the humble musical beginnings, and feedback is always welcome.