“A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night.”
– J.M. Barrie
Where Once Poe Walked
H. P. Lovecraft
Eternal brood the shadows on this ground,
Dreaming of centuries that have gone before;
Great elms rise solemnly by slab and mound,
Arched high above a hidden world of yore.
Round all the scene a light of memory plays,
And dead leaves whisper of departed days,
Longing for sights and sounds that are no more.
Dreaming of centuries that have gone before;
Great elms rise solemnly by slab and mound,
Arched high above a hidden world of yore.
Round all the scene a light of memory plays,
And dead leaves whisper of departed days,
Longing for sights and sounds that are no more.
Lonely and sad, a specter glides along
Aisles where of old his living footsteps fell;
No common glance discerns him, though his song
Peals down through time with a mysterious spell.
Only the few who sorcery’s secret know,
Espy amidst these tombs the shade of Poe.
Aisles where of old his living footsteps fell;
No common glance discerns him, though his song
Peals down through time with a mysterious spell.
Only the few who sorcery’s secret know,
Espy amidst these tombs the shade of Poe.
Top Five Underappreciated Hitchcock Films:
1. Shadow of a Doubt
2. Frenzy
3. The Lodger
4. Dial M For Murder
5. Mr. and Mrs. Smith (no, not that one! The one with Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery! Hitchcock’s only screwball comedy )
Unbelievable But Real Film Title of the Week:
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
Bonus Halloween Film Title:
Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
E-Verse recommends the site of a reader who is doing fine things in the way of feline salvage and rehabilitation; take a look and help her out; donations are encouraged, particularly from all the E-Verse cat lovers out here; listen to the next radio transmission to hear me talk with her about this most worthwhile project:
E-Verse bonus Halloween jokes:
Q. Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?
A. He didn’t have the guts.
A. He didn’t have the guts.
Q. Why did the Vampire get fired from the Blood Bank?
A. He was caught drinking on the job.
A. He was caught drinking on the job.
Q. Why aren’t there any famous skeletons?
A. They’re a bunch of no bodies.
A. They’re a bunch of no bodies.
Invaluable Fact of the Week:
Dead Egyptian noblewomen were given the special treatment of being allowed a few days to ripen, so that embalmers wouldn’t find them too attractive.
This week’s town you really have to visit:
Roachtown, Illinois
An E-Versing pro photographer writes in:
“I loved the podcast. I have to admit that I do not read ALL the way through each E-Verse. So it was great, as I sat here editing photos, I could listen to it! Very cool.”
Check out the graves of famous poets, courtesy of the Academy of American Poets:
E-Verse collective noun of the week:
A murder of crows
A reader writes in:
“Great podcast Ernie, but you should have known M though, very famous old movie (1931). Z was an AKA title on 2005’s Zorro, but was evidently also: Z (1969).”
Ten Dirtiest Jobs in the Science Profession, including Manure Inspector and Orangutan-Pee Collector, Semen Washer, and Carcass Cleaner:
A reader sends in a funny site; insert your friends’ or enemies’ faces on these glamorous dancers:
A reader on my banter about lightning striking twice, from last week’s podcast:
“I have an interesting ‘twice in one place’ story. I had a visit a few years ago from an ex-girlfriend. Purely platonic, but her new boyfriend was not real thrilled anyway. She was supposed to leave to go back to him that night but a huge thunderstorm resulted in a lightning strike on a tree in front of my house with a sizeable portion knocked down on the front of her car. Well, the boyfriend was a bit unbelieving but there wasn’t anything he could do so she stayed over till we got it cleared off the next afternoon. Two years later she visits again. Another storm, lighting hits the same tree, it again drops about half its substance on her car, and again she has to call the boyfriend to say she was staying over with me because lightning knocked the same tree down on her car again. To this day I don’t think he’s ever believed her. The tree has survived nicely and continues to grow, waiting for number 3.”
A reader sends in a link to the new full-flavored sausage inside a sweet pancake covering . . .. “it’s fun on a stick” with the comment “Egads!”
E-Verse Disclaimer:
If you’ve been listening to the radio transmissions and wondering why I sound a bit weird, let’s just say it’s another bug we’re working on. I did not, as one reader put it, “futz” with my voice purposely. If you haven’t listened yet, give it a shot. Go to www.everseradio.com and enter the “Audio” section.
A reader writes in on the fact that “a cow’s only sweat glands are in its nose”:
“It’s true. And they sweat a good deal through that small body of glands. At Penn State, I spent a good deal of time near the cow pastures, meditating, staring deep into the eyes of very-sweaty-nosed cows. A cow will stare back at you, if you dare to stare her down. Nietzsche writes: ‘To be sure, one thing is necessary above all if one is to practice reading as an art . . . one thing that has been unlearned most thoroughly nowadays . . . something for which one has almost to be a cow and in any case not a ‘modern man’: rumination.’ For what it’s worth.”
“It’s true. And they sweat a good deal through that small body of glands. At Penn State, I spent a good deal of time near the cow pastures, meditating, staring deep into the eyes of very-sweaty-nosed cows. A cow will stare back at you, if you dare to stare her down. Nietzsche writes: ‘To be sure, one thing is necessary above all if one is to practice reading as an art . . . one thing that has been unlearned most thoroughly nowadays . . . something for which one has almost to be a cow and in any case not a ‘modern man’: rumination.’ For what it’s worth.”
For all the film industry E-Versers out there, check out a very talented New York E-Verser’s blog; she’s a film-maker, producer, and writer:
A reader writes in to tell us that filmmaker Amy Happ’s documentary, “Code of Silence is currently showing on Free Speech Television, which is part of the Dish satellite network. Chances are fair that you don’t subscribe to Dish, but the good part is that the station has streamed the entire film on their website here:”
From the website: “Prison guards are a notoriously tight-knit group. Their self-protective instincts have led to an unspoken rule in the corrections world called ‘the code of silence.’ It means correctional officers must not ‘rat’ on each other, even when other guards break rules. This documentary charts the deep discord that erupts within the California Department of Corrections when a mysterious riot at Folsom Prison leads to the suicide of a career correctional officer. Some members of the corrections community could not remain silent. Their shocking revelations lead all the way to the controversial governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and paint a startling picture of the possible future of violence in prisons.”
New York Festival of Song: November 15 and 16, 2006
BRAVA ITALIA
BRAVA ITALIA
Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, 8 PM
Music of Pizzetti, Respighi, Leoncavallo, Busoni, Wolf-Ferrari, John Musto, John Corigliano, Harry Warren, and many others with Sasha Cooke, Jeremy Little, and Carolyn Betty; Steve Blier at the piano
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