MLB Late Night Music by Nick Drake

“Pink Moon” by the late great Nick Drake. Born in 1948, he died of an overdose of Tryptizol in his room at Far Leys, England, in 1974, at the age of 26. Pink Moon was his third and final album.

Dunn and Powell Books Mystery Catalogue

Dunn & Powell Books of Bar Harbor, Maine, the recent sellers of the Ken Souza Lizzie Borden Collection, has another outstanding catalogue online. Ready, set, go! Catalogue 79 features almost 902 items including a large number of pre and post-war mysteries, many in dust jacket and a selection of mystery anthologies and mystery reference titles. […]

MLB Late Night Music by The Beatles

“Dizzy Miss Lizzy” from The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium, 1965. Released in 2006 as a promo for the Capitol Albums Vol. 2 CD boxed set.

Ghost in My Suitcase

Ghostinmysuitcase.com is an online guide to Haunted Travel in America. Areas covered include, Haunted Places, Ghostly Travel Guides, Ghost Walks, Paranormal Conferences, and a Ghost Blog. You would think that the Lizzie Borden B&B would be covered what with its recent notariety as a haunted destination and the the number one World’s Creepiest Destination by […]

Neverwas Haul

The Neverwas Haul is a mobile, 3-story, steam-powered Victorian mansion, constructed for Burning Man 2006. I want one. KEWL! The Neverwas Haul represents a reimagining of the victorian era, an era when technology and exploration fueled the imagination of the Continent, and gentlemen and ladies of leisure set out in pursuit of the strange and […]

Fingerprints

Project Guttenberg has posted a copy of the FBI manual The Science of Fingerprints—Classification and Uses. The download is free. This booklet concerning the study of fingerprints has been prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the use of interested law enforcement officers and agencies, particularly those which may be contemplating the inauguration of […]

Oh My God, There’s an Axe in My Head

“Oh my god! There’s an axe in my head,” in various languages has become quite the Internet darling. It is only sort of Lizzie related, of course, but interesting nonetheless.

MLB Late Night Music by Dire Straits

When my sister and a friend and I were in England in 1984, one of the things we did for fun in the evenings was go to local pubs to taste the atmosphere. One night, in a small town, we found we were the only Americans in the place. As we sipped our usual —Shandys— […]

MLB Late Night Music by Elvis

Elvis left the building 29 years ago today. “Baby What You Want Me To Do” from the great ’68 Comeback Special. He never looked or sounded better. Visit Elvis.com.

MLB Late Night Music by Tim Buckley

Another young artist gone too soon—Tim Buckley died at the age of 28 on June 25th, 1975 of an accidental drug overdose. This is a live performance of “Dolphins”.

MLB Late Night Music by Rainer Ptacek

Love this song and I set it to photos taken on my recent trek to the Pacific Northwest. Song is “The Farm” by the late Rainer Ptacek. Born 1951, he died of a brain tumor at the age of 46.