Hello fiends,
It’s been a long time coming, but I’m pleased to announce that the first in a line of Villains And Vaudevillians t-shirts has been released and it’s called “A Steak To The Heart”. It depicts a brave, but clueless vampire hunter who, after an unfortunate misunderstanding, tries to vanquish his bloodsucking foe with a t-bone steak instead of the time-honored wooden stake.
The shirt is double sided and limited to only 666 pieces. It comes hand numbered with a collectible hang tag and wrapped in a butchers Styrofoam tray like any proper t-bone steak should. They are $19.99 (plus shipping & handling) and come in mens sizes: Small, Medium, Large, And X-large. All shirts will ship May 15th. Artwork by Thomas Boatwright.
I am down to less than forty shirts before they are gone for good, here’s what I have left:
Small – SOLD OUT
Medium – SOLD OUT
Large – SOLD OUT
X-Large – SOLD OUT
As a special thank you for everybody who orders this shirt and since all proceeds from the shirt will go toward the completion of my upcoming ‘Rufus Rex’ debut solo album, I will print your name in the “Thank You’ section of the album booklet. I have included a message box in the Paypal transaction link that will ask you what name you would like printed in the album.
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Hello fiends,
We just posted our brand new song ‘Grave Robber At Large’ on our player and uploaded it to our Bandcamp account as a free download. So please download the song, tell your friends about it, e-mail about it, tweet about it, send your friends the link, etc. Just click the banner below to be magically whisked away to our fancy Bandcamp page where you can download the ‘Grave Robber At Large’ free of charge (yes, that was meant to rhyme).
Here is some background on the new track:
Drastic times call for drastic measures and as the dire doldrums of the 19th century set in, a new type of business opportunity presents itself to an enterprising few. Sickness ravages the streets, Modern medicine lingers in its infancy, and the human body still remains a mystery. When all is lost, sometimes the only way for a civilization to forge ahead, is to act uncivilized. Experiments must be executed, dissections must be conducted, answers must be found, but most of all, test subjects must be procured. The work of a grave robber is ghastly and dangerous indeed, but if you toss your conscious into the wind there are untold riches to be made from the recent deceased.
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Artwork By Thomas Boatwright
Hello fiends,
Just wanted to let you know that the “A Steak To The Heart” shirts have shipped and if you haven’t received yours yet, then you should any day now. If you haven’t ordered yours, click HERE to order now before they are gone for good, only 666 printed.
If you have the time and feel so inclined, please take a photograph of yourself wearing the new shirt and post it here on my blog as a comment. In the weeks to come, I’ll be adding a new section to my website, where I’ll post miscellaneous fan artwork all of the photographs that you guys send me wearing ‘Villains And Vaudevillians’ merchandise.
Thanks so much for all the purchases and the support, I really appreciate it. Be on the lookout for the next ‘Villains And Vaudevillians’ shirt, I have a few more dastardly tricks up my sleeve.
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Hello Fiends,
Is the album format dead?
We all know that the music business is changing and that means the way musicians record and release music is changing as well. We have been hard at work on new Creature Feature material and have been throwing a few ideas around about how to finally release it the masses. In the past, bands would take a few years to record an album and release in stores, leaving a lot of dead time between new material, but now bands have the opportunity of recording music and releasing it instantly. Some people say the long format of the album is dead and releasing songs in little bursts as they are recorded is the new order of things. I could go on for hours about this, but what I really want to know is what you guys think.
Would you rather have full length albums every year or so, or would you rather get consistent 5 to 6 song EPs every four to six months as the music is recorded?
I am very interested in hearing your opinion, so please post it here as a reply to this blog and you could change the way we release our future album.
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Hello fiends,
It’s been a long time coming, but I’m pleased to announce that the first in a line of Villains And Vaudevillians t-shirts has been released and it’s called “A Steak To The Heart”. It depicts a brave, but clueless vampire hunter who, after an unfortunate misunderstanding, tries to vanquish his bloodsucking foe with a t-bone steak instead of the time-honored wooden stake.
The shirt is double sided and limited to only 666 pieces. It comes hand numbered with a collectible hang tag and wrapped in a butchers Styrofoam tray like any proper t-bone steak should. They are $19.99 (plus shipping & handling) and come in mens sizes: Small, Medium, Large, And X-large. All shirts will ship May 15th. Artwork by Thomas Boatwright.
I am down to less than forty shirts before they are gone for good, here’s what I have left:
Small – SOLD OUT
Medium – SOLD OUT
Large – SOLD OUT
X-Large – SOLD OUT
As a special thank you for everybody who orders this shirt and since all proceeds from the shirt will go toward the completion of my upcoming ‘Rufus Rex’ debut solo album, I will print your name in the “Thank You’ section of the album booklet. I have included a message box in the Paypal transaction link that will ask you what name you would like printed in the album.
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Hello Fiends,
I’m pleased to announce that our brand new song ‘Grave Robber At Large’ is available now for free download at rue-morgue.com or click the banner below.
For the the full lyrics to ‘Grave Robber At Large’ and further information, please check out the previous blog posts below.
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Hello Fiends,
The zero hour rapidly approaches and I’m pleased to announce that our brand new song ‘Grave Robber At Large’ will be premiering May 1st on the free, downloadable Rue Morgue Radio’s Hymns from the House of Horror compilation CD in honour of their 100th issue—we’re track number 13. Since everybody has waited patiently for new CF music, I decided to do something special and offer our friends at Rue Morgue the first exclusive track off our upcoming album and everybody here can download it entirely for free.
The issues hits newsstands May 1st and includes a small blurb about the song and the downloadable CD itself will be available on rue-morgue.com and ruemorgueradio.com. Did I mention it was entirely FREE? Now, lock your doors, fasten your windows, and secure your corpses because there’s a grave robber at large and he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty.
I’ll also be posting the lyrics here on my website for all those who are interested.
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Hello Fiends,
The dead cat is out of the bag, Fearnet has the first scoop on the horror web series Ted Raimi and I are writing and producing. Check back in the weeks to come for more bloody news and click the banner below to read the full post:
Hope all is well,
~Curtis Rx
Hello Fiends,
Here is another excerpt from a little book of death poems I am writing called ‘101 Ways To Die, Accidents, Murders, And Other Techniques To Lose A Life’. This little morsel involves our favorite Victorian serial killer with a penchant for organ removal. Enjoy!
I’ve Got This Sinking Feeling In My Gut
In the hours past midnight
Taking a shortcut home
Down a damp, dark alley
Chilled to the bone
A hard day on the job
Not the profession you think
A harlot, a whore
A woman of the streets
As the fog rolls in
Not a human in sight
The sound of footsteps
Fills your body with fright
A quick glance behind
But no one is there
Just your mind playing tricks
Then a shadow appears
You scream for help
Hope to be saved
Too fast, he’s upon you
With the glint of his blade
Away from prying eyes
Murder most foul
A slit across the throat
Then surgically disemboweled
Thanks for reading,
~Curtis Rx
PS. If you would like to read the other sinister poems I have posted from ’101′ Ways To Die’, please click HERE.
In Tennessee, one lucky councilman in the town of Tracy City finally achieved his livelong goal of becoming mayor, but there was just one hitch, he had died of a heart attack two weeks before the election. Even though the man was no longer living, that didn’t stop him from accumulating 268 votes, while his opponent received only 85. Local residents voted for the dead man in protest of the current mayor who, in strange twist of fate, was running for a second term after being appointed mayor when the previous one passed away. Until the city council appoints another new mayor, it seems that a dead man now holds office in the town of Tracy City.
In New York, police ticketed and eventually towed an illegally parked minivan sitting suspiciously outside a local funeral home, unaware that there was a body inside. The owner of the funeral home noticed that the van was missing the following afternoon and spent the day feverishly trying to track it down. Eventually he found the missing van at the local impound yard and had to explain to police that there was a body inside awaiting its flight home for a funeral. The mortuary placard on the van must have tipped over during the night and police believed the vehicle to be just another illegally park offender. After getting the van back, the funeral owner rushed the body to the airport just in time for its flight home. The impound yard waived the towing and storage fees, but the cost of the parking ticket still stands.
In London, a hacker wanted to prove to the world just how easy it is to fool a self-service passport scanner at the airport and was able to get clearance for a flight by using a fake passport issued to the King himself. Officials are claiming that the new passports being issued with biometric chips implanted in them that store facial, eye, and fingerprint maps of the user, are impossible to counterfeit, but one hacker wanted to prove otherwise. He created a false passport under the name of Elvis Presley and even made his own biometric chip with store bought supplies, all for less than a hundred dollars. The hacker also rigged it so a picture of Elvis would show up on the monitor display, proving the fact that the king of rock ‘n’ roll isn’t dead after all, he’s just doing some traveling.
In Kentucky, A 31-year-old woman faces charges of third degree assault after attacking a female deputy with her breast milk. The woman, who was originally arrested on public intoxication charges, was transferred to a local detention center where she was told to change into her jail uniform. Unable to change on her own due to the alcohol in her system, a female deputy had to help the prisoner out of her clothing. While the deputy was distracted, the suspect took the opportunity to squeeze her breast and squirt a thick stream of breast milk into the deputy’s eyes. Since breast milk is considered bio-hazard, the deputy was quickly rushed away for decontamination. The suspect attempted a second attack with her projectile breast milk, but was unsuccessful.
In California, A man was attacked with a meat thermometer and stabbed in the neck while watching a movie at his local theater. During the screening, the man told a woman sitting near him to shut off her cell phone because she was talking loudly and disturbing the other moviegoers. The unidentified woman grew furious after the verbal exchange and quickly exited the movie theater with two men in tow. After a few minutes passed, one of the men returned and stabbed the victim in the neck with a meat thermometer. The man then attacked two other patrons who tried to intervene before fleeing the scene. The victim has been hospitalized and the suspects are still on the loose.
