"Alien" Reboot, A Prequel, Confirmed (Sci Fi Wire)

"Buffy" In For Feature Relaunch (Hollywood Reporter)

Buffy Spinoff "Ripper" May Still Be Possible (Sci Fi Wire)

The CW Schedule: Thursdays Go Goth, Pairing "Supernatural," "Vampire Diaries" (Sci Fi Wire)

"Drag Me to Hell" Review (The Guardian)

The "Emily the Strange" Copyright Battle (Salon)

A Josh-Whedonless Buffy Movie: Worst Idea of the Year (EW)

March of the Zombie (The Guardian)

Mattel Monster Toy To Get Its Own Musical (NY Times)

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Jane Austen Does the Monster Mash (The New Yorker)

Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl, April 25, 2009

Exploring Detroit's Beautiful Ruins (Slate)

Gabrielle Faust "Eternal Vigilance" Book Tour Dates

"Harper's Island:" Enjoy the Gory Mystery While It Lasts (USA Today)

KillerCon, September 17-20 in Las Vegas

NiN Apple iPhone Application Coming (Chart Attack)

On "Harper's Island," TV Gore Travels to a Whole New Place (LA Times)

Stoker Awards Weekend 2009, June 12-14 in Burbank

Texas Frightmare Weekend, Dallas, May 1-3, 2009

Victorian Skeleton Key USB Drives for Your Steampunked PC (Slippery Brick)

Zombies Lurch Into Popular Culture Via Books, Plays (USA Today)

-Carrie

Carrie Carolin on Facebook

• Butcher Brand - An artist's blog and website. He draws zombies, monsters, mummies, and other creepy things.

• Dark Bikes - A new Facebook group for bike enthusiasts who also lean towards goth, punk, or industrial persuasions.

• DeadThyme - A goth, industrial and metal radio show based in Houston. You can listen online while the show is live, Sunday nights.

• Derailed - A virtual goth/industrial/electro club, set on an island in Second Life. What an extremely cool idea. The head DJ is DaemonChadeau.

• Dr. Morose & Miss Macabre's House of Oddities - Two extremely talented artists present their artworks, voodoo ragdolls, Etsy shop, shadow boxes, creepy masks, and other intriguing creations. Worth a look and then a second look!

• Eternal Nightmare Studio - The horror and comic art of Kevin Hurtack.

• Everyday Decay - A twice-weekly webcomic about zombies. It's really well done! Recommended.

• Horror Biz - A Livejournal community for professionals and shopowners working in the Halloween, horror and haunt industries.

• Horror Tattoos - A Livejournal community where people are posting pics of their amazingly cool horror-themed tattoos.

• Jane Doe Horror - "Horror flicks reviewed by chicks." Very nicely done, but could use a bit more frequent updating. They also offer a forum.

• KillerCon - A brand new horror writer/editor/fan convention, September 17-20 in Las Vegas. Actress Heather Graham is the guest of honor, and Joe R. Lansdale will also make an appearance.

• Harpers Island - CBS network's attempt at spooky television. 13 episodes will air, each featuring a murder.

• Monstropedia - An encyclopedia of monsters in myth, magic and legend. Mostly stuff copied over from Wikipedia, but this provides a nice easy way to browse the topic.

• Racks and Razors - A horror webzine, featuring interviews, a radio show, and horror TV and movie reviews.

• Seraphemera Books - A boutique publisher of gothic chapbooks, journals, comics, and other goodies. They publish the very enchanting Polyglot & Spleen comic.

• Texas Frightmare Weekend - A horror convention in Dallas, May 1-3, 2009. Guests include Tobe Hooper and Alice Cooper (Hey, that rhymes!)

• The Time Traveler's Ball - A convention not just for the steampunk crowd, but also for other anachronistic aficionados. Saturday, May 2, 2009 in Atlanta.

• Veronica Varlow: Danger Dame - Veronica Varlow's cool store selling retro, semi-fetishy, sometimes-burlesqy clothes. Some of them are copies of dresses she's worn on MTV. The store also features a blog. (I most recently saw Veronica Varlow on the zombie episode of Made).

• The Zombified - A cool shop selling horror T-shirts, a comic book called Hallowhaus, and cute Horror Girls greeting cards.

• The Zombified, at LiveJournal

• The Zombified, at MySpace

  -Carrie

  Darklinks on Facebook

Tonight I registered www.gothalmanac.com. It points to the Livejournal community I've been posting to for a while now.

I'm working on adding more gothcentric news and trivia to the almanac - currently it's mostly just anniversaries of horror movie release dates. Yawn!

-Carrie

My Facebook profile

Dark Side of the Net

The Darklinks social network

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

In case you noticed Dark Side of the Net being down for three days, I apologize for the inconvenience. A bit too much traveling lately has made it difficult to keep on top of things. We're back up and running and in good shape now.

I finally broke down and got on Facebook, though I'm not sure what sorts of things I'll be sharing and posting on there.

Darklinks.com also has a Facebook Page.

Right now I'm watching last night's Colbert Report, which featured Neil Gaiman talking about the Graveyard Book.

-Carrie

NEWS:

The Art of Coraline Exhibit at Cartoon Art Museum (SF Station)

Big Screen "Tower of Terror" Being Erected by Disney? (/Film)

Stephen King on the Kindle 2 (USA Today)

New Jason Unmasked for "Friday the 13th" (CNN)

New Writer to Punch Up "Captain Nemo" Remake (Sci Fi Wire)

"Teen Spirit" Director to Helm "Nightmare on Elm Street" Remake (Sci Fi Wire)

"The Translated Man" Book Review (IO9)

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I only have a handful of links after several enjoyable hours of exploring tonight, but you might like to come check out my new category:

Steampunk Links.

-Carrie

Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" Rewritten With Zombies? (The Guardian)

Carpenter Enters "The Ward" (IGN)

"Coraline" Animator Started With the Story (Philly.com)

"Coraline:" What You See is What You Get (NY Post)

"Coraline" Destined To Become an Animated Classic (Mercury News)

Coraline Director Hints At Another Collaboration in Future (MTV)

"Coraline" Is the Perfect Heroine for Hard Times (USA Today)

"Coraline's" Stop Motion Surrealism Dazzles, Terrifies (Wired)

Everybody Loves Gaiman (See Magazine)

Neil Gaiman Has Found the Perfect Director for "The Graveyard Book" (Sci Fi Wire)

How Possible Is a Sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas?" (Sci Fi Wire)

If Economy's A Horror, A Film Can Scare You Out of It (San Jose Mercury News)

Henry Selick on Making "Coraline" (Coming Soon)

Stephen King Blasts "Twilight" Writer Meyer (MTV)

Stephen King on J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer (USA Weekend)

Laika Hopes "Coraline" Shows the Stop-Motion Way (LA Times)

"Nightmare on Elm Street" Remake News (IGN)

Spend February 15 With James Marsters (The Nerdy Bird)

7th Annual PDX Vampires Masquerade Ball March 28, 2009

-Carrie Carolin

Dark Side of the Net

Neil Gaiman just won the Newbery award for "The Graveyard Book." Congratulations!!

Related links:

Neil Gaiman.com

Neil Gaiman's Journal

Author Neil Gaiman Wins Newbery Medal (The Washington Post)

Neil Gaiman Wins Newbery! (Fearnet)

The Horror! Neil Gaiman's Spooky Book Wins Newbery (AP)

Neil Gaiman, at NNDB

-Carrie

Darklinks.com

The Darklinks goth social network

Today is a very special day. It's the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth. Read more about it at Goth Almanac.

News links behind the cut.

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Tim Burton's "9" (Examiner)

Tim Burton's "9" Trailer (/Film)

Chat With Neil Gaiman About "Coraline" January 15 (FearNet)

Coraline Alphabet Card Contest (Zap2It)

Cozy Up With Morrissey in NYC (Limewire)

Developer Talks "Coraline" Game (Comic Book Resources)

David Goyer Reveals Secrets of "The Unborn" (Sci Fi Wire)

Morrissey "Tour of Refusal" 2009 Tourdates (Morrissey-Solo.com)

Morrissey "Years of Refusal" Review (Stereogum)

Taylor Lautner will be Jacob in "New Moon" (Sci Fi Wire)

Top 10 Overlooked Vampire Movies (Mania)

"The Unborn" Star Exclusive Interview (Sci Fi Wire)

And by the way, Happy New Year!

Dark Side of the Net is now in its fifteenth year.

-Carrie

Dark Side of the Net goth links

The Dark Side social network

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Myspace just redid their Music site, adding millions of free songs. You can now put 10 songs on your public playlist, not just one like before. They've partnered with four major music labels and Amazon to make this possible.

MySpace's Music FAQ plus how to add songs to your playlist and how to add your playlist to your profile.

You now can have up to 100 playlists. Your public playlist can hold 10 songs, and you can share it with your friends by displaying it on your profile.

I'd hoped they'd let us create radio stations like Live365, but I guess this is what we're getting for now.

I'm very excited by all the possibilities. We can all point our friends at songs and music we think they'll like, and post our playlists off Myspace on our other social network platforms, blogs, and Livejournals if we want.

Read news about Myspace Music at Google News.

This is major!! I am very excited.

Carrie

www.darklinks.com

darklinks.ning.com

www.myspace.com/carriecarolin

Sisters of Mercy 2008 Concerts, at LiveNation

Sisters of Mercy Portland and Seattle Shows, at TicketsWest

-Carrie

Darklinks.com

The Darklinks Social Network

This month the Dark Side Book Club is reading "Practical Magic," by Alice Hoffman.

-Carrie

The Darklinks Goth Social Network

We've started discussing Chapters 1-7 of "Breaking Dawn" in the Darklinks Book Club:

http://darklinks.ning.com/group/darksidebookclub

American McGee's Grimm PC Game Review (IGN)

Convergence 15 Long Beach Bid Proposal (AltGothic.com)

Convergence 15 Omaha Bid Proposal (AltGothic.com)

Convergence 15 Seattle Bid Proposal (AltGothic.com)

For Goths, Playing Dress Up is Key (Tampa Tribune)

Portman Remaking "Suspiria"? (IGN)

TheOneBob's Shark Jump, at Convergence 14 (YouTube)

-Carrie

Dark Side of the Net

Inspired by the Re-Watching Buffy in 2008 community on LJ, I've started the "Re-Watching..." club at Dark Side of the Net's social network.

In August we'll re-watch "The Others," a ghostly film starring Nicole Kidman. Blog or take notes while you watch it, and share your thoughts with other members of the group. Coming in September, we'll watch "The Craft." In time for Halloween, we'll re-visit "Practical Magic."

And I bet it won't come as a surprise when I insist we re-watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas" in December....

http://darklinks.ning.com/group/rewatching

-Carrie

I've finally, belatedly gotten a Facebook profile up for Dark Side of the Net. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet!

Darklinks at Facebook

-Carrie