http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com The Journal of Fatal Statistics Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:59:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/07/25/in-some-secluded-rendezvous/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/07/25/in-some-secluded-rendezvous/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:59:11 +0000 JR http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/?p=8 http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/07/25/in-some-secluded-rendezvous/feed/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/07/07/washed-up-and-washed-out-in-calgary/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/07/07/washed-up-and-washed-out-in-calgary/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:23:00 +0000 JR http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/?p=7 http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/07/07/washed-up-and-washed-out-in-calgary/feed/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/rock-hudson/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/rock-hudson/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:08:21 +0000 JR http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/?p=6 Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., on November 17, 1925, in Winnetka, Illinois. He was a big, strapping hunk of a man, a former Navy aircraft mechanic, mail carrier, and truck driver whose gorgeous good looks were his ticket to Hollywood — despite his notorious inability to remember dialogue. (The classic story: It took no less than 38 takes for Rock to get his debut scene in 1948's Fighter Squadron right. It's not that he couldn't remember his lines — he couldn't remember his line.) ... Read more...]]> http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/rock-hudson/feed/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/leonardo-da-vinci-sexuality-subliminal-themes-and-the-priory-of-sion/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/leonardo-da-vinci-sexuality-subliminal-themes-and-the-priory-of-sion/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:03:49 +0000 JR http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/?p=5 Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519), artist, inventor, engineer and undisputed epitome of "Renaissance man," almost anywhere (see the external links at the end of this article, for just a few resources).

Our interest here lies in two things, besides Leonardo's masterful gifts: His sexuality, and his enigmatic weaving of heretical, subtly sexual (dare we even say "gay"?) themes throughout his art. ... Read more ...]]> http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/leonardo-da-vinci-sexuality-subliminal-themes-and-the-priory-of-sion/feed/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/paul-is-dead-not/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/paul-is-dead-not/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:49:06 +0000 JR http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/?p=4 How a Nation of Hysterical Teenagers and Respectable Journalists Was Duped Into Thinking Paul McCartney Was Dead, and Why
First published in The Epitaph, Volume 2, Number 1, January-March, 1996; reprinted in Implosion No. 6, and Paranoia: The Conspiracy Reader, Issue 15, Winter, 1996 / 1997. New material added 1998, 2002, and 2008.

In 1969, rumors of the death of Paul McCartney were, like those of Mark Twain's demise, greatly exaggerated. Where the "Paul Is Dead" rumor began, no one knows for sure, but suddenly every Beatles fans was looking for clues that would reveal the "truth" about the obvious coverup. ... Read more...]]> http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/17/paul-is-dead-not/feed/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/14/sean-kelly-goes-to-hell/ http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/14/sean-kelly-goes-to-hell/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:36:19 +0000 JR http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/?p=3 ...and tells us who he finds there

First published in The Epitaph, Number 6, January, 1997

Sean Kelly exhibits the telltale signs of a Catholic education.

For instance, there's his preoccupation with Heaven and Hell — a preoccupation he wasn't really aware of until beginning work on the recently released Who in Hell... A Guide to the Whole Damned Bunch, which he co-authored with Rosemary Rogers. ... Read more...]]> http://epitaph.amuseyourself.com/2008/06/14/sean-kelly-goes-to-hell/feed/