alcohol kills
slowly my mom
watched it in her
neighbor who lived
well into her 50s until
body parts shut down – a
fresh teen in her yearbook wrote a
sad dark ode to hangovers was
hooked on drugs by 25 then
murdered by a john – as
sick as it was it was
quick – and maybe
he did her a
favor.
-Ryn Gargulinski.01.2010
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Saturday, January 09, 2010
Friday, April 24, 2009
Gloom and Doom Balloon - week of 4/24
Six unnatural deaths in Tucson this week, ranging from a jail inmate who allegedly overdosed to a random shooting at a car wash.
The jail inmate, age 22, was just one day away from a plea deal he was about to make in his case. He was charged with first-degree murder and child abuse in the death of his girlfriend’s 5-month-old whom he was supposed to be babysitting while the girlfriend was at work. The baby died under his care.
The random car wash shooting happened at night on the South Side, which is not the best place to be. Two dudes were vacuuming out their vehicles around 11 p.m. when a third vehicle pulled up, a guy got out and shot both of the vacuuming dudes. One guy died and the other was bloodily wounded.
Three other unnatural Tucson deaths were from car crashes. One was a head-on collision that killed both drivers. The other was a highway collision that killed one passenger. In both cases the drivers lost control of the vehicles and veered into oncoming traffic for unknown reasons.
Death number six was a 24-year-old found murdered in his rental home. No motive, no explanation, no more information given by authorities.
This Gloom and Doom Ballooon was originally webcast on Rynski's Shattered Reality on Party934.com
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The jail inmate, age 22, was just one day away from a plea deal he was about to make in his case. He was charged with first-degree murder and child abuse in the death of his girlfriend’s 5-month-old whom he was supposed to be babysitting while the girlfriend was at work. The baby died under his care.
The random car wash shooting happened at night on the South Side, which is not the best place to be. Two dudes were vacuuming out their vehicles around 11 p.m. when a third vehicle pulled up, a guy got out and shot both of the vacuuming dudes. One guy died and the other was bloodily wounded.
Three other unnatural Tucson deaths were from car crashes. One was a head-on collision that killed both drivers. The other was a highway collision that killed one passenger. In both cases the drivers lost control of the vehicles and veered into oncoming traffic for unknown reasons.
Death number six was a 24-year-old found murdered in his rental home. No motive, no explanation, no more information given by authorities.
This Gloom and Doom Ballooon was originally webcast on Rynski's Shattered Reality on Party934.com
Listen in every Friday at 7 p.m. EST for the newest news at Party934.com.
See more fun and funky stuff at www.ryngargulinski.com
Monday, September 10, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Rental Review: Ted Bundy
By Ryn Gargulinski
Even 18 years after being electrocuted, Ted Bundy is still a fascination. This flick seethes with his cunning, his violence, his charm. It also oozes with gore depicting his murder spree that may have taken the lives of some 150 women.
Bundy is the reason the term “serial killer” was first coined.
The really cool 1970s clothes and culture just add to the intrigue of the film, as do the loving girlfriend who is blind to his aberration and his ability to hoist a body wrapped in a sheet down the street past four passers-by and a dog.
Bundy, who was charming enough to even have true crime master Ann Rule wondering if he were really a killer, continues to charm in his horrific way, mainly because he had a grand façade of appearing like a harmless handsome man.
That is, until you got into a car with him.
Fast Bundy facts:
*More than 200 women per day wrote him letters in prison to say they were in love with him.
*He drove a yellow Volkswagen bug.
*My friend Mark served him dinner in 1977 when he worked at a Seattle restaurant. He said FBI agents were in the door with questions right after Bundy left.
*When people are about to be electrocuted, prison officials stuff cotton up their butt so they don’t soil themselves and the electric chair.
Highlight: The one who got away.
Lowlight: The blinded by love girlfriend.
Rating (1-10): 2,200 or the number of volts in an effective electric chair
Even 18 years after being electrocuted, Ted Bundy is still a fascination. This flick seethes with his cunning, his violence, his charm. It also oozes with gore depicting his murder spree that may have taken the lives of some 150 women.
Bundy is the reason the term “serial killer” was first coined.
The really cool 1970s clothes and culture just add to the intrigue of the film, as do the loving girlfriend who is blind to his aberration and his ability to hoist a body wrapped in a sheet down the street past four passers-by and a dog.
Bundy, who was charming enough to even have true crime master Ann Rule wondering if he were really a killer, continues to charm in his horrific way, mainly because he had a grand façade of appearing like a harmless handsome man.
That is, until you got into a car with him.
Fast Bundy facts:
*More than 200 women per day wrote him letters in prison to say they were in love with him.
*He drove a yellow Volkswagen bug.
*My friend Mark served him dinner in 1977 when he worked at a Seattle restaurant. He said FBI agents were in the door with questions right after Bundy left.
*When people are about to be electrocuted, prison officials stuff cotton up their butt so they don’t soil themselves and the electric chair.
Highlight: The one who got away.
Lowlight: The blinded by love girlfriend.
Rating (1-10): 2,200 or the number of volts in an effective electric chair
Monday, April 23, 2007
Rental Review: Zodiac
By Ryn Gargulinski
This was one of the slowest-moving, boring flicks until I popped it out of the DVD player and attempted to watch the other two movies I had on hand. Then Zodiac became a masterpiece.
For the record, the other two DVDs were Jane Doe and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The first features Calista Flockhart as a prostitute with a black eye that magically disappears the next morning, not unlike the fatal wounds that are healed in the next frame in all Wyle E. Coyote cartoons. The second was a rambling, drug-induced, self-important narration of Hunter Thompson, which is to be expected since it was based on his rambling, drug-induced self-important narration in the book that I did not like either.
So Zodiac ruled. At least comparatively. Yes, it was slow. Yes, we got the idea that everyone was scared, although that was driven home some 5,678 times with some 9,632 scenarios. No, we didn’t get that “ooh, ahh” feeling of a monster out there, although we should have based on the killer’s story. The movie just didn’t do it justice. Besides, it only depicted four murders and two attempted, rather than a dent into the 37 this guy said he committed.
Highlight: Being reminded Zodiac was never caught and wondering if he’s watching the movie himself and then wondering if he’ll read this review in which case I’d have to say he’s such a clever and awe-inspiring presence wherever he is.
Lowlight: The detective assigned to crack the case who is a real jerk.
Rating (1-10): 1
This was one of the slowest-moving, boring flicks until I popped it out of the DVD player and attempted to watch the other two movies I had on hand. Then Zodiac became a masterpiece.
For the record, the other two DVDs were Jane Doe and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The first features Calista Flockhart as a prostitute with a black eye that magically disappears the next morning, not unlike the fatal wounds that are healed in the next frame in all Wyle E. Coyote cartoons. The second was a rambling, drug-induced, self-important narration of Hunter Thompson, which is to be expected since it was based on his rambling, drug-induced self-important narration in the book that I did not like either.
So Zodiac ruled. At least comparatively. Yes, it was slow. Yes, we got the idea that everyone was scared, although that was driven home some 5,678 times with some 9,632 scenarios. No, we didn’t get that “ooh, ahh” feeling of a monster out there, although we should have based on the killer’s story. The movie just didn’t do it justice. Besides, it only depicted four murders and two attempted, rather than a dent into the 37 this guy said he committed.
Highlight: Being reminded Zodiac was never caught and wondering if he’s watching the movie himself and then wondering if he’ll read this review in which case I’d have to say he’s such a clever and awe-inspiring presence wherever he is.
Lowlight: The detective assigned to crack the case who is a real jerk.
Rating (1-10): 1
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Rental Review: Fried Green Tomatoes
By Ryn Gargulinski
Even though the title made me think it would be similar to that nonsensical movie with killer houseplants, I was not only surprised, but captivated.
This wholly entertaining and amusing flick outlines the life and death of folks in smalltown Alabama. Some issues include wife beating, racism, the loss of loved ones and a freight train that kills, maims and rips someone’s arm off.
Another plotline running on a parallel track, pun intended, features the loveless marriage of a woman played by Kathy Bates. Thus if the movie ever does get boring, which it doesn’t, one can always think of Bates in the movie Misery where she cripples a man with a sledgehammer.
Highlight: Even though I hate to say it, the happy sappy ending amidst all that grief.
Lowlight: That the movie had to end. It was one of those where you could go another two hours and remain intrigued.
Rating (1-10): 782,000
Even though the title made me think it would be similar to that nonsensical movie with killer houseplants, I was not only surprised, but captivated.
This wholly entertaining and amusing flick outlines the life and death of folks in smalltown Alabama. Some issues include wife beating, racism, the loss of loved ones and a freight train that kills, maims and rips someone’s arm off.
Another plotline running on a parallel track, pun intended, features the loveless marriage of a woman played by Kathy Bates. Thus if the movie ever does get boring, which it doesn’t, one can always think of Bates in the movie Misery where she cripples a man with a sledgehammer.
Highlight: Even though I hate to say it, the happy sappy ending amidst all that grief.
Lowlight: That the movie had to end. It was one of those where you could go another two hours and remain intrigued.
Rating (1-10): 782,000
Monday, February 05, 2007
Rental Review: Boston Strangler
By Ryn Gargulinski
He killed at least 11 women, sending 1960s Boston into a frenzy of locked doors, bolted windows and peepholes working overtime.
But they still let him in.
This flick is a compelling look at one of the most notorious serial killers of the century, at least before Manson.
Unlike some other true crime movies, this one doesn’t get bogged down with pseudo drama or stupidity. It’s straight-up intrigue and, although made in the 1990s, has that 1960s flavor.
It also explores mental illness without all that psychobabble. The viewer is even treated to a credible rendition of strangler Albert DeSalvo slowly losing his mind.
Highlight: The kitschy 1960s feel.
Lowlight: Being terrified that you, too, might be a paranoid schizophrenic and, like DeSalvo, not even know it.
Rating (1-10): 29.5
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