I have terrible news. The Broadway-bound revival of swingin' Godsex musical Godspell has And you know why? Yes the bad economy is even stopping Jesus. What terrible, hellacious times are we living in, anyway? You'd half expect to see demons filling our streets... And! Wait, yes! Look, there they are. Hell beasts,…

Monsters Attack And Devor Mainstream Media

Ryan Tate

8/15/08 12:15am

So remember how Gawker became obsessed with the Montauk Monster, and everyone was like, "Ho ho ho, isn't that funny and delightful, let's laugh at the 'monster' all summer until it kills us all in our sleep, LOL'?" And then CNN did a story but even Wolf Blitzer had trouble maintaing his usual humorless melodrama…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Monsters

Richard Lawson

8/14/08 6:11pm

Oh awesome. A think piece/interview about the Montauk Monster photograph and what it says about our faith in media. The phenomenon has ascended to a new plane. [ Newsweek]

Selling A Mystery

Richard Lawson

8/05/08 4:10pm

Next item on the eBay auction block: Montauk Monster toast.

More Montauk Monsters—No! Monsters of the Sea

ian spiegelman

8/01/08 11:12pm

Sadly, "monsters" can be found wherever the sea decides to cough up its detritus. What do you make of this... thing? A reader from Salem, Mass forwards these pictures to us of something that washed up on her shores in May. I say it's a damned witch. Just look at that grin! What do you say it is? More photos after the…

5 Reasons Why We Are So Fascinated By the Montauk Monster

Richard Lawson

8/01/08 12:28pm

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So that new picture of the , you know that makes it look a lot more like a dog? We say it's bunk. The thing is in a completely different position, its little front legs aren't bound, plus they claim the photo was taken on the same day as the original. And I'm no Bill Nye, but I'm pretty sure things don't decompose …

Obama Won't Bridge Aisle Between Aliens, Monster

Pareene

8/01/08 12:15pm

What would President Obama do about Monty, the Lovable Montauk Monster? Based on his divisive and bitter answer to a simple query about Martians and their hunger for our Earth women, it would depend on whether or not Monty's a Democrat. [ Wonkette]

Movie Theatre Becomes Old Gay Porn Hut for Two Minutes

Richard Lawson

7/31/08 5:31pm

[A photo of a Portland, OR second-run movie theatre changing its marquee from "Hancock" to "The Dark Knight." It's supposedly not a Photoshop thingie. Just like the Montauk Monster. One hundred percent real; image via Mr. Mark Lisanti]

Montauk Monster Update!

Richard Lawson

7/30/08 4:42pm

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Our old friend the Montauk Monster, who washed ashore on Long Island recently, continues to befuddle. Luckily Hamptons-based website will be hosting two eyewitnesses as well as the woman who took the photograph writes of the hellfire-born nightmare creature: "Four government biologists contacted by Plum were unable…

Montauk Monster Tipster Denies Viral Marketing

Ryan Tate

7/30/08 12:20am

That and another update have been added to the most recent full post.

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5 Reasons Why We Are So Fascinated By the Montauk Monster

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Montauk Monster Update!

Montauk Monster Tipster Denies Viral Marketing

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