Randy | December 28, 2015
I have always felt a comradeship with Ravens and Crows, and fortunately for me, the feeling appears to be reciprocated. What I have for you this Long Winter’s Night is the story of two fellow beings. One, a solitary Man interrupted at his ease by a persistent caller. The other, as it turns out, merely […]
Randy | December 26, 2015
The shitfaced Elf from yesterday’s Long Winter’s Night did rather well when he so vigorously snatched the neck of his bottle with both eyes open. It’s often hard for someone in such a state as requires an earthquake to walk straight to divine which of the two objects standing before them is the genuine article. […]
Randy | December 25, 2015
There’s a standing traditional association of revelry at this Yule time, for reasons aforesaid, and with that comes the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Oh, and Elves. Not the consumption of them, you understand, it’s just that Elves are also associated with it all, for reasons not so clear other than it might have something to […]
Randy | December 24, 2015
You may recall from previous scribblings here that … “In many parts of Europe, the “Feast of Saint Nicholas” is celebrated on December 6th. The evening before the feast, however, is known as Krampus Night or Krampusnacht, when the hairy beast roams the streets in a … rage, visiting homes and businesses to punish and/or […]
Randy | October 24, 2015
Vincent is a short film employing stop motion animation made in 1982, the same year my Wife was born. The years notwithstanding, both she and I are dyed in the wool Tim Burton fans, this delightful item being designed and directed by Tim Burton, and produced by Rick Heinrichs. At approximately six minutes in length, […]
Randy | October 15, 2015
The sudden upswing in popularity of such books as Fifty Shades of Grey is at once unsurprising and inexplicable to me. Unsurprising because the dark side of desire has always had, and always will have its allure, and only leads to a bad end when unstable personalities or Hollywood movie producers become involved. Inexplicable because […]
Randy | October 14, 2015
No season of Dark Sentiments would be complete without our annual foray into the shenanigans and goings on perpetrated by the denizens of Villafane Studios. Always exciting and constantly honing their craft, we’ve been keeping a watchful eye on Ray Villafane and his merry band since the very beginning with DS2010. Although they run events […]
Randy | October 8, 2015
Don’t worry. This isn’t my annual “The Year in Cannibalism” piece. That’s yet to come; although it must be admitted that nothing says “cannibalism” like a child smoothie. What we have for you tonight is a delightfully blood spattered animated interpretation of the Brothers Grimm tale, Hansel and Gretel. Produced by the California Institute of […]
Randy | October 6, 2015
On their YouTube channel’s “about“ page, the “CGBros” describe themselves as, “… relentless curators of the best educational & inspirational examples in CG from around the world ….” In our relentless search for Dark Sentiments, we’ve found their efforts have more than hit the mark. So, with their aid, for your edification tonight Dear Reader, […]
Randy | October 5, 2015
The Thomas The Tank Engine series has the creepiest, most awful method of vehicle anthropomorphization in the history of human culture. ~ Thomas The Tank Engine Is Destroying All Cartoon Vehicles And Creeping Me The Hell Out I put being “creeped out” behind me a long, long time ago, but as a writer of the […]