Mr. Lugosi and Mr. Price

Today is Halloween.

Bela Lugosi in the 1935 film "The Raven":



(from Today's Tie)


Vincent Price reads Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven".



The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe Online.

Tiny Desk Concert

Sam Phillips performs for NPR in one of their Tiny Desk Concerts.

Blessed John Paul II

Today the Church remembers Blessed Pope John Paul II on her calendar for the first time.

Here is the Second Reading for today's Office of Readings: today's reading. It is taken from Blessed John Paul's Inaugural Homily.

(A couple of links via Whispers in the Loggia.)

Zumbi ao vivo

Jorge Ben, peforms a live version of "Zumbi". The song was originally on "A Tábua De Esmerald", one of my favorite albums.