Articles Posted in the Featured Category
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Never Forget
Today is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and with each passing year there are fewer and fewer people alive who experienced the event that brought the United States into World War…
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A Good Grave is Hard to Find
Many years ago I made a car trip across the country with a college classmate. Before the trip, I read a book of short stories by Flannery O’Connor. Not the wisest choice of reading material,…
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Virginia City Cemeteries
The legendary mining town of Virginia City blossomed in 1857 with the discovery of the Comstock Lode, the vast vein of silver high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Today it’s a tourist destination, and the…
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Cubicles Above and Below Ground
Ugly, ugly office parks. Boring, soulless buildings ringed by parking lots ringed by immaculately-manicured lawns ringed by streets with names like “Trade Center Drive” and “Sun Center Drive.” Monday through Friday, these dreary boxes are…
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Life is Probation
The OZ cemetery team took a road trip to Mountain Cemetery in Sonoma recently. “Mountain” is the operative word here. We entered the cemetery through a side gate at the end of 2nd Street, where…
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Sacramento Zombie Walk 2011
Mark July 9, 2011 on your calendar for Sacramento’s Zombie Walk 2011. Trash Film Orgy is gathering the zombie crowd once again to put attendees in the proper undead mood for the midnight presentation of…
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The Last Remains of Clarksville
Drive on Highway 50 past the town of El Dorado Hills and you’re driving right over history. The town of Clarksville once stood here, only to be bulldozed and covered by El Dorado Hills’ subdivisions…
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Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical History Museum
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical History Museum offers a surprisingly large collection of medical artifacts tucked into every available niche on the bottom floor of the Sierra Sacramento Medical Society’s building. In their modest description quoted…
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Evil Circus Clowns
Check out this fantastic digital art series of Evil Circus Clowns by Mariano Villalba. Most of these works are inspired by specific horror films, such as Killjoy, It, and Killer Clowns from Outer Space. While…
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Internment Camp for the Interred
The phrase “relocation camp” brings to mind endless rows of dusty barracks in a stark desert landscape, Japanese-Americans sent far away against their will, and blatant racism perpetrated by the U.S. government. What, then, does…
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A Horse is a Horse, Of Course, Of Course
Unless it’s a horse that’s long dead, of course And then it’s a horse of a different sort With inestimable mysterious historic value and charming decorative usefulness and even a creative source!
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Planet of the Vampire Women Premiere Event
Boobs! Gore! Vampires! Explosions! And did I mention BOOBS?! Planet of the Vampire Women, TFO Productions’ latest feature film, made its debut Saturday night at a grand premiere at the Crest Theater in Sacramento. Six…
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Interview with Director of Photography from Planet of the Vampire Women
Planet of the Vampire women is showing its world premiere tomorrow, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the historic Crest Theater in Sacramento, CA. Everyone here at The Order of the Zombie is counting down the…
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Dolly
The yard sale didn’t look very promising, but I stopped anyway. You never know. The woman running the sale was very friendly and I felt a little bad for not buying anything, but if nothing…
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Placerville, CA Cemetery Field Trip
The first official excursion of the Order of the Zombie was held on a beautiful April day. What better place to go on a lovely spring day than a cemetery – and an old, somewhat…
