Witches

Thanks to Twitter I was reminded (and by reminded I mean this is something I learned in school at some point but would have never actually remembered) that on this day in 1692 Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, and Rebecca Nurse were executed as witches in Salem, Massachusetts. As we know, these women -and over a hundred more women and men (but mostly women) were accused, jailed, or executed as witches because the Puritans wanted their land, were afraid of what independent women would do to their "moral" society, or were just total nutso Christian douchebags.

In 2010 witch hunts have morphed into slightly more covert operations and witches (real, fictional, metaphorical) are the inspiration for a whole genre of music. So let's celebrate that we can generally be as dark-arty as we wanna be with little more than some idiots protesting it on a website as consequence. (Unless you are in West Memphis, AR - Free the WM3) BUT let's also remember that there are still a lot of people being persecuted here and all over the world based on gender, sexuality, race, religion and countless other stupid things. Maybe they aren't being hanged or burned at the stake, (and maybe they are) but there are plenty of other ways to ruin lives.

I'm not trying to get all political here, that's generally not our M.O., but reading about the Salem witch trials today made me think about some junk, so I thought I'd share a few short thoughts. But that's enough with the real talk, let's listen to some witchy music.

Tearist - 1963

Modern Witch - In Your Eyes

Salem - brustreet

White Ring - IxC999

Goblin - Witch

BONUS VINTAGE WITCHY:
Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman