Slog - Comments on The Blue House

Comment by Social Constucting

Social Constucting — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:24:35 -0800

Thanks for bringing up the name of Kyle Huff again. The media has an important job to do in creating celebrities out of our murderers. Why not get some of that blue siding and imprint "The Stranger" logo on it and auction it off?

The Stranger did so much to make the murders into a real social event, sending Eli all the way to Montana to interview red necks, and passing along every bit of gossip about the murders. What better way to keep up interest than encourage people to fetishize pieces of the house where the killings occured?

Comment by Napoleon XIII

Napoleon XIII — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:40:25 -0800

Agreed. This is tacky. Even by Stranger standards.

Comment by Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:56:51 -0800

Yeah, please report only good news. I'm sure no one was interested in this story. You should of never mentioned the name K**e H**f. Ewwwwww.

Wait, wasn't this a "real social event?"

Comment by Friend of the Owner

Friend of the Owner — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:24:18 -0800

I know the owner, and used to go to a party once in awhile when he lived there. I'll just say that lots of stray thoughts go through one's head when confronted by death. It's definitely an agent of chaos. And speaking the unspeakable outloud is like a two-sided coin. ghoulish and theraputic. Upsetting and calming. Go ahead and say something I haven't thought. Would you want to move in? How would living in this house make your life different? What do you think it feels like to live in Pristina or New Orleans or Baghdad? So many questions when faced with death.

Comment by genevieve

genevieve — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:45:08 -0800

I thought the Stranger's blog coverage of the Huff murders was excellent - actually, that's what got me to start reading the Slog regularly. But this isn't news, it's just sensationalism. The owner of this house will have a hard enough time getting someone to live there (through rental or through sale) as it is. More importantly, the people who lived there, and the people who were there that night, probably don't need another spotlight on their ground zero.

Comment by westy

westy — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:48:55 -0800

Wait, how is this sensationalism? "the blue house" is what everyone called it, and not just in the Stranger, and the Stranger covered it beautifully.

The house itself became interesting, at least to me. If you'll recall, even owners and friends of the owners began posting about the house in the Slog.

Yeah, I let myself get a little weepy at this story even though I had no connection to it (I don't know if you remember, but it was kind of a BIG DEAL), but I'm sick to death of people telling me I'm somehow off or wrong for continuing to be interested because it's "over" or "not as important as iraq". Seriously? Fuck off. It broke everybody's heart.

And K**e wasn't in it for the fame, the way many killers are. He was in it because he was sick, and he wanted to murder raver kids.

Thanks for posting this, Dan. I'd be there now if I'd had a friend in the house that night.

Comment by Napoleon XIII

Napoleon XIII — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:50:05 -0800

I'm still at work. Are Death House slats still available? Can someone save me one?

Comment by genevieve

genevieve — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:53:58 -0800

Where did I say the murders were not a big deal? Where did anyone say the story is/was "not as important as Iraq"?

Your last sentence, saying you'd be there no IF you'd had a friend in the house, is why I think this is just lurid rubbernecking. Maybe we'll get to see "slats from the Blue House, site of the infamous Kane killings!" sold on eBay now, hmm? Yeah, THAT's respectful to those who did have friends and family in the house.

Seriously. Fuck off yourself.

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:59:45 -0800

I see it as about the house itself, too. Terrible crime aside, the *place* where something horrible happened has to confront that occurrence as well. I'm not trying to be arch here, but it's like the house is getting plastic surgery after a horrible accident to try to be as normal as possible again.

Comment by sunshine

sunshine — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:28:39 -0800

I believe printing The Stranger logo on the blue slats and selling them would be the best way to honor what happened.

The Stranger could use the money to host a rave and prove that no matter what love, laughter and dancing are more powerful that guns.