I don't know much about UK rapper/musician Ren, but K has been listening to him for quite some time. I've liked what she's played me before, but this... I'm just blown away. Listen to the way the piano becomes more complex over the course of the song and how his word flow changes to match it. This reminds of of The Streets, Eminem (a little) and Scroobius Pip. Fantastic stuff.
From the 2023 album Sick Boi, which currently appears to be sold out as physical media, but you can stream anywhere or grab digitally from Ren's Bandcamp HERE.
Watch:
I've been holding off on posting a trailer for Macon Blair's The Toxic Avenger remake for a while now. Reason? Well, this played at Beyondfest almost two years ago, and based on how long it took to finally surface, I wanted to wait a bit. Also, I wanted to wait it out a bit, because I figured the two years of scarcity had created a certain flavor of mythology for the film, and yeah, that seems to be the case. Which is great. Although I'm not really a fan of the original, I can't wait for this and want it to succeed beyond all expectations.
I only had to watch half of this to get excited. Hitting theatres - hopefully all theatres - on August 29th, I believe this will prove to be one of the funnest films of the summer, so strap in. And the cast! I mean, it's a so stacked I can hardly believe it.
Hopefully this brings Blair considerably more clout. I'm a HUGE fan of I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore, and would love for Blair to be able to hit us with features on a regular basis.
Playlist:
Greg Puciato - Mirrorcell
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Van Halen - 1984
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Blur - Coffee & TV (single)
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (single)
Young Widows - Power Sucker
Black Sabbath - Eponymous
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
Westworld - Movers & Shakers
ten Athlone - Street Trash E.P.
Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
Mclusky - The World is Still Here and So Are We
Anthrax - Among the Living
Willie Nelson - Oh What a Beautiful World Songs of Rodney Crowell
Meat Puppets - Dusty Noes
Sofia Isella - I'm camera E.P.
YUNGBLUD - Idols
YUNGBLUD - Idols
Ren - Sick Boi
Childish Gambino - The Library/I.Crawl (single)
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• 0: The Fool
• Six of Pentacles
• Six of Swords
So, this Pull was actually supposed to land last Friday, but I ran out of time before we headed out to Chicago for the weekend. I didn't have time to do a new one today, so I thought I'd look at this in hindsight and see how it matches the trip.
The Fool is, of course, the start of a new journey. Six of Pentacles indicates a balance between giving and receiving, and Six of Swords evokes transitioning from a difficult to a calmer period. This seems to be saying that when I punch in for the first time in four days in a few moments, there may be some soma at my workplace. It also perfectly illustrates my relationships back home, where we all kind of look our for one another, swap music and ideas, and just generally try to make each other's lives better. In the storm of the world's current paradigm, that is always a much-needed balm.
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