While John Carpenter's 1995 film Village of the Damned is one of the few Carpenter movies I just cannot hang with (I've tried several times and never made it past the second act of the movie), this track by French Electroclash guru The Hacker sounds like sweet, dark candy; perfect for a dark and rainy Christmas Eve morning, my last in LaLaLand.
Taken from the album Reves Mecaniques, 2004 Different Recordings.
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I finally got around to watching Michael Sarnoski's PIG with Nicolas Cage. NOT what I expected AT ALL, and wonderful because of it. I loved seeing a movie take the piss out of this particular cultural milieu, and in such a strangely calming manner to boot.
Playlist:
Godflesh - Post Self
Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
Ministry - Moral Hygiene
Yeruselem - The Sublime
Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I
Pike Vs the Automaton - Alien Slut Mom (pre-release single)
Quite possibly, my favorite Black Sabbath song. Although that is probably as difficult to stick by as a mother picking a favorite child.
Sabotage is without a doubt my favorite of the band's albums. The music is phenomenal - really a step beyond anything they'd done before. They kind of split the difference between their blues roots and the shaping of Heavy Metal they began on Paranoid. However, it's the lyrics that really seal the deal on this one for me. There's such an air of prophecy and revelation.
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Jesus, my wallet just jumped out of my pocket and took off down the street. Look at this list!
So I was wrong about issue #4 being the finale. Here we go.
This series is so imaginative, so original, and so f*&king gorgeous I just can't believe it. Every issue gets weirder, but never at the cost of the story's inner logic.
I have to have this Skottie Young cover. I'm not generally one of those folks who feel the need to have everything he does - his work is always cool, but it's only when he draws certain classic, larger-than-life Marvel characters that I feel the need to add them to my collection.
Been a minute. Since Lazarus moved to this format, I enjoy the individual issues so much more. That said, with the gap between, I lose A LOT. It's about time for a re-read (which I've been saying for like three years now).
Love this Peach Momoko cover. I dug the first issue of Moon Knight's new ongoing, so I'm interested in where the story is going.
I am really digging this book, and it's great to be back on something with Tony Daniel's art. Waaay back in the day, he was the highlight of Todd McFarlane's Spawn series when I still read it in the mid-90s. I traded in all those Spawns back when I moved to LaLaLand, however, I'd be lying if I didn't say I've actually thought about rebuying a few, just to revisit Tony's art. Now, thankfully, I don't have to. Instead, I can read a well-written book that he illustrates. Win-win.
Coming down to the final days of Nick Spencer's run. I just learned that after he leaves with Amazing Spider-Man #74, the new series will feature Ben Reilly instead of Peter Parker.
Yeah, I totally did a double-take on that one, too.
I'm tempted to jump off again, however, the idea of bringing the clone back (or was Peter the clone?) is too interesting to pass up. At least for a while.
Sweet Declan Shalvey cover on this one. This series is fun as hell, and I love seeing the various bounty hunters whose figures I coveted trying to fuck Fett over. Makes for a helluva story.
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Last week my copies of Never Hike in the Snow and Never Hike Alone arrived. I missed out on backing Alone, but was able to make it in on Snow. Monday night, I finally had some time to sit down and watch both films.
I'll take this over almost any other F13 feature film any day of the week. F13 is one of those franchises that I want to like so bad, but I almost never do.
Vincent DeSanti does such a fantastic job, not only in stripping these down to what makes the concept of the series great but as Jason himself. Yes, that's the director lumbering in for every kill! And bring back Thom Matthews reprising his role as Tommy Jarvis!
Playlist:
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - The Night Creeper
MadLove - White with Foam
Danzig - Thrall - Demonsweatlive
Danzig - Danzig 4
Deftones - Ohms
The Neverly Brothers - Dark Side of Everything
Razor - Armed and Dangerous
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