I broke out El-P's 2007 I'll Sleep When You're Dead recently and found myself unable to get this particular song out of my head. I love where this man has gone with his craft, both as an artist and producer, since I found this album in a thrift store circa 2010 and was immediately hooked by the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me sample that opens it.
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I've read quite a few comics recently that surprised the hell out of me. Here's a rundown:
If you want to know more, there's a great review of the Last Days chapter of the Loki saga over on Slings and Arrows HERE.
Next up, Venom 200 did some things I never would have seen coming from a mile away:
I won't spoil anything here, I'd rather just post more of this awesome cover art, however, let me just say that I've always had a bit of an issue with Brock as a 'good guy' character based on his early, heinous crimes after acquiring the symbiote. In fact, after buying and getting rid of the first issue of the original Venom series (Lethal Protector? How lame) (but if I'd held onto it despite my ire, I could sell that issue for a pretty f*&king penny today) in short order, I did not read another Venom book until a friend turned me onto Rick Remender's run, which eschewed Brock for Flash Thompson. I still feel that was the pinnacle for the character as a hero, instead of a villain.
That said, Venom 200 alleviated most of my "Brock issues," and ultimately changed the course of the character (hopefully) for all time. Because of this, and because the aforementioned Mr. Ewing is taking over the book from departing rock star Donny Cates, I'll probably stick around for a while.
Finally, I picked up Planet-Size X-Men purely as an investment. I have NO intention of reading any X-books despite this purchase, but I did read and kind of marvel at the direction the franchise has taken. But I am SO tired of these characters, regardless of this drastic new direction, so while I enjoyed reading this simply for big picture reasons, this is where I leave you, oh brotherhood of dreary mutants.
Playlist:
Slope - Street Heat
Turnstile - Nonstop Feeling
Nick Mason and Rick Fenn - White of the Eye OST
The Jon Spender Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
Lustmord - Heresy
Various - Twin Peaks (Music From the Limited Event Series)
John Carpenter - Lost Themes III: Alive After Death Pixies - Trump le Monde
Okay, I really have no idea what the hell I'm NOT seeing here, but the cycle remains.
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Okay, I really have no idea what the hell I'm NOT seeing here, but the cycle remains.
