New Historical Live Butthole Surfers Record!

 

Butthole Surfers released a live album today! Live At the Leather Fly is on all streamers and available for order on vinyl. It doesn't look like distributor Sunset Blvd Records has a web store, however, one thing I thought was pretty cool is their "buy" link takes you to the standard link tree, only the Record Store Day website sits atop all the other links. From this website, you can order the record from a list of independent record stores nationwide. I thought that was pretty cool.

Apparently, the Leather Fly is not a real club, and there's no real record of when this show took place that I could find. Presumably, the liner notes might have something. However, this is the Butthole Surfers we're talking about...

"Back in the 80s Gibby used to fantasize about a nightclub called the Leather Fly. He wanted it to have a stuffed leather fly hanging in front of it." - That's a Paul Leary quote that's on the youtube page for this song. The album has a fantastic track listing, leaning heavily on pre-Capitol Records Surfers (the best Surfers) but with a peppering of what may have been early versions of tracks that would wind up on that Capitol debut, Independent Worm Saloon. I thought about posting something older than what I went with, but this version of "The Annoying Song" is pretty epic, and it just kind of felt right to put this out in the world today.

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NCBD:

I spent Monday-Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio on a totally impromptu trip based around K's Grandmother's failing health, so I did not get a chance to make it out to the comic shop until last night. Here's what I brought home:

The new arc begins and Megatron is back, kicking ass and taking names. This series has a level of brutality to it that I very much appreciate - one major character meets a crazy, violent end in this one, and it adds to the chaotic uncertainty that haunts the characters. That's a pretty cool approach to the Transformers, who historically kind of hit the ground running wherever you drop them.

Lemire and Walta bring us a new chapter in the current story arc, "The Horror Men," and it's more Highway-based X-Files meets Twin Peaks. We're going deep and dancing on the precipice of some answers, but that only makes it feel like we might have a much bigger picture than first alluded to. Love this book so very much.

I'm pretty bummed to see Justin Jordan and Maan House's Mine is a Long, Lonesome Grave end. This final issue felt a bit rushed, but that might just mean I need to re-read the entire arc from the beginning. There's a much wider world we're only scratching at here, and I'd love to know more about the lineage of "the Weaver Witches" that we come in at the end of. 

Before I dig into the fourth and final issue of The Hive, I'm going to go back and re-read the entire series. This one has some story compression that I came at lopsided, and when I read last month's issue #3, I felt a bit lost. Really cool story and art, though, and with the collected "Volume One" announced for August, I'm hoping we might get a second volume at some point.

I had completely forgotten James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh's Exquisite Corpses started up this week. I know nothing about this one other than it is a double-sized (at least) book. Very much looking forward to reading this.

Oh my! I heard there was a big surprise in this year's Energon Universe Special, but I wasn't prepared for... 

Matt Trakker from M.A.S.K.! I wasn't really into MASK as a kid - there was a limit to what my folks would buy me and I think I somehow inherently understood that to add another toyline to my obsession would seriously delute what I could procure from Joe and Transformers - so I'm not nearly as invested in their presence being brought into the Energon Universe as others might be, however, I think it's awesome this is unfolding the way it is.

 

This is yet another notch in Oni Press's 2025 championship belt! Dark Regards is a comedic Black Metal tale of the forming of the band Witch Taint and, ah, Lance, the King of Black Metal! First issue delivered the goods on satire, so I'm in. 

Very pleased to see Batman: Dark Patterns is going a full 8 issues! 

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Watch:

This is everything everyone is saying it is, and yes, I almost threw up.

 

How I made it 65% of the way through the film without realizing it's a take on Cinderella, I don't know. What I do know is The Ugly Stepsister is fantastic - dark and funny and gross and poignant, and Writer/Director Emilie Blichfeldt is one to watch. For your first film to be a period piece of such social and psychological scope is no small feat, and a lot of props should go out to the cast, as well. Especially lead Lea Myren, who goes through every possible emotion on film, sometimes in the course of a few seconds. The things "Elvira" goes through are... insane. 

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Playlist:

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Black Flag - My War

The Cops - Free Electricity

Turnstile - GLOW ON

Run The Jewels - RTJ4

Death Grips - The Money Store

Death Grips - No Love/Deep Web

This Movie Saved My Life Podcast - Unwatchable II

Crime Weekly Podcast - Rey Rivera Part 4

LARD - Pure Chewing Satisfaction

Airiel - Audiotree Live

Airiel - Molten Young Lovers

Les Discrets - Prédateurs

Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (single)

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood (single)

Killing Joke - Night Time

Killing Joke - Outside the Gate

Genghis Tron - Board Up the House

Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth

Rollins Band - Sessions on West 54th (2/26/00)

Henry Rollins & Mother Superior - Get Some Go Again Sessions

Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power

Interpol - Antics

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Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.

• Queen of Swords

• Page of Swords

• X: Wheel of Fortune

When Emotions affect Earthly concerns, indecision can look a lot like opportunity and vice versa.

Man, this tells me nothing! I think this is work, but I'm so out of touch with the cards and work at the moment, I'm going to have to just keep an eye on my emotions when dealing with certain folks.