Showing posts with label Iron Lung. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iron Lung. Show all posts

Friday, January 30, 2026

Thank You Judge

 
From David Lynch's 2001 collaboration with John Neff, BLUEBOB. This song cracks me up. There are lots of little things to notice the more you hear it, and all of it lands for me. One thing people often forget is just how damn funny David Lynch was. 

This is long out of print, and the version you can download from Bandcamp HERE has a slightly different track order. Glad I grabbed this the second it went on sale back in the day - I'll be buried with my CD copy. 

(Please! Someone release this on vinyl!!! Sacred Bones - I'm looking at you!)


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Knowing nothing about YouTuber Markipliars, Game designer David Szymanski or his creation Iron Lung, I went to my local Regal and saw the premiere of Iron Lung last night.

I believe I mentioned this here a few weeks ago, when, upon exiting the aforementioned theatre, I saw the poster below, looked up the screening times and saw it had already almost sold out for the entire weekend.


That shit just doesn't happen in Clarksville. I mean, closest I've seen is the last two Terrifier films, but even those didn't sell out a month in advance. So there's hype, and it took some reading to figure out why. Pliars' YouTube channel is among the largest and most successful. Not necessarily a good omen, but I decided to abstain from anything else he's done until I've seen the film.

So how was Iron Lung?

Let's talk about a different movie instead, shall we?



Maika Monroe has just been on fire the last few years, and this new Blood Covenant anthology film looks like it will fit right in. I really dig this trailer and can't wait for a release date. Honestly, I'm just happy to have a new trailer drop for something I'm looking forward to. Despite a couple great films in January, 2026 is feeling like a bit of a dry year for Horror so far. 

Read more about Blood Covenant over on Bloody Disgusting HERE.




Playlist:

BLUEBOB - Eponymous
Daydream Twins - Solstice For Embodiment
Mars Red Sky & Monkey3 - Monkey on Mars EP
Sunn O))) - Metta, Benevolence BBC6 Live: On the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs
Sunn O))) - Domkirke
Deadmau5 - Random Album Title
Alone in My Room - II
The Veils - Total Depravity
Helmet - Aftertaste
Self - Porno, Mint and Grime
The Afghan Whigs - In Spades
Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence
White Lung - Paradise
White Lung - Premonition
Radiohead - Kid A




Card:


• Eight of Cups: Indolence
• III: The Empress
• Knight of Disks

See how card 1 is Indolence - lack of motivation, and card 3 is Knight of Swords, literally motivation. I've been teetering between long bouts of inactivity writing and some really good days (like today) at the keyboard. Sounds like a pendulum, eh? What's the deciding factor? I'm way too engrossed in my day job. That shit isn't me, but it's owning me lately. I worked extra hours multiple days over the past week, and didn't take a lunch or barely move away from my desk for a week. I need to put that back in its box. I took a good step toward that today, and will make sure to do so again tomorrow. They want to own you - Don't let them!!! 

Monday, January 5, 2026

Steve Moore - Cinematic Horror: Whispers from the Well


Steve Moore released a new album last week that I only discovered last night by accident. Cinematic Horror: Whispers from the Well is a deep dive into sonic spectral hauntings as only Steve Moore can provide. I'm not really sure what the deal with this album is or how to purchase it. Published by Sonoton Music, you can access it on the usual streamers or on their site HERE. It's not on Moore's Bandcamp, and I can't find anything written about it, so I'm not sure if these are completely new compositions or if this might be a culling of Moore's work from previous OSTs I am not familiar with. I have all his Joe Begos stuff and a large chunk of Zombi in my library, but looking over his credits, there's a lot more I can't wait to get to know, starting with this.




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I saw a poster for Mark Fischbach's Iron Lung recently, and was surprised when I saw the trailer:  

Major Panos Cosmatos vibes off this, so I'll definitely be catching it in the theatre when it opens on January 3oth. Even more absurd - after typing that last sentence, I picked up my phone and went to order tickets only to find that almost the entire Thursday 1/29-1/30 screenings are sold out. Clearly, I am behind on this...



Playlist:

Mountain Realm - Stoneharrow
Imperial Triumphant - Imprints of Man
Imperial Triumphant - Goldstar
The National - High Violet
The National - I Am Easy to Find
The Besnard Lakes - ...are the Ghost Nation
Meg Myers - Sorry
Deftones - private music




Card:

Taking a break from Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot (which you can buy HERE), as my Tarot work independent of these pages has led me back around to Crowley/Harris' Thoth deck:


• 0: The Fool
• 10 of Cups - Saitey
• 7 of Cups - Debauch

Beginning again can lead to fulfillment, but be sure to see where to stop.

Not really sure where this applies - work maybe.