Being that I'm a fairly big fan of both these bands, I'm not sure how I never came across Opeth's cover of Alice in Chains' "Would?" Now that I have, I have mixed feelings. It's an excellent cover, don't get me wrong. That said, it reminded me just how awesome the AIC original is, and kind of just left me wanting to listen to that on repeat, over and over again.
But I don't listen to Would? or anything else on Dirt on repeat. This is a special album that is very personal to me, and with something like this, I'd be afraid of robbing even just a little bit of its power.
Watch:
Last Thursday, K and I took in a screening of Justin Tipping's new film HIM. Produced by Jordan Peele, this one is getting a lot of negative critical reaction. For myself, someone who holds pretty much nothing but disdain for both American football and modern hip-hop aesthetic - two factors that weigh heavily in this one - I absolutely loved it.
I still think this is one of the best trailers I've seen in recent years. It really whets the appetite without giving any actual plot away (though, I would argue, they should have held back some of the imagery divulged herein).
There's a lot about this film that makes me think it's essentially a skin of The Substance, but HIM is dressed in so much surreal, stylized imagery specific to Tipping's vision that it definitely stands on its own.
Playlist:
Fabio Frizzi - The Beyond OST
Dean Hurley - Flower: Tales From the Occult Library
Hellbender - Hellbender OST
Deftones - private music
Deftones - Ohms
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want
INXS - Kick
The Bangles - All Over the Place
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Steely Dan - Aja
Deicide - Eponymous
Deicide - Legion
Russian Circles - Gnosis
Hall & Oats - Do What You Want, Be What You Are (Disc 3)
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World
Young Widows - Power Sucker
Kane Parsons - Backrooms OST
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Tinderbox
Ritual Howls - Turkish Leather
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
Also, if you head over to Grimm's Kickstarter HERE you'll see his upcoming The Eldritch Lace Tarot Deck, you can hit the "notify upon launch" button and then you can get on this seriously unbelievably awesome deck.
• King of Pentacles
• Five of Swords
• X: Wheel of Fortune
Abundance, conflict and the inevitability of change. Not liking the sound of that at the moment. I suddenly know A LOT of people who have lost their jobs after working for their respective companies for years. I feel like Alien: Earth has really exacerbated my fears of Corporate life in this world, and now massive layoffs make it hard to dismiss those fears as nonsense. Pushing off that Lazarus re-read for a while longer, too. Don't need any more paranoia than I already have.
