Seven Days of The Reverend Horton Heat - Day 1: Is It Just Me?

Man, I pulled out a handful of old Reverend Horton Heat records the other day, and I was shocked at how something I love so much could have fallen so far out of my everyday world. It's Martini Time, Liquor in the Front, and Full Custom Gospel Sounds were a large part of my world back in the late 90s, and revisiting them made me realize I have to bring them back into my life on a regular basis. 

To start, I think I'm kicking off Seven Days of The Rev here on this page. First up: A Sabbath-inspired dirge from the 1996 masterpiece, It's Martini Time. Fuck - I was 20 when this came out. THIRTY YEARS AGO.

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NCBD:

Ying and yang on full display here lately. Not too long ago, I voiced forlorn sentiments about everything I read being IPs from my childhood, repackaged for adults. Nothing against that stuff, 'cuz, ya know, I love it, but I missed having a Preacher, The Walking Dead, Transmetropolitan, Vertigo series, etc. 

Now look at this.

As I mentioned last month, the first issue of a book taking the moniker Pretty Hate Machine has a lot to prove. I'm not sure we got quite that far, but the setup in issue one has me back for more. We reviewed this on Drinking with Comics HERE.

Now, the first issue of Red Roots? Best comic I've read all year, so I am definitely in on this one. Mike Shin and I reviewed this on Drinking with Comics HERE.

I still have to read the first issue of the 'long lost' Veitch/Mandrake Swamp Thing story from the 80s. I bought it, but somehow... misplaced it? Perfect excuse to read both of these back to back this weekend.

The "Quintesson War" ends, and we'll see if it's with a whimper or a bang. We talked about on DwC HERE, our disappointments juxtaposed with expectations.

 

A Condon/Phillips Noir - what more can you ask for?

One Energon Universe title and the rest, well, while I'm not ready to put any of these on par with Preacher or Walking Dead, you get the point. All nonexistent IPs prior to these books. Joy rainth down upon mine life like money from a One Wish Willow.

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Watch:

I rewatched Ben Wheatley's Kill List last night. One of my favorite films. Period. I love the characters in this film SO much. It's not just because I'm a huge Michael Smiley fan - Gal, Shel and Jay all really connect for me. They're the vital heart at the center of a vile black malestrom.

I enjoy listening to Mr. Wheatley talk about his films almost as much as I enjoy watching them. Case in point.

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Playlist:

The Sword - Age of Winters

Witchfinder - Forgotten Mansion

The Ocean - Anthropocentric

The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

Perturbator - Lustful Sacraments

Atrium Carceri - Kapnobatai

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

The Cure - Pornography

NIN - With Teeth

How To Destroy Angels - Eponymous EP

High on Fire - Cometh The Storm

Melvins & Napalm Death - Savage Imperial Death March

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Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Eldritch Lace Tarot, which you can buy HERE.

• 14: Temperance

• Page of Cups

• Five of Cups

Normally I'd try and go a little more in-depth on my pull, but it's way late and I'm tired. Art and Emotion. That's all I've got at the moment (but it's probably the two fundamental building blocks of "me," so that works). 

Mark Lanegan sings Joy Division's Disorder for Charity

Posted on Peter Hook's youtube channel. Here's the verbiage:

"As part of Sweet Relief Musicians Fund's recent 'For The Crew' fundraising event, Hooky's son Jack teamed up with Mark Lanegan (Mark Lanegan Band/Screaming Trees), Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder and drummer Shane Graham for a special live version of the Joy Division classic 'Disorder'. All funds raised by this event went towards supporting out of work touring crews who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Please consider making a donation if you are able to: https://givebutter.com/FORTHECREW​

If you're in the US you can also text FORTHECREW to (202) 858-1233."

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Watch:

I had yesterday off, so Tuesday night K and I had a bit of a marathon. Being that it was my birthday, I wanted to reconnect with what I've come to think of my 'power movies.' There are quite a few, but here's what I went with:

 

Followed by:

 

Rounded out by my second viewing of Ryan Gosling's gorgeous directorial debut in the last two months (with a third already scheduled):

This was a great night for me; it'd been longer than I realized since my last viewing of my favorite Horror film of the 00s. Kill List I'd only seen once before but it left such a huge impression on me I'd been planning a follow-up for years. Luckily, thanks to Anthony (Butcher) from The Horror Vision, I located a B-Region BR for $5 a few months ago, so now I can watch my favorite Ben Wheatley film whenever I want. And Lost River has just become one of my all-times. I seriously think about re-watching it every day. 

Every. Day.

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Playlist:

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

Cocksure - TVMALSV

Etta James - Eponymous

Tennis System - Technicolour Blind

The Dead Milkmen - Welcome to the End of the World

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues

The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon 

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Card:

I felt honored and ecstatic to do my first birthday pull from Missi's Raven Deck. I wasn't disappointed, either:

The presence of Boaz and Joachim are very positively charged images for me, one of the reasons this might be my favorite card from this deck. Plus, I've always considered a strong, mythical female presence as the closest thing to a supreme power in the cosmos of my life. Here, flanked by Soloman's pillars and a weird forest-derived rendition of the Tree of Life, I see nothing but the actualization of the processes I have put into place over the last several years.