Friday's news that Anthony Stewart Head passed away really got me. Exactly one week after seeing Repo! The Genetic Opera on the big screen for the first time, this happens? That's some weird, Universe-shit.
I wasn't the biggest Buffy fan, though the show eventually won me over for a time (seasons 2-5), largely thanks to this man. Then, Repo! and his recurring role as the Prime Minister on Little Britain really cemented my fandom, so much so that I hunted down a CD copy of his solo album (in collaboration with Buffy's composer George Sarah). Not entirely my thing, but the man has a wonderful voice, and I do enjoy its downbeat tempos and flourishes of Trip Hop here and there.
Interestingly enough, my friend Justin just interviewed George Sarah on his Trailer Punk Podcast the other day. Check that episode out HERE.
Watch:
My friend Alex came in for a visit over the weekend, and he, K and I hit Regal for the one and only showing of Adam Carter Rehmeier's new film, Carolina Caroline, starring Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner.
I knew nothing going in other than having seen the trailer once a few weeks ago. Also, Rehmeier's Dinner in America is one of my favorite watches from recent years. Carolina Caroline is a gut-wrenching example of the classic Doomed Love story. Essentially a modern take on Bonnie & Clyde, both Gallner's and Weaving's performances took my breath away. You know where this is going early on, but that doesn't keep it any less heartbreaking. Can't recommend this one enough.
Playlist:
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Nell' ora blu
Darren Smith & Terrance Zhunich - Repo! The Genetic Opera OST
Anthony Stewart Head & George Sarah - Music For Elevators
Revocation - New Gods, New Masters
Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons
Dreamkid - Daggers
Boards of Canada - Inferno
The Reverend Horton Heat - Liquor in the Front
Nun Gun - Mondo Decay
Ennio Morricone - The Thing OST
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Perturbator - Lustful Sacraments
Hangman's Chair - Saddiction
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• 09: The Hermit
• 06: The Lovers
• King of Cups
I remain overly isolated in my thoughts and designs; I need to let others in more. It will deflect misunderstanding down the road.
