My friend Chris is in town and we're heading to Nashville's Eastside Bowl tonight to see Young Widows and Russian Circles. Here's a track from the Widows' new album, Power Sucker, which is currently on my best of list for the year.
You can check out more tour dates and merch for Young Widows on their Bandcamp HERE.
Also, Russian Circles' Bandcamp can be found HERE.
I'm relatively new to Russian Circles, but Young Widows I've been digging on since back when their debut Settle Down City landed in my mailbox.
One issue remains after this month's Void Rivals before we are catapulted into the eagerly anticipated Quintesson War. Crossovers and Events are generally not my thing, but being that the entire Energon Universe is kind of one big crossover, I'm hoping Kirkman and company show the big two how to do these correctly. I've expressed my love of the Quintessons here before, so to have them up front for six issues is going to (hopefully) be a dream come true.
NCBD:
I'm off today so I'll be heading into Rick's earlier than usual to pick up my books. Here's what's coming home with me for NCBD, September 24, 2025:
I started buying this Death of the Silver Surfer series for the covers, but the story is turning out to be pretty good, even if we all know there are no real stakes here. Still, even though I don't have much interest in most of what Marvel is doing at the moment, I always keep my eye out for mini-series, as there have been quite a few over the last five years or so that I really liked. The Death of Doctor Strange was incredibly good, and while this isn't that, it's keeping me hanging on from issue to issue.
Watch:
Last Saturday night I sat down and watched Brandon Christensen's latest flick, Night of the Reaper. Here's a trailer that won't spoil anything:
This one is a bit of style over substance, but not intentionally so, and it's pretty fun. That said, the "twist" did not feel earned at all, and I'm still a little bit confused as to whether the logistics actually work. Still, this would make a fun Friday night beer bottle flick for sure.
Playlist:
Young Widows - Power Sucker
Zeal & Ardor - Eponymous
Hellbender - Hellbender OST
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Young Widows - Settle Down City
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Drug Church - Prude
Led Zeppelin - Live EP
Roy Ayers - Ubiquity
Frank Black and the Catholics - One More Road for the Hit
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth For Christ Choir - Like a Ship Without a Sail
Butthole Surfers - Rembrandt Pussyhorse
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.
• Queen of Cups
• Queen of Pentacles
• Nine of Swords
An abundance of feminine energy is never a bad thing; Coupled with the Nine of Swords, I take this as a "pay attention to what the women in your life are saying" connotation.
