Pistol

 

Pistols wise, I loved Danny Boyle's Pistol. I've watched every doc I know of, read and re-read Noel Monk's tour biography 12 Days on the Road (can't recommend that one enough), but none of that prevents me from adoring Boyle's spin. K and I even teared up at the end, and not for the reasons you'd think.

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I had not even heard of this film, but it looks fantastic.

 

Charlotte Colbert's first full-length film comes to us as a "Dario Argento Presents," and from the visuals, I can see why he would be involved. A lush, Gothic aesthetic with a British sentiment. 

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NCBD:

A decidedly light NCBD. Thankfully.

I've decided I'm continuing with this new iteration of ASM at least until the legacy issue #900 hits in a month or two. After that, we'll see. So far though, this has been a pretty great title. 

That Texas Blood returns with the start of it's third story arc. If it's even half as good as the previous one, well, look at that cover. How could it not be?

The cover says it all - a Hulkified God of Thunder! Banner of War has proven a super fun, big-swings story and I'm hoping that as it comes in for a landing, it just gets crazier. 

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Playlist:

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks...

Bauhaus - In the Flat Field

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions of a Knife

Tin Machine - Live at La Cigale, Paris, June 25th, 1989

Zeal and Ardor - Eponymous

Eldovar - A Story of Darkness and Light

H6LLB6ND6R - Side A

Jucifer - I Name You Destroyer

Horsegirl - Version of Modern Performance

Download - The Eyes of Stanley Pain

Cypress Hill - III: Temples of Boom

The Day That David Bowie Died

I'd be willing to wager there's another post on this page from about four years ago with the same title. I remember discovering David J's stunning tribute to David Bowie about as vividly as I remember receiving the text that told me of the Alien's passing. This is the perfect ode - sorrow at a passing lined the bittersweet memories of what that person meant.

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With only one-and-a-half episodes of the six-episode run, I can honestly say that despite the conundrum of seeing thumbnail advertisements for Danny Boyle's Pistol with a Disney+  watermark - because I'm assuming since Disney owns HULU and Pistol is a HULU original their network will distribute it in some foreign territories - I'm having A LOT of fun with this one. 

 

This is very much Steve Jones' story, so I thought it only prudent to juxtapose my endorsement with John Lydon's rebuttal to the show. Because, you know, there is always creative license.

 

I'm always going to believe John over everyone else involved, however, the story is one that mesmerizes and recharges me enough that I'll listen to everyone's version of it.

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Playlist:

Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild

Oh Baby - The Art of Sleeping Alone EP

Kate Bush - The Dreaming

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl (single)

Revocation - The Outer Ones

Drug Church - Hygiene

Jim Williams - Possessor OST