One of the most undersung guitarists ever.
NCBD:
Interesting mix of titles this week. Let's go:
I feel like this book went bi-monthly at some point. I'm not sure, I just want more. Loving this because, I have ZERO idea where it's going. Can't ask for anything more than that.
Listen:
Last post, I wrote about Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid's podcast Tales From Beyond the Pale. That wasn't the only Horror podcast I listened to on my recent trip to Dayton. We also dove into the first three episodes of Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill and Ethan Hawke's Midnight Radio.
This one is spectacular, folks. Hawke plays a late night talk show host on a show about the strange and unexplainable in our world. Think Art Bell and Coast to Coast. Except darker.
There's a "topic of the week" approach inherent in the episode titles - The Phantom Cosmonauts; Night Tripping; Operation Wandering Soul - but all of this is slowly laying the groundwork for a fascinating over-arching plot. What that is yet, I can't quite guess. I see it coming in with some ideas and events that serve as through-lines to the episodes, but we're not there yet. Regardless, K and I are both chomping at the bit for the next episode, which I believe drops Thursday.
Playlist:
Van Halen - 1984
The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
Television - Marquee Moon
Soundgarden - SOMMS
Shellac - To All Trains
Opeth - Still Life
NΩX - T.S./Testimonium XII - Somniatoris Damnati (single)
Deafheaven - At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb EP
Steve Moore - Jimmy and Stiggs OST
Steve Moore - Christmas Bloody Christmas OST
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Young Widows - Settle Down City
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Good Son
Jacszek - KWIATY
Burial - Untrue
• Nine of Wands
• Three of Swords
Only perseverance will pull me through. It's been a rough year, and hopefully some of that ends after I have surgery next week and they get this goddamn kidney stone out of me.
