I dug out Pulp's Separations yesterday and just had an absolute blast with it. Forgot how much I love this album. Here's the "hit."
I still haven't been in the headspace to give Pulp's latest record, this year's More, a proper listen, but perhaps soon.
Watch:
Last night I drove an hour into Nashville to catch the new Joe Begos film Jimmy & Stiggs on the big screen. 100% worth it!
This movie is the fucking definition of balls-to-the-wall DIY. So loud, so neon, so METAL! Begos stars alongside Matt Mercer in a whiskey-drenched, cocaine-fueled fight to the death against aliens who invade his apartment and do some pretty heinous things to the two friends, the titular Jimmy (Begos) and Stiggs (Mercer). Fantastic on-screen chemistry. Like Christman, Bloody Christmas, some of the dialogue goes a bit off the rails for me (pun intended), but it doesn't matter. I'm in awe at the sheer force of will that is the Joe Begos filmmaking machine. See this in the theatre, and when you do, arrive early for the two fake trailers and stay late for the behind-the-scenes.
Playlist:
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer
Black Sabbath - Eponymous
lords. - bleeding out
Young Widows - Power Sucker
Cryo Chamber - Echoes of the Hollow Earth
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
Pulp - Separations
The Veils - Total Depravity
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1
BESET - Most Foul
HEALTH & NIN - Isn't Everyone (single)
NIN - As Alive As You Need Me To Be (single)
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE. Also, Grimm just launched a Kickstarter for his new The Art of the Fae Bound Deck Art Book. Check that out HERE.
• Kings of Wands
• VIII: Strength
• VI: The Lovers
Drive, Strength and Passion. Three things I find myself contemplating A LOT. I have them, but do I have enough of them? Is this an eternal question all creators ask themselves?
