NCBD

 First, let's set the tone with a little music...

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Now that that's taken care of, let's get into some comics! 

NCBD has become a much bigger deal to me since Mike Wellman (AKA Mike Wahlman) and I resurrected Drinking with Comics. Here's what I'll be picking up today and (hopefully reading) before tomorrow at 7:00 PM PST when we live-stream the new episode and talk about all this stuff on our FB page! If you miss the stream, the edited episode will be up early Friday. That's the schedule we've set and are attempting to stick to for the foreseeable future. Now on to this week's books in...

PULL LIST:

I'm really feeling Spiderman lately, even though I'm not super into the way Peter Parker appears to be a teenager in his monthlies and an adult in the regular Marvel titles (as evidenced in The King in Black, which I broke down and bought all five issues of last week and overall enjoyed). Spider's Shadow is a kind of limited "What If" that asks What if Peter had become Venom. As for Non-stop Spiderman, this will probably be my last issue of it, however, the current Falcon and Winter Soldier show has my blood up for some Baron Zemo, and he made his appearance in the final pages of Nonstop #1, so I'm back for more Zemo!

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Playlist:

Small Black - Cheap Dreams

Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA

James Brown - Hell

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

Paralisis Permanente - El Acto

Human Impact - EP01

Tomahawk - Tonic Immobility

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

RIP Sean Malone

 

What the hell? Back in January, we lost former Cynic drummer Sean Reinert, now at the polar opposite end of the year, we lose bassist Sean Malone? Good lord. Here's the close-out track from Cynic's last full-length album, 2014's Kindly Bent to Free Us. It's fucking gorgeous. Rest in Peace Sean Malone. 

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Watch:

All this awesome Spiderman news has me in the mood to, well, to finally watch the MCU Spiderman flicks, none of which I've seen! But it's also got me in the mood for some Marvel, and this show right here is numero uno on my, "I can't wait give it to me right damn now" list.

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Playlist:

Cynic - Kindly Bent to Free us

Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear

Jehnny Beth - To Love is to Live

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

David Bowie - Warsazawa (from Stage, disc 1)

Sir Neville Marriner and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Amadeus OST

David Bowie - Earthling

White Lung - Paradise

Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything

Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou - Hollywood (pre-release single)

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Card:

Ah, my old friend, the Queen of Swords. 

I keep getting this when I veer back on track. From my October 10th post, where I drew this card:

"...clear insights and the fresh perspective of adopting the perspective of another and cutting your own head off long enough to truly experience that other perspective..."

A violent reaffirmation of rulership over your emotions and intellect. I associate 'violence' in this respect, as my turning back on the deep dive function for writing. I pulled a major three hours yesterday, and made fantastic progress.