The Cops - It's Epidemic

From The Cops' 2007 album Free Electricity. This was a mainstay in my car stereo for much of the late '00s, and then, somehow, it slipped off my radar. Rifling through a CD binder last week, I came across it and the instant I hit play, I fell in love again. This is one of those every-fucking-song albums, meaning every song is fantastic. Check out The Cops Bandcamp HERE. 

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All I had to do was watch the first minute of this to know just how goddamn in I am. 

I'm overjoyed that Steven Kostanski is bringing back something of the Ghoulies formula and marrying it to a slightly 976-EVIL idea. It says, "In Theatres October 4th," and I can only hope this will land here in Clarksville.

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NCBD:

Short list this week. 

I LOVE this cover! Also, I have to say, I'm pretty freakin' invested in this book. Really digging seeing Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows play around with Marvel history with two of its most badass characters.

My monthly grilled cheese with tomato soup on the side. I'm not even entirely sure I remember what happened last issue, but it doesn't matter. Restarting GIJOE: ARAH was just a curiosity at first, but I'm enjoying this, so I'll be sticking around for a while.

Chameleon vs. Detro. 'Nuff said. Granted, Chameleon is a character I only know through the IDW Cobra series, and this is obviously a decidedly different version, but still. 

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Playlist:

Swans - The Glowing Man

Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Data Doom

Blue Karma - The Communication

Black Pyramid - The Paths of Time are Vast

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want

Idles - Joy as an Act of Rebellion

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Sticking with the Thoth for a bit. Feels right:

• 5 of Cups: Disappointment

• V: The Hierophant

• 3 of Cups: Abundance

Operating systems, ideas, all networks of the mind and routine have to be balanced right to run smoothly. Adding one too many facets can tip the entire thing out of proportion. I think I'm there with something, I'm just not quite sure what.

Frankie Freako

 

I'm not certain I actually dig this song—not that I think it's 'bad' per se, just not sure it's my cuppa—but this video is insane. This is my first exposure to Mörmaid, and after seeing it, I put their new album Pearlescent Dark on my Apple Music to give the entire thing a go. You can download the album from Mörmaid's Bandcamp HERE.

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I love Steven Kostanski.  After helping bring us one of the greatest Horror films of the past twenty years (The Void, Co-Written and Directed with Jeremy Gillespie) and Writing/Directing one of my favorite films of all time (Psycho Goreman), photos of him hard at work on a remake of Roger Corman's Deathdealer surfaced earlier this year. Then, he goes and drops a teaser for an entirley different film, one much more in line with PG than Deathdealer:

Did I mention Kostanski also headed the FX team that brought us the yoga kill in this year's In A Violent Nature?  I mean, his team did all the FX, but really, that's the one everyone's still talking about, whether you liked or disliked the film. All this, and he's still had time to finish what looks like a veritable practical FX bonanza called Frankie Freako? Steve baby, you are amazing, and I'm here for anything you have to drop on us.

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Plastic:

I'm having a tough time not ordering these new NECA recreations of the Universal Monsters as originally released by Burger King. I remember these from the 80s!

Honestly, I really could just settle for The Creature, but it's a set. Read all about it over on the mighty Bloody Disgusting HERE.

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Playlist:

Dead Milkmen - Quaker City Quiet Pills

Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Mandy OST

Frank Black - Teenager of the Year

JD McPherson - Undivided Heart & Soul

Deadguy - Fixation on a Coworker

Mr. Bungle - Eponymous

Jim Williams - Possessor OST

Nothing - The Great Dismal

The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Data Doom

Deadguy - Work Ethic

Big Black - Lungs EP

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From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.

• Knight of Swords

• Seven of Wands

• Knight of Pentacles

That's a lot of Will. We have a concentrated effort of intellect that brings about creative completion (that's an announcement I'll be making next week), and a concentrated effort - what I'm reading as - to not spend the money on those Universal Figures I posted above. Okay, thank you Hand of Doom Tarot Deck, for putting a face to the inner voice I was set to ignore (really, that's all the cards do).

Halloween In Cambodia

 

Because I've got Jello on the mind. 

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Wowza. 

Literally can't wait for this. There's a great interview with writer/director Steven Kostanski about his influences in the new issue of Fangoria, and reading that really put this one back on my radar. I missed it at Beyondfest last year, so I'm tempted to do something I've not yet done during Quarantine - a watch party with friends! Either way, looks like Psycho Goreman hits VOD on the 22nd, so the wait is almost over!

God this looks fantastic.

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Playlist:

Ministry - The Last Sucker

Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs

Ministry - Alert Level (Quarantined Mix; single)

Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste

Ministry - From Beer To Eternity

Wax Electric - Apple Music Playlist

Lard - Pure Chewing Satisfaction

Lard - 70s Rock Must Die

Deth Crux - Mutant Flesh

Chasms - On the Legs of Love Purified

Dance with the Dead - B-Sides: Vol. 1

Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs

John Carpenter and Alan Howarth - Big Trouble In Little China OST

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Drawing once again from Missi's Raven Deck:

 

Hidden or occulted influences.