Fantastic film with extremely strong performances by both Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner. JT Mollner created what will possibly rank as the best thriller of the year with this one.
Playlist:
Zeal & Ardor - GREIF
Uniform - American Standard
Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07
T. Rex - Eponymous
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Pepper Adams - Encounter!
Amigo the Devil - Born Against
Deftones - White Pony
Wings - Band on the Run
Card:
Using my mini Thoth deck for today's Pull.
• Prince of Disks
• II: The Empress
• Two of Swords: Peace
Thoughtful invention manifests during downtime. Pay close attention to fleeting ideas, as they could become the backbone of strong new ideas/projects. Really good advice for any creative person and something I used to be a lot better at. I think it's time to drill back down on keeping daily notes. K gifted me a couple of moleskins for Christmas last year, one for the book and one for daily notes. I've been using that all year but have kind of slacked off in the last month or so. Great ideas sometimes come from random jottings.
If you've seen Longlegs, you'll probably be on the same page. I've been a T. Rex fan for years, but my exposure to the band never moved beyond Electric Warrior and my personal favorite of their records (that I'm familiar with), The Slider, which really helped get me through a tough month in LA last January.
Watch:
Bloody Disgusting ran an article recently that introduced me to the Popcorn Fright Film Fest. Both a live event taking place in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and a virtual event, the fest runs from August 8th through the 18th and is stacked with awesome films. I'm seriously considering purchasing a virtual pass, and I'm looking through the trailers to try and assemble a priority list. Here's one that caught me right away:
Both Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald look awesome in what little of this trailer I watched. While I have not seen Writer/Director JT Mollner's debut feature, 2016's Outlaws and Angels, I'm very interested in it now. Also, Giovani Ribisi is credited as the Cinematographer on Strange Darling. How cool is that?
The Popcorn Frights Fest's website is HERE. Grab some tickets and maybe we can, I don't know, hang out in a virtual movie theatre.
NCBD:
So, you'll notice I broke down and picked up one of the books I previously announced I was done with. Which one? NOT an X-book, I'll tell you that. Let's get into today's pull from Rick's Comic City in Clarksville:
A consistently delightful sequel to both the Army of Darkness Theatrical and Director's cuts, which in and of itself is a great reason to read.
Finally! I'm going to hunker down and re-read The Nice House on the Lake before I jump into this new, sequel series.
The Neo Novena saga comes to an end. I'm really hoping there will be more stories set in this world.
Road Stories continues. Last issue was fantastic; interested to see where we go with Erika this time.
Yep, this is the one. I've decided to hang on and give this new Turtles book a chance. I'm just so invested in the continuity they built over the last 150 issues, it is difficult to abandon it now.
More Springer! You know, I think my Drinking with Comics cohost Mike Shinabargar was on to something when he said that, working in a comic shop, he sees that sales on Void Rivals could use a regular dose of a character from one of the Energon Universe's more well-known properties. I think that's fine - whatever Kirkman and his team need to do to keep this book coming because I LOVE Void Rivals. I think this 100% stands on its own, however, if we need a regular dose of Springer or any other Transformer, no problem. Especially Springer - for some reason, I've always felt he was a bit left-of-center and a great fit for a deep space, non-Earth storyline.
Playlist:
USSA - The Spoils
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Shellac - To All Trains
Tim Hecker - Infinity Pool OST
High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
Man Man - Carrot on Strings
Black Sabbath - Eponymous
Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Zeal & Ardor - GREIF (pre-release singles)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
Mr. Bungle - Eponymous
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• Two of Pentacles
• XXI: The World
• 0: The Fool
Collaboration, as opposed to opposition, leads to what comes next, which is a new journey in and of itself.
Sometimes the cards are so eerily straight forward, it's effortless to read them.
