Sunday, August 7, 2022
Inbetween States: The Magick of A Large Country
Saturday, July 16, 2022
XL/RZ
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I have to tell you, all the way until I hit play on the new trailer for Rob Zombie's The Munsters remake, I assumed I would hate what I saw. You know what though? This looks visually fantastic and fun as hell:Playlist:
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
The Bullet Screamed At Me From Somewhere
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Friday, July 8, 2022
Hinton Hollow Headphase
I'm using Boards of Canada's Dayvan Cowboy today because Boards are on of my two most commonly used airplane soundtracks - the other is Burial - and in spite of the fact that I usually use either the In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country EP or Geogaddi as flight-long loops in my earbuds, yesterday I went with 2005's Campfire Headphase because I know it the least. And I realized at once that I know it better than I realize. Dayvan is Probably my favorite track. The guitar on this album is incredible, and I always mistakenly think is performed by Bibio, whose style is extremely similar. Either way, this record is fantastic, as are all the BOC outputs, and it helped make my flight smooth and a partial extension of my relaxation (as much as one can relax on a plane).
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Also, yes, Carver's book had a little something to do with it. The man identifies himself on his Twitter profile as "Drinker. Non-preachy Vegan" and I'd agree with that. But his ideals come through in Hinton Hollow Death Trip, and they affected me for sure. In a good way.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
On the Run Across the Country
I took K and my folks to see Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill's adaptation of Joe Hill's short story The Black Phone yesterday. This film 100% holds up to the magnificent impression it made on me at last year's Beyondfest; one of my favorite scenes (in a film with a lot of "Favorite Scenes") is the one that utilizes Pink Floyd's classic "On The Run," from their perfect 1973 MASTERPIECE Dark Side of the Moon.
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
RIP Massimo Morante
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
The Mars Volta - Blacklight Shine
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Since I'm traveling, a lot of these will be waiting for me in my pull box back home. Some of them, however, are books I haven't yet added to my official list, and instead have been scooping up off the shelf with reserve the last few months. Those, I'll be stopping at a local shop to pick up. I'll probably go with Rick's Comic City.Man, I remember when great indie books like Newburn were all I read. Now, they're kinda the minority in my monthly spending habit. Doesn't change the fact that Newburn is awesome, though.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Deftones - Simple Man
I'm traveling, so any posts here will probably be abbreviated and sporadic. I'm not really a Skynard fan, however, after hearing the Deftones cover this one on their B-Sides collection that came out a few years ago, I realized I very much dig this song.
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Tonight is surreal. I fell in love with horror watching @therealjoebob’s MonsterVision. Last yr on Father’s Day my wife gifted me this Cameo & a YEAR later, on his Fathers Day ep, the trailer for my debut feature played. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜µðŸ’« @Shudder @kinky_horror #TheLastDriveIn @RevealerMovie pic.twitter.com/nYIwPaze7H
— Luke Boyce (@lukeslens) June 18, 2022
This entire thing just makes me so happy, for Luke Boyce, for the movie, and for us, because this flick looks awesome! 80s Chicago? Mandy color-palette? I'm in.