By Endurance We Conquer

 

Some classic Thou. I still prefer the album art on the old CD, but I dig that the band eventually aligned all the older records through the artwork.

Something about this image just fits the music so well. It's cold, lonely and a little eerie. 
 

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Read:

Two of my old compatriots from the Los Angeles chapter of The Horror Writer's Association are publishing a novel this coming Friday that I'm dying to read. 

Placerita comes to us courtesy of the fine folks at Cemetery Dance are releasing this one. Here's the solicitation from the Publisher's website:

"It's 1928, and something strange is afoot in the desert town of Placerita just north of Los Angeles. When young biologist Alexis Crawford discovers an unidentifiable specimen washed up in the wake of a devastating flood, it begins a journey that will reveal the dark conspiracies at the heart of California and the secret known only to a few: that beneath the City of Angels is an ancient world of tunnels lined in gold, a world that is home to the legendary Lizard People.... Like a cross between 'Chinatown' and the biggest conspiracy theory of them all, Morton and Palisano’s 'Placerita' addresses the intrigue behind 1928’s catastrophic collapse of the St. Francis Dam, corruption, organized religion and saurian urban legends in a fleet new noir that wastes little time in getting to the good stuff." PLACERITA is an intriguing premise, set against the ambiance of the 1920's and steeped in the culture of early 20th century California

You can order this one from the Cemetery Dance website right HERE, or wherever books are sold.

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Play:

Being that before I bought a Nintendo Switch two years ago, I hadn't owned a video game console since the original Nintendo, I missed a lot of games and gaming culture. That's not really an issue - I'm about 10-20% gamer, no more. I just don't have time, as any time I spend on a game is time I regard as stealing from writing. That said, I do steal some time every once in a while, so now that I have a Switch, I'm constantly on the lookout for cool games I missed being ported over. Case in point:

Also, being that my interests lie in the Horror realms, Bloody Disgusting is a great place to find out about stuff like the above. Here's a link to the article on this one. John Carpenter's The Thing as a video game... I've heard some things about this one over the years and am very much looking forward to the creeping fear and isolation.

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Playlist:

Thou - Umbilical

Thou - Summit

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full

The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love

Man Man - Carot on Strings

Man Man - Life Fantastic

The Raveonettes - In and Out of Control

††† - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete

Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra

The Raveonettes - Observator

Soup Horse - The Choir (Single)

Soap Horse - Carrara 20/10/23

The Ravenonettes - 2016 Atomized

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Card:

Back to my mini Thoth deck for today's pull:

• Princess of Disks - Stability; graciousness. Good intent.

• Knight of Swords - Intellectually soaring; intelligence on fire - beast mode!

• Knight of Disks - Industrious and patient.

Returning to work tomorrow will be a challenge, but I'll more than rise to it. 

Thou - Umbilical

 

If you need a reason to love Thou beyond the music, this is it. Order the new album Umbilical HERE. I think Byran Funck's vocals are the closest I've ever heard to recreating that infamous "Stroke Me" effect Mike Patton used in old-school Mr. Bungle. And regardless of how much sludge this band piles on, I still hear the Staley-era Alice in Chains. Fucking love it.

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Watch:

Joe Bob and Darcy did my favorite movie of all time last night. Here are those Drive-in totals:

Loved this episode. 

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Playlist:

Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry

Dean Hurley - Tales From the Library of the Occult: Flower

Faith No More - Angel Dust

Warning - Why Can Bodies Fly (single)

Calderum - Mystical Fortress of Iberian Lands

INXS - Kick

Thou - Umbilical

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Card:

One card from Missi's Raven Deck to send me on my way to Chicago to see The Ravenonettes on Monday:

Always a comforting sight.

Yellowjackets

 

My friend and Horror Vision cohost Tori recently sent this track my way, and of course, once you hit play and hear the bassline that starts and runs through the song, you'll get why I immediately went back and looked up several records by Great Falls. This particular track can be found on the Split Single the band put out with Thou. Makes sense, right? Tough as nails, this. Love when those guitars come in just past the one-minute mark.

Here's a link to the Great Falls Bandcamp, where you can find more of their music. Also, here's a link to the label that put that split out, Hell Comes Home Records. Some great stuff on there, including the album Trust Fall by Xnoybis, which I stumbled upon while writing this and really quite liked. 

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Cast:

The new episode of The Horror Vision went up (a day late - thanks Wordpress, you fuck), and it's a full-on, ALL SPOILERS discussion about the first nine episodes of Yellowjackets, just in time to prepare us all for this week's season finale. 

I haven't had this much fun with a show since Twin Peaks. No shit. 

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NCBD:

Another NCBD! It's fairly light again, and my addiction has grown, so I might do what I've done the last two weeks and order some stuff online to accompany these. I'll post my recent eBay acquisitions on another day, for now, here's what I'll be bringing home from the shop tomorrow:

This one's been a fun ride so far. I'm really starting to love anything that has Reed Richards as a villain, 'cuz, you know, that's pretty much where he's been headed all along if you really think about it.

I haven't read the Joe Hill novella this series is adapting, but it's in Strange Weather, a collection of five novellas. I've read the first three over the last few months, and really dug them, so I'll pick this up and hold off until I get around to reading the story first. 

Jeff Lemire's Mazebook comes to a close and it looks as though we're getting our minotaur. This book has been super cool - you can see how personal it is to the author, which makes it feel weighty, but shot-through with a mystery that has really been something to watch unfold through Lemire's art. 

I am straight-up LOVING this newest series by Michael Rosenberg and Tyler Boss. What's the Furthest Place From Here? has become one of my most anticipated books each month. 

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Playlist:

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Ministry - Moral Hygiene

David Bowie - Let's Dance

David Bowie - Station to Station

Ghost of Vroom - Ghost of Vroom 1

Great Falls/Thou - Split (single)

Xnoybis - Trust Fall 

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Card:

A change in seasons or cycles. This is a HUGE point for me at the moment, as I have to migrate my entire podcasting setup from one service to another. It's nerve-wracking, but not nearly as much as every interaction I've had for every episode I've done through Wordpress for the last year. I should have changed this paradigm - this world - a long time ago. 

Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou, Part Two!

And I thought I really liked the lead release off May Our Chambers Be Full! This is killer, and I can't wait for the EP, which can be pre-ordered from Sacred Bones Records HERE. 

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Watch:

I'm really getting back into this Marvel thing: 

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Playlist:

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

Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA

Maxwell - Now

Les Discrets - Septembre et ses derniéres pensées

Loathe - I Let It In and It Took  Everything

Oh Baby - The Art of Sleeping Alone

David Bowie - The Next Day

David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

Firewater - The Ponzi Scheme

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

Isolation: Day 156 Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou

 

Yes please! Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou have a collaborative album coming from Sacred Bones, dropping on - how perfect - October 30th. You can pre-order May Our Chambers Be Full HERE.

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NCBD today. It's been a few weeks since I've been in to collect my books, so I'm really going to try and make it in today.

First up is the second issue of Aftershock's Dead Day. It's been a minute since issue #1, so I'll no doubt re-read that first. As I'm sure I've said here a thousand times, I'm generally pretty exhausted with the Zombie genre, however, every once in a while something new comes along that gives it a fresh spin. This book appears to be doing just that.

Gideon Falls #24 - speaking of re-reading older issues, I really need to find the time to go back and start Gideon Falls over from the beginning. I'm keeping up with the story month to month just fine, however, I'd really like to experience everything thus far in a tight burst; this book is so freakin' out there, I really want to let its odd narrative wash over me and see what more I get out of it.

The second issue of Simon Furman and Guido Guidi's newest chapter in the Transformers original comic Universe that started in the 80s at Marvel hit the stands today, and already has me panting - look at that cover! Shockwave vs. Grimlock? I don't geek out over much that holds this beloved brand's name anymore, but these guys are definitely my window into that world.

Playlist:

The Thirsty Crows - Hangman's Noose

Iress - Prey

Mastodon - Fallen Torches (pre-release single)

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

Lustmord - Hobart

Low Cut Connie - Hi Honey

Exhalants - Bang (pre-release single)

P I n K O/Exhalants - Eponymous Split 7"

The Birthday Party - Hee Haw

The Birthday Party - Mutiny/The Bad Seed

Nabihah Iqbal - Weighing of the Heart

Mötorhead - 1916

Me and That Man - Songs of Love and Death

Le Butcherettes - A Raw Youth

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell

La Hell Gang - Thru Me Again

Second Still - Violet Phase

Cocksure - TVMALSV

Savages - Silence Yourself

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