Set Adrift on NCBD Bliss

P.M. Dawn's 1991 album Of the Body, Of the Soul and the Cross: The Utopian Experience is now available on streamers! 

I talked a lot about this one back in January of 2021 - basically, this is a song and now an album that, while I wasn't overtly into at the time of its release (I would have been fifteen), has become a huge nostalgia trigger for me. Very cool to finally listen to the entire record.

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NCBD:

A solid week of books. Let's get into it:

Plague House's first issue sold me on two things: 1) I am all-in on Michael W. Conrad and Dave Chisholm's Haunted House book, and 2) Oni Press has already captured 2025 as their year, in my opinion.

James Tynion IV and Steve Foxe's Jersey Devil bio has had some pretty crazy moments in it so far, so although I'm kind of looking for books to cut at the moment, I'm definitely going to hang with this one until it ends with issue four. Piotr Kowalski's art, in particular, has really added an ominous sense of momentum to this story.

The cover alone sells the F_CK out of this book.

I completely forgot about this Black Metal-infused, supernatural Folk Horror revenge book by Brian Azzarello, Vanesa Del Rey and Hilary Jenkins. I dug the first two issues, so my forgetfulness is caused by this one's bi-monthly release schedule more than disinterest.

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Watch:

The full trailer for Together dropped a few days ago, and while I'll leave it right here for posterity's sake, not watching this one.

Written and Directed by Michael Shanks and starring Dave Franco, Alison Brie, and one of my favorite actors, Damon Herriman, Together carries with it an unstated implication that this will be this year's big Body Horror movie. I find such an unquantifiable thrill in having this sub-genre on its way to becoming a household word. Blows me away. 

Together is slated to hit theatres August 1st, and I will be there opening day!

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Playlist:

Drab Majesty - Careless

Various - Learn to Relax: A Tribute to Jehu

The Birthday Party - Mutiny/The Bad Seed EP

Godflesh - Decline and Fall EP

Antibalas - Where The Gods Are In Peace

P.M. Dawn - Of the Heart, Of the Soul and the Cross: The Utopian Experience

Matt Cameron - Gory Scorch Cretins EP

Soundgarden - Super Unknown

Steve Moore - Christmas, Bloody Christmas OST

Zombi - Shape Shift

Walter Rizzati - House By the Cemetery OST

Zeal & Ardor - Eponymous

Black Sabbath - Sabotage

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

OLD - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak

Zombi - Direct Inject

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Card:

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

• Four of Swords

• Queen of Pentacles

• King of Cups

Stability in the Will as applied to Earthly matters is entangled with Emotion and thus, leads to conflict. Nearly a perfect summation of my last few days of work.

Melvins 1983 - King of Rome

 

Holy F**K! I knew songs from this record had already dropped, but I kept missing it. Until now (Thanks, Mr. Brown!). I love this opening track and can only imagine it bodes well for the rest of the album. A little weird missing Dale, but after just (finally) watching the Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale, I'm picking up what Buzz and original drummer Mike Dillard are putting down.

Out April 18th, you can pre-order Thunderball directly from Ipecac Recordings HERE.

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Watch:

A trailer for Michael Shanks' debut feature Together dropped the other day. I have not watched it; I've heard a few small things about this. Only vagueries, really, but enough to make me curious as all hell. And when I'm curious, I try to remember one simple fact: Trailers spoil movies. 

Still, I always post here for posterity's sake. So watch at your own risk.

I'm pretty sure I said it here before, but I love that Body Horror has become viable enough to be getting wide theatrical releases. Let's all go see this and make sure that remains a thing, shall we?

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Playlist:

Angus MacLise - New York Electronic, 1965

Sqürl - Third Man Records Session

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (thanks, Josh!)

Dinosaur Jr.  - Sweep It Into Space

Melvins - Hold It In

Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

Flying Lotus - Yasuke

Melvins - Thunderball (pre-release singles)

Zonal - Eponymous (single)

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Card:

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

• IV: The Emperor

• Eight of Pentacles

• XI: Justice

Concentrate on the rules we've made, which are faltering, and you can move past them into the underlying, seemingly unconnected processes. It is here you will find the architecture that governs this existence.

Not sure what I'm going to do with that, but it just kind of came to me while thinking about each individual card and how they fit together. I really don't "read" tarot that way, but maybe a little woo-woo is needed to even out my constant overthinking and page-turning.