Steely Dan - Schlitz Jingle

 Thanks to my good friend Seth for sending this my way, catchiest thing I've heard in some time.

---

---

---

NCBD:

An interesting haul awaits me later today. Let's see what I'm bringing home for NCBD:

The first issue of Michael Walsh's Frankenstein brought great joy to our house! K loved it, I loved it, and we're both rarin' for more.

Saga issue 69 gets the most appropriate and Saga-like celebration of the number I could have hoped for. I still love this book, despite the cooling of the fervor that settled in with all the hiatuses. 

Ryan Stegman's art on Donny Cates' Venom run a few years ago drew me into that title, and now he's writing a book with Jason "Trees" Howard on art? Definitely picking up this first issue, at the very least. Also, this will be my first Dstlry book. Here's the solicitation, cribbed from League of Comic Geeks:

"Bryce Hunter is a devoutly religious man whose faith is shattered when he catches his wife being...Intimate with an Elder from his church. This harrowing event sends Bryce spiraling into the hands of a demonic entity named Uvydus, Instead of rejecting possession, Bryce ACCEPTS Uvydus. Bryce wants to learn to be “bad” and Uvydus wants to be “less than completely evil.” But before Bryce can use this new partnership to finally live a little, the world's greatest Exorcist sees Bryce as his greatest challenge. But that's not even the worst of it as a murderous group of demons breaks free from Hell and threatens to re-shape earth into a kingdom over which they rule!"

The penultimate issue. Let's see that boom stick, sir!

---

---

---

Watch:

Another Autumn is upon us, so that means a new V/H/S flick is just around the corner.

 I dug last year's, but these are still usually a mixed bag for me. Still, taking the idea of "Beyond" to this series might make for some very cool ideas. 

---

---

---

Playlist:

Eldovar - A Story of Darkness and Light

Type O Negative - Life is Killing Me

---

---

---

Card:

Today's card for study is I: The Magus.

Skill and/or Wisdom. Magick. Take initiative.

You know, when I set out to 'study' these cards more, I had grand designs to really dig deep. I certainly have enough stores of knowledge on them assembled. That hasn't actually happened, though. I really haven't been doing anything different than I normally do, drawing a card for the day and writing out its interpretation/possibilities. I want to change that, but there's just not enough damn time at the moment. 

Looking at Crowley's The Book of Thoth, I'm reminded that he refers to this card as "The Juggler." 

Jet of the Moon Spider

 

I heard this while drinking with friends this past Saturday night in Nashville. It was a guys' trip for my good friend Grez's 50th birthday, and we spent Friday night/all day Saturday hanging out on Music Row and in East Nashville (fuck the strip). Our last stop Saturday night was Duke's, which Grez and I felt was a proper substitution for Chicago's Estelle's, the late-night Rock n' Roll bar we grew up hanging out at until the wee hours. Duke's was awesome, and the DJ there fired one great tune after another, quite a few of which I had never heard before. When Jet came on, it was loud AF and sounded oh so sweet. I'm not much of a Beatles fan - they are obviously important and have their place in history, as well as their moments I enjoy - but they're the most overrated band ever, in my opinion. I've made the statement "I prefer Wings" for years as a kind of inciting statement when questioned about my stance on John, Paul, Ringo and George, and hearing this Saturday, I can confirm it is, in fact, the truth.

 

---

---

---

Watch:

Shudder released a teaser for V/H/S/Beyond, which drops on October 11th, and while this series doesn't have the best track record with me, based on the Directors lined up, I'm cautiously optimistic:

This one features Kate Siegel's directorial debut on a short written by her frequent collaborator Mike Flanagan, so that should be cool. And Justin Long is directing one? Interesting. 

---

---

---

Read:

It completely slipped my mind that Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider came out this past week:

This is part one of Ballingrud's Lunar Gothic Trilogy, and seeing the words "Lunar" and "Gothic" together to describe a novel makes me more excited than I can possibly relate.

---

---

---

Playlist:

High on Fire - Cometh the Storm

The Damned - Evil Spirits

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits

Garland Jeffreys - Ghost Writer

Bohren and der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission

Calexico - Black Light

The Veils - Total Depravity

Ian Lynch - All You Need is Death OST

X - Under the Big Black Sun

X - Los Angeles

Zen Guerilla - Positronic Raygun

Japandroids - Celebration Rock

James - Wah Wah

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full

Amigo the Devil - Born Against

The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff (single)

---

---

---

Card:

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

• Eight of Pentacles

• XVIII: The Moon

• Five of Cups

Concentration on what previously seemed mastered reveals unknown damage. This is 100% an editing reminder, as I'm at the point where Black Gloves & Broken Hearts is finished; it just has to be edited again.