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.
