I've been on a Low Cut Connie binge all weekend and it's definitely helped elevate my mood. I'm turning 50 tomorrow, and, although that doesn't bother me the way it might a lot of people, it still kind of staggers the view I take of myself. On one hand, I'm still here and do not expect to be going anywhere for quite a long time. On the other hand, in ten years I'll be 60, and ten years after that - should I be lucky enough to live that long - 70. You see where this is going, right? I'm getting long in the tooth, and while that's definitely better than the alternative, well, it's fucking weird and a little scary if you don't find a way to keep it from your mind. And what better way to keep it from the mind than with some awesome, soulful Rock n' Roll!
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I had my third-ever viewing of Kevin Tenney's 1985 debut film, Witchboard, last night. Here's one of the original 1986 TV spots for the film, which, back in the day, made me think this movie was hardcore intense (I was 10).
I never did see this back in the 80s. Or the 90s. It was sometime in the early 2000s that I picked up the Witchboard DVD secondhand, tried to watch it, and found it incredibly disappointing (that was nearly 25 years of anticipation based on what 10-year-old Shawn thought the film would be - hard for anything to live up to that). Then, a couple of years ago, Joe Bob did this one as part of his Walpurgisnacht episode, and I gave it another shot.
Still not much.
Last night, though, I really tried to look at this as Kevin Tenney's first film - followed soon after by Night of the Demons, which I love - and it kind of gave me a different perspective. I still don't think Witchboard is a very good film, but it's definitely a product of its time and entertaining enough if you have the right context (and alcohol - don't forget the alcohol).
This is all run-up for an upcoming episode of The Horror Vision, where we'll compare the original film with the 2025 remake. I've heard it's completely different, which can only be a good thing.
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It's going to be some time before I get around to it, but I found a nearly perfect copy of the original, 1989 hardcover release for Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show a few weeks ago, and it arrived in the mail over the weekend.
Playlist:
Low Cut Connie - Art Dealers
Low Cut Connie - Hi Honey
Low Cut Connie - Dirty Pictures (Part 1)
Low Cut Connie - Livin in the USA (pre-release singles)
Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts
Low Cut Connie - Call Me Sylvia
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
The Afghan Whigs - House of I (single)
Drug Church - Pynch (single)
Fever Ray - The Bride EP
Fever Ray - Plunge
Gnarls Barkley - Atlanta
Gogol Bordello - We Mean It, Man!
D'Nell - 1st Magic
INXS - Kick
Dreamkid - Daggers
Mike Doughty - Live From Ken's House
Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies Nite 101
Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies Nite 66
Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies Nite 67
Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies Nite 68
Van Halen - 1984
Various - Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Album
High on Fire - Surrounded By Thieves
High on Fire - Death Is This Communion
Stephen O'Malley - Spheres Collapser
sunn O))) - Eponymous (pre-release singles)
sunn O))) - Pyroclasts
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• Queen of Swords
• Five of Cups
• I: The Magician
Emotional aspect of the Intellect, which can be a bit of an oxymoron, right? The conflict inherent in the emotional realm of thinking people - and we're not all thinking people in 2026, are we? - is exactly what gets in the way of things. In other words, emotions are important for ruling your heart and interfere with your brain. What the hell does any of this tell me today?
Keep my mouth shut at work. That's all. Sounds easy, or maybe it doesn't, right? That's the emotional end of things. Everyone has someone they want to tell to go to hell, but just don't do it. Or maybe you will, but I won't. Or shouldn't. Maybe.
