The final track on the soundtrack for Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell. Most of the score is written and performed by Pino Donaggio, but there are several tracks by Julian Winding, and each one is fantastic. This particular one closes out the album.
Someone release this on vinyl!!!
Watch:
Nicolas Winding Refn's 28-minute Giallo-infused short film A Touch of Crude, funded by Prada, is more than just a showcase for their fashion line.
I only just learned of this via the most recent issue of Fangoria magazine, where Isaac Feldberg’s Monster Invasion column focuses on Her Private Hell. Even after initially reading this a few weeks ago upon receipt, it wasn't until digging back into the issue yesterday morning as I prepped the next episode of The Horror Vision that I realized this might be something I could watch online. Sure enough - see above.
Read:
I'm about two hundred and something pages into The Dark Tower Book Five: Wolves of the Calla and, remembering that this is one of the books in the series I've only ever read once, back when it was first published on November 4, 2003, I'm shocked at how perfect this book picks up the transition from Wizard and Glass.
I mean, it feels like King wrote this in one continuous stream, despite the fact that, between books on June 19, 1999, King was hit and almost killed by a car and went through an arduous recovery. In spite of all that, the story is completely intact, and it feels like no time off occurred between books.
I guess that's Ka for ya.
Reading this one now, it strikes me how deftly King manages to continue the overall story of Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and Oy on the path of the beam and integrate a pretty thrilling classic Western story at the same time. We spend roughly two hundred pages picking up after the events of Wizard and Glass, continuing the "Path" story, introducing Todash - which I adore - and then segue into the "Defend the town from the reavers" trope that so many classic Westerns employ, only here, executed in King's unique vision. I'm curious if by the end of this one it will outrank Wizard as "the best of the series," and if so, if that trend will continue on through the final two books of the series.
Playlist:
Her Private Hell - Pino Dinoggio
Carpenter Brut - Leather Temple
Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist
The Caretaker - Theoretically pure anterograde amnesia
Goatsnake - Black Age Blues
Melvins - Tarantula Heart
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Ministry - The Last Sucker
The Body - I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer
• Five of Swords
• Two of Wands
Inspiration comes from the inner turmoil of stepping outside your comfort zone. Back to the fortune cookie-esque reading, but it's timely.
