Secret Chiefs 3 - Personae: Halloween

So weird. My friend Mike at the best comic book shop in LA, The Comic Bug*just played me this track the other day and now here I find this video. The song is from the just-released Book of Souls: Folio A which you can order on the Web of Mimicry website here.

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* Interestingly enough one of my best friends in the world is also named Mike and happens to run the best comic shop in the greater Chicagoland area, Amazing Fantasy Books and Comics.

Black Lips Tour Doc

Oh! The Black Lips have a documentary about touring in the Middle East in 2012. Here's the trailer, read more about it on Brooklyn Vegan here.

Revocation - The Grip Tightens Video

I did not know about this video until just now! I found out about Revocation back in July when I saw them on the Summer Slaughter tour - I became an instant fan. If you're into metal at all go here and download their free Teratogenesis EP released via Scion AV. It is probably my most-listened to album of the year. This video made me laugh my ass off even if it does slightly obscure the really poignant topic of the song. More of Revocation's awesome music is available on their bandcamp here.

Terry Gilliam's Zero Theorem

I completely let this one slip from my radar after the initial announcement and poster release back in the spring. Terry Gilliam has made several of my all time favorite films, including Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Oh yeah, and a little film called Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Some people say his adherence to the dystopian future theme is a one-note on the piano scenario but I don't see it that way. I see it as a prophet (because Brazil is VERY prophetic from when it was released to what our world is like now) refining his vision as more and more information becomes available over time.

Can't wait for this.

The Deftones Cover Cocteau Twins' Wax and Wane

HOLY COW!!! Look what I found while perusing the youtubes for the previous post. I had no idea this existed.

Snowbird/Cocteau Twins

I didn't realize until just now that Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins was the Simon in Snowbird. Although I consider myself a huge fan of the Cocteau that I'm familiar with it is a somewhat limited vocabulary. I fell in love with Heaven or Las Vegas years ago, followed by Treasure and Victorialand. Then a year or two ago a friend burned me EVERYTHING else the band ever recorded and I've been slow to move through it because, well, I feel a skosh guilty about all that free music. My guilt has prevented me from really diving into the band's catalogue, however the one album I did que up and immediately become enamored with is Garlands. Wax and Wane is below - it's probably my favorite song off the album and a really good indication of the dark, ethereal and more than a little Cure-like tone of the record. When I eventually ante up and buy Garlands I suppose I'll move onto another one of their records. Not sure which first, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mindful Cyborg Epsidoe 13

I've said it before and I'll say it again - if you're not reading Technoccult you are missing some of the most fascinating content on the net. I've not had the time to check out associated podcast Mindful Cyborg but that is (hopefully) going to change today.