Liars - Mess on a Mission - Video

My god, every time Liars put out a new record they also throw down a video that blows my mind. Case in point.

Swans - To Be Kind Trailer

I cannot wait for this record. Swans' 2012 magnum opus - and yes that word is overused but NOT in this regard - The Seer really just blew my fucking mind when I heard it in the early part of 2013 (I've mentioned here recently that had I heard it in '12 it would have been #2 on my year end list). I've felt a bit removed from current music lately but this is something that I am really looking forward to, to the point that this is without a doubt a 'day of release' buy for me.

Apparently this trailer is for the DVD available with the deluxe edition of To Be Kind, out May 13th via Young God Records/Mute.

Can't wait!

Garth Ennis & Facundo Percio's Caliban

image courtesy of www.geekpr0n.com

... is the topic of discussion in this week's edition of Thee Comic Column, right over here on Joup.

Sequart's Documentary about Chris Claremont's Epic Run on Uncanny X-Men

image courtesy of Marvel.com

...is out and ready to watch. I ordered my copy last night and wrote this week's Thee Comic Column about it. Available on Joup!

Rue Morgue Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Prom Queen's Murder

image courtesy of hemlockbooks.co.uk

The newest issue of Rue Morgue is on the newsstand and as you can no doubt discern from the picture it has a nice, juicy Twin Peaks cover story in honor of the 25 year anniversary of the night Special Agent Dale Cooper opened that mason jar of scorched engine oil and entered the waiting room via Glastonbury Grove and its circle of twelve sycamore trees. Now, if you've been reading about Twin Peaks for a long time as I have - pretty much since it aired - the Rue Morgue story is not too much that you haven't heard before. But it's done really well and there are some unique insights by Ray Wise, Sheryl Lee and Jennifer Lynch. And unlike Fangoria, which sadly pretty much blows - or at least did the last time I checked - Rue Morgue is a fantastic horror mag that I don't get to read often enough. There's also a great article on Oculus, a movie I think I was unfairly dismissing due to billboard proliferation around LA but after reading said article I'm actually looking forward to.

Karl Urban's Brief Message RE: DREDD Sequel

Once again, props to Mr. Whelks for throwing this little video my way. I signed the petition - LOVED Dredd. If you did too, go HERE and sign!

WEEN circa 1996 on Australian Radio

"Here on the Chocolate hotline..."

If you click on the previous WEEN link I posted this week, "Beacon Light", and follow the link that Chester Whelks left in the comments you can read about Aaron Freeman's upcoming record. I miss the hell out of WEEN, but I want them all to live great, healthy lives too. So I'm behind Aaron and can't wait to hear the new record.

"Eating a Lobster Hoagie on my house boat" - fan-fucking-tastic!