I saw Hereditary last night. OUTSTANDING. See it in a theatre.
Playlist from June 11th:
Danzig - Danzig 7: I Luciferi
Zeal and Ardor - Stranger Fruit
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Melvins - Stag
Terminal A - Fruits of Gomorrah E.P.
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night
Goblin - George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead OST
Not to interpret too literally - although sometimes it's good to not shy away from doing that with the cards - funny I should draw this the day our new bed is being delivered.
My friend Duff and his band Junior Jr. released their first proper offering, Obligatory Demo, this weekend and it is fantastic. There's a rough-around-the-edges quality that might lead some folk to dismiss this out of hand, however - give it a few spins and you'll see, the song writing and performance are such that I expect Junior Jr. to evolve into a massive, massive band.
Playlist from 6/10/18:
Danzig - Danzig 7 I Luciferi
Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color
Lost Highway OST
Rammstein - Herzeleid
Card of the day:
Netzach, one step down the tree from the complete beauty of Tipareth, so there's longing, and maybe anarchy. And maybe that fits my mind frame at work right now, so I'll count this as a warning to curb my destructive thoughts.
It's really shaping up to be a banner year for horror at the theatre. These are the two trailers that made my week last week, the Halloween was a complete surprise, I expected to not give a toss; add to them the surprise of the Suspiria trailer, and I'm psyched (this of course, doesn't even take into consideration all the gooey goodness that Beyond Fest will undoubtedly bring to LA in the fall. Yay!
Playlist from June 9th:
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night
Otis Redding - Tell the Truth
Ghost - Prequelle
Zeal and Ardor - Stranger Fruit
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie - The Next Day Extra E.P
Well, Stranger Fruit by Zeal and Ardor is shaping up to be the best album I hear this year; pretty sure this is one of those albums that each song will take a turn rotating in as my favorite. Well done lads (and lady), can't wait to see you at the f*&king ROXY in October. Moving up.
Playlist from 6/08/18:
Ghost - Popestar E.P.
Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged 2.0
Underworld - 1992-2002 (disc 2)
Underworld/Iggy Pop - Bells and Circles
Ghost - Prequelle
Zeal and Ardor - Eponymous E.P.
Zeal and Ardor - Stranger Fruit
New Zeal & Ardor today (I think; the album has not become fully available on Apple Music yet):
Playlist from 6/7:
Underworld - Pearl's Girl Single
Underworld - 1992 to 2002, disc two
David Bowie - Black Star
Venue - Desireena E.P.
Algiers - The Underside of Power
Card of the day:
Ahh, my absolute favorite card in the deck. This always connects me to a higher ideal, separates out the micro from the macro. And I definitely think I needed that this morning!
My good friend Ray sent me an Apple Music link to this album quite some time ago and I only just now got around to working it in for listen - when I'm writing everyday as I have been, spending so much time dialed into a particular frame of mind, I curate everything I listen to pretty rigorously. Thus, trying something new - especially if it's something I'll love - might totally skew my routine. I tried two new things yesterday - Dessa's Badly Broken Code, which is fantastic but completely out of my element at the moment, and Nabihah Iqbal's Weighing of the Heart. The latter instantly bewitched me, and it fits right in where I need it to, so it's been on heavy, heavy rotation all day and will most likely stay there for some time. Above is my favorite track, thus far.
New Drinking, Fighting, F*&king, and Crying is up HERE.
Playlist from Odin's Day, 6/07/18:
Pigface - A New High in Low
oOoOO & Islamic Grrls - Faminine Mystique
White Ring & oOoOO - Roses/Seaww - Emotion Single
Dessa - A Badly Broken Code
Nabihah Iqbal - Weighing of the Heart
Zombi - Shape Shift
Ghost - Prequelle
Card of the day:
Take the high ground for perspective. That might come in handy during the 4 hour meeting I have today at work.
I have long loved My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, up to and including their masterpiece, Confessions of a Knife. After that... not so much. I've tried since high school to get into 13 Above the Night and never really cared for it. Likewise, I will periodically check in on one of the later records, usually to no effect. The other night though, I pulled 13 out after not hearing it for years and gave it a whirl and actually kind of dug a lot of it. It's no Confessions; doesn't hold a candle to any of their older stuff at all. But, I think I'm finally starting to hear what those who have recommended it to me for years hear... or I'm getting soft in my old age. Either way, a few more truncated listens and I grabbed Death Threat from Apple Music yesterday morning and listened to it twice in a row. Again, not the same vibe as the old stuff, but it fit my mood at the time, and it didn't seem so terribly far off from the Thrill Kill Kult that I love, all Satan and Sex and Drugs and SATAN!!!
Foxxxy Rockit is probably my favorite track so far, hence it leading off the post this morning.
Playlist from 6/05:
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - 13 Above the Night
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Death Threat*
Venue - Desireena E.P.
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird-suite
Crystal Castles -
HIDE - Castration Anxiety
Christopher Young - Hellraiser OST
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
Preoccupations - New Material
