Blue Meanies and Ancient Wallpaper

 

A little Blue Meanies is like a double shot of espresso this early in the morning.

 

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I saw a handful of flicks this weekend, however, this is the most intriguing thing I've watched in some time. 

For our anniversary last month, I signed her up for Christine McConnell's Patreon. I enjoy Ms. McConnell's content, however, K is a super fan. This video, which is not a Patreon exclusive but one of McConnell's public offerings, is absolutely insane, as we watch her recreate the color of one-hundred-year-old wallpaper by sight, then physically recreate the areas of the paper that were damaged beyond repair. 

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Playlist:

Human Impact - EP01

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity

Suburban Living - Always Eyes

M83 - Saturdays = Youth

Maldita Vecindad - Lo Essencial

Blue Meanies - Full Throttle

Pigface - Live 2019

The Dead Milkmen - Welcome to the End of the World EP

John Carpenter - Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

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Transitions. Completely appropriate, as I was forced to order a new Mac Book today due to the failing health of the one I'm typing this truncated recording on now. These entries may be short or nonexistent after this until early April, while I wait for my new machine to arrive. 

The Human Impact of Jakob's Wife

 

A new Human Impact EP dropped last Friday and I totally missed it. Last year's eponymous album from these guys was kind of the soundtrack to the apocalypse, so this comes with mixed feelings. Either way, if shit goes pear-shaped again, at least it'll have another great OST.

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April 16th can't get here fast enough. Why?

I'll see anything even remotely associated with Larry Fessenden regardless, but it's always great when he spends more time on screen. Here, he's leading man opposite Barbara Crampton? In what looks like a fantastic modern vampire movie, no less.  Count me in.

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Playlist:

Pilotpriest - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Godflesh - Pure

Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark

Suburban Living - How to be Human

Pigface - Live 2019 (vinyl, 231 of 1000)

Huey Lewis and the News - Weather

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I read this as "letting go," which is especially pertinent to my day job at the moment. Being made salary means I'm taking a pay cut if I continue to work the extra hours I am essentially taking a pay cut, so I have to learn to let certain things go. I have a good team that works for me, and what this ultimately means is I will have a lot more time to write. Win Win, as long as I can let go.

Genghis Tron - Pyrocene

The anticipation for Genghis Tron's new album is becoming palpable! It helps that none of these songs are anything I would have expected from this band, which is, of course, a good thing.

Out next week on Relapse Records, there's still time to pre-order HERE. 

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This one popped onto my radar recently, and after realizing Son is directed by Ivan Kavanagh, who also did 2014's The Canal, I'm very much looking forward to it. Here's the trailer, which I myself am not watching, preferring instead to go in blind on this one:

 

Son is an easy $6.99 rental on Prime at the moment, so that might just happen this weekend. After the werewolf revenge flick I mentioned in yesterday's post, that is. 

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Playlist:

Run the Jewels - RTJ4

Godflesh - Pure

Suburban Living - Always Eyes 

Suburban Living - How to Be Human

Drab Majesty - Modern Mirror

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - The Night Creeper 

DJ Muggs the Black Goat - Dies Occidendum

Flogging Molly - Float

The Pogues - Red Roses For Me

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We'll skip the obvious allusion to drinking on the morning after a fairly subdued St. Paddy's and go for the archetypal:

 

From the grimoire: "An artist above all things. Intensely secret and dedicated to his craft."

I'll take the compliment.

Happy St. Paddy's - Again!

 

Been drinking, felt the need to post. I was going to watch an Irish Horror Flick tonight, instead I think I'll round out the evening reading old Garth Ennis Hellblazer issues.

Happy St. Paddy's

I won't be able to celebrate appropriately until Saturday. Even then, this is the second year in a row I can't gather my movie night squad and feed them Corned Beef, Whiskey, and Phil Joanou's Irish Mafia epic State of Grace, which I watch every year. Still, they're in me heart, eh?

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NCBD:

Well, this week is a pretty small haul, but it's an issue I've been looking forward to:

Also, this one came out last week, and I've had it on-hold with Atomic Basement:

I'm not entirely certain why I'm buying this one, so let's hope I'm not severely disappointed. I've always said I can't tolerate a monthly dose of the Caped Crusader, and in the past I have been pleasantly surprised by one-off buys like this over-sized anthology of short stories, so I guess we'll see.

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Playlist:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love IN

The Neverly Boys - Dark Side of Everything

Electric Youth - Come True OST

The Birthday Party - Junkyard

Genghis Tron - Pyrocene (pre-release single)

Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon (pre-release single) 

Tomahawk - Business Casual (pre-release single)

Tomahawk - Dog Eat Dog (pre-release single)

 

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Mixing disparate ingredients to bring something new to the table. Committing to follow it through. I'm not quite sure how to interpret that at the moment, however, it may have to do with podcasting and my continued inertia/anxiety about attempting to bring DwC back to life. Plenty of ideas, and maybe the ones that I should be looking at stretch the pre-existing format as far afield as possible.

Neverly Boys

I received a surprise early birthday package from my good friend Mr. Brown yesterday. Not only was Huey Lewis' newest record inside, but also Dave Svitek of TVOTR's new band, The Neverly Boys, which I had completely forgotten about. The album Dark Side of Everything is FANTASTIC, and I can't stop listening to it!

Thanks, J.B.!

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Bloody Disgusting ran an article about Director Patrick Rea's new film I Am Lisa HERE.

 

You had me at "Werewolf Revenge Movie."

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Playlist:

Electric Youth - Come True OST

Blut Aus Nord - 777 Cosmosophy

Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry 

Zonal - Wrecked

Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild

Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio - Lo Essential

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part

Radiohead - OK Computer

The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

The Neverly Boys - Dark Side of Everything

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Victory, which tells me that, yes, I've finally finished a short story I've been struggling with since 2018! That feels good - a nice palate cleanser before switching back to Shadow Play. 

Dreams Come True

I'll admit, I love the song, but don't plan on watching the video. As she gets more clout behind her, and  Still, any new music from Meg Myers is a welcome, joyous thing these days. Her aesthetic, instrumentation, production, and of course, songwriting, are top-notch and always hit me super hard, reminds me a bit of how Garbage hit me the first time I snagged my kid really listened to them.

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After renting Come True on Prime last night, Anthony Scott Burns just became one of my favorite directors. I can't recommend this one enough - imagine Dreamscape married with Beyond the Black Rainbow and that will get you in the ballpark, but Burns' style is all his own, and it's fucking glorious. I just posted the trailer a day or so ago, so here's what will no doubt live on as an ICONIC track from the soundtrack by Electric Youth and Pilot Priest: 

Upon finishing the film, I immediately shot over to Waxwork Records and pre-ordered on gorgeous Cyan Blue with Red and Yellow Splatter vinyl:

I will be 100% shocked if Come True doesn't end up in my top five movies of 2021. I cannot wait to buy this film on Blu Ray.

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Playlist:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Radiohead - OK Computer

Meg Myers - Sorry

Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

Ministry - Psalm 69

QOTSA - Villains

Sam Cooke - One Night Stand! Live At the Harlem Square Club, 1963

The Pogues - Rum Sodomy and the Lash

The Replacements - Tim

The Raveonettes -  In and Out of Control

SOD - Speak English or Die

Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss

Cake - Fashion Nugget

Electric Youth - Breathing OST (For a lost film)

Electric Youth - Come True OST

Dream Division - Beyond the Mirror's Image

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Three of Disks - Too much work of late, it's left me unable to function in my non-work life, so I'll take this as a nod that the hard times are over and things will even back out.