Thursday, June 17, 2021
Slope
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Tape Waves - Sundowning
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What am I missing? Apparently I'm clinging to something, but I'm not really sure what the hell that is.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Trackademicks
A track I heard last week at my Horror Vision cohost Ray L's first Cineray of the pre-COVID era. This is a very '2000s' track for me, however, it's been cool to reintegrate some of that vibe over the last few years, kicking off with my rewatch of Veronica Mars, a show I first watched and fell in love with back during my first year or two after moving to California, when the 2000-ness of everything was at full height.
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I finished re-reading Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife this past Sunday, and I have to say, reading these first two books in the His Dark Materials series I originally read in the early 2000s has highlighted just what a faithful adaptation of the BBC ONE/HBO's series is.Playlist:
Trackademicks - 7th Heaven EPCard:
There is a common goal I share right now with my better half. It's a huge idea that will ultimately change our lives forever. More later.
Monday, June 14, 2021
Strength in Patton
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Silent - Modern HateThursday, June 10, 2021
New Deafheaven!!!
This hit yesterday, but I've been writing and scheduling these posts at least a day ahead to try and regain some sense of consistency. Wednesday was already a pretty good morning when Mr. Brown text me that Deafheaven dropped a new track and announced an album. As you can imagine, I FLEW to pre-order Infinite Granite HERE, then spent a good amount of time listening to "Great Mass of Color "over and over. So good. I guess all the black metal blow-hards can shut the fuck up, since the band has obviously now embraced integrating so many other elements. That's what the best of any genre does - refuses to be limited by the tropes of their chosen peers.
Infinite Granite lands August 20 on Sargent House.
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Deafheaven - Great Mass of Color (pre-release single)Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Turbo Kids Zooma
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First - the pre-orders for Behemoth Comics's Turbo Kid Prequel series is up! Go HERE if you are interested. Look at these tasty f*&king covers!Playlist:
QOTSA - Rated RTuesday, June 8, 2021
Gift of Screws
Heaps of praise to Mr. Brown for introducing me to Lindsey Buckingham's 2008 solo album Gift of Screws, an album I am fairly certain would never have wound up on my radar without the guidance from my friend. This is one for the ages - as Brown stated in a text recently, the whole thing really highlights his guitar playing, an aspect that often gets pushed to the background in Fleetwood Mac. Opener Great Day has some truly fantastic finger-picking, and most of the tracks - especially "Did You Miss Me" above - would have made stand out singles for the radio, if there was an outlet in the major markets for guys like Buckingham, who are more often than not relegated to the 'was in a classic rock band' category. Reminds me a bit of the first time I heard John Paul Jones' record Zooma.