When it’s below zero and the hot water heater’s busted, all you want in life is a warm blanket, a reasonable estimate from a plumber, and a comfort movie to hold you over until you can feel the sweet hot soapy suds again. This was the situation I found myself in today watching El Dorado, the 1966 Howard Hawks western starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, … Continue reading Growing Up With John Wayne: El Dorado (1966)
Over at Nine Circles I wrote about the new album from Swedish black metal trio Watain. Trident Wolf Eclipse is a solid enough album, and a step up from the band’s 2013 The Wild Hunt. Problem is, with so many black metal bands creeping up with fresh and invigorating takes on the genre, I wonder if “solid” is enough… Anyway, you can read the review … Continue reading Watain: Trident Wolf Eclipse (2018) – for 9C
There are no guilty pleasures, and yet there is a certain amount of sleazy, joyful guilt I got from watching Raw Force, aka Kung Fu Cannibals. I imagine it’s the same sort of sleazy, guilty joy writer/director Edward Murphy (not that Edward Murphy but imagine if it was…) got as he made the film. Take martial arts action, sleazy exploitation and supernatural horror, and sprinkle … Continue reading Raw Force (1982)
“I am a DJ, I am what I play” A fitting line to kick this thing off, coming from David Bowie’s “D.J.,” kicking off side B of Lodger, the third in the misnomer that is Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy” (the album was actually recorded in Switzerland and New York). Over the past two weeks I’d come to absorb myself in the album, as it was the … Continue reading David Bowie: Lodger (1979)
I’ve been asking myself that question too, lately. Over the last year or so covering metal for the good folks at Nine Circles I started to think about not only why I was choosing the albums I decided to write about, but why I was choosing the albums I was listening to in my spare time. I have a pretty free hand over at 9C as … Continue reading Introductions: Why This? Why Now?
Consuming the Tangible (test) 