Tokage

post-visual kei actually

cant wait for the inevitable sixth sense/moon child crossover sequel tbh

pretty sure at least the bottom one is for the new version of Homura Uta, considering how similar it is to the old one.

i love mucc again now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

preview reminds me of r-shitei somehow t b h

I recently finally got around to watching Why Don't You Play in Hell? by Sono. All I can say is: this dude has yet to disappoint me with any of his movies. I've seen six of them now, and I loved all of them. Only real gripe I have here is that the fake blood effects are pretty terrible at some points, but I half suspect that may have been intentional. Plot-wise and character-wise, the movie's just the usual mix between interesting and total batshit insanity that the man seems to excel at.

I read Glue back in April or something as well, great book. Took me ages to finish it due to constantly getting sidetracked by uni stuff tho. Anyway, now that summer vacation's finally here, I've had some more time for reading. Here's a bunch of stuff I've gone through in the last month or so: The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett. As far as I know, this is the man's first short story collection. Ligotti's nihilistic & surreal brand of horror is a VERY clear influence here. I like how all the stories are interconnected, and elements or locations constantly reappear throughout the book. The stories Origami Dreams, 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism, and The Infusorium especially stand out among the others in terms of sheer atmosphere and mindfuckery. If you like your horror weird, you'd do well to give this one a try. I enjoyed it so much I basically went through the whole thing in one day. The Spectral Link by Thomas Ligotti. Disappointment. That's the first thing that comes to mind. To call this a short story collection would be generous, as there's only two stories here. Unfortunately, it feels like Ligotti's pessimistic philosophical leanings have subsumed his ability to write compelling, unnerving stories. At least, that's the impression I got here. I loved Teatro Grottesco, My Work Is Not Yet Done, and the assorted other stories I've read by the man, but these just did nothing for me. I'm not sure whether it's something similar to how I feel about Haruki Murakami's writing nowadays (i.e. if you've read about 3 or 4 of his books, you basically sort of get the idea), or due to the fact that it felt like the material I was reading was just some cut material from The Conspiracy Against the Human Race with a very thin fictional frame around it. The second story was, admittedly, somewhat more engaging w/ its 'They Live!'-type of atmosphere, but... I don't know. Not recommended for anyone but die hard fans. 300000000 by Blake Butler. I actually ended up dropping this one less than 100 pages from the end because I just couldn't sit through the excessive word saladyness of it all. The novel started off interesting, by showing the notes of a crazy cannibalistic cult leader/mass murderer along w/ liner notes by certain detectives and cult members, some of which begin to eventually contradict one another & even to deny each other's existence. After that it focuses on the case report written by the officer primarily in charge of the case, once again with a bunch of strange metatextual & mindfucking elements sprinkled around. After that second part, though, everything completely goes off the rails and just turns into a jumbled mess without any real sense of narrative structure or plot. The investigator eventually ends up trapped in a tape recording with something that may or may not be his dead wife, but after that point I kind of lost the plot entirely. Still, I can't say I HATED reading it: there's some very interesting, beautiful, and also at times very grotesque imagery here, but the word salad just ended up marring the overall experience for me. Automated Alice by Jeff Noon. Ever since I read Vurt years ago, I've been wanting to read more of his stuff. I finally managed to get my hands on physical copies of 2 of his books. This was the first one I read. Based on the blurb on the novel's back cover, I was expecting something COMPLETELY different from what I actually ended up getting. I thought this would end up being some sort of trippy, post-modern sci-fi meta take on Alice in Wonderland, but instead I simply ended up getting the semi-science fiction sequel to Through the Looking Glass that Carroll never wrote. Luckily, there's still enough weirdness and puns (some pretty good, some horrible) to keep all but the most 'NO FUN ALLOWED'-type of reader entertained. If you're hoping for something similar to Vurt, you're out of luck, but if you're looking for that sort of 'fractured fairy tale'-type of feeling, look no further The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford. This is the third full-length novel I've read by Ford, and the fourth book in total. By now, I'm pretty much certain that Ford ranks among some of my favorites of modern weird fiction (next to Jeff Vandermeer, China Mieville & Thomas Ligotti). His stories cover a wide variety of different themes and topics, with some being somewhat more on the surreal and dreamlike end of things, and others being more on the (slightly) more realistic side of things. The Physiognomy, first part of the so-called Well-Built City trilogy definitely falls within the former category. The world Ford has created here is mesmerizing; plant people, bartending monkeys, steampunk-esque cyborg fighting rings, a dictator ruling a city that is the physical representation of his memory palace, etc. Gonna have to get around to hunting down some sort of copy of the remaining two parts, because I'm very much intrigued by the world Ford created here. Highly rec'd to anyone w/ even a passing interest in New Weird fiction.

tbh at this point they should just invest in a drum machine

i'd love if they'd ever add some bonus cd w/ demo versions of their songs to some upcoming release instead of just constantly throwing remixes at us t b h

They're already basically going to re-record 2 of their best albums, what else is left to self-cover? (I mean, I don't see much point in already rivisiting stuff from their past 2 or 3 albums considering how relatively recent they are..)

Finally got more time to watch movies since my summer vacation's started a couple of days ago, so here's some thoughts about some of my recent viewings: Terrorvision: Pure cheese incarnate. This falls somewhere half between an '80s comedy and a horror movie, though IMO it leans far more towards comedy than horror. Some of the dialogue is absolutely ridiculous in the best possible way, and the acting's also plain ridiculous at times. Cool rubber monster costume, lots of slime, nice retro soundtrack... Only thing that marred my experience of this one both now and the last time I watched it was the lead kid actor. Tourist Trap: I'm still amused by the fact Naughty Dog sampled the witch mannequin thing's laugh for their Crash Bandicoot games. Other than that, pretty damn nice and atmospheric horror movie featuring my one true weakness - creepy dolls and mannequins. Gets me every time. Even though the movie apparently has a PG13 rating, it's still sufficiently unsettling, even without any excessive amounts of gore. That first kill sequence was absolutely intense. Killer's doll-like appearance is incredibly cool too. I gotta be honest though; while the animated mannequins were cool and spooky, I still felt like the killer's psychic powers were kind of poorly explained away, they could've handled that just a BIT better.. Paper House: Okay, IMDB doesn't list this as a horror movie, but I felt like there are enough creepy/surreal moments in here to let it count at least MILDLY as a horror film. This movie presents an example of child actors done right; the worst part here was the terrible dubbing job done on the mother. Some beautiful cinematography in this one, the scenes at the abandoned train station and just about everything involving the surreal dreamworld especially stand out. Shame the lead actress apparently never went on to do anything else after this film, as she had potential... Friday the 13th III: DUDE WE'RE MAKING A 3D MOVIE LMAO... Other than the obvious 3D baiting all over the place, what is there to say? It's Friday the 13th. You know what to expect already, and you get exactly that. Unfortunately, I think I missed out on most of the gore, as I'm p. sure I wasn't watching one of the uncut versions.

I've been playing RE7 together with my girlfriend lately. I think we're about halfway through the game now or something like that. I can kind of understand why some people criticized the game when it came out, but to be honest I'm loving the hell out of it. I gotta admit tho, Invincible Dad felt creepier than Weird Bug Mom. The latter only gave me Forbidden Siren vibes. Other than that, I've also been replaying Crash Bandicoot 2 for the umpteenth time. Game NEVER gets old for me, honestly one of my all-time fav platforming games.

THE GERIATRIC BOYZ

With that look, this BETTER be some kind of goofy Pride of Mind-tier synthpop throwback. Inevitable teamup with Közi when????

holy shit he's actually breaking the deathgaze formula???? color me surprised

I think the jank's endearing, it at least helps to make the worlds look distinctive, as opposed to i.e. the NSMB-series games which I find to look extremely monotonous and boring aesthetics-wise... then again, maybe playing romhacks intensively has made me immune to jank lol

The new Drab Majesty is pretty alright '80s new wave/post-punk worship (mainly the 'romantic'/'melancholic' kind, not the more aggro kind)

In all honesty though, the tour organizers also kind of contributed to killing off the European scene themselves. I mean, I know they were probably cheaper to fly over than the artists people actually WANT to see, but did they really feel that bringing over ""quality"" acts of a 'literally who?'-level such as HITT or The Fool like 200 times was gonna change the game for the better?

They'll all cover the SE for Zekuu

Is this gonna be their longest album ever? I'm looking forward to it, enjoyed just about everything I've heard by them

what the fuck are those clean vocals???????????????????????????????? how do you still manage to sound like shit even with your voice autotuned to hell and back?