V. Longshot (Vy Lenza)

I’m gonna end up on another: “bigoted against AI” list.

Wearing those like badges.

AI is alive? Cool.

That means we can kill it.

A LARRY FLYNT PUBLICATION EXCLUSIVE! PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S KILLERS REVEALED! ANGIE DICKINSON NUDE!

We used to have proper magazine journalism in the USA

The rise of the “Disney adult” and the Mormon influence on that portion of culture would definitely be reflected in a new version.

I’ve tried over the years but so much from that era is just gone. Archive and everything doesn’t have a findable copy. It’s like all my print era stuff in some ways… just lost to the ether.

I’ve thought about revisiting it in some form. Maybe I will.

It’s also amazing how far my voice has come since then.

Dug up another one of me doing some Metallica about 2 years earlier. I was way out of shape cause I was in my “post divorce bottle of scotch a night” era that my now wife would help bring me out of.

You can tell my thrash vocal influences were more Testament and Kreator than Hetfield for sure.

😆

My in-laws did the same thing.

We don’t go anymore do to every bit of fun being sapped out of it. Plus, my wife worked for the company for almost 15 years and holds some resentment to them.

No, that’s at Floridas Magic Kingdom, but I haven’t been there since 2011

And yeah… there was a lot in there about spectacle, and the aesthetics of an idealized past.

And that’s how that side gig ended.

(Wish I still had access to that article, it’s proved to be quite prescient for something written over 15 years ago and cross posted on MySpace)

… depictions of the future becoming more bleak.

Well, years later I followed it up with a piece on the true horrors of what Walt originally had in mind for his “City of Tomorrow”, the ideological underpinnings for it, and the desire of the rich to make us all into their vassals who own nothing.

So… back in the 2000’s I had started a side gig writing about theme parks. I liked delving into the more esoteric aspects of them like analyzing Pirates of the Caribbean as a primer on mystery religions. But, I also wrote a long piece about EPCOT Center and how it became outdated due to our…

Happy #FrancoFriday
Lina Romay in Female Vampire (1973, Jess Franco)

"the world needs sanctuaries from chaos and meanness," - Joe Bob Briggs

#TheLastDriveIn

What a powerful finale.
The Drive-In Will Never Ever Die.
Thanks for everything, JB.

@therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social @themutantfam.bsky.social @shudder.com #TheLastDriveIn

Blackbraid - The Dying Breath of a Sacred Stag (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Black Metal Promotion

As true now as it was 35 years ago.

The Skies Turn Black - YouTube

My favorite new album of the week…

Vreid - The Skies Turn Black

Musically gorgeous with a mix of vocal styles (and musical styles) that really creates atmosphere… the track with Djerv is an obvious standout, but the whole album is a delight.

TEMPLE OF VOID - The Crawl [FULL ALBUM STREAM] YouTube video by RelapseRecords

Temple of Void - The Crawl

Doomy melodic death with depth in the lyrics. I would heap more praise on this if that Vreid album wasn’t released this week.

Song Of Darkness - YouTube

Runners up?

Leaves Eyes - Song of Darkness EP

Symphonic pagan metal beauty.

The Skies Turn Black - YouTube

My favorite new album of the week…

Vreid - The Skies Turn Black

Musically gorgeous with a mix of vocal styles (and musical styles) that really creates atmosphere… the track with Djerv is an obvious standout, but the whole album is a delight.

While all my stuff from my old bands/musical projects have been lost to the lands of corrupted drives and ruined dvcam/hi 8 tapes…

At least I have whiskey and benzo fueled karaoke vids from 15 years ago.

Incredibly happy that I went the EV route 5 years ago and have not looked back.

God… this movie… so fucking good.

Me and That Man (feat. Mat McNerney) - Burning Churches (Official Video) YouTube video by Me And That Man

“There's plenty of things that should be left unsaid

So I'll drink some more whiskey and I'll say them again

My life is this war against their words
Slaves to salvation and prayers to their lord”

i don't get it. you can lift at the gym. being a softhanded scribe is like the pinnacle of civilized life, tens of thousands of generations of your ancestors would have murdered to be a softhanded scribe

“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.” Excerpt From “Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.” Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

Outlaw - In the heavens and so alike on earth Outlaw - In spirit and so alike in flesh

The classic bodybuilding front double horns pose.