LOW OF 2019: being rejected from a snuff film literary anthology for my work being too violent.
HIGH OF 2019: being rejected from a snuff film literary anthology for my work being too violent.
COME SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT
still unpacking thoughts on JOKER. finally settled on the conclusion of it being a movie i would've dreamed of at age twenty, when i used to spend a chunk of my time brainstorming ways to synergize a childhood love of superhero comics with my post-adolescent devotions to cult cinema, obscure horror movies, violent arthouse films, sketchy urban legends, serial killer lore, and ironic needledrops.
and yet with JOKER being a near-perfect encapsulation of all my life's greasepit obsessions being hailed as zeitgeist-redefining cultural touchstone (though seemingly only because those themes have been trojan-horsed inside a lucrative intellectual property with major studio funding), i feel less validated than ever... my own creative ventures struggling to break even into the most remote margins of relevant discourse.
stuff i've enjoyed on my sabbatical from the blog;
BOOKS / COMICS:
BABY KILLER by Frank Cassese
Watchmen Companion
Scream With Me: the Enduring Legacy of the Misfits
the Last Crusade by Jean-Louis Costes
the Sons of El Topo vol. 2: Abel by Alejandro Jodorowksy / Jose Ladronn
MOVIES:
VIY
WICKED WORLD
BOAR
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
EMANUELLE IN AMERICA
MUSIC:
OCTONOMY - Warhorse
MUSKET HAWK - Upside of Sick
MOONBEAM TERROR - Comfort Knife
ZORN - Hardcore Zorn
CUNTS - s/t
what about 2020 now?
soon.
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