We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 522

 stand-out viewing for the myeah myeah of January.

ZEROS AND ONES (2021, dir. Abel Ferrara)

i mean it seems like he might be dying of dementia, but hey so do i.

DAY OF THE REAPER (1984, dir. Tim Ritter)

the budget was "whatever we got in the bathroom". pretty sure the film stock is a wax shower curtain. 

WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR (2021, dir. Kier-La Janise)

gang... i think i'm in love with Kier-La Janise. 

ECCO (1963, dir. Gianni Proia)

aside from the obvious guys, most mondo movies are the drizzling shits. not this one. really delivers. worth it for the Grand Guignol footage. 

TITANE (2021, dir. Julia Ducournau)

absolutely adore the way she blends all these references very slyly, without being too showy or obnoxious about it. 12 hrs later and i'm still pointing out new ones. looking forward to the replay. 

HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021, dir. David Gordon Greene) 

i'm just a shocked as you are... but i gotta give it up here; after something like 43 years somebody finally made a way more than decent sequel to Carpenter's undeniable (fuck off, contrarian) classic. cold. brutal. all while retaining the mystery of just what in the fuck this Meyers fella actually is. 

THE TIN DRUM (1979, dir. Volker Schlondorf) 

i need an adult. 

THE MAFU CAGE (1978, dir. Karen Arthur)

something something cUlTuRaL aPpRoPrIaTiOn. (ps... i sometimes forget just exactly how goddamn pretty Carol Kane is. really a shame she never got more roles like this one... at least that i know of.)

SUKKUBUS (1989, dir. Georg Tressler)

really ended up liking how stupidly out of place this Playboy TV looking lass appeared against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps. gives the whole affair a more off-balance quality that lends itself to surrealistic inclinations. 

PINTU TERLARANG (2009, dir. Joko Anwar) 

 

really dug most of this... but maaaaaaaaaaan fuck that cowardly ass Twilight Zone bullshit ending. own the weirdness of your creative universe. don't duck behind "it was a dream" or "it was a hallucination" or "they're dying and this is what they're seeing". just fucking own it. 

#truecrimepowerelectronics vol. 37

 

Kentucky man caught with roughly 100 pairs of stolen women’s underwear in his home

США.! США.! об. 266

Kremlin TV Worries Tucker Carlson’s Pro-Putin Bias Has Gone Too Far

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH vol. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Controversial professor Jordan Peterson retires from tenured position at U of T

U of T and professors 

respond to Peterson’s 

claim that 

equity initiatives 

hurt meritocracy

#truecrimepowerelectronics vol. 36

 

‘Secrets of Playboy’ Paints Hugh Hefner as a Rapist Monster Who Was Into Snuff Films and Bestiality

#cosmichorrordeathmetal vol. 1

 

Scientists Find 20 Million-Year-Old Giant Predatory Nightmare Worm

GO. OUT. SIDE. vol. 27

 The people in the press and on social media complaining the loudest about Covid-19 restrictions are, at this point, people for whom Covid-19 is just a thing they are sick of hearing and thinking about.

We're All Trying to Find the Guy Policing Our Behavior

Who or what is preventing us from going "back to normal" exactly?

#straightedgeveganhardcore vol. 1

 

Man Dies in Freak Accident After Getting Buried Under Landslide of Carrots

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 521

 

Paul Walter Hauser Whines About Oscars Predictions, Threatening to Break Fans’ Arms in Epic Rant

GO. OUT. SIDE. vol. 26

The most notable changes include the green M&M’s redesign, which will exchange the white heeled go-go boots she was given in 1997 for “cool, laid-back sneakers to reflect her effortless confidence.” Mars had received criticism for the green M&M’s sexy characterization. The green M&M will also be “better represented to reflect confidence and empowerment, as a strong female, and known for much more than her boots.”

The orange M&M, who has an anxious personality, will “embrace his true self, worries and all.” But the orange M&M’s shoe laces will now be tied to represent his cautious nature. According to Mars, the orange M&M is “one of the most relatable characters with Gen-Z,” which is the “most anxious generation.”

The M&M Characters Are Getting A New ‘More Dynamic, Progressive’ Look And People Aren’t Quite Sure What To Do Here

Negation Aspiration vol. 317

 

Doomsday Scientists Announce Apocalypse Is Nigh, Not Here Yet

On the 75th anniversary of the Doomsday Clock, we’re still closer to the destruction of the entire human race than ever before.

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 520

 

It's Time for the Smart, Wisecracking 'Meta-Movie' to Die

Booker Man is the Bastard vol. 2

 

WWE Files Trademark for Ring Name Shared by Nazi Officer

NERRRRRRRRD! vol. 166

 

On Barry Blair, Founder of Aircel Comics

GO. OUT. SIDE. vol. 25

There’s nothing particularly regenerative about all this, of course. What we’re seeing is, by and large, people who have been in the public eye for a long time going about their business in a way that’s designed to generate news. But perhaps our appetite for its weird edge is reflective of exhaustion with unremarkable relatability and outrage culture more broadly. After the dull, Chris Pratt-ification of pop culture, it tracks that we’d start craving mess and ambivalence again. We need charisma, mythology, narrative. After many cold-hearted years of girlbossery as self-care and the extreme vigilance of the pandemic, perhaps 2022 will bring about the most needed revival of all: falling recklessly, ill-advisedly in love in a way that will likely be a shambles but make for a really great story. When everything could go to shit on a dime, reject modernity, embrace chaos. 

Welcome to the new, deranged era of celebrity

#truecrimepowerelectronics vol. 35

 

N.Y. Man Strangled High School Girl with Her Bra and Dumped Her in Ravine in 1993

#sludgecore vol. 2

In the second video, Jones is seen squirting what appears to be hand sanitizer on his head and shirtless body. Jones then goes off screen, at which point one of the officers is seen pointing a Taser at him and then deploys his weapon. Jones is engulfed in flames and then falls to the floor as all of the officers exit the lobby, leaving Jones alone in the room and on fire.

The death of a man who caught on fire after being tased by police in New York is under investigation

GO. OUT. SIDE. vol. 24

 Earlier today a group calling themselves Spice DAO tweeted that they were the proud owners of an original Jodorowsky’s Dune book, the compendium of concept art and notes that comprised filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s doomed attempts to get a Dune movie made in the 1970s. Spending vastly more than it’s worth, all in an attempted crypto-sham.

The thing is, there isn’t a single book. Multiple copies had to be made at the time, to be shared between various production members and executives, and it’s estimated there are still around ten copies still out there in the wild. One sold three years ago for just $42,500.

Which brings us to Spice DAO, who last year bought themselves a copy at auction for €2.66 million, which is around USD$3 million. 

This is the part where I tell you that Spice DAO is a crypto hustle (there were shenanigans going on with the auction itself that you can read more about on Buzzfeed), using preservation of the book as a lovely excuse for selling $SPICE tokens to people whose only return—aside from the speculative-driven “value” of the token itself—will be a chance to vote on what actually happens with the book.

Which won’t be much, because they can’t sell everyone on making it public, because it already is. The book was scanned and photographed in 2021, and is available for everyone to read and enjoy right now, without the need to spend millions at auction or contribute to a crypto scam. And the “original animated series” pitch is even dumber, because if it’s too close to Herbert’s story and/or Jodorowsky’s vision, they’ll be shut down by lawyers. They only bought a copy of a book, not the rights to the project, and if it’s only loosely based on it then why did they need to buy the book?

Leaving the team with...a copy of the book. Good luck voting on who gets to keep it at their house on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, guys.

Crypto Losers Buy Copy Of Jodorowsky's Dune, Have Played Themselves

Buying the book does not give you the rights to what's in the book

NERRRRRRRRRRD! vol. 165

 

How A Bunch Of Crypto Nerds Liberated Jodorowsky’s Bible For “Dune,” The Greatest Film Never Made

The director’s lavish vision proved too much for Hollywood studios, but an ether-backed collective has vowed to bring it into public view at last.

#sludgecore vol. 1

 A northwest Indiana man allegedly killed his roommate by repeatedly spiking her beverages with windshield washer fluid because he felt she was disrespecting him by not approving of his heavy drinking, authorities said.

Indiana Man Allegedly Killed Roommate With Windshield Fluid

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 519

 “Totemic shrines, Satanic rituals, ancient artifacts, seances, human sacrifices, tarot cards, exorcisms, witches, time travel, parallel dimensions and snuff films are all part of its unholy package.”

Netflix’s ‘Archive 81’ Is the First Binge-Worthy Horror Series of 2022

GO. OUT. SIDE. vol. 23

 

Warcore Is the New Streetwear Subculture Raising Eyebrows in Public

#truecrimepowerelectronics vol. 34

Evan Rachel Wood’s Documentary That Chronicles Her Marilyn Manson Abuse Allegations Is Heading to Sundance

Marilyn Manson: the descent into hell of metal’s provocateur

 Issue 0 of AGON Journal is now available for FREE as a PDF.

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 518

 

‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’ Trailer: The Cinematic Creepypasta That Chilled Sundance

Booker Man is the Bastard vol. 1

 MLW Files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against WWE

Professional wrestling company Major League Wrestling (MLW) (MLW Media LLC), filed a lawsuit today against World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE). The federal court antitrust lawsuit is based on WWE’s ongoing attempts to undermine competition in and monopolize the professional wrestling market by interfering with MLW’s contracts and business prospects.

As described in the complaint, WWE pressured third parties to abandon contracts and prospective relationships with MLW. WWE’s misconduct included disrupting every level of MLW’s business, including a major streaming deal for MLW which would have been transformative for the company.

MLW also allege in the complaint that in early 2021, after MLW announced that it was in talks with VICE TV to air MLW programs on VICE TV, a then-WWE executive warned VICE TV that WWE owner Vince McMahon was “pissed” that VICE TV was airing MLW programs, and that VICE TV should stop working with MLW, the VICE TV executive responded that WWE’s conduct was illegal and an antitrust violation, with the WWE executive responding that she could not control McMahon.

“WWE has been wrongfully depriving its competitors of critical opportunities for many years, but its latest conduct has been even more unconscionable,” said MLW CEO Court Bauer. “I think we speak for the rest of the professional wrestling world when we say that this anti-competitive behavior has to stop.” WWE’s ongoing misconduct has hurt fans of professional wrestling and competition in the professional wrestling industry. Through this lawsuit, MLW seeks to recover its losses due to WWE’s interference and to enjoin WWE from future interference. The case is captioned MLW Media LLC v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. MLW is represented by Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP.

“When WWE found out about the MLW/VICE agreement, its Senior Vice President, Susan Levison, called a VICE executive to tell him that WWE’s owner, Vince McMahon — notorious for his aggressive business tactics — was “pissed” that VICE was airing MLW content and wanted VICE to stop doing so. The VICE executive told Levison that “I think that this is illegal what you’re doing” and that it was probably an antitrust violation, to which Levison responded that she could not control Vince McMahon. WWE had considerable leverage over VICE because professional wrestling was an important part of VICE’s programming and wrestling viewers were an important part of VICE’s audience. VICE therefore needed WWE, as the overwhelmingly dominant wrestling company, to ensure the success of VICE’s wrestling-related programs, which included a series, Dark Side of the Ring, often focused on WWE storylines based on input from WWE. WWE’s interference resulted in VICE withdrawing from negotiations over airing new MLW content and in VICE airing only a single MLW program.”

Details on MLW’s Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against WWE, WWE Comments

AHHHHHHHHHHH vol. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Joe Rogan Drags Gettr ‘Fuckery’ Days After Joining the MAGA Twitter Alternative

NERRRRRRRRRD! vol. 164

 

The Crow Creator James O’Barr’s Early Years

#truecrimepowerelectronics vol. 33

 

EXCLUSIVE: Pervert Josh Duggar tried to get off on gruesome 'hurtcore' video Daisy's Destruction, 'the worst of the worst' in international child porn that shows cruel torture and beatings of 18-month-old girl

• Josh Duggar attempted to find Daisy's Destruction, the most notorious 'hurtcore' video in the world as part of his perversion
• The video is so vile, that for years it was dismissed as an urban myth
• Produced by Australian Peter Scully, it shows an 18-month-old girl being tortured and beaten. The repulsive tape also depicts another girl being covered in hot wax 
• Father of seven Duggar was found guilty of both counts of child pornography on Thursday and is now in custody awaiting sentencing
• The 19 Kids and Counting reality star faces up to 40 years in federal prison 
•  'I love you', he mouthed to wife Anna, who remained composed throughout the brief hearing before burying her head in a friend's arms and weeping

AHHHHHHHHHHHH vol. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 In a story made for supermarket tabloids, Mr. Durst, a small, rail-thin man, was a cross-dressing fugitive from justice with $100 million in assets. On the run, he became a vagrant urinating in public, sometimes disguising himself as a mute woman. He beat his wife and forced her to have an abortion; beheaded a man he had killed as he sat in a pool of blood, and once wrote a “cadaver note,” telling the Los Angeles police where to find a woman who had been shot in the head. Distraught and alone in a bathroom, he unwittingly confessed to all the killings on a live recording used in a 2015 HBO mini-series about himself. - New York Times

Killer Tycoon Robert Durst Dies Months After Life Sentence

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 265

The transcendent issue of this time — no matter the specific raw material of any given news cycle — is the belief that one half of the country suspects the other half is contemptuous of them, and responds with contempt in turn.

Perhaps the squalor of modern politics flows from ancient truths of human nature. People are easily manipulated with appeals to prejudice and paranoia, never more so than when technology has led to massive growth in the industry of commercialized contempt. A country that can have a civil war with no one really knowing what the conflict is about is one in which the muscles of governance are pitifully atrophied.

We Are In a New Civil War … About What Exactly?

Grievous conflicts have been about big things — war, slavery, Depression — but this time we just don’t like each other.

Awwwwww Yeah vol. 247

 

‘King of Trash’ Arrested for Using Political Office to Run Sex Ring

Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez, the former leader of the Mexico City branch of the PRI political party, was arrested at the end of December. Allegations he ran a sex ring emerged nearly 20 years ago.

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 264

 According to three people with direct knowledge of the matter, the twice-impeached former president has noticed the emotional accounts, particularly that from Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Some he has found annoying. Others, however, have become targets of mockery and casual hilarity for him.

In several conversations with close allies over the past 12 months, Trump has repeatedly made fun of the idea that certain legislators, police, or journalists were traumatized by the violent events of the day, according to these sources. There are moments when the ex-president has speculated that his critics are “faking” their trauma and anxiety, for attention. Other times, he’s done poor, whining impersonations of perceived enemy lawmakers crying about the riot.

Trump’s callousness toward his real and perceived enemies, no matter the level of trauma inflicted, is standard fare for Trump: a man who built much of his political legacy and appeal by demagoguing and viciously smearing those who speak out against him. For example, despite his frequent claims about “backing the blue,” Trump privately referred to some of the police officers who were at the Capitol that day as “pussies, The Daily Beast previously reported.

He spent the past year hardening and broadening his lies about that day. Through press releases, rallies and interviews with allies, he’s excused and lionized the violent rioters, called for further election and voting-rights crackdowns across the nation, and in doing so cemented far-right Jan. 6 revisionism and “the Big Lie” as pillars of modern conservative orthodoxy.

And both in policy and in messaging, virtually every corner of the American right that matters has been willing to go along with it.

Trump’s Favorite Part of Jan. 6 Is Laughing at the Trauma

Trump Enjoyed Riot So Much He Rewound TV to Watch It Twice, Ex-Aide Says

amen. 

#gorenoise vol. 132

 Many of his organs were disposed of by his wife but the latest scientific evidence indicates the dismembering “occurred shortly - a few minutes, dozens of minutes - before death”

After she was held, Kokhal’s lawyers told how she was initially accused by detectives of “drinking her dead husband’s blood and having sex with his corpse”.

Some body parts were located in her fridge, others in bin liners intended for disposal, while his fingertips were fed to rats in the yard outside, it is alleged.

Murdered rapper 'was still alive when his wife began dismembering him with hacksaw'

The court heard singer Andy Cartwright was have a secret adulterous affair with a fan, before he died. His wife Marina Kokhal has admitted cutting up his body and putting it in her fridge

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 263

The effort—titled "STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN - GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL DEFENSE TEAM"—was revealed in a submission to the Jan. 6 select committee by former New York City police commissioner and close Trump ally Bernie Kerik.

The plan was to create a 10-day media blitz, beginning on Dec. 27 and ending on Jan. 6, to urge Republican lawmakers to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 election.

The plan called for prewritten tweets to be disseminated to right-wing influencers repeating a range of the most popular election fraud conspiracies, including ones about mail-in ballots, faulty Dominion voting machines, dead people voting, and suitcases full of ballots being brought into processing centers.

The plan categorizes the conservative influencers into four categories: big, medium, small and micro. Among the “big” names listed in the document are Ben Shapiro, Charlie Kirk, Mark Levin, and Candace Owens.

Listed among the “medium” names is Watkins, who is currently running for Congress in Arizona. He is referred to simply as “Ron,” alongside the fact that at the time he had almost 500,000 Twitter followers.

So by the time Giuliani and his team came to draw up a list of names of those best placed to sow anger and distrust on social media, Watkins’ name was sure to be included.

Trump’s Plan to Steal the 2020 Election Included QAnon’s Ron Watkins

Awwwwwwww Yeah vol. 246

 

PBR Has Apologized For A Tweet Encouraging People To ‘Try Eating Ass’ And Is ‘Handling The Matter Internally’