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nofatclips · 2 months

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French Poet by Protomartyr from the EP Old Spool and Gurges 1

#music #protomartyr #joseph kevin barry casey #alex leonard #greg ahee #scott davidson #joe casey #hardly art records #hardly art #sub pop records #sub pop #Bandcamp

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spilladabalia · 2 months

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Protomartyr - Devil in his youth / Darren Aronofsky - pi

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#protomartyr #devil in his youth #joe casey #greg ahee #scott davidson #alex leonard #post punk #noise rock #the agent intellect #2015 #darren aronofsky #pi #sean gullette #1998 #Youtube

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notesfromachair · 7 months

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As the World Turns, SNL Returns

There are thousands of stories and images in Israel that this Jewish American feels he must watch, read about and view. Images of babies, young people, middle aged people and old people burned, shot and beheaded at the hands of Jew-hating terrorists. The stories about hostages of all ages ripped out of their homes or kidnapped as they danced at a celebratory music festival that are told to us…

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#9/11 #fdny #gaza #israel #palestine #Pete Davidson #Saturday Night Live #scott davidson #SNL #snl opening #terrorism #world trade center

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sinceileftyoublog · 9 months

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Protomartyr & Stuck Live Show Review: 7/13, Thalia Hall, Chicago

BY JORDAN MAINZER

“Tap calls the time,” Joe Casey sang last Thursday at Thalia Hall as Protomartyr performed “Elimination Dances”, a standout track from their new album Formal Growth in the Desert (Domino). Like many of the band’s best songs, its inspirations are obscure, this particular instance taken from a game in a 50′s dance manual: Once you’re tapped out, you stop. Given the Detroit punk band’s generally bleak nature, it’s not hard to find the referenced game a fitting metaphor our everyday life, trying to survive in a capitalist hell world. But consider that Formal Growth was written in the context of the death of Casey’s mother, recorded in an actual desert at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX with producer Jake Aron. Casey didn’t aim to create something or find meaning out of emptiness, per se, but answer the question, “Once tap calls the time, how do the rest of us move on?” Luckily for him, and for us, there’s music.

I’ve seen Protomartyr a bunch of times. I never would have thought to describe one of their shows as life-affirming, but Thursday’s was, from the younger segment of the crowd’s persistent moshing to the unexpectedly anthemic quality of the band’s performance. The live version of Formal Desert opener "Make Way” traded the studio version’s openness for a much mightier, choppier stomp. The crowd reframed the anxiety-riddled namesake refrain of Relatives in Descent chugger “The Chuckler”--“I guess I’ll keep on chucklin’ till there’s no more breath in my lungs”--as an absurdist call to arms. The normally stoic Casey performed the entirety of The Agent Intellect’s “Why Does It Shake?” on the barrier between the stage and the crowd, about as close to spirited as he’ll ever be. Even the band’s chosen setlist seemed authored specifically to amp up the crowd. I mean, they could have played “Let’s Tip The Creator”, which chides the way tech billionaires treat art as a commodity, just as much of a charged bummer as the rest, but its subdued timbres are harder to dance to. Protomartyr’s instead taking the Gang of Four route, favoring, say, the skittering drums of “Fun in Hi Skool”.

As this was the last show of the tour, Casey joked, “We’ll either be so tight, it will be the best show of our lives, or so tired it’ll be the shittiest.” Guitarist Greg Ahee, bassist Scott Davidson, and drummer Alex Leonard at least made sure it wasn’t the latter, of course. But it was the addition of The Breeders’ Kelley Deal as a full-time touring member of the band that elevated older songs even more than it provided faithful renditions of those whose studio versions she was on. Her voice subbed for the “I have arrived” echo on Under Color of Official Right’s “Maidenhead”, and her backing harmonies beautifully contrasted the ugliness of “Pontiac 87″. And her guitar tones on "Polacrilex Kid” seemed lifted straight from the Hawaiian twang of Last Splash’s “No Aloha”, an inspired replacement for the studio version’s pedal steel. Casey clearly remains eternally thankful. He once said in an interview with NPR, “Basically, the band comes up with amazing music and it's my job to not screw it up too much.” It’s all I could think about as I watched him sip from a Budweiser can, nodding like he was impressed while watching Leonard hammer away during the extended intro of “Jumbo’s”. If he sings on “The Author”, “Time's your enemy / Every gift you see will be taken for sure,” live, he demonstrates the unspoken flipside: Enjoy the gifts while you can.

Local post-punk band Stuck, who I saw open for Metz last winter, was the perfect primer for Protomartyr. They, too, sing about the effects of the decline of America, albeit with a nervy, wiry yelp that recalls bands like Devo and Squid. Lead singer Greg Obis was quick to point out how honored the band was to open for Protomartyr, one of his favorites. It’s easy to see the influence on their new album Freak Frequency (born yesterday). A track like “Fools Idol”, its descriptions of “violence unending” and “the boss descending,” is very Casey-esque in its brand proclamations. And like Protomartyr now, Stuck is that much more loud and urgent live, foregoing, for instance, the studio acoustic instrumentation of “Scared” for all electric jitters. However, unlike those of the perennially offline Casey, Stuck’s songs are riddled with technology-induced worries. At Thalia Hall, drummer Tim Green’s disorienting use of sample pads was an effective mirror for Obis’ admission he’s “distracted all over again” on “Loose Your Cool”. Green’s motorik drums and Obis’ and Ezra Saulnier’s sharp guitarwork reflected the pain of similar cycles of smartphone despair on “Time Out”. The almost hilariously plodding pace of “Planet Money” made a circus out of the song’s targets, the pundits who comment on the health of the economy as if it truly affects the everyday life of our most vulnerable. And then there was set closer “The Punisher”, the only song that saw Obis sing harmonically, sans paranoid screams. On the track, he deftly summarizes the absurdity of the January 6th insurrection, facetiously winking and nodding, “The future never looked so bright.” Even if the world that Protomartyr and Stuck envelop does everything in its power to suggest otherwise, upon leaving Thalia Hall on Thursday, you could, perhaps, agree.

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around-join-yeah · 4 days

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#fairy kei #asthetic #word of honor #[first kill]#michael scott #grading #videography #starchaser #watercolour #codywan #aşk sözleri #harley davidson #brenton thwaites #clint barton #fabien sassier

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springawakeningfan · 9 months

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15 YEARS since SPRING AWAKENING'S FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OPENED on August 15, 2008 at The Balboa Theatre in San Diego, California

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geekcavepodcast · 9 months

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“Crypt of Shadows” Returns for 2023

Crypt of Shadows is a one-shot of scary stories for Halloween.

In addition to a framing story hosted by Victor Strange, the younger brother of Doctor Strange, from writer Al Ewing and artist Paul Davidson, stories in the 2023 edition of Crypt of Shadows are:

a Deadpool story featuring the Living Mummy from writer Cavan Scott and artist Devmalya Pramanik,

a Scarlet Witch tale featuring a new villain called the Bricklayer from writer Steve Orlando and artist Paul Azaceta,

a Werewolf by Night and the Hulk story from writer Sarah Gailey and artist Eder Messias, and

a Daredevil and Man-Thing team-up from writer Declan Shalvey and artist Alex Lins.

Crypt of Shadows #1, featuring a cover by Leinil Francis Yu, goes on sale on October 18, 2023.

(Image via Marvel Comics - Leinil Francis Yu’s Cover of Crypt of Shadows #1)

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the-gershomite · 9 months

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Animaniacs #17 -September 1996

"Minervadrama"

written by Dana Kurtin

penciled by Cosme Quartieri

inked by Scott McRae

letters by Teresa Davidson

colors by Jo Meugniot

#dc comics #comics #animaniacs #minerva mink #dana kurtin #cosme quartieri #scott mcrae #teresa davidson #jo meugniot

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frenchcurious · 1 year

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Scott Parker’s Bill Werner tuned XR750 for the 1991 season - ph @laurelclassics. - Source Moto Vitelloni - Wheels n' wings.

#bill werner #scott parker #Harley-Davidson

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mariocki · 2 months

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Parasite (1982)

"That thing on your stomach..."

"A new strain of parasite. I deserve it, in a way. I created it."

"For the Merchants? Why?"

"I thought for the government. They're so mixed up with the Merchants now, they work for one another. This 'thing', as you call it, is growing. It's dormant now but it will soon grow larger... and kill me."

#parasite #1982 #blood tw #horror imagery #video nasty #horror film #charles band #alan j. adler #michael shoob #frank levering #robert glaudini #demi moore #james davidson #luca bercovici #al fann #tom villard #scott thomson #cherie currie #vivian blaine #james cavan #cheryl smith #pretty meh post apocalyptic horror which would probably have been entirely forgotten to the mists of time if it wasn't for the double #whammy of having been classed a video nasty by the bbfc (which granted every film on that list some measure of immortality) and for being #an early leading role for Demi Moore (how much do you wanna bet it isn't on her CV tho...). actually it isn't without interest for its own #merits: the vaguely sketched in details of this post apocalyptic society (some time later‚ which is always most interesting‚ to see how ppl #have adapted and evolved to a new normal) and the shady implications of whatever the Merchants are‚ that stuff is all genuinely very #intriguing. the main thrust‚ tho‚ the parasite stuff‚ that's somehow less stupid (and much less clever and much less original). Moore is #fine‚ nothing more (potentially controversial take? i don't rate her as an actor) and the rest of the cast is nothing to write home about #the fx are sometimes goofy and sometimes gore splattered ingenuity; the final act contains some real gruesome body horror #oh and as the poster subtly suggests‚ this was shot for 3d so expect much pointing into the camera and stuff jumping up

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moviehealthcommunity · 11 months

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has several uses of rapid-fire laser guns. One glowing sci-fi object spins extremely fast a few times, creating a strobe effect when it does. There is a brief shot looking through spinning propellers. There are bright flashes of static on screen through the stylized part of the credits, which happen both before and after the safe mid-credit scene.

There is a lot of action at high speeds. Several character establishing shots have a high-speed orbiting shot that is likely to be disorienting.

Flashing Lights: 8/10. Motion Sickness: 6/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: A character volunteers for a noble-sacrifice suicide.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts