We clamor for and adore artists who pour out their heart and soul and expose their vulnerabilities for us, to show us it’s alright to be weak, broken, terrible. And how terrible it is to be the artist who commits that to record, and then has to cut open old wounds night after night on […]
Category Archives: Entertainment
Blood Machines OST
Holy fucking Hell, this Carpenter Brut “Blood Machines” soundtrack is blowing me away. It’s so god-damned big. Now I can’t wait to see the “Blood Machines” film it’s attached to. Seriously, he’s picked up where PERTURBATOR left off after “New Model” (this album is heavy metal to me). It’s hard, it’s big, it’s loud, it’s […]
Expanse
Didn’t want to say it, but goddamn, “The Expanse” is a damn good series. I was initially dumbfounded and flabbergasted when the first episode of the first season played out eerily similar to my sci-fi ghost story “To Dust“, I mean really, really close. But, really, physics is physics and the way you have to […]
“Desolation Angels”, a Review
Finished reading Jack Kerouac’s “Desolation Angels” (1965), after 4 months of lugging it around in my backpack and car (I find books difficult to read with my current lifestyle, and would have better success if I ignored all the other humans in my vicinity). In this, Kerouac through his proxy Jack Dolouz begins this chapter […]
Empire, Still Empirical
29 years later, Queensrÿche’s “Empire” (1990) still impresses me with its deft audio engineering. It’s a cornerstone in the wall of sound. James Barton (engineer) and Bob Ludwig (mastering) did a bang-up job on the album’s sound with the band’s source material. It’s still fuckin’ loud with minimal compressor pumping, and the soundstage is still […]