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A fun little flick, with some wacky monsters in it. Peter Cushing is always great.

Neil

^^Cool. Thanks for posting. I'm really bummed that I couldn't go to this show, in my own backyard, but this takes the sting off a bit.

Neil

I decided to continue on in the vein of modern South Korean horror and checked out Na Hong-jin's The Wailing (2016). At a 99% rotten tomatoes rating, the bar was set high, and this one did not...

I like the compositions and the feel on this album, but I'm finding the, what appears to be, canned/programmed drums and percussion a little distracting.

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Exhuma (2024) I saw this at my local rep theatre last night (it is also playing at some first run cineplex locations). An excellent, very creative Korean horror movie. Based on the practice of...

^^This is great. Enjoy the show!

Neil

Wow, that's an amazing double-bill. Creature is the favourite movie, of a friend of mine. Speaking of 3D from that era, I have seen House of Wax (1953), with Vincent Price and a very young Charles...

Loving it, so far. How do you not love a band whose name translates to Uncle Crucified, anyways?



Cast off those shackles of physical media brother, and set thyself free! ;)

Neil

Well, I survived over five minutes of commercials off the top and saw Godzilla x Kong The New Empire (2024) the other night at a cineplex. Certainly, it has nowhere near the emotional resonance,...

You're probably right, and I am selling Jonathan Pryce short. He's a very good actor. Perhaps the overall shortcomings of the film made it an uphill battle. Plus, there is the fact that Christopher...

Ensemble Volcanic Ash on Canadian soil and within striking distance of me. Definitely going to try to make this one.

Also, great to see that Uz Jsme Doma is back for a gig.

Neil

A friend of mine got row N for Toronto at $125, taxes in, for the pre-sale. Despite my less than overwhelming amount of interest, I haven't completely ruled it out. General tickets on sale tomorrow....

The VIP experience is over $300 dollars and deluxe meet and greet is over $450 Canadian. Truly, I'm happy if this money is going towards the musicians themselves, and not a big chunk to the...

Wow, Rune Grammafon have taken note, and it's finally available on bandcamp too. The last one was not, nor on any other accessible download platform for me, so I ended up ripping the audio off of...

And I'm sure that it will be a really fun night. Remember, these are Canadian dollars, lol, so your $75 is our $100, right out of the gate. And Massey Hall is a different animal. They spent millions...

Just stating not going, nothing more. And "ticket prices are high for all concerts" Hahahaha. What planet do you live on? Recent shows in Toronto:

Horse Lords - $20
Nik Bartsch's Ronin - $45...

He doesn't have to do anything. It's pretty obvious that RF is right up there with Tony Banks in the stubbornness department. It's just a lark.

Neil

Finally got around to seeing Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) last night. I haven't read the Bradbury novel, but the common opinion is that this one missed the mark and was interfered with, via...

I always think this one is a bit underrated. Great effects, serious tone, stark black and white photography=a winner in my book. Yes, interesting to think that the entire showa Godzilla series...

It will be of no surprise, that I have seen this more than once, haha. One of the last of the truly fun, independent b-movies, before mainstream Hollywood took over everything...and started making...

October 18th, Massey Hall, Toronto....through ticketbastard. Probably really expensive, which means that I'm probably out. I would see it, but ultimately it's a glorified cover band. More power to...

Man, you guys are so cynical, haha. ;)

Anyways, nude or not, I have no inclination to buy any more KC stuff.

Neil

Nice, haha. Good to see him having so much fun these days.

Neil

Interesting to read about the experiences and band selection of others at the fest. I had some cross-over with the first reviewer, but other than Nik Bartsch's Ronin, saw nothing that the second guy...

Decided to visit grade-Z movie world last night, to watch Missile to the Moon (1958). So insanely out there, that it's hard not to love this low budget camp classic. Some dude blasts off in his...

Well yes, people are dumb, but they are also instinctive. If a bunch of scary-ass big spiders that shoot molten hot webbing are suddenly in front of you, you're going to fucking run, not sit there...

Watched The Mist (2007) last night, based on the Stephen King novel. A very curious mix of being one of the most extremely gripping, well-acted, tense thrillers with cool monsters that I have ever...

Part 2 reviews.

Thursday

- Starting things off nicely with Zoe Keating at St. John's Cathedral. Very nice ambience and her near one-woman orchestra (loops) solo cello music is quite beautiful...

Got in late last night from the 12 hour drive back to Toronto, so posting my thoughts today. First, a generic overview.

This was my first Big Ears and...it was quite an experience. For me the...

I still need to see that one! Ahh, you've got to love the 80s.

Neil

I haven't seen the Palance 1974 Dracula in ages. Due for a rewatch. I loved the Night Stalker movies and show. And I'm not going to qualify it be saying 'as a kid'. I mean...of course the concept was...

All of this. Matheson was a great writer and elevated a lot of low budget tv shows and movies that he worked on.

Neil

Ahh, the notorious Disney Black Diamond clamshell VHS releases. Digging into that, of course, they can really be had for about $20 and the inflated prices are all scam mark-ups to artificially boost...

Now that, is the way to see your first SGM show! Superb.

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Somebody on facebook said that it is over 60 dates.

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Yes. A really cool giant monster movie, with amazing effects and a solid story. It was very influential on films like Cloverfield. No mean feat, since Korea's previous high in monster movies was...

Agree with all of this. If Vai is the one who will be playing Fripp's parts, he's going to have to be very...er, Disciplined and leave the wankery at home.

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And don't forget Orangey the cat. The only cat to win not one, but two PATSY awards.

Neil

Digging this. Thanks for posting. So many amazing bands out there. A great time to be a music fan.

Neil

I was at that show in Chicago and can confirm it's awesomeness. They are as tight and as amazing as ever. The new album is killer. Many spins in, but still absorbing. I think that it is their most...

I remember seeing that when it came out in the theatre, and it was a lot of fun. Haven't seen it since. Time for a re-watch.

Neil

Thanks for the tips. I also hope to see Faun Fables and Ahleuchatistas.

Neil

I saw Big Ears band The Horse Lords in Toronto last night and they were unreal. One of the most amazing combinations of complexity with rhythm and groove that I have ever seen.

Definitely very...

I wouldn't be able to afford it, on my puny Canadian dollar...

Neil

I think people are missing the point about Godzilla Minus One a bit. It's quite a thing that it played AT ALL in North American theatres. It's a foreign movie with subtitles with a giant monster in...

New Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis is out today. They are at Big Ears.

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New Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis out today. Tour starting soon.

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I'll likely be arriving Thursday late morning/early afternoon. I'll make the Thursday meal if I can.

With all these tight time changes and bands that I want to see, not sure if I'm going to a...

C'mon Ian, you're retired now. You can catch up on sleep, on demand, ha. Of course, I say this, but I might be exhausted after four days as well, and then intended to drive all the way home in one. ...

Yes, really cool that they are playing there. After the Toronto show, I'll be straight home to bed, so I can get up and start driving to Big Ears the next day, ha.

Neil

Dirk!! Dirkie Lee!!

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Godzilla has won a fucking Oscar!!

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Fulci's Lizard (1971) and Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) are both top tier giallos. The Psychic is also very good.

Neil

Ahh. Much better. I forgot about trying to scale the page.

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Well, it certainly is tiny, and I had to download them as jpegs to blow them up into a blurry, but readable state. I can't really tell if there has been any shuffling. There is certainly no change to...

Four Flies was the last of the trilogy that I saw too. The hyper-reality and outlandishness of the plot is sheer bliss, to me. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is a deserved classic. I haven't seen...

Ahh, William Castle, the master of schlock and gimmicks. He was a much better producer than he was a director. Fun B-movies, though.

Neil

I would have loved to have seen Vak. Did they mention anything about a new album coming? One Shot almost metal? You're going soft, Trane-er. ;)

Neil

Laugh and mock, if you must, but I think that it's a crime that Godzilla Minus One was not nominated for best foreign film. An incredibly sober and effective portrait of life in post-war Japan, and...

Here's hoping that you are pleasantly surprised. When I saw Godzilla Minus One, the second day that it came out, a packed theatre was very well-behaved and not noisy in any wrong places during the...