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Light Monster ‘Song’
‘This “Light Monster” sparks the brand new class of element called “Light Elements”, at this moment, there are no cross-breeding for light monsters to produce other light monsters but could it be possible in the future? Only time will tell but this light monster is truly amazing. If you want to breed this light element monster then know that it is extremely similar to the Shadow Monster. In fact, you may even find yourself getting the light monster while getting the Shadow Monster.’ — collaged

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Rob Zombie ‘Superbeast’, live
‘Rob Zombie’s solo debut album, Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales Of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside The Spookshow International, was released on August 25, 1998. Hellbilly Deluxe was heavily influenced by classic horror films, with numerous songs on the album containing samples and quotes from some of Zombie’s favorite horror films. Three singles were released in total from the album; “Dragula”, “Living Dead Girl”, and “Superbeast”. All three songs had critical and commercial success, with all three peaking inside the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the United States.’ — collaged

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Stalaggh/Gulaggh ‘Vorkuta’
‘No one really knows who they are but they allegedly use the screams of mental patients in their recordings. If that sounds like the set-up to a horror movie you wouldn’t be far off, the two albums by Stalaggh and Gulaggh are two of the most terrifying and disturbing recordings ever released, even if they barely qualify as actual “music.” If the tape from The Ring had a soundtrack, it would be these records.’ — COED

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Sebadoh ‘As the World Dies, the Eyes of God Grow Bigger’
‘Descended from Emerson, into this life / Falling, falling, falling into my seventh life / My father rode a motorcycle naked in the rain / Mother, a flower girl, blonde and 18 / Three long days in the Colorado jail / Seven months pregnant, on the western trail / She met El in San Francisco, so it goes / (She met El in San Francisco, yeah so it goes) / Elwyn was out of his head, speed up his nose / Mother met a second man, by chance / She remembered from a hometown high school dance / The night they got to fighting, man’s arms, they let me fall / My head hit the concrete floor, I didn’t move at all / My mom hysterical, thinking I was dead / She ran into the street, scared out of her head / I watched the stars in the heavens for a while / Then I came around for good, but not with a smile / Moved home to the valley where the hippies conspire / Even my grandma loved to get high.’ — Eric Gaffney

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Frost Like Ashes ‘Amazing Grace’, live
‘Frost Like Ashes is a Christian black metal band that formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 2001. Their lyrics have achieved attention for their harsh output, providing a Biblical point of view for the regular, cruel themes of black metal music. Their live act incorporates a reversal of stereotypical black-metal images—for example, spitting in and tearing up a Satanic Bible and smashing a goat-skull adorned pentagram with a sword. The band are currently working on an album entitled Gods of the Great Whore that will be a concept album based on a book the vocalist Azahel is writing.’ — collaged

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John Given ‘Spooky Walk’
‘I dont remember it sounding like this when I was in Preschool….how weird is that….Why the fuck do they do this to kids? I can’t find the original track ANYWHERE…. It’s getting frustrating. I want to get the original track to show to my son. Hello. Can you post a video with just the audio of this song? I can’t find it anywhere and want to do it with my dance kids! Can you post it with just the music ????? PLEASE’. — youtube

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The Scary Bitches ‘Werewolfe’
‘The Scary Bitches are the most up front, in your face, arse kicking vampyre band on the planet. The name for the band came from a poem by a middle aged American poet who was called a Scary Bitch by some young men in Central Park, New York, just because of her age. She wrote a poem about it, and Alma and DEADri heard it on Radio 4. They have been called Deathrock, Batcave, Goth, Post Punk, and a lot of things that can’t be repeated. They just call themselves the Scary Bitches. Three women against the World.’ — collaged

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Deadbolt ‘One Day I Will Kill You’
‘Deadbolt is a rock band from San Diego, California, U.S.A.. They describe themselves as “The Scariest Band in the World.” The band often features two bass players, who are called “The Wall of Thunder.” Deadbolt’s music combines surf rock, goth, psychobilly and blues sound with unusual and offbeat lyrics, a style the band dubbed “voodoobilly.” The band is known for its use of power tools during their live sets, and it is customary to be showered with sparks of red-hot metal during their live shows.’ — collaged

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Colin Newman ‘Life on Deck’
‘I’m living a life on deck with no hands to help me / It’s getting rather fruity up here / And I rather fancy the sea is getting an upper hand / Not mind we jolly jack tars / I’m in disgrace / The cat sat on the carpet / I just lay here like a lump / You’ll never guess, I had this dream / It wasn’t very likely / They’re not what they used to be.’ — Colin Newman

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Christian ‘Trance Ascendancy’
‘I am into trance music, very much so. May be too much at times, lol, but I am practicing setting time aside for things, for example spending time with God. I believe that trance is a beautiful genre! More so the melodic side of it, which is my favorite. It can only put me in a good mood, and while listening to it, positive things are running through my mind. At times it calms me down, gets me in a better mood, and inspires me to no end. It really makes me think how AMAZING and wonderful God is when I listen to some beautiful melodic trance, and look at all the things God created. I mean nature is beautiful, and I am amazed by it every day. How mighty is our God?! WOW! He is one creative person, let me tell you that.’ — bobotamas

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Tom Waits ‘God’s Away on Business’
‘Jimmy Durante as a jaded, syphilitic Pangloss.’ — Tom Lawrence

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Jimmy Cross ‘I Want My Baby Back’
‘”I Want My Baby Back” was originally issued on the Tollie label and reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1965. In 1977 British BBC radio DJ Kenny Everett named “I Want My Baby Back” #1 in the “Bottom 30” after a public vote, and it won the title of: “The World’s Worst Record”. Cross went on to record “The Ballad of James Bong” (Tollie), “Hey Little Girl” (Red Bird) and “Super-Duper Man” (Red Bird). He died of a heart attack at the age of 39 in Hollywood. He is buried at Forest Lawn, California.’ — collaged

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Sunn0))) ‘Black Wedding,’ live in Predikherenkerk
‘SUNN 0))) specialiseert zich nu precies 10 jaar in uitgerekte drones, opgebouwd uit zware gitaar- en basfeedback. Dat vieren ze met enkele Europese concerten in de Shoshin/Grimmrobes tournee waarin ze uitsluitend materiaal van hun debuut spelen. Op het podium: oprichters Stephen O’Malley en Greg Anderson en een heleboel versterkers. Geen gasten, geen vocals, geen keyboards. Welkom op deze hypnotiserende, donkere trip. De locatie –een kerk- vormt de ideale setting.’ — Stuk

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p.s. Hey. Today a devoted, so-far silent reader of this blog named Max Windst has curated a Halloween concert for us. It’s pretty sweet too. Click it into being, please, and maybe try to lure Mr. Windst in here with your reactions, if you feel like it. Thank you very much, Max! ** L@rstonovich, Hey, buster! That was an interesting, intense comment. Urgency out? Still just interesting if a little less intense. Hi-test epiphinies … call me crazy, but I like the sound of that. I love you too, big L. ** Misanthrope, I think it would be that you need to save the heaven out of some money. I didn’t think you’d abandoned it, actually. How about dem apples? New blog … I’m seriously on its possible side, duh. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, D. I haven’t read Halperin’s book, but I’ve read a decent amount about it, and, yes, as you say, his take on/notion of gayness is very foreign to me. And when I was a teen, gay but into doing acid and reading/ watching experimental stuff and enjoying the comfortable mix of straight and gay friends I had, and interested in our common ground, and when that notion of gayness was pretty current and prevailing, it was especially confusing and off-putting. Not to say his point isn’t interesting. It just has no bearing on me. I mean, I can barely tell a show tune from a shoe horn, ha ha. ** Grant Scicluna, That’s all so awesome, man. That’s a hell of a prize. I can only imagine that your imagination has no shortage of great ideas. If you want to bat your ideas around or anything, I’d be way into swinging my bat at them. Oh, I keep meaning to ask you: You have such an interesting last name that I’ve never seen/heard before. Does it have an interesting story or background? ** Sypha, Gotcha on the cute thing. Well, James, obviously I would very honored and thrilled to have any post you want to make. Your posts are living legends. Thank you a lot for wanting to. ** Cobaltfram, Hi, John. Yeah, I’m definitely not a fan of Paul Auster. It’s not a rough addiction. It’s kind of nice. I kind of like that the power is entirely in their court. And being an anxiously awaiting fan has a decent rush. I haven’t read the Didion memoirs yet. I especially want to read the most recent one. Friends in the know say it’s the best of the two. Yuck about that water bug. That seems like such a Texas story to me. I’m totally fucked if I don’t get caffeine within about a half hour of waking up. I get so anxious about that, I sometimes travel with a coffee maker in my suitcase. Did the day get smooth? Kind of had to, right? ** Kiddiepunk, Hey, stranger! How’s the film shaping up? ** Morgan, Hey, Morgan! Wow, this is a really nice surprise! Welcome the hell back, man! Gosh, don’t feel sheepish. There’s been a welcome home party waiting/hiding behind the couch this whole time. Yep, Blake Butler is the man. I’m hugely into his work. So, Ithaca is okay? Must be really a big change after Florida. I would love to read your new writings and catch up in any way you’re up for. Really good to see you, man! ** Hyrule Dungeon, Hey, J. Do you mean Rosa Menkman? If so, I only know a little, and I’ve been very intrigued, so, yeah, if you feel like making a post, I’d be way, way into it. Oh, and you being here reminds me … Everyone, just a heads up and reminder that this coming weekend there’ll be a Writers Workshop event here on the blog featuring the textual stylings of Hyrule Dungeon, so get ready for that, and you’ll see it on Saturday. ** Thomas Moronic, Hey, T! It was a giant hit, man! Thank you so, so much! Oh, I find it almost impossible to look at art at art fairs, and Frieze made it no easier. It just feels like looking at art souvenirs or at gallerists showing off who they show. So, what stood out, hm … the Mike Kuchar installation. The Ryan Trecartin stuff at Andrea Rosen, especially the sculpture. Everything in the greengrassi space was great. I don’t know. Mostly, it was a blur and kind of irritating if interesting for me. Sucks that I missed you guys. My phone was dead the whole time.  We were there on Sunday too, but arrived at about 3 pm or so, by which time I think you guys had probably left. Anyway, one more giant thanks, man. ** 5STRINGS, Muscle tone is cool. I was just sort of parodying myself there, mostly. I’m kind of okay with breeding. When I see kids in Paris, I think, Yes! New French people! I’m not so into Belgium. Nothing drastic, but, I don’t know. I think the French/Flemish population division and mutual dislike makes the place weird. Good artists there, though. ** MANCY, Hi, man! ** Lee, Hey. The marathon was kind of nice. A lot of boring, blah lecturing, but some sweet stuff. Dominique Gonzales Foerster was awesome, as is she personally. Great to see Gavin Bryars, etc. Frieze was predictably as you can easily imagine. I’ll be in LA until November 21st then back here. December is pretty free for me. So that area of time should work. Skype, sure, and … I think late morning Sat, would work, although I’ll need to get the p.s, out of the way, and it’s hard to know how long that will take. By noon, I should almost for sure be free. ** Steevee, Fantastic! Can’t wait! Everyone, the big-brained and whip smart Steevee has a new article on the great French filmmaker Leos Carax including interview stuff and re: his unmissable new film ‘Holy Motors’, and definitely go over and read it. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. Ha ha, wow, I just heard a little of ‘Born to Be Alive’. It’s weird, but that song freaks me out. Something traumatic must have been to me while it was playing or something. Anyway, I made it back, phew. I think your costume sounds like a pretty guaranteed prize winner, if they’re doling them out. ** Un Cœur Blanc, Hi! Yeah, I don’t know at all, but ‘TtO’ feels so … well, you said heavy, and I think that’s a good way to put it, compared to all of his other works that I just don’t trust that translation, but it could be a original textual issue. And, yeah, the book looks/ feels wrong, I agree. Lines, yes, please, of course, thank you! More love, me. ** Jebus, Hi! I don’t know how the real world works either, or the real musical outreaching world, but I definitely think the New White Light work should get out there. Hm. I’ll put some in a post, which isn’t a lot, but something. Social networking site presence? Yeah, you bet, I would love and do crave that possible guest post, sure, if you really don’t mind. Very kind of you. ** James, Hi. Oh, I just told Cobaltfram, but, briefly, a friend accidentally struck on the top of my head with an axe. I was 11. Long story. Split my head wide open of course. He and my other friends ran away and left me lying there. Kind of awful of them. I came to, blood volcanoing everywhere, reached up, felt my brain, freaked out, ran to my front door — it was in our front yard — and I was rushed to the hospital, and they saved me, but I was fucked up and out of school for a long time. Love, me. ** Tosh, Thanks on behalf of TM, and I’m getting back at you. ** Postitbreakup, Thank you, for being a friend. My life has much suckage right now too. The straight edge thing isn’t brave, really. It just feels better. Your butt looks like a broken jpeg? I’ve seen worse, ha ha. ** Schlix, Hi, Uli! Sorry to hear about the drowning, man. Fingers crossed for an immediate low tide. Always lovely to see you, my friend. ** Okay. You have a concert made especially for you by a secret admirer of yours. Incentive? See you tomorrow.

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‘The Blackgaze genre refers mostly to modern Black Metal with soft, dreamy riffs (more than usual BM at least), frequent changes of tempo (rapid black metal vs. what you’d call post-rock), and often also the use of clean vocals. It’s mostly an European/ Australian counterpart of the Cascadian black metal scene. Blackgaze takes from Alt Rock and from Black Metal to create a new genre that falls under Rock/Indie. It is possible to say this because it no longer has any of the traits that make it metal anymore. The riffs aren’t derived from death, thrash or heavy metal. Remove the distortion and what you get is ambient music. If anything, it’s more similar to Crust Punk than it is to Metal. The style emerged around the turn of the 21st century and became increasingly popular during the latter part of the aughts.’ — collaged

‘I used to have sudden visions, memories of a place that is not the one we know. To make you understand, it’s exactly like you were remembering a nice moment of your life, with all the precise emotions you could feel with it, but the difference is that in my case these ‘memories’ had nothing to do with what we can see in the real world. In these visions I [saw] different colours, [heard] different sounds, and I had a way to perceive what was around me as a whole, not through the enclosed five senses we are [accustomed] to here.

‘[It was as] if my soul and what surrounded me was making a single entity. And this place was so indescribably beautiful and perfect. Nobody can imagine the beauty and the serenity of it, like an immense heavenly garden with pearly, shiny streams and emerald green fields. Everything being static and moving at the same time; like water waves, all bathed in pearly colours and [occupied] by benevolent entities. I can’t explain these visions—I just know that [my experiences] were real, so real that I thought everybody had the same ones.’ — Neige

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Alcest ‘Percées De Lumière’ (live)
‘Alcest is a French shoegazing band/musical project (formerly a black metal band) born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France. It is a solo project of Neige. As a child, Neige had dreams about a “Fairy Land”, “a place with colours, forms and sounds that do not exist here.” The music of Alcest is highly influenced by these dream experiences. Starting out playing raw black metal, Alcest soon evolved into black metal with strong post-rock and shoegaze influences. The band’s name Alcest doesn’t have any meaning, Neige just chose it for its noble ethereal sounding and wouldn’t imagine any other name in its pronunciation (“Al-sest”) to fit better with this music.’ — collaged

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Les Discrets ‘Song for Mountains’
‘Les Discrets was formed in 2003 as a musical side-project beside Phest of which Fursy Teyssier was a member as a way for Fursy, who is also an illustrator, to express concepts similar to those found within his art. Fellow French musicians Winterhalter and Audrey Hadorn soon joined the line-up. Les Discrets signed a five album contract with German record label Prophecy Productions in April 2009. The band released a split EP with Alcest in December of the same year, and went on to release their first full-length album, Septembre et Ses Dernières Pensées, in March 2010. According to the German Sonic Seducer magazine, the album features dark romantic music that cannot be attributed to any single genre. On July 18, 2010, Fursy posted an update on the official site stating that composition for a second album has been completed and that the studio has already been booked for its recording.’ — Wiki

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Soliness ‘Longing For … ‘
‘Soliness ist eine Band aus Saarbrücken die sich im Shoegaze, Post-Rock, Post-Black Metal wieder findet. Leider ist über die band nicht viel in Erfahrung zu bringen. Jedoch sind die bekannten Songs – vor allem auf der The World Comes To An End In The End Of A Journey Compilation – mehr als grandios. In meinen Augen spielen Soliness ganz oben im Shoegaze Bereich mit. — empyre-forum.de

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Mortisalgia ‘Trees of Stone’ (live)
‘Mortisalgia is a Depressive Post-Black Metal project from the Bay Area formed by drummer Angelo Enea. Later Angelo called and recruited Nick Woodman (Kingdom Scorned) to handle Guitars and Michael Rohwer (Kingdom Scorned) for Guitars and Vocals, Aaron Ekert (Septicaemia) for bass, as well as Kendric DiStefano (Logistic Slaughter) for Vocal duties. The band consists of Depressive and Atmospheric Black Metal with elements of Shoegaze for an incredibly dark, melancholic, and despair-filled listening experience.’ — collaged

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Sun Devoured Earth ‘Melancholy’
‘Gloomy dream pop with a hint of post-punk, post-rock, shoegaze and black metal. Handmade Birds, Parasitecrisis, Rigorism Productions. Members: Vadim.’ — last.fm

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Amesoeurs ‘Gas in Veins’
‘Amesoeurs was a French post-punk/black metal band formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France in Summer 2004 by guitarist/vocalist Neige of Alcest fame, and by bassist/singer Audrey Sylvain and guitarist Fursy Teyssier (Phest, Les Discrets) with the purpose of creating a music that reflects the dark side of the industrial era and modern civilization. Neige and Audrey Sylvain are also known for their input as session/live musicians in La sale Famine de Valfunde’s band Peste Noire. The band split up after releasing their first full-length album, due to an inability to agree upon the future of the band. They performed one live show back in 2005. The meaning of the word Amesoeurs is “soulsisters” or “soulmates” in English.’ — collaged

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Lantlôs ‘I Collect The Stars’ (live)
‘Lantlôs was founded in 2005/2006 in Rheda, Germany by Herbst and Angrrau. Some rough demos were recorded and later released on the extremely limited Îsern Himel demo tape by the band itself in 2008. Because both Herbst and Angrrau were not satisfied with the sound and Îsern Himel was always meant to be a demo, they started to record the debut in their homestudio in september 2007. Alboîn joined as a session singer, so the first line-up was complete. Lantlôs, released by ATMF, saw its daylight in september 2008 in combination with a perfect artwork by Fursy Teyssier. In the meanwhile, Angrrau and Alboîn left Lantlôs. The debut was rereleased on LP via Deviant Records and on tape via Karge Welten in 2009.’ — lantlos.com

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Fleurety ‘I Saw Claws’
‘Fleurety is a Norwegian avant-garde metal band. The band was formed in 1991 by Svein Egil Hatlevik and Alexander Nordgaren. Initially Nordgaren was the lead vocalist, but his performance on early recordings (especially “A Darker Shade of Evil”) permanently damaged his vocal chords; so Svein Egil Hatlevik took over lead vocals from 1994 onwards. The band released their first demo Black Snow in 1993. After that came the 7” EP A Darker Shade of Evil in 1994, released via the English label Aesthetic Death Records. Both of these were in a fairly traditional Norwegian black metal style, although with very high-pitched screaming vocals, giving the band a characteristic sound.’ — collaged

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Líam ‘Debris’
‘Líam is an instrumental post-rock band from Germany, found as an One-Man-Project in early 2007 by M. Siegenhort. He recorded the two first EPs My journey to the sky and Two years and a fragment within less than one year. He had the strong desire to present the material live and therefore searched for session-musicians. He found J. Wulfheide, L. Jahns and C. Holler. But instead of rehearsing the existing material the four guys composed new songs. In 2008 their first full length CD Silhouettes Lay Waste To The Living was recorded. In late 2008 P. Dombrink joined the band to play keys on the new album which was recorded in spring 2009.’ — collaged

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Agalloch ‘Falling Snow’ (live)
‘For sixteen years the Pacific Northwest group Agalloch has defined what it means to combine influences from a variety of musical genres into one brooding, colossal, and cinematic sound that provides the soundtrack to existential themes concerning man, nature, loss, and death. It has been said that Agalloch is to heavy metal what Ingmar Bergman is to cinema. Agalloch has earned a reputation for explosive and emotional live performances. They have sold out tours across Europe and the US and have played a variety of major festivals including: Roadburn, Inferno, and Scion among others. The band takes special care constructing the environment of each and every show with wood, incense, and imagery taken directly from their home in the Northwest. Such care makes an Agalloch show more than just a typical heavy metal concert.’ — agalloch.com

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Void of Reveries ‘The Ghost That Sleeps Within Me’
‘Atmospheric Romantic Post-Black Metal from Canada. Formed in 2010 by sole member Inoxia. Inspired by Lucid Dreams, Broken Hearts, Lonliness, Moon Worship, Beautiful Nightscapes and Ghost Stories.’ — The Boston Phoenix

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Woods of Desolation ‘Somehow’
‘Woods of Desolation was formed by D. in New South Wales, Australia in 2005 as a means of much deeper personal expression/unburdening through music. Utilising the help of P. Knight on vocals (and occasionally bass) located in the UK 2005- early 2007 saw the recording of 2 demos and 2 split releases released in very limited numbers via different underground labels. These early releases explored more the idea of raw improvisation and experimenting with various different self-recording techniques to achieve the final result. Band founder and heart of the band; D. is now focused on working towards an exclusive conceptual EP featuring guest drums performed by Vlad of Drudkh/ Old Silver Key.’ — ruinprod

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An Autumn for Crippled Children ‘Formlessness’
‘An Autumn for Crippled Children is a post-black metal or blackgaze band from The Netherlands formed in 2008. The band consists of 3 people playing also in other bands, which are kept secret. The name of the band is an altered song title from UK gothic band Ebony Lake. Their debut Lost was released in May 2010 and their second album Everything was released September 1st, 2011. New 2012 album Only the Ocean Know has now been released.’ — last.fm

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p.s.  Hey.  ** Misanthrope, Hi, G. I’m sorry to hear about your aesthetic falling out with 1D, and I hope they come to their senses straight away. I think the eternal life option with a time machine app would do the trick. Why haven’t scientists figured that shit out yet? I’m cool with growing older so far, but all bets are off from here on out. I wondered if your water fear was going to go all doozied out on you when you saw that post. But, hey, that’s friends are for too? ** David Ehrenstein, You think ‘A.I.’ is the best Spielberg? Hm. Yeah, maybe. I also have a soft spot for ‘Close Encounters’. ** Scunnard, Oh, awesome. Sure, I’d be into seeing the proposal. I am pretty reclused out by my writing at the moment, but a proposal, etc. seems like it would be a nice little walk in the park, so, yeah, if you feel like it and don’t mind, etc. Greece, wow, where? Athens? I wonder if it’s as crazy in person as it is on this side of the news. ** Pascal, Hi! Sure, about the novel reading, yeah, great, but I do have to give you a pretty big warning that I’m really neglecting a lot of everything right now so I can get this novel draft done, so I wouldn’t be able to start reading it for a while, I’m pretty sure. But, yeah. If you end up deciding to self-publish it, at least there’s never been a better time ‘cos, at least in the States, self-publishing, especially online, is kind of stigma-free, and, as I’ve mentioned here before, I’m reading as many self-publshed eBooks these days as I’m reading anything else. It’s way gray and damp here too. Umbrella ever at the ready, and all that. ** Wolf, Hi, Wolfy! Well, yeah, the underwater city thing blew my mind into post-making-ville, which is the sign among signs that I’ve got a dropped jaw. Ten days left, yikes and whoa and so cool! I’m … not better but hanging in there. I’m still writing my head off, and, as long as that’s happening, I can deal. We definitely should do some Skyping before you head there. Whenever you like, basically. I’m just here doing the painful writing thing mostly right now. ** Gary gray, Hey. Straight hustling, ha ha, me? Sure, why not? Personal submarine would be sweet. I’ve never even gone scuba diving? Have you? ** Steevee, Thanks, Steve. That looks fascinating. Thanks a lot. What a curious character/artist he is. Dang, too bad about the Andrew miss. Time for another lunch, right? ** Kevin Killian, Kevin! Thank you, thank you! I don’t know those two books at all. That title ‘Lake Overturn’ is awfully nice, isn’t it? I’ll check for them. Ah, and thanks for putting the Crown of Killian on the Jottings of James. You good? Miss you, my friend. ** Chris Cochrane, The conquering hero returns! Hi, Chris! The Brazil possibility is totally crazed. Oh my God, the jet lag, but whatev’. That would be unbelievable. Yeah, I’ve been happy/sad to get the announcements for all your gigs that I’m missing. Are they going to your satisfaction? The LA stint is counting down very nicely indeed. Much love to you, Chris. ** Un Cœur Blanc, Hi! You caring so much about your work and even how it looks is completely understandable and sensible to me. And the being scared part too. I’m like that about my work in both respects, and your works and mine are only separated by a genre. So, of course, that doesn’t seem strange to me whatsoever. Unless I’m strange, which, course, I am, ha ha. I’m sorry to hear you’re sad. I’m really, really sad too, if the international company helps. ** Sypha, I think I remember seeing Lovecraft book cover illustrations that showed sunken, underwater stuff. Oh, great about your new story becoming visible. I will read that when the p.s. is no longer imparing my eyes and fingers. Everyone, great news! A new short story called ‘The Yellow Notebook’ by the eminent author and d.l. about blog Sypha aka Mr. James Champagne is newly available for your reading ultra-pleasure right here at the Thomas Ligotti forums, and please lend it our eyes then, if you will, pass along any thoughts to its great and humble author. Thank you! ** Okay. With that, I give or re-give you the latest entry in my Halloween countdown posting fest and/or a solid chance to see what the whole Blackgaze fuss is all about. Try it, please. See you tomorrow.