aidosaur:

Girl with the Skeleton Hand preview.  Full page at Johnny Wander.

Oh maaannns, last page of the story!  This one killed me, although it was mostly the heat that did it.  I hope you guys dug it. :D

Death looking snappy

It’s that time.

I finally finalized my internship down at Cumulus radio. Everything’s been so flaky for the past month, it’s good to have a little bit of solidarity in my life. Josh seems like a good guy, and I’ve invested quite a lot of energy into making this work, so I hope that everybody at the station can play nice while I figure out the new system.

Also, an idea I’m starting to work on. I watched a video review of a rap album where the reviewer talked about how the delivery made him feel as if he was visiting a prison and being warned against the perils of the streets by a hardened inmate. So why not do a concept album that combines prisoners, rap, and Dante’s Inferno? The answer to that hypothetical question is: there’s no reason why that shouldn’t happen. So I’ll start out with, say, a track from the POV of a guy on probation, and move down the “circles of prison/hell” with notes on instrumentation and possible MCs (Kanye gets the sin-of-pride track all to himself). Maybe if I hit it big in 15 years, I can rent out a big studio and be a suburban white kid with no criminal record rapping about the difficulties of prison life.

Big aspirations, I know.

I am he as you are gender-neutral, and we are all together.

All the love I can spare,

-Billy 

postrockoccam:

so—say—we—all:

As I see it, the devil is very unimportant in the Bible. Hell is one thing, but the devil himself is not that important. The best verse about him is “Resist the devil and he will run from you.” I just think he is in there to personify evil and give us something to be against. So that way we know we are “for” God and “against” the devil.

Fair enough, to be against temptation, but why should we reject knowledge? The devil seems to be one of the few that are against this very Old Testament standard of unquestioning obedience and prayer that Job eventually raises to an art form.

so—say—we—all:

“If the devil only punishes bad people…. Wouldnt that make him good?”

Saw this on Mind Blowing Tweets.

Morons. 

I’d like to hear more of your thoughts on this. Forgive me if I don’t have your extensive background, but the devil seems to play a sort of Promethean role in the bible. Give mortals knowledge, be cast out by the head god. The comparison probably ends there, but tell me more about the role of the devil as you see it.  

sargenthouse:

And So I Watch You From Afar performing their track 7 Billion People Alive All At Once with The Ulster Orchestra at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Ireland on May 21, 2012 - Video taken from a live stream from the BBC.

sargenthouse:
Zechs Marquise will be playing this years Neon Desert Festival in their hometown of El Paso on May 26th alongside our own Le Butcherettes. In July their Summer co-headlining run with And So I Watch You From Afar their Sargent House brothers from Belfast, Ireland will take place….

I’ve played them every show I’ve had at the station, and I’m not about to miss this, assuming it’s 18+

Well, then. 

Flight Over the Atlantic - Atlantic Drop

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This fancy gent is involved in a couple of projects, but the one that drew me in was Atlantic Drop. They’re a mix of EitS and Caspian, always doing that fluttery-high-pitch into stomp-the ground guitar pound that Caspian does so well. That divebombing sound, kinda like an osprey floating over the sea, just chilling out before trilling out an avian “screw this noise” and swooping down to pluck an unsuspecting trout out of the water….

Ahem. Anyway, glad these guys have so much fun making music.  

Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens, part 1

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Some smooth customer raps over saxes and some R+B, nodding to Nas. This isn’t grimy or exceptionally socially conscious, but it’s fun and clever and the rhythm’s smooth as silkwork.

Promise I’ll add more PR material soon, just wrapped up in some other genres right now. 

 If The Stars Were Mine - Melody Gardot

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Because I haven’t posted for some time, I’m still too hyped for Valtari, and it’s almost summer, and it’s time for hammock music. Bongos, baby. 

Wazu - Happy Endings

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Time for some lesser-known music. Yesterday, this was one of the first songs I put into rotation as the new music director. It’s not exceptional, but it’s eerie, fun to listen to, and I love the haunted house rock n roll feel. Perfect for our late night rotation. 

the-womanifesto:

hellbentforleather:

Please send Dennis Clark to a different camp this year. That kid is a total asshole.

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