Month: October 2024
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Colin’s Column: Preacher’s Daughter
The Southern Gothic aesthetic has always fascinated me. From the novels of William Faulkner and the short fiction of Flannery O’Connor to movies like Mississippi Burning and Natural Born Killers, the unique mood of the South’s seedy underbelly has always intrigued me. My favorite works of Southern Gothic art tend to deal with the internal…
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Megalopolis: The Best Worst Movie Ever Made
Imagine proposing a movie so dramatic, so opulent and grand, that it destroys your credibility and bankrupts you. It’s something straight out of Poe – or, if you work in Hollywood, a typical pitch meeting. Jodorowsky’s Dune, Tarantino’s Star Trek, Sacha Baron Coen’s Freddy Mercury biopic, any Guillermo del Toro project – the producers shot…
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Damage Report: Salt @ Dirty Dungarees
Ohio emoviolence outfit theyhungusfrompowerlines opened the 9/20 show at Dirty Dungarees, delivering chaotic drum parts played at blinding speeds, similarly eclectic riffs that constantly changed tempo and tone, and violent, violent screaming. In classic emo fashion, the band played their entire set facing the drummer rather than crowd. This did not prevent the dual vocalists…