One of the albums I bought during Bandcamp's ACLU donation drive was Woodfall by Musk Ox, and wow, was that ever a good decision.

Musk Ox is a group of musicians from Ottawa, Ontario. Their work, especially on Woodfall in particular, could be described as progressive neofolk chamber music. If you like instrumental epics, and have a love of ( Read more... )

I have a bunch of half-finished docs that were going to be proper film reviews, but then my attention wandered. So, instead, let's have some quick-and-dirty thoughts on some horror films I've watched in the last two months or so.

Night of the Living Dead (1968)Wow - no wonder this one is a classic. It's a film that certainly deserves that ( Read more... )

If you're looking for a monster movie to watch - on Halloween, or otherwise - I suggest the 2006 Korean horror film Gwoemul, also known as The Host (IMDBThis is one of the best monster films I've seen in a while. It starts with your basic environmental horror setup: toxic chemicals in a river cause some of the local wildlife to mutate in horrifying ( Read more... )

So, there are a lot of horror films that I haven't seen. It's one of my favourite genres, but I'm always playing a game of catch-up. Pumpkinhead is one of those crazy monster movies from the '80s - I tend to find them a little bit cheesy, and not necessarily scary, but some of them still tell a good story ( Read more... )

So, as usual, I watched a film with the horror movie gang on Friday. Aaaand then this evening, I caught another that they'd watched a couple weeks ago - I had to miss it because my computer wasn't cooperating.

As Above, So Below (IMDBSomeone compared it to National Treasure... well, it's a pretty ridiculous film, so let's go with that. The Paris ( Read more... )

This is probably the last sample batch that I'll be ordering for a while. I have a lot hanging in my drawer, so - I might as well enjoy them. Some of these were a little disappointing, but I think they might grow on me over time. Others were definite winners.

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I received a batch of scents in the mail today aaand that made me remember that I've had this particular review written up for months and just hadn't managed to get around to posting it. Whoops. Well - here we go. 7 fragrances by Traveling Vardo. From what I remember, all of these are from the permanent collection. At least one of these was an ( Read more... )

Today started so badly, but it ended with cherry cola, horror movies, and friends, so I think everything turned out okay in the end.

Tonight's film was The Uninvited (2009). It was... not too bad. I wouldn't rec this one, but I wouldn't anti-rec it, either. There are better films out there, but like I said, it's not too bad.

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Like I mentioned in a previous entry, I had plans to go watch Crimson Peak today - and I did! And since it's Friday, you all know what that means: horror movie night with the anonmeme gang. Tonight, it was Housebound (2014).

I'm really happy to say that even though these were very different films, they had some things in common - good things. ( Read more... )

Aha, finally got around to testing the autumn scents from TravelingVardoThese popped up in my Etsy recommendations, and I decided to try them on a whim. Overall, the results were pretty decent, and I was really happy with some of these scents. Others were a miss. Some of them might not be for everybody. My order was samples-only, but I might pick ( Read more... )