It was a quiet morning, the town covered over with darkness and at ease in bed. Summer gathered in the weather, the wind had the proper touch, the breathing of the world was long and warm and slow. You had only to rise, lean from your window, and know that this indeed was the first real time of freedom and living, this was the first morning of summer.
Going through a favorite Halloween blog today and wanted to re-feature it.
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Finally purchased this wonderful book by my friend (and leading authority on Halloween) Lesley Pratt Bannatyne. Wonderful artwork too, by Adrian Tans.
Was listening to this wonderful piece of music by Jon Glassett today. I haven't watched this in a while and I was still mighty proud of our hard work back then. Still difficult to imagine me, Bean, and Jon pulling this thing off.
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It's never too early to stock up on my personal favorite Halloween scent - Anise & Clove from the Soy-N-Suds Etsy shop.
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By Visions, from the Cyclic Law label.
Hugely appreciative of online sources of Dark Ambient music. Back in the early 90's, when I first discovered this odd and wonderful genre of music in a world void of the Internet, I never could have imagined multiple record labels offering loads of incredible "projects" (that's what we call Dark Ambient groups).
Here are some of the best:
Cyclic Law
Cryo Chamber
Malignant Records
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Saw this film over the weekend and absolutely loved it I felt like a child again seeing massive beautiful monsters. And what I wasn't expecting was that they were scary. Rodan and Ghidorah were menacing and you felt it. And you wanted to see them defeated.
I thought the below video showing the scoring sessions felt a lot like the way the film felt.
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We bought this latest documentary by Small Town Monsters last night and absolutely loved it. The production value was off the charts...the cinematography and animations were stellar. Even the 3D still photography was super impressive. And so many beautiful shots of abandoned structures and farmland desolation.
Brandon Dalo's score was exceptional. Such a huge fan of his work.
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This is extremely soothing and extremely awesome...
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A piece from MANY years ago with memories of Guanajuato. I once stumbled across a carnival at night that went on for a few city blocks while traveling in Guanajuato, Mexico. There were lots of white lights and white rides and white game stands and pure happiness. It was enchanting. When I went to seek it out the next morning, it was completely gone with no trace- no flyers, no confetti on the ground- no signs of any kind of event; like it never existed. I wandered around the general area thinking I was lost for not locating it. When I asked a man at a corner store if there had been a carnival around here, he said with a twinkle in his eye, “Ahhh, lo que usted tuvo fue una iluminación.” - What you experienced was an illumination.
