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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Behind The Scenes

Theo snapped a bunch of behind-the-scenes photos of the display and I remember thinking "Well no one's ever going to see THOSE shots." But now that some time has passed, the idea started to grow on me. So here's one showing the cardboard beams of the CHURCH and the crude lighting for the moonlight.

Note the tree sticking out of the lawn next to that rotten pumpkin on the left.. staged. I recall looking down the street and seeing Theo dragging a pile of vines in one hand and a thin dead tree in the other.

Photos by Theo.

Friday, December 14, 2018

The Snowman

Might be the neatest intro to anything ever...

‘Homecoming’: All the Classic Movie Soundtracks In The Series – And Why Sam Esmail Used Them

Wow. This is nuts. Neat article about the music used in this new series. I scrolled through and saw episode 7's music:

Episode 7

“Gray Lady Down,” composer Jerry Fielding
“The Thing,” composer Ennio Morricone
“The Andromeda Strain” (TV Series), composer Joel J. Richard
“Christine,” composer John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
“The Parallax View,” composer Michael Small
“The Thing,” composer Ennio Morricone
“The Fog,” composer John Carpenter
“Halloween 3,” composer John Carpenter & Alan Howarth

I then checked out the episode (by clicking through it to find the tracks) and it really seemed to work perfectly. Definitely going to give this series a try.

Click below for the story:

Now Playing: Regeneration

By John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.

Heard this in a trailer for some new show with Julia Roberts in it. Funny to hear an old Carpenter tune being used in a modern trailer.

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Paul Bailey's Freddy

This is absolutely amazing work. I first thought these were old photos of Robert Englund.

More images here.

The Haunt Of Jacen Sievers

More images here.

Meatless Stuffs

This is more of a public service announcement.
Think of it as a recommendation and nothing more. No preaching. No nothing.
I would have liked to have read about this recommendation a while back as I searched for alternatives to meat.
I'd also like to add that I'm not a full-on vegetarian or vegan, but I've been trying to limit my meat imprint on the earth, so I've been experimenting with the options out there.

To date, the best and most convincing alternative to eating beef is a product by Gardein. The texture and flavor IS beef to me. Just had it in a meat[less] sauce lasagna and I swear to the gods I couldn't tell the difference. Like not at all. And I was TRYING to tell the difference.

So, if you've been curious about it, give it a whirl. I'm planning on trying the other varieties from this company. We've been BIG Morning Star brand vegetarian products people, but this is the first time the texture was the real deal and I didn't feel like I was eating a computer's interpretation of what meat must taste and feel like (similar to Seth Brundle's steak in THE FLY).