2015
Precious Australian weirdies The No Frills Twins have released their debut single, “God Bless The Internet”. I am probably too old to love this as much as I do, but these two really seem to get it.
“No desire to meet real people
We chat once, no need for sequel
Quick and easy, cyber mateship
No attachments, use it, ditch itPut my head down, put my screen up
Make it seem like at night I raise my red cup
Don’t tell me I’m wasting my youth
Got my headphones in to block out the truth “
The vision of the skinless man as a twisted modern-day fairytale, ‘He Took His Skin Off For Me’ is an adaptation of the original short story by award-winning writer Maria Hummer. Think Margaret Atwood meets David Cronenberg.
Isabella Mazanti’s illustrations for Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla. I believe it is a special edition for the 200th anniversary of Le Fanu’s birthday (published October, 2014).
Forever Doomed includes essays and comics by Tenebrous Kate that take a tongue-in-cheek but loving look at the theme of doom. Includes the widely anticpated “Erotic Rites of
the Nazgûl.”
Mothmeister’s strange and surreal ‘Wounderland’ – a weird and wonderful universe in which the creators portray anonymous, ugly masked creatures as “a reaction against the dominant exhibitionism of the selfie culture and beauty standards marketed by the mass media.”
Björk has announced Vulnicura, her March 2015 follow-up to 2011’s Biophilia!
Fans of board games (or those trying to coax new players into a game) might find this chart helpful.
Sexts from the void, where typical sexts take a hard left turn into the abyss.
Must be something in the air – these two related items crossed my path in the same day.
- Lesbian nun sex gangs; the true story of murder and a lesbian cult in a Roman convent is a lesson in religion and the abuse of power
- Fangoria’s top 10 nunsploitation flicks
Lecterings: what if Hannibal told cheesy jokes instead of implying cannibalism?
What fun! Kathack, a bookmarklet that turns any page into Katamari Damacy. Works best in text-heavy pages, like wikipedia.
Death Salon at the Mütter Museum in October 2015! I am so there.
Headphone Commute’s year end lists are always a treat. I always know I am going to love their selections for Watching the Snow Fall Slowly in the Moonlight.
The Valentino Pre-Fall 2015 collection is full of wonderful folk art and celestial embroidery…all quite different and very beautiful.
Chris Ovdiyenko, creator of the Oracle Mystifying Playing cards has a new Kickstarter for his latest project, a playing card deck based off of the Arcana of the Tarot.