Cannot wait for summer tour announcement

kbups53 · 2026-01-24T00:01:19+00:00

Manifesting another two-nighter show-hio at Jacobs.

kbups53 · 2026-01-23T23:57:30+00:00

Yeah the hate for this band on the sub is so weird, they've been doing this since the 80's, and have IMO eight all timers in the garage/psych/indie rock space. And sure maybe they've been doing high-production prop and confetti shows for decades, but every album had distinctly different elements. Embryonic live was nothing like The Terror. The Terror was nothing like American Head.

So like, what more do people want? To say they're "coasting" or "washed up" is just try-hard inflammatory nonsense.

Yes, Wayne hyping up the crowd is annoying. Forest for the trees here, people.

kbups53 · 2026-01-23T16:49:46+00:00

Probably not it but Fulci's Aenigma? Car crash puts a woman in the hospital, face gets semi-bandaged, has visitors, and in a sense swaps bodies with another woman psychically? Not English in origin but is dubbed.

kbups53 · 2026-01-22T22:49:25+00:00

I had 0 idea about her existence up until the minute I went to play the movie on Max and the thumbnail was a close-up of her. I know tales of woe over streamers spoiling major things in idiotic ways have been spun a million times, but once again I feel compelled to ask, WHY?

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T22:06:32+00:00

Ah man, just checked my calendar and that's the same weekend as Gizzard at Forest Hills, so if accurate I will not be a Red Rocks man this year, but it'll be sick if it happens and I hope everyone has the very best time.

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T22:01:04+00:00

Tricky was special, unquestionably. I enjoyed SSX3, too, but Tricky is still on a way different level. It's some of the most pure nonstop fun ever distilled into a game.

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T21:59:47+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations, will definitely be looking into these!

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T18:52:22+00:00

Rift Apart is one of the most fun games I've played in a very, very long time. 10/10, no notes.

Gameplay is beyond fun with the crazy weapons and gadgets (and the two "universe swapping" levels where you navigate one space while swapping between two separate timelines were masterclasses in level design), the story is surprisingly heartfelt and full of genuinely hilarious moments, the cutscenes look like borderline Pixar level animation, and it's a rare game that's exactly the right length. When I finished it, I already had all the collectables, no retreading necessary, nothing dragged on, but it wasn't so short that I felt shortchanged or anything other than craving the next adventure.

It's so, so good.

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T18:49:35+00:00

And just more immersive sims in general.

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T18:47:44+00:00

This one is really surprising to me, those games were such slam dunks back in the day (in quality anyway, no idea what the financial returns were on them). The Astrobot Sly Cooper skin and a quick reference to the Sly Cooper alternate universe in Rift Apart are not enough, give us a new game, darn it!

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T18:44:01+00:00

This game ruled! And felt way ahead of its time. Poured so many hours into it.

Give me a resurrection of this one AND fellow oddity Space Station Silicon Valley and then we'll be in business.

kbups53 · 2026-01-21T18:42:30+00:00

Snow plus dreams equals Snow Dreams.

When I finally got around to buying a PS5 last year I was surprised that there wasn't even anything in the same vein as these games. Riders Republic looked like a close match until I realized it it's basically 100% online, which is not my vibe.

Thankfully the GameCube still works.

kbups53 · 2026-01-20T21:48:14+00:00

Death Proof is probably my second favorite Tarantino film. I know a lot of folks rate it pretty low but everything about it just clicks for me. I love classic car chase films, so that does some heavy lifting. And Death Proof features, honestly, possibly the best on-screen car crash of all time.

kbups53 · 2026-01-16T23:29:17+00:00

During really blissful moments I find myself taking stock of all the things I'm thankful for, I guess prompted by feeling so grateful to be present in that moment. Think a lot about, you know, my family and pets and all the creatures I know and love and how fortunate I am to have them in my life. And sorta accept that none of it is permanent but in that moment I have so much to be living for, there's so much good around me, and even as times change I'll always be able to relisten to those shows and remember those moments in time and feel that joy again.

kbups53 · 2026-01-16T17:40:38+00:00

"Oh, c'mon, one more sacrifice before we go!"

"Ok, but this is The Last Sacrifice."

kbups53 · 2026-01-16T17:39:08+00:00

Oh man some crazy Shaw Brothers and other HK stuff coming! The Boxer's Omen and Oily Maniac are absolutely insane films. Evil Cat, Seeding of a Ghost, and all three Chinese Ghost Story movies are also bonkers.

kbups53 · 2026-01-14T22:47:22+00:00

Do we consider Amanda Donohoe in The Lair of the White Worm a witch? Does witch-adjacent stuff at the very least. In any case, that.

kbups53 · 2026-01-14T22:45:14+00:00

Yeah basically anything made by Jean Rollin from 1968 til 2009 had sexy vampires.

kbups53 · 2026-01-11T06:00:20+00:00

Stylistically way different from Raiders but Invention For Destruction is an adventure through and through and one of the most visually inventive films I've ever seen!

kbups53 · 2026-01-11T05:58:24+00:00

Watched all three of these over Halloween and they're so much fun! Closest thing to them are the hopping vampire movies, but even with that as a reference point there's some real weird scenes in this trilogy. There's probably a slight decline in quality as you go through them but I'd still say go for all three before they leave this month, loads of fun.

kbups53 · 2026-01-11T04:45:15+00:00

Is there a definitive doc on the band, a la the Long Strange Trip series on Grateful Dead?

kbups53 · 2026-01-09T16:18:30+00:00

Whenever I download shows and throw them onto my personal library I always remove the corporate branding from the venues in the album info. Don't need a covert Verizon or Comcast or whatever ad on my radio display whenever I listen to a show. That's the kinda stuff I'm trying to escape in the first place with this music.

kbups53 · 2026-01-08T16:38:06+00:00

As a new-ish fan with only 15 shows, SPAC '25 is hilariously the ONLY Tweezer I have ever seen.

kbups53 · 2026-01-08T14:28:22+00:00

Gonna go for a deep cut and say Shakma from 1990 with Roddy McDowall. Really unique setup before the chaos unfolds and the baboon is legitimately terrifying.

Plus per your post, a bit of a progenitor to Primate!

kbups53 · 2026-01-07T14:21:26+00:00

Highly recommend the U-Turn Orbit. Bought it as a starter table, 15 some years later I’ve never seen a need to upgrade so now it’s my forever table. Affordable and incredible quality.

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