EPISODE 19: Daggers & Darts

If you ask me, the Chik Fil A drive-thru is doing entirely too much. If it's 8:00 at night, I don't want to pull up and have to talk to a child about various types of chicken sandwiches. I'll just go and talk to this big square machine, ma'am...

There was a brief moment in history where I assumed I could grow my dreds back, but quickly discovered that was a delusion. The above image is photo documentation of that fact. I painted this at what was then called Endo Exo live for a Stupid Fly event hosted by Qel Droma around the beginning of 2010 (boy was that a strange year to remember). I actually ended up selling the finished piece I painted that night, was approached for a custom commission, met a lovely young lady with actual dredlocks, and another DJ with a bad attitude...

...From the Archives:

FREESTYLES FROM 2000
You can tell I'm the type of person who just draws whatever. These days I try to come up with concepts, but most of the time the MO is just draw random lines until something appears - something I learned from my art teacher in high school. What takes shape will tell you a ton about your psyche, though. Just a heads up.

If this takes place in Texas, I'm staying away from Texas...

DOLLY TRAILER
Another sinister year lined up for horror and it's gems like this that are keeping it interesting. I'm actually having a hard time keeping up with all the films that have been showing up lately. If they keep coming with the creepy/weird combo like Dolly, I'll probably be spending money I shouldn't. The creators Rod Blackhurst and Brandon Weavil stick with the traumatizing gore trend while also taking it back to The Hills Have Eyes kind of vibes. I'll keep it a buck, I wouldn't even begin to know how to try to fight a huge brolic psycho dressed like a doll. Not only that, did the wig have to be blonde?

You may be intelligent, but are you London Cabbie intelligent?...

From Big Think:

MEMORIZING LONDON'S 25,000 STREETS CHANGES CABBIES’ BRAINS — AND MAY PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S

Big Think / Sarah Soryal

"By Frank Jacobs

To the casual observer, a London taxi driver is just a guy who knows a shortcut to Heathrow and has strong opinions on local weather and politics (“This bloody Starmer and his leftie government”). But to a neuroscientist, that cabbie is a miracle of neuroplasticity.

Why? Because you can’t become a London cabbie without mastering “The Knowledge.” As they cram the chaotic layout of one of the world’s most complex city grids into their heads, aspiring cabbies don’t just learn a map. They physically redesign and grow their brain."

>>> READ THE REST HERE <<<
Just reading about memorizing that many city streets made me want to cry. You wonder why cabbies used to have such terrible, standoffish attitudes but then you read articles like this and realize "this guy's just trying to remember where tf he's going so the passenger doesn't murder him". They were also cranky because they used to get jumped out on a lot. I had a roommate that was a cabbie once and he told me some gangster ass stories, lemme tell you. Uber and Lyft drivers have it soft compared to the old school cab drivers. I used to drive Uber and I can personally attest that some drunk woman puking in the back of your car is peanuts compared to having a glock pulled on you.

Bruh, did they really just make a Hungry Hippos live action movie with a straight face?...

HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS TRAILER
From DEADLINE:

‘HUNGRY’: FIRST LOOK AT HIPPO THRILLER STARRING MADISON DAVENPORT

'Hungry' Mark Cassa

" The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.

Davenport stars with Joaquim de Almeida (Road House), Tracey Bonner (The Exorcism), Jim Meskimen (Apollo 13), Samantha Coughlan (Damage), Olivia Bernstone (Mood) Michel Curiel (She Hulk: Attorney At Law) and River Codack (Under the Bridge).

The film is written and directed by James Nunn (One Shot trilogy), produced by Ben Jacques (One Shot trilogy) and executive-produced by Signature Films’ CEO Marc Goldberg and Head of Production & Development Sarah Gabriel (Riff Raff, Trap House). Capture will continue sales at this week’s European Film Market. "

I'm not...nah...

...this clan is in the year 3030...

HATE COLLECTIVE

FHASE 87 — LOST
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We've come a long way on the internet since the days of RealPlayer and Winamp. To find a consistent source of good techno during the dial-up days was akin to winning a mid amount of cash on your state lottery. Now I can just navigate to one platform and have enough good music to last me for weeks. Shout out to the HATE Collective. What a time to be alive...

We finally got a teaser for the new Backrooms film...

BACKROOMS TEASER TRAILER
I'm going to refrain from talking about this too much more because I'd really hate to be disappointed about something this monumental happening within the history of the horror genre. Just know I'm super excited...

I must have listened to this at least 7 times over the years...

SAMURAI MUSIC PODCAST 023 - PESSIMIST MIX
I'm surprised I haven't posted this by now. I honestly think I may have posted it somewhere and just don't remember, which is highly likely. The tone and mood set by Pessimist has sparked a whole slew of different creative concepts over the years for me, and this specific mix is a big part of how I got into the Samurai Music camp's music. I'm all about the dark, gritty soundscapes on this side so it would be easy for me to get carried away and go through all of their mixes in one sitting.

Aight, I'ma head out but I wanted to mention that I just got around to watching Keeper and after the third viewing I now look like the picture below trying to analyze and assess why they chose to end it so weird. I'm sure there are a slew of break down videos out there to scour through, though.

Also, did y'all know there's a whole slew of free horror movies sitting up on YouTube? Granted 80% of them are corny af, but true horror fans don't really care that much about that. Anyway...

Stay up!

JOHN ROLODEX - THE KNIFE DRAWER

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EPISODE 18: The Deep

On this day in whatever year this was, I sweated more buckets than a small village trying to put out a fire...

I painted this at 818 Studios at One Spark one year many moons ago alongside Campbell, OXEGEN, VAN, and a few others. I also remember doing a bunch of characer throwies and scaring a few of the patrons of the show. This was something that couldn't be helped, seeing as they came to see street art and that's exactly what we gave them. You can't see it, but I'm shrugging my shoulders aggressively right now...

...From the Archives!

Blackbook Collab 2000
This was something the homie from Chicago and I did when we were out in the desert in 29 Palms in between two 2 month training operations. That California heat did something to our linework for those 4 months. Yet we left there having listened to so much good West Coast Hip Hop we weren't even mad. Young guns.

I'm just going to get right down to making some folks mad...

From Intellectual Takeout:

THE CASE FOR AI LITERACY IN A SKEPTICAL AGE

"The artificial intelligence debate is immediately polarizing. We’ve all heard our family or friends talk about it. AI is either seen as a boon or met with severe pessimism.

But there’s a middle ground worth considering. This isn’t about championing AI as the solution to all our problems. Rather, it’s about realizing that AI literacy is essential, whether we choose to use these tools or not.

AI literacy isn’t about becoming an expert in machine learning. Unless you work in that field, it won’t do you much good. Instead, it’s about understanding what generative AI systems are, what they can and cannot do, and how they’re likely going to shape our economic landscape in the future."

>>> READ THE REST HERE <<<
I imagine that someone who's vehemently against the implimentation of AI systems, LLM'S, image generators, etc. probably sounds like I used to sound when I outright refused to learn to use Photoshop. Turns out you end up kinda needing it at some point. Being a purist is admirable in many ways, but evolution is inevitable. I truly don't believe that AI can in any way replace traditional art, film, music, or any of various other human made creative endeavors. However it's easier and faster to assemble something with an electric drill than a handheld screwdriver.

For all of us on the dark side in perpetuity, let the madness of 2026 begin...

From Screen Rant:

THIS NEW SERIAL KILLER MOVIE FROM THE WRITER OF SE7EN COULD BE THE NEXT SLEEPER HORROR HIT

PSYCHO KILLER TRAILER

"2025 will stand as a benchmark for horror, as it was loaded with everything from Oscar-caliber box office smash hits to universally-acclaimed independent films. While Sinners and Weapons may be the titles that everyone remembers long-term, smaller-scale hits like Companion, Clown In A Cornfield, and Heart Eyes set the tone before we got into peak spring and summer movie season.

2026 is already off to a strong start as far as critical scores are concerned, as January will see the release of We Bury the Dead, Primate, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and Sam Raimi's return to horror in Send Help. While Send Help may still fit the bill, none of the January releases has qualified as a major box office success.

That could change in February, as one horror movie on the docket seems poised to be a breakout hit in the way the aforementioned early 2025 releases were. 20th Century Fox is set to debut Psycho Killer on February 20th, which could be the box office sleeper hit that truly kicks off 2026's horror run."

You may recognize the lead, Georgina Campbell from Barbarian, Black Mirror, or that one movie where she's a park ranger in a very disturbing situation that I'm too lazy to look up right now but will probably highlight this text and link it later on. Andrew Kevin Walker wrote this (yep, that Se7en dude) so the twisted factor will be on 10. Not too many film makers can do a serial killer / slasher joint and make you feel like you can't guess what they'll do next or what they're motives are, so buckle up.

Thank you @dandoonah for sending me this!...

This is a snapshot of the state of mind of the majority of America right now. Even though that photo is parody gold and their tweets are off the chain, it says something that a police department has a social media account that clowns that much...

This had me tense the entire trailer and - at first - I kinda failed to understand why...

IRON LUNG TRAILER
...then I read the synopsis...

From Iron Lung:

"Set in a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".

An ocean of blood. The only hope left after The Quiet Rapture. In the rusting halls of crumbling space stations, the last remnants of humanity craft a submarine to explore the bleeding depths… and weld one soul inside to pilot it. But hope in this void is as illusionary as the starlight. This is not an expedition.

It’s an execution."

It's something about the feeling of extreme remote isolation in this description that makes this seem like an interesting story apart from everything that's been released so far. Cosmic Horror works because of the existential dread its narratives usually invoke. To shut the lights out on the entire universe, then somehow come to the conclusion that an ocean of blood has the answers to...look, all I can say is whoever wrote this (Mark Fischbach) pass that, please.

This will forever be etched in my memory as one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced sitting down. Almost up there with Beau Is Afraid...

VIVARIUM TRAILER
From Thrillist:

"This piece contains spoilers for Vivarium.

In Vivarium, a young couple finds themselves drawn into and trapped inside a 21st century suburban nightmare: a neighborhood populated by an endless sprawl of homes of the exact same size and shape, isolated from the world and crushed by the brutal sameness of their surroundings. Unlike your typical 21st century suburban nightmare, the couple also finds themselves enslaved to a race of interdimensional humanoids, forced to nurture one of their kind as it grows, with unnatural swiftness, from infant to adult."

>>> WATCH FULL MOVIE HERE <<<
I went into this blind and not knowing anything about the story it was based on. I honestly didn't expect it to be anyting but an artsy drama, yet it swiftly turned into something strainingly disturbing and a little twisted. The majority of the film has you thinking "W exacty TF is going on right now?", but it definitely pays off. You can relate to the characters frustration and confusion while they endure the surreal events they're suffering and you become immersed in solving the problems they're faced with. I'm glad I stumbled upon this because I'd honestly never heard anything about it.

Speaking of stumbling upon...

LOXY - X OF SWORDS MIX (2020)
You don't just listen to a Loxy mix...you survive it. The breaks, the selection, the mood, the transitions; all of it makes for a head-heavy listening experience. Took me six years to hear it, though.

I was about to do my usual corny outro, but then I saw this...

GHOST TRAIN TRAILER
Sleep tight, and stay up!

LYNX & MAPLE - SHAKU
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Episode 17: BAD MEN

Hold on, first up we gotta get this out of the way...

This is why you can't believe anything on the internet. You don't just get accused of something like this. You either did it or you didn't...

...From the Archives!

RANDOM DOODLES FROM 2000
I had to skip around with these due to all the nudity (trying to keep this as clean as possible considering who's writing this). One can't help but laugh when seeing things they did a quarter of a century ago. It's like sitting around with a group of old friends and they remind you of some of the cringe things you did in public that are now hilarious. Listen, I don't need other people for that, fam. My brain does that on a regular basis. What I can't get over (or even remember) is why I used the markers and pencils I did. Probably because I didn't know any better, but also probably due to the fact that the "technology" wasn't where it is now. Feast your eyes on those wonky characters, y'all.

There's always something suppressing something in this universe...

From Scientific American:

An artist’s rendition of a precessing jet erupting from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy VV 340A, based on combined optical, infrared and radio observations. W. M. Keck Observatory / Adam Makarenko

"For decades, astronomers have known that supermassive black holes lurk at the hearts of essentially all large galaxies, occasionally feasting on infalling material and burping out powerful jets. But what’s been less clear is how, exactly, this activity shapes their surrounding galaxies.

Now researchers have found a crucial piece of this galactic puzzle by observing a supermassive black hole shooting out a wobbling jet in the galaxy VV 340A, some 450 million light-years from Earth. The jet acts as a cosmic scale snowplow, pushing away gas that would otherwise fuel the creation of new stars. The result was announced at this year’s winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Phoenix, Ariz."

>>> READ THE REST HERE <<<
This is very much an igorant thing to type on a keyboard, but while reading that article I couldn't help but keep thinking "black holes have tentacles" and "the Flying Spaghetti Monster is real". It's nonsense like that rattling around in my head which keeps people like me from being employed in scientific disciplines, no doubt.

It may just be that I'm getting old, but I could've sworn this flick had already been released...

GALE: YELLOW BRICK ROAD TRAILER
I really do believe I've seen this trailer at least over a year ago, but whatever.

The story of The Wizard of OZ already kinda scared me as a kid. Maybe not so much the story in general, but more so the characters (The wicked witch, flying monkeys, the projection of the man behind the curtain, etc). I found it all to be very ominous and offputting (I had no idea what those words meant back then). However, now that there is a sequel being released and it's horror, I may be justified in my youthful terror. I think this is going to be a good one!

Another sad loss for the film and creative industry...

T.K. CARTER PASSES AWAY AT 69 From DEADLINE:

TK Carter attends the Chiller Theatre Expo on Oct. 27, 2018 in Parsippany, New Jersey. Bobby Bank/Getty Images

The actor was found dead on Friday in his Duarte, California home after calling 9-1-1 at 5:42pm, TMZ reported. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but foul play is not expected.

Born Dec. 18, 1956 in New York City, Carter grew up outside of Los Angeles, where he began performing as a standup comedian at age 12, going on to perform at the Comedy Store and other notable venues.

T.K. Carter did A LOT of work to entertain us over the span of his life. I mostly remember him from Good Times and 227, but he also had a role in one of my all time favorite horror movies The Thing. A funny and witty entertainer who was prolific and talented, no doubt.

More horror! More horror!...

LILY'S RITUAL TRAILER
I personally wouldn't trust anyone who has a necklace with a razor blade pendant attached to it, but that's just me. This also gives some insight as to what really goes on during those "girls trips" your wife or girlfriend be takin'. If she isn't cheating on you she's doing some weird stuff, no doubt. I'm kidding (kinda), but this one looks disturbing. It's a reminder that no one should be dabbling in any kind of occult activities in their off time. Ever. Definitely another one on the list!

Y'all already know, so this one needs no introduction...

HEREDITARY TRAILER
From A24:

"When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage gone to hell."

>>> WATCH THE FULL MOVIE HERE <<<
Now, here's the thing: I'm not an expert at critiquing anything, let alone film, so this is just my opinion. However, I do believe this movie is a double entendre for both the actual storyline and inherited family mental illness. What gives me this idea is the element of none of the characters being in any type of control of the situation, even though they may feel that they are. It's "hereditary" that they've been put there and fighting their way out of it is hopeless and a bit hubristic, but they don't know that.

Many don't like this film and found it boring. Sometimes that's how people respond to art; especially if their viewing creative work to feel something rather than think about something. So, I get it. No one goes to a nightclub to hear music that's brooding or ominous - unless they're gothic I guess. All that aside, Toni Colette and Milly Shapiro are next level in their performances (not to mention the rest of the cast), so if you don't feel anything watching this you probably need more fiber in your diet. I kid, but seriously...watch this if you haven't already.

Clearly I haven't been keeping up with podcasts because I missed this...

SAMURAI MUSIC PODCAST 065: PRESHA MIX

>>> LISTEN HERE <<< From SoundCloud:

Recorded live at OHM Berlin - 16.10.2025

A new chapter. Stripped-back pressure, deeper space, 170 slowed into focus.

Music from Aerae, Archypness, Brendon Moeller, Feral, Hoji, Ilayruni, Marco Shuttle, Mike Parker, Ness, Pianeti Sintetici, Reeko, Sciama, Solma, The Untouchables, Vardae

Subscribe to the Samurai Music Official Podcast on Apple Music - found.ee/samcast

What I love most about Presha's mixes (as much as the rest of the Samurai / HORO camp) is that each one has a different way of transporting you to a separate realm. Sometimes this realm is full of the esoteric and harrowing, sometimes it's just straight futuristic and ominous. One thing's for sure, these rides are always creative fuel for me. Click that link to see what I'm talking about...

2026 is turning out so far to be a year that's still up in the air for me, not gonna lie. However, we've only just begun so let's keep it movin.

Stay up!

KRUST - BAD INTENTIONS
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Episode 16: Stick & Move

You ever order a pizza, then they deliver it unsliced?...

Anyway...

This photo will go down in my digital history as proof that I was dirt poor at one point. I painted this at the mighty Shanty Town in Springfield (shout out to Triclops) somewhere between 2019 - 2020. I was supposed to be working (we were there to actually paint something professionally), but instead I was out back painting on the fence. That's probably why I was dirt poor. Oddly, though, I think that night was the first time I ate sushi in my entire life. So, I wasn't exactly dirt poor; just broke.

But...

The XO
This is the last thing I drew in 2025. I make a lot of promises I don't keep; I have so many half done canvases all over the place it's actually a shame. Especially since I've been asked a couple of times if I had any work available. Don't follow my example if you happen to be a young creative reading this. People will lose respect for you, then you'll end up being a graphic designer. (Not throwing shade on designers, I am one 😂) But I'll be drawing weird stuff until I'm geriatric; it's just one of my glitches.

I know it is a taboo form of cognitive or hindsight bias to say things like this out loud, but this...THIS is something I've been saying for most of my adult life...

From Big Think:

ANNE-LAURE LE CUNFF ON THE MENTAL SCRIPTS THAT HOLD YOU BACK

The mental scripts that hold you back by Big Think

And how we can break out of our default patterns.

Read on Substack

I've heard many people touch on this subject - mostly philosophers - and I've heard it phrased in other terms like "the universal bind". How I've heard it explained in the past is there are two different forces that pull an individual in separate directions: who you are and inherently know yourself to be versus who you are told you are and what is expected of you. I've also learned that this is one of the major sources of my anxiety; as it is with many people. I can't really speak for many groups of people, but I know in my culture there are many expectations put upon and aspersions cast upon Black men.

Keeping all of this in mind, my personal philosophy is that "weird" is a relative and somewhat nebulous term cast upon someone when they don't display a willingness to fall into the expectations of others. That or they walk a path that isn't expected of them because of aforementioned aspersions.

What a world we live in.

I'm not entirely sure what happened to the sound for this video during the transer between devices, but it's now a silent film made by yours truly I like to call...

I N S O M N I A C Cinema

synthography by: MECH DIRECTIVE
Certain forms of media are made and destined to become a little destabilizing. I'm the type of creative that just likes to see how things move and learn what I can do to direct them. For more of this type of tomfoolery, head on over to Threads.

There was a time that I had to dig extensively to find an article like this...

From Intellectual Takeout:

COLLIN JONES - WHY 'THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS" FEELS UNCOMFORTABLY MODERN

"When people first encounter C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” they assume they’re getting a Christian book about temptation or a moral fable written for a specific audience who lived in a particular time.

Yet as I’ve begun reading the book for the first time, it’s clear that Lewis is doing something more precise than mere theology. Beneath the religious framework lies a careful investigation into how the human mind works – revealing how easily it can be manipulated.

Early in the first letter, Screwtape explains to his nephew Wormwood how the human he’s assigned to has long been accustomed “to have a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head.” This line struck me as profoundly modern. With the advent of the internet, we’re surrounded by compelling arguments that claim to describe how the world works, how we ought to live, and what ultimately matters in life."

>>> READ THE REST HERE <<<
I once got into a discussion with someone on the subject of whether it's more traumatizing for a young person to see sex portrayed on screen or violence portrayed on screen. I've actually been in that discussion with a variety of people; and some of the justifications for violence actually made me go abruptly silent.

Though the confusion and awe were not so much about their individual replies. Rather it was the obviousness of their lack of an origin of thought which lead them to their conclusions that was striking. Like when you hear someone singing a song that you've never heard, yet you can tell they heard it on the radio and have no idea who sings it.

I never saw any hype building up to this one, but man does it look impressive...

THEY WILL KILL YOU TRAILER
From Warner Bros:

"They Will Kill You is an upcoming American horror film directed by Kirill Sokolov, from a script written by him and Alex Litvak. The film will star Zazie Beetz, Myha'la, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette.

A desperate woman answers a cryptic ad for a live-in housekeeper at a luxurious yet foreboding New York City high-rise. Upon arrival, she uncovers the building's sinister history: residents have vanished without trace for decades, fueling whispers of a Satanic cult lurking in the shadows. As she navigates the eccentric, secretive community, paranoia mounts—doors creak at night, symbols appear in the walls, and her new "family" hides deadly secrets. What starts as a gig from hell spirals into a fight for survival against ritualistic horrors..."

>>> READ THE REST HERE <<<
The story is very intriguing, the characters seem sharp, the fight scenes are off the chain, and that subtle element of underlying comedy is present which makes this a recipe for promising cinema. I hope these types of left-field hitters keep coming!

Bruh, I slept on this one for waaay too long...

PEARL TRAILER
First, let me start off by mentioning how creepy the beginning of the end credits are. I mean, the majority of the movie is off the rails disturbing, but sitting there watching the beginning of the credits gave me the chills...for real. Pearl is the origin story of the villain from X and MaXXXine, parts of a trilogy coming out of the A24 camp. It stars Mia Goth and I'm telling you, she kills that role (no pun intended). There's also a scene where she pulls an Ellen Burstyn in Requeim for a Dream and bodies it (again, no pun intended). If she didn't win an award for that scene (I don't believe she did), then the acting game is rigged.

>>> WATCH THE FULL MOVIE HERE <<<
Horror in 2026 looks like it's going to be as promising (if not more) as it has been the last few years...

PRIMATE Trailer
We've all seen Monkey Shines, The Monkey, and Planet of the Apes. We've even seen that one movie that I can't recall the name of that they sent a chimp into a room full of radiation to see how long it would survive (that was brutal). PRIMATE, however, seems to be a frightening mix of a few of those tropes without the musical instruments or the tribal warfare. It'll be another one on the list.

Now this, ladies and y'alls, is next level legendary...

MTV Rewind

>>> STREAM HERE <<<
I keep saying this, but the fact that I can sit here and just stream Yo! MTV Raps is enough, let alone being able to go back and see decades of music videos is one of the best things to happen on the internet. The major appeal to us old heads is that there's no algorithm - it's just a lottery of music like it was pre-internet. I realize this is bordering the overly nostalgic, but there's worlds of inspiration to be had within that audio realm.

I'm a sucker for unpopular tunes, so I'm going to end this with a tune in which I wore the vinyl right the hell out. Catch me on the next episode.

Stay up!

Q PROJECT - STICKY FINGERS (TWISTED INDIVIDUAL REMIX)
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