Day 163

Aka Thursday 13 July.

As I travelled into town for New Comic Book Day I finished PaulaMejia’s Psychocandy biography, a thoroughly enjoyable discussion of a great album, which describes the circumstances that produced the album and its impact. And in the last line (of the main text) she perfectly sums up what makes Psychocandy (and the Jesus and Mary Chain) special “…it’s undeniable that something embedded in Psychocandy’s skittering tunes wraps its arms around our waists and seduces us, right before driving a stake through our hearts”

It was a light New Comic Book Day today, but with some great gems:

Quick review of Kill Or Be Killed #10 – great as ever, this issue has less action, but lots of story development and emotion, you can feel the stomach churningness of Dylan’s life going out of control (and jokes, like the Zodiac Killer line):

Kaijumax, Season 3 #1 – two thumbs up, lots of focus (and development) on the Creature From Devils Creek. When I first saw him in the previous seasons he had seemed to be very much a background character who is out of his depth, but looking back it’s clear that this was a misreading and he’s defo not a cookie cutter background player (I also really liked how his mother appears to me Christian, but, at the end of her scene, turns out to be a Satanist). Plus, there’s also the great use of slang (my lizzer!) and an evil volcano!!!

I also got the new John Higgs book, Watling Street book:

  

Which, if it’s half as good as John’s previous books, will be great. I also brought the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Aufheben and Revelation albums, trading up from mp3 to cd.