Sergio

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

My fave Joy Division song's gotta be Dead Souls... Trent Reznor did an OK job of covering it, but really he just demonstrated what a great job Ian did...

 

Ian Curtis was born in 15 July 1956 so if he was still alive today he'd be... uh... 69! (nice!)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

aw yeah there are a bunch of movies on dailymotion that've been posted since the start of the year.... I keep meaning to post them here but I like to watch them first to make sure they're not bad files then I want to write something about them and my schedule's geting a little zany... anyway here are the posters that I've found

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Hey @[email protected] , @[email protected] , @[email protected] , @[email protected] , @[email protected] , @[email protected] , @[email protected] , @[email protected] , etc....

Sorry I can't commit to posting direct links to things every day, but my schedule's a bit tighter this month and I can't guarantee I'll be able to post every day. Maybe next tourney! Anyway look above in the post text to see all the sources I used, if you're not familiar with them yet. Feel free to post your own thoughts or sources!

 

That's right, the July 2025 Grand Sumo tournament in Japan has begun!

Unfortunately I can't commit to posting about it every day. But here's where/how you can follow the tournament!

Live:

  • try searching on twitch, this tourney there are at least 3 different streamers providing video feeds with commentary, and it's fun to have a community to chat with in real time. The top matches start around 3am US Eastern Time though.

Video Clips:

  • NHK streams a replay of the top-tier bouts (with English commentary) on their web site several times during the following day. You can see their schedule here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/ look for "Grand Sumo highlights." After the first day, those streams are posted here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/ and here: https://www.youtube.com/@NHKWORLDJAPAN/videos

  • NHK immediately posts clips with Japanese commentary listed in Japanese - look here: https://www.nhk.jp/p/ts/Z8WRRJ9K96/blog/bl/p781bLebx4/list/ Automated translations work well enough here to find the right day, otherwise look for something like: 7月14日 which in this case refers to the 7th month and the 14th day (July 14th). If there are no videos there, it might be bc the bout hasn't happened yet and it's just a preview. Automated translation doesn't work that well on sumotori names, but this is a great opportunity to learn them by sight!

  • JSA immediately posts the highest-ranked 10+ matches listed in Japanese with no commentary, here: https://www.youtube.com/@sumo-video/videos

  • youtuber DonDon posts the "best 10" matches listed in English with replays including on-screen English analysis; those are listed here: https://www.youtube.com/@dondonsumo2/videos These are usually posted within a couple hours. After the first day, the video is removed from the listing but it will probably still be up (if you bookmarked it for example.)

Text Info:

Intro to Sumo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Fun (Apocalyptic) Fact: the First Horseman rides a white horse and is often identified as Conquest, as Righteous War (as opposed to Civil War, on a red horse), as the Antichrist, or even as the Prosperity of the Roman Empire. In this cartoon he is identified as Pestilence.

Death is the Fourth Horseman and rides a pale / ashen / yellowish-green horse.

 

Bonus comic:

MaryDeath is a comic about life, death, and everything in between. The story follows a young girl named Mary who happens to have befriended Death. Why Death has chosen to take interest in Mary remains a mystery, but despite his ever dark presence Mary finds comfort in his companionship.

https://www.marydeathcomics.com/archives/comic/

MaryDeath Comics was created in the 2010s by Gwen Tarpley. The artist transitioned recently, but it seems they don’t mind their deadname being on their older comics (i.e. some of the recent posts still use it on their Cats Cafe comic, which is their main effort now.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nice, here's an alt link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nXurq6eiYU

looks like they've got a show coming up in Canada

Assemblage 23 @ Terminus Festival 2025
Thu, Jul 24 @ 7:00PM
Terminus Festival 2025, Calgary, AB

https://www.assemblage23.com/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

oooh, I kinda like the toot flood on Sunday #monsterdons... ofc we're gonna miss some good stuff, but I feel like I'm constantly busy (in a good way!), with watching, reading, typing, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh, awesome! Too bad I have a weekly gym meetup at that time...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

They're pretty fun. Except for the sexism, homophobia, and various other forms of bigotry. My favorite ones are those in which there's some Satanic conspiracy to steal a soul by tempting them with a good time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Looks like the kind of thing you'd drive in a parade.

Every once in a while the driver's feet come out the bottom, he reaches his hands out the windows, and he picks the car up like it's a dress being kept out of a puddle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I think this refers to....

Shortly after the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in July 1937, Izumo was attacked on 14 August 1937 in a series of raids by Chinese Air Force aircraft during the Battle of Shanghai. Most of the bombs landed in the river without effect, but two bombs landed among spectators, killing hundreds.[42] Izumo's Nakajima E4N floatplane and another from the light cruiser Sendai managed to get into the air and they claimed to have shot down one Curtiss Hawk biplane fighter and a Northrop Gamma bomber. Two days later, her E4N claimed to have shot down another Hawk.[12][43] Izumo was attacked that same day by a Chinese torpedo boat, but the torpedoes missed and the boat was abandoned by its crew.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Izumo

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

I learned a really valuable lesson in first grade. My friend Daniele had a really nice belt-buckle, but he was wearing it upside-down. I was like: Daniele, why is your belt-buckle upside-down? And he was like: so when I look down, I can turn it up and look at it.

Daniele was a pretty wise kid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This actress is only in like 1-2 scenes. It's mostly a Rodney Dangerfield vehicle. A pretty good one imho. It's got a young Robert Downey jr as a supporting character and a great scene with Sam Kinison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9DO26O6dIg

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Talk To Her - Zodiac (talktoher.bandcamp.com)
 

post-punk/wave, 2018

track link: https://talktoher.bandcamp.com/track/zodiac

 

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching that movie this Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
  • and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
  • I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

The film stars Ray Milland as a scientist who develops a method to extend the range of his vision, which results in unexpected complications. Comedian Don Rickles co-stars in one of his few dramatic roles. ... The low-budget film was a major financial success.
...
At the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88%, based on 25 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "By turns lurid and disturbing, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes is a compelling piece of sci-fi pulp and one of Roger Corman's most effective movies."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X:_The_Man_with_the_X-ray_Eyes

This movie was previously posted in this community about a year ago!

 

https://www.deviantart.com/editor-gothink/about

The artist mentions a "gothink" web site but looks like he let that domain expire. I think this cartoon is from the early 2010s, late 2000s.

http://www.evocrim.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/@evocrim

 

What is your favorite European graphic novel or comics? Tell us at [email protected] !

Discussion of ALL Euro comics and graphic novels, including "bandes dessinées" Franco-Belgian comics.

Euro-style artistry from around the world is also welcome!

 

What is your favorite European graphic novel or comics? Tell us at [email protected] !

Discussion of ALL Euro comics and graphic novels, including "bandes dessinées" Franco-Belgian comics.

Euro-style artistry from around the world is also welcome!

 

electronic, 1983

...often characterized as among the most innovative and influential electronic acts of their era.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_Voltaire_(band)

track link: https://cabaretvoltaire.bandcamp.com/track/just-fascination-7-version

 

Guess who wins this fight.

...a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts film ...The story is about the Korea under Japanese rule during World War II. A Korean nationalist played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.

Background

Rhee landed the role in the film with help from his friend Bruce Lee whom he met in 1964 while both were performing demonstrations at an international karate event held in Long Beach, California.[3] In 1972, Lee went to Golden Harvest Films boss Raymond Chow with the idea of making a movie about Taekwondo with Rhee in lead role. Rhee who never thought of himself as an actor didn't think it would come to fruition but a year later in the summer of 1973, Rhee was flying to Hong Kong to star in the film which was set in Korea, playing the part of Master Lee, a leader of a group of underground patriots. The plot for the film was based on a synopsis written by Rhee. It didn't take long to produce the film and by 19 July Rhee was back in the United States. This was when Bruce Lee called him to let him know that the film's editing had been done and it was ready for release.[4] Rhee was looking at the possibility of more film work but with Lee's death which was around the film's release and the possibility of being away from his family didn't appeal to him. So this became his first and last film.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Taekwondo_Strikes

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