In the Warhammer 40K universe a psychic hood is an arcane device, usually worn by space marine librarians, to both enhance their own psychic powers and protect them from the psychic attacks of others, including demons of the Warp that might attempt to use librarian’s body as a portal through which to enter our material […]
Month: December 2023
From The Vault – ” ‘The Sound Of Warhammer 40.000’ Series”
This is the first installment of what I’m calling the “From The Vault” series. These are posts that appeared on the original incarnation of Life in the Vinyl Lane and are now seeing the light of day again. My intent is to focus on interviews and original research, because those will potentially be of more […]
Throbbing Gristle – “Special Treatment – Live At The Cryptic One London 1978” (1984)
When I re-launched Life in the Vinyl Lane, I made the conscious decision that I was not going to write about everything I purchased. For much of the blog’s history that’s exactly what I did, and frankly it burned me out. Listening to things became like work, something I felt I needed to do even […]
Jóhannes Pálmason & Hálfdán Árnason – “Original Composition For The 1928 Experimental Silent Film The Seashell And The Clergyman” (2023)
The British Board of Film Censors once said of the 1928 surrealist film, The Seashell and the Clergyman, that it was “so cryptic as to be almost meaningless. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable.” Sounds like my kind of movie. I don’t have a lot of experience with early cinema, nor with […]
The Vintage Caravan – “The Monuments Tour” (2023)
I’m never quite sure what kind of musical mood I’ll be in. Maybe I’d like something poppy, or some thump-thump-thump techno, or even an experimental album to expand my mind. Any of these can be valid choices for any given listening session. But sometimes you just wanna rock. And when you want to rock, Iceland’s […]