I'm going to be a busy little beaver over the next week, so I want to post this now before I forget.

My Top 10 Movies of 2009

(in order by release date)

1. Coraline
2. Crank 2: High Voltage
3. Star Trek
4. Up
5. The Hangover
6. Moon
7. District 9
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. Paranormal Activity
10. Zombieland

It's very possible that either Avatar, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, or Sherlock Holmes could bump one or two of those off the list, but I won't know until after they're released.

Disagree with my choices? BRING IT ON, PUNK!

Lilith Astaroth teams up with musician/songwriter Joshua Carrig and vocalist Casey Jones in the upcoming symphonic, apocalyptic metal project, SORROWSEED! With the impending release of a debut EP, Sorrowseed is poised to unleash a storm unto the music scene.

Follow Sorrowseed on www.myspace.com/sorrowseed666 and stay tuned for the debut EP in the new year!!

Concept:
Sorrowseed's primary subject matter is that of apocalypse and the fictional ways in which the world meets its demise. The first album will be a double CD release, each side detailing a particular type of apocalypse.

One side will chronicle the reckoning brought upon by the Reaping Willow (portrayed by Lilith Astaroth). Once an avatar of the goddess Demeter, the Willow was a tree of wisdom. When mankind rejected her fruit, she wept for their ignorance and became the Weeping Willow. Now that mankind is bringing about the ruination of the planet and spreading like a disease, she has gone mad with wrath, sprouted blades and set out for mankind's extinction. The songs illustrate her duality and insanity, going between absolute sorrow for the fallen human race and undiluted anger for their crimes against nature.

The other side will tell of the Scarab Prophet and the False Gods (portrayed by Casey Jones). Ancient and terrible things from beyond our material plane of existence, these Lovecraftian horrors are summoned up by the increasingly nihilistic members of the human race. The Prophet, once a mortal man himself, sought the answers to existence ages ago. He entered into a dream quest and vanished into the unknowable reaches of dark dimensions. Through the efforts of modern day cultists, the Scarab Prophet resurfaces in the arid wastelands and gathers desperate doomsayers to perform the ritual to tear a hole in reality, bringing about the incursion of the False Gods to devour the world. The songs are ruthless and haunting, portraying the horrific entities driven only by hunger and an alien intellect, holding no mercy for the beings they are poised to consume.

Quote overheard walking to dinner on Friday evening:

"Well, it's colder than it's been, but not as cold as it's going to get."

THANKS, DR. SCIENTIST!

Quentin Tarantino was offered to direct and/or product Green Lantern. Thankfully, he turned it down.

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Darth Vader and some troops from the 501st were ringing the bell for a Salvation Army bucket in Missouri. I appreciate the effort of the 501st to get people to open their wallets during the holidays, but I refuse to donate to Salvation Army on account of them refusing to hire gays and lesbians at their stores. They're well within their rights to do so (it's religious organization, after all), but I'm also within my rights to give my money to charities that DON'T discriminate. Maybe I'll start a "Ghostbusters for Goodwill" campaign.

This is my latest musical collaboration for MOSTRI, a new band with myself and Felipe Roa from Acaro.
Stay tuned for more from Mostri in the new year..... also the debut EP from my new band SORROWSEED very soon!!


xoxox