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COMIC COVER OF THE WEEK

By Elias Chatzoudis. Standard cheesecake pose. It were the chess pieces what done it for me, your honour.

SONG OF THE WEEK

"Trip" by Mad Routine (US). To quote sister AC, "Sounds like K-pop, looks like grunge." Among my tracks of the year thus far. Flawless production. Veela's vocals are a gift from the gods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYqrCIR42g0

If you're a fan of bizarre horror-soap pisstake "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace", check out the Noiselund (Sweden) remix of "One Track Lover" by Todd Rivers.

Require further listenation? "What Is Forever For" by Frost Children (US), "Night Walk" by Shaun (Korea) and "Rise Again" by Kim Ki Tae (also K.).

BEST FILM I SAW IN THE PAST WEEK

Fatal shooting inside the Korean DMZ. The South have their story. The North have a very different explanation. A neutral body investigates, interrogating the survivors from both sides... While it didn't utterly devastate me like director Park Chan-wook's later "Decision To Leave", I am still thinking about it days on.

GPP

RS2 and tried the boardgame "Winter Court" yesterday. The concept is that snowed-in courtiers have naught to do apart from politic - so you win by gaining the most influence. Alas, with two players, the luck factor inherent in the card drawing and the predictability of your opponent's moves, render it unbalanced. We agreed it'd probs be way better with four people.

[Pic pinched from net.]

NEW ARRIVAL

Saw this figure on Selena Is Akane's channel. Had to have it. While I'm an Erza guy, Lucy has her charms.

FINALLY, FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON

(Except I appear to be reposting lots of golden oldies.)