Matthew Rasmussen's journal of journals on various topics of interest, published here, there or somewhere since 1999.

Retired Addiction

The "Silent Hill: Homecoming" Soundtrack

Same-ier instrumentals than 0rigins, but with vocal tracks that run the gamut from stirring to kick-ass. "This Sacred Line" will grow on you the most, but "One More Soul To the Call" will always be your favorite.

04.22.2009 21:01

>Run Fight Magic

>HP: 0

Dark Water: Thoughts on Horror

File Under: /film/reviews

I'm beginning to wonder if Dark Water is Hideo Nakata's masterpiece. It drills down through the cosmic terror of The Ring to something far more intimate: The fear of abandonment. We see the child's fear of abandonment not only in the repeated scenes of one being left after the close of school, but in the adult characters eyes as, by proxy, they're forced to re-experience its gnawing toxicity. The water, the intrusion of darkness into the rainsoaked day, and the intrusion of water into the spaces and times it's not meant to be in all mirror that forgotten feeling. The breaking of a child's trust in the parent, which is also the child's trust in the world, is a trauma that even adulthood can't banish forever. Watching an imperfect single mother struggle to hold her own crumbling world together against that invading fear is heart-wrenching. All horror is psychological horror, crystalized in the moment of realizing one has been wrong. Dark Water is Nakata's most emotionally draining film and that, I believe, may make it his finest horror film. Hell is being alone forever.

04.17.2009 22:10

>Run Fight Magic

>HP: 0

Unnati Sitting

File Under: /sketchbook

This was an older sketch that I overworked but never really finished.

The original Inkscape SVG (which should also open fine in Illustrator) is here: UnnatiSitting.svg

04.12.2009 22:26

>Run Fight Magic

>HP: 2

>The Q hits!

>Hm....I really sort of want to own her pants. They look comfy.

>The Ar hits!

>Yeah... I could stand to own a pair of those pants too. I'm a sucker for comfy pants that look decent.

Panorama: Grassy Pond, Rockport, Maine

File Under: /sketchbook/panos

Stitched together in Hugin from twelve camera phone pictures, stereographic projection.

04.02.2009 21:03

>Run Fight Magic

>HP: 0

We Heart Superman: Episode 107: He Reports, He Decides! Part II

File Under: /podcasts/superman

The thrilling conclusion of We Heart Superman!

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"We Heart Superman: He Reports, He Decides! Part II" Written and directed by Troy Minkowsky. Featuring Mike Devine, Christian Sterling, Gina Robbins, Lindsay LeClair, Dan Miller, Melissa McCue, Debbie Chiang, and Arturo Meneses. Sound and technical support by James Force and Adam Stugatch. Original Music by Subpar Costar. Produced by Matt Rasmussen. Superman created by Joel Schuster and Jerry Seigel and property of DC Comics.