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Shawn C. Baker

Shawn C. Baker

@shawncbaker.bsky.social

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Author of Murder Virus, Shadow Play and A Collection of Desires. Creator/Cohost of The Horror Vision Horror Podcast, A Most Horrible Library & Drinking w/ Comics. Black coffee by day, good beer by night. Also- Cats!!!

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Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Feb 10

@heavinc.bsky.social Hey hey, You Joe Bob’n this evening?

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Jan 21

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Dec 29

shawncbaker.com/2023/12/snak... Frank Black & The Catholics cover Springsteen, my thoughts on Sean Durkin's new film The Iron Claw & Jeff Vandermeer's sequel to Annihilation, Authority. Also, working w/ Jonathan Grimm's Hand of doom tarot

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Dec 20

In today's post, working with the new Hand of Doom Tarot. Also, a truly bizarre video from Fever Ray's latest record & the trailer for Andrew Cummings' #Outofdarkness. Oh yeah, NCBD picks, too!

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Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Dec 11

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Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Dec 11

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Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Dec 11

On the new ep of The Horror Vision Presents: Elements of Horror we discuss Quentin Dupieux's absurd and glorious Deerskin! Links are in the comments, but we are available on all streaming platforms.
#elementsofhorror
#quentindupieux
#thehorrorvision
#killerstyle
#deerskin

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 27

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Some late-November Opeth, Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw's gnarly #TheDeadTaketheATrain, and some #BlackFridayBluRay acquisitions I can't wait to sink my eyes into.
#cassandrakhaw
#Richardkadrey
#SynapseFilms
#severinfilms
#arrowvideo

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 22

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Rodney Crowell, NCBD and Popscars creator Pat O'Malley's new Kickstarter!
#rodneycrowell #popscars #punchpublishing #ncbd #theboundtarot

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 21

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Now let's talk about when they were hungry: U2's War and Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. Plus, the best short story I've read this year.

#u2war #eliroth #ThanksgivingMovie #MichaelWehunt #greenerpastures #weirdfiction #thothtarot

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 20

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Contemplating Achtung Baby this morning. Plus, Bobby Fingers has a new video, new Metroidvania The Last Faith and some fun with Jonathan Grimm Art's Bound Tarot Deck.
#nintendoswitch
#theboundtarot
#bobbyfingers
#achtungbaby
#metroidvania
#TheLastFaith

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 15

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Chelsea Wolfe's latest video is a masterpiece. Also, more thoughts on David Fincher's The Killer and my picks for NCBD.
#chelseawolfe #DavidFincher #thekillernetflix #NCBD #thothtarot

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 14

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Music from The Smiths, Fincher's The Killer and Garth Ennis & Jacen Burrows' The Ribbon Queen! Plus - Tarot!!!
#thesmiths #Shopliftersoftheworld #thekillernetflix #DavidFincher #theribbonqueen #theboundtarot

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Heaven Is An Incubator @heavinc.bsky.social · Nov 9

Scott Walker covers Henry Mancini for our Daily Jam...

Daily Jam - Wait Until Dark

I could listen to Scott Walker's arrangements all day long. So here's one. Check out his version of Henry Mancini's theme from "Wait Until...

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Heaven Is An Incubator @heavinc.bsky.social · Nov 11

Peter Gabriel with our Daily Jam...

Daily Jam - Games Without Frontiers

I worked in an office for a furniture store for a long time, and was inundated with whatever pre-programmed music that was played in the sto...

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Heaven Is An Incubator @heavinc.bsky.social · Nov 11

New shoegaze from St. Louis band Still...

Reverb is bliss. Here's some new noise from St. Louis shoegaze band Still. New EP "Doomed" is out now on Sunday Drive Records. Get it her...

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Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 10

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Budos Band live on KEXP, David Fincher's The Killer and some spoiler-free thoughts on the new Holiday Slasher It's a Wonderful Knife.
#itsawonderfulknife #christmasslasher #budosband #kexp #thothtarot

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 8

Holy cow. Talk about “all-star lineup.”

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 8

Whoah.

Heaven Is An Incubator @heavinc.bsky.social · Nov 7

Spacey psychedelia from Bolts of Melody...

Bolts of Melody

Here's some very cool library psych inspired music from UK band Bolts of Melody. Dig on the album art for new album "Film Noir" and listen ...

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Heaven Is An Incubator @heavinc.bsky.social · Nov 7

Liz Phair with our Daily Jam...

Daily Jam - Supernova

Let's listen to a track from a teenage crush of mine today. Here's Liz Phair and "Supernova," our Daily Jam.

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Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 8

Oh man. This takes me BACK

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 8

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New music from Twin Tribes, my picks for NCBD and crossing the Tarot Streams!
#twintribes #monolith #NCBD #theboundtarot #thothtarot

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Nov 6

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Music from Sampha and my thoughts on re-reading and watching Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
#sampha #lahai #edgarallanpoe #TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher #netflixseries

Shawn C. Baker @shawncbaker.bsky.social · Oct 31

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Happy Halloween! Classic Misfits, 31 Days of Halloween continue, and my annual Halloween graphic novel reads!
#themisfits #staticage #hybridmoments #31daysofhalloween #HappyHalloween #teenagersfrommars #jamesobarr #thecrowgraphicnovel #thecrow #raventarot