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TRUTH.

“I suspect almost every day that I’m living for nothing, I get depressed and I feel self-destructive and a lot of the time I don’t like myself. What’s more, the proximity of other humans often fills me with overwhelming anxiety, but I also feel that this precarious sentience is all we’ve got and, simplistic as it may seem, it’s a person’s duty to the potentials of his own soul to make the best of it. We’re all stuck on this often miserable earth where life is essentially tragic, but there are glints of beauty and bedrock joy that come shining through from time to precious time to remind anybody who cares to see that there is something higher and larger than ourselves. And I am not talking about your putrefying gods, I am talking about a sense of wonder about life itself and the feeling that there is some redemptive factor you must at least search for until you drop dead of natural causes.” ― Lester Bangs

Boris Karloff and Katherine DeMille in The Black Room (1935)

Lisa Marie is so underrated and was completely perfect in this film.

Ed Wood Directed by Tim Burton (1994)

Brad Dourif is one of cinema's best gifts. Happiest (now slightly belated) birthday to the man! Also, bless @exdeputysonso for their consistent quality gifs and pics of the man. <3

Happy Birthday, Brad Dourif ❤️ (March 18th, 1950) 🎂

Brad Dourif as Father McDonavan | Moonlighting (1986)

This is peak Eno for me...both musically and visually.

File under things I never knew I needed till I saw them.

A movie that just seeps into your bones like a cold fog. ADORE Messiah of Evil.

Messiah of Evil (Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck, 1973)

Thierry Mugler 1980 Collection

Switchblade Symphony

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Mood for the week courtesy of this fantastic gif from the underrated horror anthology TV show, MONSTERS. I have some questions, especially about the man's stunning facial hair and being dressed like a maitre'd who has seen better days. Love it.

Monsters | Satan in the Suburbs | S01E22 | 1989

Bram Stoker’s Dracula japanese poster

One of our greatest actors and faces in cinema.

Brad Dourif in Ragtime (1981)

Celeste Yarnall in The Velvet Vampire (1971)

Dir. Stephanie Rothman

Through the Looking Glass - Jonas Middleton - 1976 - USA

Messiah of Evil (1973)

Dir. Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz

The stark black background flanked by all of this crimson is so gorgeous and feels like a story waiting to be told.

Steve Hiett - Dress by Renato Balestra (Linea Italiana 1979)

Thank the gods for posts like this, because I only knew one of these tips beforehand.

In case no one told you growing up

Bras last longer if you let them air dry. Don’t put them in the dryer.

If you have a problem with frizzy hair, don’t dry your hair with a towel. It makes the frizzies worse. (I recently read an article that said to use a t-shirt? I brush mine out and let it air dry.)

Whites wash best in hot water. Everything else can be in cold - save on your electricity bill.

You can kill 99.9% of germs in a sponge by putting it in the dishwasher for a cycle or by microwaving it for 2 min (be sure to make the sponge damp before microwaving and to put a cup half full of water in with it and please DO NOT squeeze the sponge until it has cooled off)

Airing out your room/house and letting sunlight in every so often can decrease the number of household pests like silverfish and ants.

Black underwear is best during your period as stains are less likely to be visible.

To save money, put aside 10% of each paycheck into a savings account. It’ll add up.

Unless your hair has something on/in it (like grease or mud or something), using conditioner first can actually be the better choice. The conditioner holds in the good oils that help you hair look sleek and beautiful, which shampoo would otherwise wash away.

Speaking of shampoo - if you have long hair, washing just the bits that touch your scalp is generally enough. The rest of your hair gets cleaned with just the run off from your scalp.

If you put a tampon in and it’s uncomfortable/you can feel it, you didn’t do it quite right. A properly placed tampon is virtually unnoticeable by the wearer.

Apply deodorant/antiperspirant a couple hours in advance of when you need it. This gives the product the chance to block your sweat glands. Using deodorant just before going somewhere where you’ll sweat (this means walking outside for people in high humidity places) results in your sweat washing the deodorant off and starkly limiting its usefulness.

After running the dryer, use the dryer sheet from that load to brush out the lint catch - it gets everything off in a fraction of the time it’ll take you to get it clean with your bare hands. Paper towels also work well.

Wash your face everyday, or as often as possible. Forget which brand of cleanser is best. Just washing your face everyday will guarantee you clearer skin. And do you best not to pop pimples, as tempting as the urge may be.

Fold laundry asap after taking it from the dryer to avoid wrinkles. This may seem obvious for dress shirts and silly for things like t-shirts, but you’ll notice the difference even then once your shirts stop looking like unfolded paper balls.

My kingdom for a time machine to this show.

My Life with The Thrill Kill Kult, live at the Sinamatic in Los Angeles, 1992  [X]