1. Day 0
Eerie synths instantly set the album’s hypnotic mood.
Key lyrics: “Blood, blood, blood what the pen flow / To clear your haze, here some days with Yen Lo” / “If you don’t dig me it’s no biggie I’ma keep the faith” / “Used to eat off of bird, now I’m off the pheasant”
Day 0 = pre-treatment or the very origin point.
A survival declaration after overcoming obstacles, police chases, and drought (poverty). Ka vows to ... read more
I don’t often think about things from the perspective of “art for art’s sake”—that idea of a completely autonomous artwork disconnected from the world. But rock music has an incredibly powerful allure: through hallucinatory effects, it can let you lose yourself entirely,as if wipes the entire world out of existence.
In the late 1960s through the early 1970s, many rock stars with strong charisma emerged—figures capable of making people forget reality. Among ... read more
I don’t think there’s any other music that feels this naturally born from the scenes—like it just bubbled up out of nowhere. Weird, sure, but so damn fun to listen to.
The movie’s themes are heavy as hell—you really have to think, and there are tons of tangled, brain-twisting scenes.
But then this soundtrack swoops in like it’s neutralizing everything, lightening the load without ever feeling cheap.
I can’t wrap my head around how they made music like ... read more
This movie was a total shock to the film world back then—genuinely revolutionary. And even now, I could still feel that freshness, like it hadn’t aged a bit.
Or, to put it even more bluntly—back then, it smashed every “this is what movies should be” rule to pieces. It’s got that pure punk spirit, you know?
And let’s think about the era—France had won the war, but it was buried under massive debt. On top of that, French cinema was already ... read more
The explosive imagination of Naked City’s members drives their free improvisation, and from that playing you can clearly feel the intense tension and almost telepathic communication between them in the studio.
That raw, charged energy ends up achieving an unexpected and startling fusion with the imagery of a fictional underground SM film.
Before watching this movie, the reviews were super chaotic—so I went in without any weird hype
That let me see it totally fairly, and honestly, it was kinda lucky.
And honestly, what makes this one stand out—even more than the last—is how it weaves in all these brutal, tangled subjects: mental illness, bipolar disorder, even satanic cults. Yet when you look at the whole thing? It somehow blooms into this raw, aching melodrama. That alchemy—turning darkness into ... read more