I've had this one saved to drafts for a while now, so when I read that The Depreciation Guild were influenced by Dario Argento films, I figured now was as a good a time as any to dust it off.

It took my roommate and I four months after Netflix sent it before we sat down to watch Phenomena. (Our catch-up-on-Lost marathons were seriously getting in the way.) But once I got over my aversion to horror movies, I really enjoyed it. Argento's 1985 classic has it all: blood, beauty, new wave fashion, a preposterous premise and, perhaps most important, a kick-ass soundtrack. As for most of Argento's films, Claudio Simonetti's prog-rocking Goblin does the title theme and mood music, and on this one Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Andi Sex Gang rip through the chase scenes.

° Goblin - Phenoma mp3
(make sure you get past the intro to a minute:30)

° Goblin - Sleepwalking mp3

Apologies if the Flash embed breaks your internet—first time trying out this plug-in. (Words by Devo, from Explosions)

Lots of extreme electric/kinetic stimuli this weekend. Including 3rd Ward's Devo-inspired show, which prompted me to do this contrived (fun) thing where I post a bunch of Devo songs corresponding to the different goings on.

Links and musics ahead.