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Letterboxd

While working at the local drive-in, you may as well have a Letterboxd account to log all the movies you're half-watching while avoiding your work responsibilities! Axel's top 4 rotate a bit, but they're always horror movies and more often than not from the 70s-early 90s. Bonus points if they have gooey practical effects! Currently occupying those spots: The Lost Boys, They Live, Alien and Evil Dead 2. Recent activity? Summer horror, obviously! The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jaws, Friday the 13th Part 2, and Scooby- Doo. What's Scooby-Doo doing there? It was just playing at the drive-in and is still on theme in its own way. As far as reviews go, don't take them seriously. Does he really enjoy Killer Klowns from Outer Space enough to give it 4 stars? Is that an insult thrown at Victor's way or an odd compliment? Who knows! You'll find shitposts, insults, or a combination. What were you expecting? A vulnerable comment about how Eraserhead mirrors his family dynamic? You're on the wrong account. Moving on! Beyond the top 4 is simply a list of more movies he'd deem his favorites, maybe even comfort movies. Hey, when you're used to chaos and dysfunction, you take whatever you can find comfort in. Who cares if it's from the likes of horrors such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Hellraiser, Return of the Living Dead, The Thing, The Blob, and Possession.

Airbuds

Of course you'd find a music sharing app. How else are you going to find new music or more importantly, share your music taste with everyone else while flexing how much you listen to? Currently listening to Bite My Hip by Bauhaus, best we just move on from that. Recently listened to included Lucretia My Reflection by Sisters of Mercy, Dead Disco Dancer by O. Children, Kiss Me Until My Lips Fall Off by Lebanon Hanover, and Durdu Dünya by She Past Away — deep, dark vocals must be the vibe for now. Top artists? Provoker, The Cure, and Mareux. None of it is shocking. The Cure always seems to have a spot up there, Provoker's newest album is still heavy in the rotation, and Mareux just released a new album. On repeat: Open by The Cure with a nice 21 times in a single week — that song is nearly 7 minutes of spirally out, have fun explaining that one. Mausoleum by Provoker with 17 plays. Rip to everyone around him but he's still obsessed with that song! And you know what, good for him. The music video is a whole vibe, Christian plays around with his vocal range, and it just scratches that itch. And finally, Laugh Now Cry Later by Mareux at a solid 12 times. There's genuinely nothing to say about this one, it was just one of two singles released before the full album — expect it to be replaced by Wild At Heart because it's the sleazy flings with tourists summer season!! Assuming I've done math correctly, the minutes average around 9 hours of music per day in a week — unsurprising.

Spotify Profile

If Airbuds is a fun little way to share stats, this is where things get serious! There's an ever growing list of playlists to be found on this profile, most public but some private for certain eyes and ears only! Either way, they're all carefully crafted based on one thing or another, so naturally they have their own aesthetic cover and of course they're stills from everyone's favorite cult horror films. The highlights: never grow old / never die: Part of the tagline for The Lost Boys, a favorite film. The cover features a scene from the movie — an initiation of sorts on the bridge. While the title alone doesn't give away the contents of the playlist, you might catch on and figure out that it's a rotating collection of current favorites and sort of acts like an initiation to his music (again, everything has its own meaning whether or not you catch on). As such, it's the least organized playlist you'll find and the only one that consistently has music both added and removed from it. Trust, it's an easier way to find what you're currently into than going through a long list of liked songs. It usually hovers somewhere between 50-60 songs depending on how many newer releases are out at the current time. dead man's party: Name stolen from the Oingo Boingo song and paired with a scene from Trick 'r Treat. The only Halloween playlist you need — so long as you don't mind the likes of Release The Bats by The Birthday Party and She's a Killer by Alien Sex Fiend, they're not for everyone but this dirtbag swears by them. Don't worry, there are still some fan favorites — it's not Halloween without Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell and Thriller by Michael Jackson after all! But there's definitely more space for some personal favorites aren't always included on some of the popular Halloween playlists like Riboflavin by 45 Graves, The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon by the Cramps and more! Yes, this was also in part a response to seeing multiple playlists titled "halloween music but it's actually good" just for the contents to be very...not Halloween. lured by the scent of sweat & leather: Alluring title paired with a still from the opening scene of The Hunger. This is the type of music for his preferred club scene — one drenched in red strobe lights and fog machines where you're swaying too close to strangers and leaving covered in sweat and smudged makeup with someone whose name you can't quite remember. Not exclusively goth, but dances in and around that realm. As such, you'll find tracks such as Blue Monday by New Order, Motion by Boy Harsher, The Bondage Song by London After Midnight, Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge, and more! Trust, this is the type of music he's trying to request while at Link In Bio even if there's no shot at hearing all 9 minutes and 37 seconds of Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus. candyfloss & cigarettes: If the concept of "guilty pleasures" was anything he was familiar with, this is where you'd expect to find them. As such the cover is a still from Killer Klowns from Outer Space — goofy horror b-movie not known for being particularly good but beloved all the same. On this playlist you can expect to find tracks that float in the synthpop realm, a mix of lighter songs than his usual go-to to enjoy the brightly colored circus acts and some that still own that darker/romantic melancholy thread for when you're sharing a cigarette in the parking lot as the last few circus goers climb into their cars. You can find tracks such as Cherry by Chromatics, Talk to Me by Male Tears, Journal of Ardency by Class Actress, Under Your Spell by Desire, and Digital Lover by Wayne Murray here.

Bonus ! Private Playlists