Happy National Vinyl Record Day

 August 12th is National Vinyl Record Day, a day to celebrate one of finest formats for music ever invented.  In Deathgasm, a chance meeting in the local record store between Brodie, a transplanted, bullied, metalhead and Zakk, the local badass, leads to chaos.  They form a band with schoolmates and super nerds Dion and Giles called Deathgasm.  Things go south when Brodie and Zakk acquire a song that will summon Aeloth The Blind One, a super nasty demon.  Of course they play the Black Hymn and most of the town is transformed into eyeless, murderous zombie demon beasts.  It’s up to the band and Madina, Brodie’s new love interest, to reverse the summoning and save the world.  So crank up a metal record, have a beer, watch Deathgasm and enjoy our blog.

20 Questions

Jon- How many nerds do you have to hospitalize to have hospitalized more nerds than asthma?

Alison- Like maybe in the millions. I think he may have overshot that a little.  Does Deathgasm imply death metal?

Jon- Not directly.  I think it refers to a fatal orgasm and is in the tradition of shocking death metal band names like Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus and so many others that are much grosser.  Is DnD at lunch really bad ass?

Alison- Fuck no, it's hilarious though.  Would you take a blood oath with someone?

Jon- Nope.  Never had a blood brother or sealed anything in a spitty handshake.  That stuff is gross.  Have you ever had a friend who was “a tornado of chaos” or are you the tornado of chaos?

Alison- Am I the tornado of chaos? You would know better than I. I've definitely had friends that were that. You met one.

Jon- You are definitely not a tornado of chaos.  Maybe a gentle breeze of naps.

Alison- Is lowercase for pussies?

JON- LOWERCASE IS DEFINITELY FOR PUSSIES.  I WOULD NEVER USE LOWERCASE!  What band do you think would be the best to have an undercover demon summoning song? I think it has to be a band that has catchy tunes, easily memorable lyrics and a wide appeal. For a certain generation REO Speedwagon would be great for it.

Alison- Definitely Taylor Swift.  How hard is Medina flirting with him?

Jon- With the benefit of seeing it in a movie, she’s flirting pretty hard but in real life if she were flirting with me like that I’d be oblivious.  How seriously do you take the crazy metalhead who has gone to great lengths to hide when he tells you that we’re all going to die?

Alison- Ziggy Pop? Not at all seriously!  Do you miss the days of passing notes before cell phones?

Jon- I only had one note passed to me in my life.  3rd grade after giving a girl a pencil or something, I got the “Do you like me note” and I circled yes and no.  That’s the extent of my note passing career.  Should you ever read random Latin writings aloud?

Alison- Oh absolutely. Latin is awesome. How we didn't summon demons "by accident" in Latin class is beyond me.  Should a four chord progression be able to cause that much vomiting of blood?

Jon- If it’s worth playing it should induce that much vomited blood.  Is decapitation slightly extreme as a punishment at work?

Alison- *checks hr handbook*  yes, yes it is.  How badass are these demon-inhabited corpses ?

Jon- The eyeless corpses are pretty badass.  They had a nice gooey effect.  Is there anything more metal than sitting on a park bench, eating ice cream with the cute blonde from math class while in full corpse paint?

Alison- So great they made a meme out of it.  Aren't you glad heads are not this mushy in real life?

Jon- I’m actually disappointed that heads aren’t that mushy.  It would be so much fun to walk around and smush heads.  Has the allure of heavy metal ever been summed up better than on that park bench?

Alison- Perhaps only when they're actually listening to it and you see inside their heads.  Is metalheads wielding sex toys beating the shit out of demons as cool as it sounds?

Jon- It would be a dream come true.  I have to start stocking up.  What percentage of the rest of your life would be spent trying to forget someone projectile vomiting blood all over you?

Alison- Why do people always have their mouths open when that's happening?!  If I asked you to send me back to hell would you?

Jon- How much is the postage?

Lessons

If you aren’t sure if the music you get from a deranged, old metalhead will raise a demon, don’t play it.

Don’t let the tornado of chaos friend make all the decisions.