Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

• tubi (availability varies by country): https://tubitv.com/movies/100039782/godzilla-mothra-and-king-ghidorah-giant-monsters-all-out-attack - WARNING: uBlock Origin adblocker on Firefox might not work for that tubi link
• archive (japanese, engish subtitles): https://archive.org/details/eng-sub-godzilla-mothra-and-king-ghidorah-giant-monsters-all-out-attack_2001
• archive (english dub): https://archive.org/details/42.-godzilla-mothra-and-king-ghidorah-2001
• dailymotion (japanese, no subtitles): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9b11l2
• dailymotion (german dub?): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9igh0i
• someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://nobraincellsleft.github.io/JustWatch-Search/title/tm39796

...serves as a direct sequel to Godzilla (1954), ignoring the events of every other installment in the series (albeit briefly referencing the 1998 American film). Chiharu Niiyama stars as a reporter covering the story of Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Baragon defending Japan from Godzilla, an undead creature possessed by the souls of those killed during the Pacific War.
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack received mostly positive critical reviews.[27] It was awarded the Excellence/Silver Award at the 40th Golden Gross Awards [ja].[28] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of 17 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.80/10.[29]

Katsuhito Itō of Hobby Japan felt the film is the best kaiju movie since the original 1954 Godzilla film.[30] Troy Guinn of Eccentric Cinema gave the film a score of 8 out of 10, calling it "one of only three Godzilla films I would recommend to anyone besides giant monster-movie fans or sci-fi buffs, the other two being the original Gojira [sic] and Mothra vs. Godzilla."[31] Bryan Byun of DVD Verdict gave it a positive review, calling it "one of the most exciting entries in Godzilla's long cinematic history."[32] Stomp Tokyo gave the film a score of 3 out of 5, calling it "one of the better-looking entries in the series, albeit one of unfulfilled potential."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla,_Mothra_and_King_Ghidorah:_Giant_Monsters_All-Out_Attack

I was trying to figure this out yesterday, and was wondering what it was for other people.

Image is from https://youtu.be/06hCku23WiE

Convergence is a long-running convention/meetup of (mostly) internet goths. It's going on this weekend in Denver, USA. There's an associated series of Twitch DJ sets (called a "raid train") going on all weekend. Quality varies, but it's a chance to check out a bunch of DJs playing "darkwave, goth, deathrock, EBM, industrial, synthpop, dark electro, synthwave, 80s/90s, goth metal, postpunk, etc."

Links:

• https://raidpal.com/en/event/official-convergence-27-raid-train-denver-co-aug-8-10-2025
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence_(goth_festival)
• https://convergence27denver.com/

Just some cybergoths dancing to SITD - Rot V1.0 The song's from 2009, but the dance video was just posted a couple weeks ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybergoth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SITD

video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyGQuO2LFVk

BONUS COMIC:

Comic strip by Michael Lalonde. The URL referenced in the images is down, but the artist put the entire series on archive:

• https://archive.org/details/orneryboy-michael-lalonde/ - look for the PNG options under "downloads"
• about the artist and this series: https://www.michaellalonde.com/comics/orneryboy/

industrial / EBM, 2019

track link: https://aemit.bandcamp.com/track/kalabalik

The Raven (1963) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

• tubi (availability varies by country): https://tubitv.com/movies/305023/the-raven
• youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5LJdPK1rOE
• uBlock Origin adblocker on Firefox should work for those tubi and youtube links
• archive: https://archive.org/details/the-raven-1963
• someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://nobraincellsleft.github.io/JustWatch-Search/title/tm27062

a 1963 American comedy Gothic horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. The supporting cast includes Jack Nicholson as the son of Lorre's character.
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Bosley Crowther of The New York Times panned the film as "comic-book nonsense ... Strickly [sic] a picture for the kiddies and the bird-brained, quote the critic."[10] Variety wrote that while Poe "might turn over in his crypt at this nonsensical adaptation of his immortal poem", Corman nevertheless "takes this premise and develops it expertly as a horror-comedy."[11] The Chicago Tribune called it "fairly thin fare, made up mostly of camera tricks, and some very obviously false scenery, but Peter Lorre's performance is mildly entertaining. Youngsters may find it fun."[12] A generally positive review in The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that the film "starts off with the inestimable advantage of a script which not only makes it amply clear from the outset that [Corman] is cheerfully and wholeheartedly sending himself up, but manages to do it wittily." Its main criticism was a "long central section" of the film that drags until things pick up again for the final duel.[13] Peter John Dyer of Sight & Sound wrote, "Richard Matheson's script, a good deal more tenuous than its predecessors in the Corman-Poe canon, at least treats its actors generously to props, incantations and quotable lines ... A pity the equation doesn't always add up; there's too much slack, due perhaps to an imbalance between the comedy, which runs riot, and the horror, which trails behind in the wake of previous Corman films."[14] ...

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 88% based on reviews from 17 critics, with an average rating of 6.8 out of 10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven_(1963_film)

Industrial Techno, 2022

heard on https://www.twitch.tv/djalayt

track link: https://maedon.bandcamp.com/track/everything-is-not-ok

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays

Synth-pop, alternative rock, 1989

Why was I thinking of this song? Oh yeah bc of this meme.

Track link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI

Bonus comic:

MaryDeath is a comic about life, death, and everything in between. The story follows a young girl named Mary who happens to have befriended Death. Why Death has chosen to take interest in Mary remains a mystery, but despite his ever dark presence Mary finds comfort in his companionship.

https://www.marydeathcomics.com/archives/comic/

MaryDeath Comics was created in the 2010s by Gwen Tarpley. The artist transitioned recently, but it seems they don’t mind their deadname being on their older comics (i.e. some of the recent posts still use it on their Cats Cafe comic, which is their main effort now.)

synthwave / darkwave, 2021

The year is 2053 and Synthpop has been banned by the evil president of the world.

A specialist team from the secret government 'Future Human Evolution' (FHE) department have been sent back in time to make awesome synthpop inspired music.

track link: https://fhemusic.bandcamp.com/track/crucifix-of-light

heard on https://www.twitch.tv/djtow3r