October Staff Picks
Every month, the Sunstroke Magazine team compiles a list of things— new and old— that we’ve been enjoying. Here’s to finding more things to love.
Musicians & Bands
Dream, Ivory
my little airport
Aleka’s Attic
Frida
SALES
Steady Holiday
Phony Ppl
Clarence James
Dreamer Boy
Podcasts
The Magnus Archives (get your spook on in preparation for Halloween month!)
Cults
Scam Goddess
Wild Thing (Bigfoot & alien realness for spooky szn)
Black Frasier
Acting My Age with Rohini Elyse
Films
Almost Famous (2000, Amazon Prime)
Children of the Sea (2019, Netflix)
Mucho, Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (January 2020, Netflix)
The Social Dilemma (2020, Netflix)
Loving Vincent (2017, Netflix)
Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos (2009, Rent on YouTube)
Mustang (2015, Rent on YouTube)
The Social Network (2010, Netflix)
Drive (2011, Netflix)
Books
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (haha)
The Whisperer by Donato Carrissi
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by by Hunter S. Thompson
Articles, Essays & Journals
Blacks Rule Issue 3
“Juliana Huxtablems Next Chapter”
Foods & Snacks
Lots and lots of London fogs
Dried tomato & basil rice cakes
Daim candies from IKEA
Spicy miso ramen
Pho
Albums
The S(ex) Tapes - Fletcher
Immunity - Clairo
The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens
Detroit 2 - Big Sean
Season 2 - Nasty Cherry
Room 25 - Noname
Stardust Galaxies - The Parlotones
34Corine by TiaCorine
U.F.O.F by Big Thief
Limbo- Aminé
TV Shows
Baby (Season 3) (Netflix)
Dark (Netflix)
Over The Garden Wall (Hulu)
American Horror Story (Netflix)
Ratched (Netflix)
The OA (Season 2) (Netflix)
This Is Us (Season 4) (Netflix)
Killing Eve (Hulu)
Sister, Sister (Netflix)
Utopia (Amazon Prime)
Halloween Films
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, Amazon Prime)
Eraserhead (1977, HBO)
Monster House (2006, Hulu)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Amazon Prime)
American Psycho (2000, Amazon Prime)
Goodnight Mommy (2014, Hulu)
All Harry Potters (2001-2011, Peacock)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Us (2019, Amazon Prime)
Suspiria (2018, Amazon Prime)
Hocus Pocus (1993, Disney +)
Beetlejuice (1988, Amazon Prime)
Edward Scissorhands (1990, Hulu)
Sweeney Todd (2007, Amazon Prime)
The Craft (1996, Amazon Prime)
Activities & Hobbies
Reading through the titles of Lullatone songs. They’re like a warm hug!
Decorating home with fall and Halloween decorations
Going to drive-in movie theaters
Car washes
Other
Art Bell’s Coast to Coast radio excerpts