I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Mary J Blige, 2009

(from "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" soundtrack)

Saatchi Art - Malvina in the secret cabaret

Queen of Hearts by Pain Garden

Mmmmm

Ohh ohh

Ah yea

Ah ah yea

[Verse 1]

Somebody told me once that pain is a game we all gotta play.

Then why am I in overtime and sudden death every other day.

I know that for the good of life there's a price we all gotta pay

But I'll pay till I'm poor and I still don't know what it is to have a good day, yeah

Since everybody knows what it is that I need to do.

Well do me a favour, let me worry bout me and you worry bout you.

[Chorus:]

I don't need no one to put me down,

I'm on the ground, can't get no lower.

And I don't need no one to hang around and make me frown just makes me look older.

And I don't need no one to black my eye and tell me lies

Don't wanna cry over nobody else

No no no no I can do bad all by myself

[Verse 2]

Somebody told me once that running from the rain don't make no sense.

I had my own dark cloud for awhile now, it goes where ever I'm going, yeah

They're telling me the grass just might be greener on the other side.

But I don't wanna take a chance on dirt when I got grass even though the grass has died.

Oh since everybody knows what it is that I need to do,

Well do me a favour, let me worry bout me and you worry bout you

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]

Don't waste time feeling bad for me

I didn't ask you for your sympathy

No I know God is watching over me

So I guess this is where I'm suppose to be

Ohh yes

[Chorus to the end]

Mary j Blige - You are my Everything

Tribulation detail by Kris Kuksi

Mad Monster Party Bow

Ride

David Sylvian

From the album Everything and Nothing, 2000

Messages ran all over town

Words without sound

Condemned me

And left me for dead

All over again

It wasn't the first time, but this time

Things will never be the same

Ride, ride the very thought into the ground

In the church of the lost and found

The angels cry

Ride, ride until the darkness closes in

Until the ravaged soul begins

To reflect the open skies, ride

The chapel was burned

Razed to the ground

From the darkest of clouds

Small birds tumbled like rain

Time and again

You may go charging at windmills

In these days

Absurdities never change

Ride, ride the very thought into the ground

In the church of the lost and found

The angels cry

Ride, ride until the darkness closes in

Until the ravaged soul begins

To reflect the open skies, ride

In the thick of the woods

The word is taboo

In the darkest of continents

Light can deceive you

Ride, saddle up your thoughts and run to ground

In this world of lost and found

The eagles fly, ride

Photos by Melvin Sokolsky

TekWar

Directed by William Shatner, 1994

A television film based on the futurist story by William Shatner and which also ran for two seasons as a TV series. He wrote a few sequels besides.

"The year is 2045 and 'tek,' a highly addictive computer-based reality drug takes the users of the drug into a fantasy world. Jake Cardigan, a cop who was jailed on trumped charges, is hired by the mysterious Walter Bascom to fight the drug. Jake's first partner was Sid Gomez who was replaced by sexy Sam Houston; Nika is a computer wiz who works for Bascom; Cowgirl and Spaz are two 'cyberpunks;' and Shelley Grout is a government agent trying to stop Jake." (J.E. McKillop for IMDb).

"TekWar is a series of science fiction novels created by Canadian actor William Shatner and ghost-written by American writer Ron Goulart, published by Putnam. The novels gave rise to a comic book series, video game, and later TV movies and a series, both of the latter featuring Shatner.

The 22nd century universe is centred on 'tek'—an illegal, addictive, mind-altering digital drug in the form of a microchip. The drug has the effect of simulated reality (as shown in the films and series), and taps into "the matrix" hyperspace. The protagonist, Jake Cardigan, is a former police officer who is framed for dealing in the drug four years before the start of the story. Having been sentenced to 15 years' cryo-imprisonment, he is released early. After discovering that Walt Bascom, the powerful head of a private security firm, arranged for the early release, Jake goes to work for Bascom as an investigator dedicated to tracking down the real Tek lords." (Wikipedia).

TekWar book series art by Boris Vallejo

William Shatner’s TekWar Father Ted’s favourite book series 

"You might also know the series as one of the few books in Springfield Elementary Library." (Simpsons)