Arrr! See CONTENTS for links to the 125 chapters of The Monstaville Memoirs plus introductions, conclusions, postscripts and appendices. This treasure trove also includes a collection of articles offering further insights into the themes explored in the trilogy. Namely, managing suffering and conflict (dealing with hostile people if you are nervous, sensitive or shy) and learning not to react
Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Last Laugh
Morgoth
From the album Feel Sorry for the Fanatic, 1996
I drown while I keep burning inside
My emptiness is larger than love
Turning out the sun in my heart
Gold and glory return to ashes again
Then this dream of yesterday
Make me try to feel tomorrow
I'd like to touch my lovely infancy
Again to get a point of this...
Last laugh
Another day and I keep going
Last laugh
Another cage but never the same
Then this dreams of insanity
Are brighter than I could believe
I'd like to touch my lovely infancy
Again to get a point of this
Last laugh
Another day and I keep going
Last laugh
Another cage but never the same
I drown while I keep burning inside
My emptiness is larger than love
Turning out the sun in my heart
Gold and glory return to ashes again
Eternal Fall - Always the Same
Monday, 30 December 2019
Thursday, 26 December 2019
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The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1973) by Alan Gibson
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Dracula's Bride
Monday, 23 December 2019
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Mary J Blige, 2009
(from "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" soundtrack)
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]
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
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
Saturday, 14 December 2019
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)
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