Wine, Women and War. Poetry, 'Pataphysics and Politics, the latter not through Choice.
Music
Desert Rock. Anything with soul and balls to match.
Movies
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. Not as good as the book but then again not much is.
Television
Funny shit, i.e. Simpsons and Futurama.
Books
The Great Shark Hunt (the bible of Gonzo journalism), Mark Twain, Howard Campbell, Robert Anton Wilson ...
Heroes
Doktors Hunter S Thompson, Brant Bjork, Joshua Homme, Ben Mack, Bill Hicks. Anyone on the artistic roll call. You, your mother ... we can all be fuckin' heroes. Speaking of your mother, what about heroines? Coming up somewhere near you - The Heroine Projekt!
My old man said "Follow the van, And don't dilly dally[1] on the way". Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it, I walked behind wiv me old cock linnet[2]. But I dillied and dallied, dallied and I dillied Lost me way and don't know where to roam. Well you can't trust a special like the old time coppers When you can't find your way 'ome[3]
An alternative to the fourth line is: "I followed on wiv me old cock linnet"
An alternative to the second to last line is
I stopped on the way to have me old half quarten
"Half quarten" was a slang expression for a measure of spirits (usually Gin) and was equal to 2½ Imperial ounces.
The chorus is the basis of a terrace chant popular among English football fans. The lyrics were originally changed to My old man said "Be a City fan", by Aston Villa fans (about Birmingham City) then copied by Manchester United fans (about Manchester City) among others. [1] Eh, what? [2] Smells funny Dave. [3] Kick its face off.
ALUNA www.myspace.com/alunatheband Psych-blues-doom with female vocals from Birmingham, featuring members of Godsize and Sonic Lord.
DOGSNEST One-man sludge/doom outfit's first show - more amps than members - more enthusiasm than sense - member of Excelsum Superbum, Bumsnogger, Calculon Records, Ebola Hat, Cobra Reynolds, JFKFC, Ketsu San, Pipe Bomb, Dead Pigeon, Geophiss & Exploding Cow.
Late bar (until 3am) with doom DJs after the gig. Calculon Records distro available.
Two and a half years. The first edition book is done. 279 pages (first two don't count), lots of black and white illustration. Oh yeah, also, lots of words. About 100,000 of them.
It looks like it's going to take a couple weeks for Booksurge to place Fallen Nation through online retailers (Amazon, Waldenbooks, B&N, etc) so I'm making the exact same book available through lulu temporarily. I've ordered copies through them for the first round promotion and reviews, they look great.
Alright, it's not the exact same book: the spine is simpler on the lulu version than the version that will be available through the larger online outlets later. (In store distribution has to wait for the 2nd edition.)
So if that doesn't bother you, and you've been wanting to pick up a copy right now, enjoy. The basic "what's this book?" song and dance is there as well.
"The Page Screams Out" is a new track that I available for download and distribution.
This is what I like most about MySpace, whereas we are able to share our music with others and by-pass a host of vultures that are unappreciative of the art but anxiously eyeing a prize that the art will provide, at the cost of...well...I guess that's those who buy music.
As I share this with you with no exchange of money, I realize that we're in this for different reasons, an exchange of mental energies that add to a larger "fire" to create something real and pure. Let me know if this song was sufficient fuel to help with the cause.
