Episode III

[rich]

unless I'm tripping or my hash connection has been resurrected or the
morphine dream I had at bellevue in January is flashing back--floating
in stall #5, where the five became ricky ricardo, I ain't watching

I say light up some righteous boo (hah--whoever came up with that
never smoked in their life) or light up and leave me alone before the
armani suits trafficked in light beer and conservative values kicks in
and put on Comus' First Impressions LP. evil brit folk:

"This six-piece certainly lived up to their name. In Greek mythology
Comus is the god of revelry, the son of Circe and Bacchus. Comus is
also the title of a dramatic poem by the renowned 17th Century English
poet, John Milton, and the poem's central theme - female chastity
tempted in the archetypal 'wild wood' of moral perplexity by the
demonic enchanter, Comus - sets the tone for First Utterance,
especially 'The Song To Comus'. 'Diana', another allusion to
Greek/Roman myth, also describes the threat of insatiable lust to
virtue. Other vulnerable innocents face abusive power in songs about
brutal murder mixed with Gothic eroticism ('Drip Drip'), Christian
martyrdom ('The Bite') and mental illness ('The Prisoner') - all
described with disturbing candour. The acerbic lyrics and Roger
Wootton's vocals (echoes of Family's Roger Chapman) convey terror and
hysteria with alliterative force; there's often a sense of sadistic
pleasure in Wootton's tone which gives the album a nasty, yet
compelling edge. This is certainly no idealised, Hippie evocation of a
mythical, bucolic past. Even Wootton's cover artwork, as memorably
grotesque as Barry Godber's for King Crimson's debut, suggests a
darker direction. And the angular dissonance of Andy Hellaby's bass
guitar and Colin Pearson's violin on 'Bitten' sounds very much like
free improvisation in action, though sadly it only lasts a mere two
minutes.

Throughout, the musicianship is thoughtful and applied to well crafted
arrangements with instrumental episodes that present a considerable
dynamic range - poignant, lyrical pastoral-folk, typified by the
purity of Bobbie Watson's high vocal register, skewed blues and
chamber rock, to some of the most menacing acoustic guitars, violin,
hand drums and bass, I've heard from this era. First Utterance is
certainly one of a kind, and one of the most inventive and distinctive
works to come out of the 70s progressive rock movement."


reading Coover--Return of the Dark Children is brilliant--the pied
piper as written by dario argento but..

Alacurda is better. flagellating nuns and horny blood. no i'm not baudelaire

"a Mexican horror film by director Juan López Moctezuma. I'm not
well-versed in South-of-the-border genre efforts (beyond a Santo film
or two), so I wasn't at all sure what to expect. Turns out it's a
pretty cool movie.

When a young woman named Justine (Susana Kamini) is brought to a
convent orphanage after her parents death, she meets her new roommate,
the dark-haired beauty Alucarda (Tina Romero). Alucarda will remind
you of that Goth chick you went to school with – the oddly attractive
one with the pale skin, black clothes and morbid personality… who just
might have been the daughter of the Prince of Darkness. You remember.

Anyway, before long, the girls develop an unnaturally – in fact,
supernaturally – strong bond, and after a meeting with gypsies, make a
blood pact with Satan. Needless to say, things get a little nuts from
there.

Full of haunting, disturbing imagery, with nods to horror classics
from Stoker to DeSade, ALUCARDA is a mind-trip of the first order. "

but..anyway, can't waste time on george lucas--george bush in tights
though he thinks he's a rebel. with those haircuts and boring
political wranglings--might as well read robert penn warren and orson
scott card.

patti smith once sang:  'why must death not be be redefined'. her
answer is george lucas (or jeff stryker or bloody chicklitz)

from ehll

rich



On 5/19/05, Monroe, Dave <monroe at mpm.edu> wrote:
> But David Prowse was the OG DV ...
>  
> http://imdb.com/name/nm0001190/
>  
> http://www.darthvader-starwars.com/
>  
> http://www.eofftv.com/images/stills/horror_of_frankenstein_1.jpg
>  
> ... with Christopher Lee, AND do note a young(er) Garnd Moff Tarkin (Peter
> cushing) in front of the window/veiwscreen (to the left of Vader) during
> that death Star construction shot.  That owas one ofthe few things we
> enjoyed about teh whole affair.  But sith happens.  And it did, so ...
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Ryan [mailto:matthew.ryan at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:41 PM
> To: Monroe, Dave
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Episode III
> 
> It wasn't that bad. Definitely the best of the prequels, for whatever that's
> worth. Could've done without the Frankenstein homage, though. 
> 
> On 5/19/05, Monroe, Dave <monroe at mpm.edu> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > Sith sandwich. 
> 
>