Episode III

[kelber at mindspring.com]

The point of Episode III is to play on some twisted need people have to see a purported good-guy compromise his values -- as if this need hasn't already been sated enough in the past year by the spectacles of John Kerry apologizing for his anti-Vietnam protests, Jesse Jackson praying with the Right-to-Life forces, Bob Dylan's renouncing his role as spokesperson for a generation in favor of his role as an underwear huckster, etc., etc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: "Monroe, Dave" <monroe at mpm.edu>; <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
Cc: "Matthew Ryan" <matthew.ryan at gmail.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Episode III


> 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.
> >
> >
>

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