Check out my friend Mikäyeh’s first novel, In The Name Of The Sun. The title and themes suggest a The Stranger kind of character meets the Holocaust meets The Clockwork Orange.. or something like that. Anyway, read up!
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Just saw POLYSICS this past Þorr’s day. Man, were they awesome! The lead singer, bounces around like his energy is limitless! The girl on the keys acts exactly like a robot, even when she plays the keys (she moves her arms up and down as if they were controlled by levers). They even have this weird dance routine..
ポリシックスは最高だった！先の木曜日、コンサート見に行った。歌う人は元気がいっぱい。キーボードする女の子はロボットみたいで可愛い。みんなすごく上手だよ。また見に行きたい！！！
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Oh yeah, I was gonna tell y’all how cool Current 93 was. I was there both nights, but I tell you the first day was a little better. There were fewer people there (and fewer metalheads for, ugh, Om).
It was kinda funny. The first day before the concert, I approached some darkly clad people afore the concert hall and asked them if they were there to see Current 93. It was visibly pissed I didn’t know who they were Om. Hah!
The first night was awesome. David Tibet shaked like he was possessed for the long introductory part of “Judas as Black Moth.” It added a sort of beat to the violins and pianos. He has such a stage presense and I was right there in the front both nights. Well, my descriptions always manage to make the awesome sound tedious so I’ll stop.
I shall see them this Friday and Saturday. If you haven’t heard of them, they epitomize and define apocalyptic, occult folk music. The central figure is David Tibet, a loony man who makes eerily beautiful lyrics. Anyway, this weekend, ostensibly, is their only US appearance this year and it’s in S-kewl ‘cisco. Good sourdough bread and Little Osaka, here I come.
Those who want “religion” to have a bigger part in peoples’ lives, those who want to “save” their “religion” from extinction do not understand religion at all! The culture war between the little-endians (secularists) and the big-endians (evangelists) has absofuckinglutelynil to do with religion! Those who say people should believe do not understand mystery - in fact, they try to destroy it and science. If only everyone would open their eyes, they would see that religion is alive and well in its last refuge - music.
Back when videogames were very pixel-y, the lack of clear detail let kids put their own imagination into the game. I pictured the forests of Legend of Zelda being like the one in my backyard. Parents were wrong back then to say video games stunted the imagination… but maybe they are right today? In any event, I feel putting too much “realism” in games actually destroys the suspension of disbelief.