Fade to green...

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Dystopic..

Love Shack.
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Interstellar megaphone...

Some post modern lyrical poetry? Hmm? Maybe from an unreleased dye corduroy song? hmm?

Interstellar Megaphone

tick tock & i'm alone

so lonely i've been cloned

i've been on way too long

on my own

she starts to isolate

moments to masturbate

she picks a satellite

to confiscate

i've been in the sun too long

watching constellations form

interstellar megaphone

screaming alien songs

the universe inside your palm

you're my venus yearning calm

Catnap

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You've never seen the sky like this before...

You never seen the sky like this before.
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39 dreams about stumbling...

Outside the Venetian - The Weirdest Contrast

Outside Venetian - The Weirdest Contrast

14 days - 7 ways -- Episode Four Prelude: Intro to Alt. Country

It's been overdue - primarily due to the big move; but here lies unraveled Episode Four. Drifting onwards into more of the whole Alt.country/Americana obsession of mine, this next artist is more country than indie obviously but the drawl of it all is pretty sweet tugging on them heartstrings y'all. In other words - it's all out country, so a heads up, if you're not a country fan than this might be your downward spiral into, if not country, than most certainly Alt. Country.

*Note: at this point, I feel it prudent & essential to make this blogisode a prelude to the actual episode Four and proper intro to Alt. Country

Possibly my favorite genre - my darling alt. country artists include, in no particular order: Neko Case, Ryan Adams, Old 97's, Kathleen Edwards, Hem, Teddy Thompson, Josh Ritter, The Mountain Goats, Lucero, Iron & Wine,  Caitlin Cary, Cory Branan and more. 

  (Wiki says: Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music. The term is sometimes known as alt-country and has included country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences ranging from American roots music, bluegrass, rock & roll, rockabilly, acoustic music, americana, honky-tonk, alternative rock, folk rock and punk rock.)

It'll be preposterous NOT to post some of my favorite alt-country tunes right here, right now. Ofcourse that again will be hundreds of songs, but let's start with the basic starter pack.

Mid-Blogisode Special - Alt. Country Starter Pack

 

Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You

key-lyric: besides the dazzling opening lyric "My love I am the speed of sound...", deep into the first verse Neko says: "I have waited with a glacier's patience... smashed every transformer with every trailer till nothing was standing... 65 miles wide" (the whole song is lushfully brilliant)

Old 97's - Designs on You

key-lyric: "You can go ahead and get married & this'll be our secret thing... I won't tell a soul except the people in the night club where I sing"

Ryan Adams - Dear Chicago

key-lyric: "You know the girl you said I'd meet someday, well I got something to confess; I picked her up on friday, she asked me if she reminded me of you - I just laughed & lit a cigarette, said that's impossible to do"

Kathleen Edwards - Goodnight, California

key-lyric: "You don't even have to speak, if you keep looking at me..."

Hem - So. Central Rain

R.E.M. cover - So. Central Rain is one of the most gracefully brilliant songs ever written.

So blogisode four shall descend later with a little bit of Caitlin & Will and a whole lot more of Alt. Country. Grr.

7 honey-dipped indie recommendations - the 7 blogisode series. This was prelude to blogisode four. Emme Packer/Madi Diaz/Kate Tucker/Prelude: Intro. to Alt. Country/Caitlin & Wil/Voyces/Portico/Special - Indie Undercover

Tower of the Hour

Somewhere over Greenland...

20 ways to kill Smiley...

I recently (re)discovered these scribbles I did back in first year of med skool... i'm thinking the year 2000. Sheesh. This was probably done in class. Notice how the art gets hasty and less detailed as the period progresses. Pretty intense and disturbing. Heh.

20 WAYS TO KILL SMILEY

by Adil Salik

Ye’ Old Gun-Shot 

Commentary/Result: You more or less blow his brains out and paint the wall in yellow splattered goo...

Ye’ Samurai Slashing Sword 

Commentary/Result: Not too messy, highly effective. Clean, sweet, very anime-inspired...

Ye’ Old kick-in-the-face

Commentary/Result: Ofcourse these are repeated no holds barred kicks in the head and face. Death probably occurs by brain haemorrhage, head injuries and excruciating facial pain? Ye’

Ye' punch-to-death maneuver

Commentary/Result: Very much like the kicking in of the face/head. More hands on approach. Expect bloody knuckles.

Ye’ old trusty elbow-till-death-occurs phenomenon

Commentary/Result: Much less messy on the hands. Less painful for the attacker/assassin.

Ye’ ever-reliable poison

Commentary/Result: Very old school but effective.

Ye’ horizontal slash

Commentary/Result: Soundeffects optional *kheet* *snikt* *skhopt*

Ye’ vertical slash

Commentary/Result: Fancier than the horizontal slash. Required more precision, accuracy and a steady hand. More force as you go through the skill, meninges, brain, frontal bone, nose, occipital bone, pharynx/larynx, tongue, neck, possible the top of the spinal cord, maxilla, mandible, you could pass through teeth...

Ye’ old broken-bottle-stabbing method 

Commentary/Result: This probably would happen if he would hit on Ms. Pacman and Pacman would be in the same bar, be really drunk and would ofcourse, have a bottle handy.

Ye’ burst 

Commentary/Result: You should have thought of this simple, fun & piercing suggestion before.

Ye’ TNT !!!

Commentary/Result: This picture was probably taken moments before his insides became the outsides. And the room he was in.

Ye’ dynamite-shoved-ears-&-death-by-pain-bleeding-anticipation-&-fear

Commentary/Result: Now we're talkin. This is definitely the more creative/psychotic/torture-ridden pleasing way to send him off. Multiple factors ensue.

Ye’ old nightstick (lathi-charge)

Commentary/Result: This is ofcourse the multi-ethnic baton/night-stick/lathi-charge method... Seen it happen. Not fun for recipient. More coz' with every hit you squirm and bend towards hit side and thereby present/expose the other side for another full on hit. And so on...

Ye’ old hanging the poor feller

Commentary/Result: Classic.

Ye’ snake-squeeze

Commentary/Result: Bone crushingly good and effective. Factors of strangulation, pulverization and collapsing lungs all play in topped with sticky slimy fear & clouded judgement.

Ye’ bee bite ! (plenty)

Commentary/Reuslt: It'd have to be repeated bites. And some very angry bees.

Ye’ vampire bite

Commentary/Result: This was done in 2000 so its very NOT gay twilight/vampire-diaries/wannabe-pop-fascination of vampires oriented. This is pure Bram Stoker stuff.

Ye’ boot pelting

Commentary/Result: Preferably construction shoes, snow shoes, diggers etc. Stilettos may work too.

Ye’ old repeated-baseball-in-face

Commentary/Result: Inherintly pleasing, the baseball bat swing and crack is always a good way to go. Good excercise as well.

Ye’ hammering the head with 9 inch nails  

Commentary/Result: Again, 2000, so not at all SAW-esque in nature. Or any other gory flick that I haven't seen. Probably inspired/will inspire them. Wait for this is SAW VII.

 

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