We got plugs for you today.
1. Twisted Darkness has a new piece up called Scraps of Poetry. I find this one very interesting as it reminds me of my paintings.
2. Sunshine 36 in now loaded and this one is scary.
3. There is a new Fetus-X, and once again Millikin thinks he is dying.
4. There is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven, strip 529, and for once Nillian's in a good mood.
5. And for those of you who haven't been with this blog since it's inception, I reposted an old blog post on the WoW.
Ouch.
I got this painful hangnail right on my right thumb, right in the place I type.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Well tonight is 3 in row, and we are click on all cylinders right now. Also Schilling apologized to Barry Bonds today. Malach left him a message linking him to his thoughts on the steroid issue.
AWESOME.
JUST FRIGGIN AWESOME! Gonna have to have Malach's Universe Pic of the Day.
HEY STUPID!
Hurricane Seasons Doesn't begin for another three weeks.
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day:
Guess who's back!
I am Malach and the Bitch is Back.
Learn how to play the game.
For the Beneft of Mr. Kite!
Plugs.
A new 8 1/2 by Eleven, strip 522. And let me tell you, there is nothing like a Canadian based webcomic, having and entire strip dedicated to hockey, eh?
Beatles History, 66 - 67, Sgt. Pepper era
Sgt. Pepper took 120 or so days to record, and in that time several significant things occured. Their manager Brian Epstein merged with the Robert Stigwood Association while retaining sole control over the Beatles. As of March 11th of that year, there were 446 recorded and released version of the song Yesterday. Also in that month, McCartney in a very messy relationship with Jane Asher, meets for the first time Linda Eastman, who would later become his long time wife. After the release of the album, McCartney caused a bit of an uproar by announcing he has experimented with LSD. This seemed to shock much of the world (anyone listening to their recent music?). About a week later The Beatles performed live in one of the highest rated TV events of all time with All You Need Is Love on their 2 hours TV special Our World. This was done during the height of the Vietnam conflict.
To further addled the establishment, The Beatles and Epstein signed their names to a full page advertisement that declared: "the law against marijuana is immoral in principal and unworkable in practice." The list included a number of artists, actors, authors, doctors, and politicians also. They also began their first experiments with eastern meditation and religious thought.
One of the most painful incidents, and a turning point for this band, was Epstein death from an overdose on August 27 of '67. You will see with later years and albums, The Beatles begin to disintegrate without Epstein as the glue holding them together.
More history at a later date.
Interesting Ethical Debate.
Texas v. Gonzales. Of course Texas, the US most killing state, wants the kid ventilator pulled. Mom of course, loves her baby, even though the baby is essentially dead, and waste resources. Where do you stand?
This is in a way similiar to the Terry Schiavo case. On one hand, the optimist in me is to say let the kid live as long as he can, you never know what tomorrow brings. The rehab part of me sees the kid as a lost cause.
And so it begins.
We will soon see just how crazy Phil Spector is . . . is he OJ crazy? Ike Turner crazy? Brian Wilson Crazy?
The View . . .
OK, can't stand the show, can't stand Rosie O'Donnell, but I will miss the little controversies that come up from time to time.
Another reason to be glad Captain America is dead.
He gropes women, get's into bar fights, and sells drugs.
Nice.
You know, I make fun of Canada alot eh? But this should be done in the US, eh? Slowly converting my house to these bulbs also.
Well that nice to see.
Pirate attacks were down in the 1st quarter of 2007!
BAD JOKE ALERT!
So Heather Mills got booted from Dancing with the Stars. She did not have a leg to stand on.
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day
I am Malach and LGBNAF.
"Manny Just Being Manny"
First the plugs.
You Are Listening Too . .
Lennon than McCartney. The entire song is based upon a promotional poster for a circus Lennon purchased at an Antiques shop (Poster is at left). It is perhaps, beyond a Day in the Life, the most musically complex song on the album. In Lennon attempt for the song to have a surreal carnival atmosphere, multiple recording sessions featuring organ noise, harmonica, and overdubbed guitar were used. Lennon told George Martin, he wanted "to smell the sawdust on the floor" in the middle eight bars of the song. In an attempt to do that Martin and sound engineer Geoff Emerick spliced in calliope and circus music, Lennon was not happy. In a sort of frustrated inspiration, Martin and Emerick chopped up the slice into random pieces with scissors, and re-assembled it at random. Lennon was fairly critical of the song, but in 1980 did state the song was "pure, like a painting". This song was one of three songs banned from the BBC for it supposed drug references. "Henry the Horse" at the time was known slang for heroin, but Lennon always denied this.I am Malach and when I'm called off, I got a sawed off, squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off.
Fixing a Hole
No plugs today.
And on the 7th day, Malach rested.
You are listening too . . .
Fixing a Hole, the Beatles, off of Sgt. Pepper. Very interesting song, explore some of the sing songy circus music they used over much of the album, and the overall circus them of the the Lonely Hearts Club Band psuedonyms. This song was the first song not recorded at Abbey Road Studios while they were recording for EMI records . . . reason, the studio wasn't available that night. Weird looking back on it no? Some interesting overdubbing of McCartney's lead vocal.
Some weiredness about the songs recording. The night they were going to record it a strange man showed up at McCartney home, claiming to be Jesus Christ. McCartney invited him in for tea, then to the studio . . . he never said a word, and left after recording. I suppose your could do this back in the late 60's. Imagine trying this now.
A common theory is that the song is about heroin, but according to McCartney the song was "another ode to pot". He also stated at various times that the song was about letting your mind loose to wander freely, fixing an actual hole in the roof of his home, getting high and watching a road crew fix a hole in the street, and a few other statements over the years.
Some very interesting organ and bass work, adds to the pyschedlic and surreal nature, along with a significant tempo change, with a screaming guitar with some feedback. Nice guitar solo, and good harmonizing.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Games going on now, but I promised several people to write a Red Sox Nation, the mental illness article. Tomorrow on the WoW. Just him 4 homers in a row.
MMMMM.
Missing Children.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Ok, some people and or organization have WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. And I typed this in 8 seconds, with a bum finger.
I wonder what is intentional.
When MSNBC has an article called Black holes exhale enormous gas cloud . . Am I the only one who thinks this is a attempt at humor?
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach and I line my walls with brimstone also.
And that is dying.
RIP Uncle Frank.
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and startsf
or the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone
"Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she let my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voicesready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
My Uncle Frank's funeral was today, and it was a beautiful ceremony. It is nice to reconnect with people and relatives you haven't seen in a long time. I might have more to say on this at a later date. It makes one reflect on what one has, missed opportunities, and cherished memories.
Some memories, if not for Uncle Frank having very intelligent children like my cousin Franco, Malach never becomes a Dungeons and Dragons fanatic. Summers at their beach house in Mattapoisett. Long drive to Concord, that was always fun playing with my cousins.
Plug.
Sunshine number 31 is up. Yes, it is an intentional spelling, I think.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
What did I say, at least 2 out of 3. The pitching is awesome. The mood, getting cocky.
UFC tonight on SPIKE.
Free PPV on Spike tonight at 9PM, US only. If you have not seen any MMA, watch it, you will enjoy it. CroCop has some nasty kicks, Arlovski's pretty good too if his head is on staight.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
I am Malach and time to watch some beatings
RIP Uncle Frank
Plugs?
Lucy, lots of rumors about this song the most obvious being the abbreviation of the song, LSD, which I assume we all know what LSD is. The Beatles at the time were very heavily into LSD and other drugs. First look at the image at left. This is a image done by Lennon son Julian when he was nursery school and three years old. Julian described the picture as "Lucy - in the sky with diamonds". Lennon claimed that is where he got the title from, and did not make the connotation with LSD until it was pointed out to him.I am Malach, and Lucy rocks.
Ismail Ax
First Plugs.
8 1/2 by Eleven has updated with strip 519 after a bit of a hiatus.
VA Tech.
OK, I haven't really commented on this, and have listened to everything from right wing nut jobs, to sympathetic mental health technicians, to people who want to blame video games and the ease of gun ownership, to the kid's parents. Some are even blaming Islam. I will try and tackle some of these issues, as well as give you some of my opinion.
It is plainly obvious from seeing the videos, reading some of the writing, and hearing some of the descriptions of this kid, he had some mental health issues (anyone who does something like this has obvious mental health issus). He his whole delusions of matyrdom, his affect . .
It bothers me that someone who was a "imminent danger" to himself and others, was released into out patient services, but it is not surprising in a over worked, under funded, mental health system in this country. As someone who is a director of similar services, I can just show you by my programs budget and my salary, a salary and budget that is 1/3 of what it would be in a different field.
Cho Seung-Hui's parents, what responsibility do they have? That is hard to know. They are "hospitalized" right now. Had they tried to help him? Possibly, but if he was severely mentally ill, there isn't a real lot they could have done to change his behavior beyond meds and couseling. And at this point he's 23 years old, living at college, what real control did they have over him now? There were some pretty obvious signs prior to the shooting in his behavior, but it was either written off, or when reported basically ignored.
But here's the problem . . how many thousands of kids are there in world like this one? Depressed, emotionally broken, anti-social? I bet there is at least one in about every school. I knew quite a few over my years of schooling (no not the Angry Piper). How easy is it for some like this to do that same thing? I can walk out side my office right now, walk into the ghetto this office is in, and buy a gun within a half hour, any gun I wanted too; you don't have to do it legally, though I could also easily do it that way. I will give MA credit, they have some very strict gun laws, and you can see, that MA ranks lowest in murders per 100,000 in the US, including the District of Columbia. But millions of people own guns in this country and they don't go on shooting rampages, and if someone has no record, and passes a background check, they too can own a gun. Look at Canada, you have the freedom to own firearms there, and things like this rarely happen there.
Violent video games? I love and have played Doom, Quake, GTA and such. Yeah they are violent, and yes, it is a release to drive a bus down the street of Liberty City and wipe out 40 people, but is just entertainment, and BILLIONS of people play these games. My 5 and 3 year old understand the difference between real and unreal, right and wrong in terms of TV and video games, why can't a 23 year old?
Unfortunately this will not last one, the next one will probably be worse to try and out do it. Look at Columbine, if it were not for the propane they had set up in the cafeteria not going off, they would have killed a ton more kids, closer to the Bath School House bombings of 1927. This guy used two hadguns . . . imagine if he used something like a H&K MP5, which are nasty weapons are rather easy to comeby. And NBC airing this footage would not make any difference. Don't blame them, any news outlet would have done the same thing, or it would have showed up on YouTube.
As for Ismail Ax? Don't know, but it is a power embueing psuedonym, like Malach the Merciless.
And as Chris Rock said about Columbine: "Who gives a fuck what they was watching? Whatever happened to crazy?"
Why I have been recently busy.
Malach has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the local Catholic Charities Appeal (yeah don't laugh). Not only that, I will be appearing in their local and national advertising. So most every night this week, I have been our late giving speeches and shmozzing with the higher ups in the Catholic Church. Yeah, and I haven't even been struck by lightning.
I might reprint the speech at the WoW, we'll see.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
This is truly going to be a awesome year . . Yanks this weekend. Excited.
Ohh Goody.
More religious nutballs. Look at David Koresh, his message and compare it to Cho.
Look at New Hampshire Go.
Yeah, this will pass . . .LIVE FREE OR DIE!
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach and the women fight for my delight.
Somewhat back on track
First, plugs.
The only one today is a new Fetus-X in which Millikin explores the race war.
The Finger.
Feeling a bit better, still uncomfortable typing, so blog will still be a little worse than usual. I did, work a bit on The Wraith today with the fake holiday and all. I will get him finished by the end of the week.
The Beatles.
Again, involves a bit of research and typing, especially since I will be starting Sgt. Pepper, so we are still holding off on that right now.
The Holiday?
Yeah, today is Patriot's Day in MA. We had our massive Nor'Easter, tree toppled across the street, but no power outage. The Boston Marathon was today in about the crappiest weather ever for the event, though I do believe it snowed one year.
USA #1
So we broke two records today, deadliest mass shooting ever in the US, as well as the deadliest school shooting. USA #1.
Seriously, this whole thing is a messed and really bungled by local law enforcement. They are still not completly sure if it was one or two shooters. Should of locked the school down after the first incident.
Wow.
Another reason not to fly NorthWest.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
This pitching staff is going to be something special. Mood: Estatic.
OK.
Are there really still people who own bidets? And yeah, I would be pretty pissed if it caught fire.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
I am Malach and I am the lizard baron.
OWCH!
Plugs.
Sunshine number 21 was loaded, and Hex basically did a portrait of Dr. Murk with this one. Hex also got me another 20 or so cartoons.
Also, Friday Night RPG Cartoons number 1.9 is also loaded.
My finger.
At the request of several fans, including one who claims to be a doctor, here is a pretty good picture of the gash on my index finger.
Now, it hurts much less, than it did, and I can somewhat type today. What you don't see is the gash continues around the finger (right side) to the finger nail. I sealed up pretty nicely if I do say so myslef. I also stabbed the middle finger next to it, but that ones looking good today and no where near as devestating. I have full feeling in the finger tip (as I can attest while I type), which is a bonus. It probably needed several stitches, but I wasn't about to wait around the St. Luke's emergency room for 4 - 6 hours for 4 - 6 stiches.
So, what happened? I was cleaning our very expensive razor sharp Cuisinart knives. Those of you that own Cuisinart know how strong and sharp they are. I was scrubbing some crud off a blade (they are not dishwasher compatible) and my fingers got in the way . . . whoops. I am lucky it was only a steak knife and not the the Santoku Knife (yeah that would have been a bit of a mess. I was also pretty lucky I did not do this with my Multi-Tool which has a knife designed to cut bone. Kudos to Cuisinart by the way for making such high quality knives.
So, that leave us with perhaps a smaller blog for the next few days, as typing is not nessecarily painful, it just takes three times as long to type this stuff.
As for a Beatles update, we will see tomorrow. I am starting Sgt. Pepper with the next update, and want to do it right.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Add Lester to this pitching staff, and they are going to be frightening. Mood: Happy.
Rain Rain.
Go away. No Sox game today, and they have messed around with the schedule for the Boston Marathon tomorrow.
Hey, doofuses.
They don't call 'em Sea Lions for nuthin'.
A little shout out.
To Mr. Jackie Robertson.
RIP Do Ho.
RIP my Big Kahuna.
Malach Quote of the Day
I am Malach and thanks to C.Rag for the vid heads up.
