"Yes, Jack; had there ever in the history of the world been two words which made such beautiful music when laid side by side?" -Stephen King "Nightmares and Dreamscapes"
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Quote of the day
Sunday, May 22, 2011
What Are YOU doing For The Rapture?, part 7: Rapture Day +1
By Jack Brummet
No. 7 in a series of 7
No. 7 in a series of 7
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Faces No. 209 - Fifteen sketches of the voters
Drawings by Jack Brummet, Faces Editor
Digitizing and photoprocessing by the All This Is That Interns
Digitizing and photoprocessing by the All This Is That Interns
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
John Berryman reads his Dream Song No. 26. You've probably never seen anyone read poetry like this before.
By Jack Brummet, Poetry Editor
I've never seen John Berryman read poetry before tonight, although Dream Songs is one of my favorite books of 20th century poetry, and I have read most of his other books of poetry, prose and fiction.
This poem is scary, jangled, beautiful, elusive, creepy, and slangy with amazing rhythms and chiming internal rhyme. I've never seen anyone read poetry like this before. It's riveting and disturbing, especially when you know the dénouement of his story: leaping from a bridge to his death in the Mississippi River five years after this.
I've never seen John Berryman read poetry before tonight, although Dream Songs is one of my favorite books of 20th century poetry, and I have read most of his other books of poetry, prose and fiction.
This poem is scary, jangled, beautiful, elusive, creepy, and slangy with amazing rhythms and chiming internal rhyme. I've never seen anyone read poetry like this before. It's riveting and disturbing, especially when you know the dénouement of his story: leaping from a bridge to his death in the Mississippi River five years after this.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
What Are YOU doing For The Rapture, part 2
Poster and underlying drawing by Jack Brummet
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The Kinks' Apeman (with the great lyrics)
By Jack Brummet, Tops of the Pops Editor
This is a charming performance of one of my favorite Kinks songs: Apeman. Lyrics below.
Written by: Ray Davies
Published by: Warner-tamerlane Pub. Corp. - BMI
Apeman
I think I'm so sophisticated
'Cos I'm living my life like a good homosapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying
Till they're walking round like flies man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages
in the zoo man
'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an ape man
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation
And the crazy politicians
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man
I'm an ape man I'm a King Kong man I'm ape ape man
I'm an ape man
'Cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky
compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies
I am an ape man
In man's evolution he has created the cities and
the motor traffic rumble, but give me half a chance
and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
'Cos the only time that I feel at ease
Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man
I'm an ape, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man
I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
'Cos the air pollution is fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive
And make like an ape man
Come and love me, be my ape man girl
And we will be so happy in my ape man world
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
and we'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day
Just like an ape man
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man.
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore
And make like an ape man.
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This is a charming performance of one of my favorite Kinks songs: Apeman. Lyrics below.
Written by: Ray Davies
Published by: Warner-tamerlane Pub. Corp. - BMI
Apeman
I think I'm so sophisticated
'Cos I'm living my life like a good homosapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying
Till they're walking round like flies man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages
in the zoo man
'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an ape man
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation
And the crazy politicians
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man
I'm an ape man I'm a King Kong man I'm ape ape man
I'm an ape man
'Cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky
compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies
I am an ape man
In man's evolution he has created the cities and
the motor traffic rumble, but give me half a chance
and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
'Cos the only time that I feel at ease
Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man
I'm an ape, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man
I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
'Cos the air pollution is fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive
And make like an ape man
Come and love me, be my ape man girl
And we will be so happy in my ape man world
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
and we'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day
Just like an ape man
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man.
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore
And make like an ape man.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
What are YOU doing for The Rapture?
Poster by Jack Brummet
Unexplained Phenomena Editor
Unexplained Phenomena Editor
click to enlarge
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Alien Lore. No. 205 - NMA.TV hits another one out of the park: "Roswell Aliens, A Plot By Stalin?"
By Jack Brummet, Paranormal and Unexplained Phenomena Editor
thanks to Jeff Clinton for the tip!
NMA.TV is one of the most consistently hilarious sites on the entire web. Yesterday, they once again hit it out of the park with this great take on Roswell, The Greys, and Josef Stalin. When you watch the video, don't forget to click on the close caption link (the video is not in English).
thanks to Jeff Clinton for the tip!
NMA.TV is one of the most consistently hilarious sites on the entire web. Yesterday, they once again hit it out of the park with this great take on Roswell, The Greys, and Josef Stalin. When you watch the video, don't forget to click on the close caption link (the video is not in English).
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The Burger King Super Seven Incher
Yes, the ad is real and it really appeared. Burger King claims the ad only appeared in Singapore. "Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled with the NEW BK SUPER SEVEN INCHER. Yearn for more after you taste the mind-blowing burger that comes with a single beef patty, topped with American cheese, crispy onions and the A1 Thick and Hearty Steak Sauce." A great example of a bleeding corporation throwing a desperate Hail Mary...
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Monday, May 16, 2011
An old painting uncovered in our closet: The Beatles
click to enlarge - 2' x 3', poster with acrylic paint, pen, stickers, ephemera, and duct tape
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