16 May
The City Dreams Uneasy
A fragment, part of a larger work (which is, in itself, part of a larger series of works). Hope you like it.
Archive for May, 2008
13 May
“I Still Call Australia Home” by Peter Allan
“I’m always traveling, I love being free,
and so I keep leaving the sun and the sea”
I’ve never really understood the attractions of this song (although I know every word of the Chaser’s parody version). But I guess I’m just unAustralian or unpatriotic or something.
But seriously, does Peter Allan honestly believe that they don’t have the [...]
12 May
Still no Symmetrical English
Sorry folks.
I have a lot of ideas for what I want to with this particular column, but so far I haven’t been able to bring them together in a way that satisfies me. When I do, the column starts…
11 May
Bill and Ted’s Heaven
Type: Heaven
Origin: Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Admission: unclear, but presumably worthy human souls (see below)
Heaven, for Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan, is a purple series of regular cities, floating through an endless white void like the contents of an unusually serene and orderly lava lamp. Admission is fairly straight forward - [...]
06 May
“Tutti Frutti” by Little Richard
“A-Wop-bop-a-loo-lop a-lop-bam-boo
Tutti Frutti, all over rootie”
Okay, I’ll cop to shooting fish in a barrel with this one, but seriously, this song defies rational - or even irrational - analysis. Even after digging into its origins over on Wikipedia, I am still left with only two words that can accurately sum up my reaction to [...]