Sunday, 29 May 2016

Just Like Elvis


Statement by the President on the Death of Elvis Presley
August 17, 1977

Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable. More than 20 years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense, and he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor of his country.

Father

Mother







"Songs allow a person to put their own imagination, experiences, and dreams into the lyrics. People can interpret it in many ways. 

Ms. Gore was looking for sado-masochism and bondage and she found it. Someone looking for surgical references would have found that as well." 

Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister,
PMRC Hearings, 1986 



How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold?
Maybe you're just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like

When The Doves Cry...




The Sacrifice of Victor

I was born on a blood stained table
Cord wrapped around my neck
Epileptic 'til the age of seven
I was sure Heaven marked the deck
(We sacrifice)...

Mama held up her baby for protection
From a man with a strap in his hand
Ask the Victor 'bout pain and rejection
You think he don't, when he do understand...

1967, in a bus marked, 'Public School'
Rode me and a group of unsuspectin' political tools
Our parents wondered what
It was like to have another color near

So they put their babies together to eliminate the fear
We sacrifice
Yes we did fightin' one another
We sacrifice ...

Sister


Bilal, The Roots, Wendy - Sister - Prince Tribute



"Songs allow a person to put their own imagination, experiences, and dreams into the lyrics. People can interpret it in many ways. 

Ms. Gore was looking for sado-masochism and bondage and she found it. Someone looking for surgical references would have found that as well." 

Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister,
PMRC Hearings, 1986 


REMEMBERING PRINCE: Reflections on the Life and Legacy of a Musical Genius 
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, Grammy-winning artists Questlove, Anthony Hamilton and Kimbra, and journalists Toure, Alan Light and Carol Cooper gathered together on April 29 at New York University to speak on a special discussion panel about the life, career and music of Prince

Various Artists




Various Artists - Formerly Known as...


1. Prince 

2. Prince Rogers Nelson 

3. Jamie Starr 

4. Alexander Nevermind 

5. Christopher Tracy [Christ Racey]

6. Camille 

7. Joey Coco 

8. Azifwekare 

9. Tora Tora 

10.  

11. The Artist Formerly Known As Prince 

12. The Artist 

13. Paisley Park 

14. The New Power Generation (produced Mayte's album under this name) 

15. His Royal Badness 

16. Skipper 

17. Victor 

18. Camille 

19. Spooky Electric 

20. Taffy (Rosie O'Donnel's nickname for him) 

21. The Kid 

22. Gemini 

23. The Wise One 

24. Partyman 

25. Violet The Organ Grinder 

26. Prettyman 

27. Endorphin 

28. Daddy Pop 

29. Electric Man 

30. The Midget (Madonna's nickname for him) 

31. Little Brother (Larry Graham's nickname for him) 

32. That Skinny Muthafucka Wit' the High Voice 

33. Symbolina (CJ "Billy Jack Bitch"'s nickname for him) 

34. I Love U (In "Shhh" he says "What's My Name?" a female voice replies "I love U", To which he responds "yeah". I know this is a stretch, but hey!) 

35. NPG2000 (widely believed to be his internet name during the "Love41Another" website days). 

36. Bra', or Bro' (called this by Morris Hayes). 

37. PR Nelson (he signed his checks this way during the symbol days). 

38. Ecnirp (his early records were published by Ecnirp music) 

39. Son-In-Law (what Mayte's mother said she called him while they were married) 

40. Mr. Nelson 

41. Hey You!

42. Spud (as in the interview with Mel B.) 

43. Alien (As he calls himself in the song 'Sex') 

44. Buddy (as mary sharon calls him in the movie UTCM) biggrin

Etc., etcetera.....

Saturday, 28 May 2016

Schizoid Man

"Who is Number 1..?

"You are, Number 6."





You see, this why proper use of punctuation is really, really important just we are always taught and that we always need to be aware of, and take the time to pass along by passing down to others.

And which none of us ever actually do.




Gemini

Art Official Age

Artificial Cage

Samuel Sheinbein



Cokely :

"There is no law which an Israeli is bound to respect."

"Sheinbein evaded apprehension by Maryland police and fled to Israel with the help of his father, Sol Sheinbein, an attorney with dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship. Sol allegedly brought Samuel a passport, purchased an airline ticket to Tel Aviv, and drove him to John F. Kennedy International Airport to flee the United States.

Once in Israel, Samuel Sheinbein applied for and received Israeli citizenship. Being Jewish and as the son of an Israeli national, he was eligible for automatic Israeli citizenship. Sheinbein’s brother flew to Israel and met him in his hotel room, and brought him his first bottle of wine and a prostitute. His partying came to an end when he was hospitalized for a drug overdose. After his hospitalization, Sheinbein was arrested, and U.S. authorities were notified of his presence in Israel."

Md. teen sought in dismemberment slaying

Montgomery County police charged a missing high school student yesterday with the slaying of an unidentified man whose burned body was found in the garage of a vacant house in Aspen Hill -- with its arms and legs cut off.

County police obtained a warrant on a charge of first-degree murder for the arrest of Samuel Sheinbein, 17, of the 2900 block of Birch Tree Lane, around the corner from the house where the body was found Friday.

Police said Sheinbein, a senior at Kennedy High School in Wheaton, told his family Friday that he was going to Ocean City, Md., for the weekend. By last night, he had not returned. Sources close to the investigation said police also are searching for a second young man, whom they have not identified, who was seen at the house with Sheinbein.

The identity of the victim remains unknown. Police said the dead man was 17 to 25 years old and had slightly curled, short, black hair. Police initially described the victim as black, but said yesterday that his race remained “undetermined” because the body was burned so badly.

The victim was found wearing size 36 Guess jeans over gray Nike gym shorts, with a white tank top and a blue three-button shirt with a collar. He wore a diamond stud earring in each ear.

“We’re hoping someone recognizes that description and can tell us who this is,” said Montgomery police spokeswoman Ann Evans. Even though the body was burned and fingerprints cannot be obtained, investigators hope to make a positive identification with dental records.

Police sources said Sheinbein and the unidentified companion were seen by residents last week pulling a wheeled cart on a path near the vacant home.

The partially dismembered body had been placed in a black plastic bag. The discovery was made by a real estate agent who was showing the house to a customer Friday morning. The agent and the customer smelled a foul odor when they entered the house on Breeze Hill Lane. They saw what appeared to be a human body and called police.

The dismembered limbs have not been found.

A police spokeswoman said investigators were led to Sheinbein after canvassing the suburban neighborhood and getting a description of a teenager seen at the house with his car, a green 1997 Pontiac Firebird. The description matched Sheinbein. Yesterday, police said they had recovered his car, which sources said was found at a nearby shopping center.

A Makita power saw had been left in the garage of the vacant house. Evans said an empty box for that model of saw was found in Sheinbein’s home after a search warrant was executed over the weekend. In addition, sources said, a shallow hole had been dug in the back yard of the vacant home, but nothing was found in it.

Calls to Sheinbein’s family were not returned yesterday evening.

A neighbor described the missing youth as a shy and conscientious teenager, the youngest of three children, who was “extremely handy with tools.” He lived with his parents, and neighbors said his father is a lawyer.

“I can’t believe this. I know of nothing untoward about this boy,” said one neighbor who asked to remain anonymous, as did others interviewed in the community.

Others had varying opinions of Samuel Sheinbein, describing him as a “smart aleck” or a loner.

Police described Sheinbein as dark-haired and white, standing 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds.

Anyone with information on the victim or suspect is asked to call Montgomery County police at 301-217-4160.

Staff writer Fern Shen and special correspondent Lisa Carly Fine contributed to this report.


BMF - Left Hand Darknesses

Bad Motherfucker
Mr. Sinister
Black Magick



"Nothing drives people to the church faster than the thought of the Devil snapping at their heels. 

Maybe that was God’s plan all along. Why he created him, allowed him to fall from grace to become a symbol to be feared warning to us all, to tread the path of the righteous. "


The War at Home (or, Why Captain America 3 : Civil War was IncrediblyDisappointing)

Yes, I know we still got some of this in Agent Carter's funeral oration for her Aunt Peggy - but that just makes it worse, not better.


1. The Removal of all the American Politics.

Immediately prior to Civil War and Avengers Disassembled, Tony Stark (outted as Iron Man) was George W. Bush's Secretary of Defence, during the worst portion of the American Occupation of Iraq following the Iraq War, and the Avengers was operating under and international UN Mandate, but crucially, not under UN control.... And Cap was fine with this. These are the ideals of Franklin Denanor Roosevelt.

This came to an abrupt end (thanks, Wanda), when an apparently loaded Secretary Stark, in full armour, threatened the life of the Latvavian Amabassdor (that's Doctor Doom's nation, but their usual Prince and Head of State was absent, presumed dead, at this point - actually, Doom had gone to Hell. Literally. But he came back.) on the floor of the UN General Assembly, so The Avengers quickly lost their UN Mandate to operate and therefore disbanded.

That was unlucky.

When the New Avengers were formed 6 months later,  by Cap and Stark, the stripped-down operation was Stark sponsored and funded once-more and operated under a S*H*E*I*L*D  mandate, with paramilitary back-up and logistical support, courtesy of Maria Hill, Cap, Wolverine and NickFury's Tripple (Quadruple) Agent, Spider-Woman Jessica Drew.

Where and when exactly the Jack Kirby-Stan Lee-Jim Steranko UN S*H*E*I*L*D became an agency of the US National Security, I don't know, but it's a matter of record that following 9/11, the War of Terror and Nick Fury's Secret War, things became far worse under Director Maria Hill.

Cap 3 replaces The Superhuman Registration Act with The Sekovia Accords, and replaces the counter-terrorism witch-hunt of the post-9/11 world with the popular will of the sovereign governments  117 nations and says "that's bad."

Well, a similar number of nations - a much larger number, in fact - felt that the Iraq War was illegal and unnecessary and a violation of the Nuremberg Code on Aggressive War.

And Cap 3 moves the putative Seat of World Government (for some reason) from New York City to Vienna - where it is not secure, and where they are immediately attacked and bombed.

That was unlucky.

Nobody trusts or particularly like the UN - this is true.

But uniquely, only Americans are afraid of the UN and are more fearful of it killing them than their own government - the UN is a big committee, and its untrustworthiness is entirely due to it's complete ineffectuality and toothless sea not its ability to impose World Government Totalitarianism. It's effete.

Only in America is the United Nations a credible villain.

Oh, s**t...

2. No Clor.





3. The Iron Spider no-show





4. No Ben Grimm (Perhaps understandable)

Benjamin Grimm, ladies and gentlemen - The Heart of the Marvel-616.

Legally, this was obviously impossible to do - and true, the political act of conscience of The Thing moving to France for the duration of hostilities in the Civil War as a refusenik declaring "Not in My Name", rather than picking a side was a lot funnier and brutally ironic in 2005 than anyone would find resonance with in 2016.

But that moment was just all heart, and that's what made it truly awesome.



5. Lack of any personal history or backstory between Spidey and Cap.


If they don't know each other (and haven't fought together, side by side, for years), Peter Parker's rational betrayal of Captain America (and Steve Rogers)  as fellow heroes and Avengers has absolutely no emotional depth, impact or meaning whatsoever.

This Petey is just a gullible puttz.



6. PUNISHER.








Friday, 27 May 2016

Pancakes

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying,

 This is my body which is given for you: 

this do in remembrance of me.

"Where is pancakes house?"