king of a clandestine kingdom found under your floorboards
The raised floor designed to channel cables and cold air from place to place incites revolt in an immature part of me. He still believes that he will find the secret tunnel that goes from here to another place. He is ready to explore, ramble, and dig right now.
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
…and don’t forget your booties ‘cause it’s cold out there today.
It’s cold out there everyday.
and also happy groundhog day imaginary constructs -mumblelard
manuscripts don’t burn
Despite a backlog of previously acquired and still undocumented thrift store used book scores, this copy of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov demanded immediate attention. Attempts to check this out from the local library have revealed that all cataloged copies have been misplaced in a variety of appropriately hellish bureaucratic ways. I haven’t read The Master and Margerita in more than ten years. This is the first English translation, and I know that it has its critics, but this is the translation that I read previously, and I am excited to read it again.
(gorgeous cover illustration by Robert Goldstrom)
Wait. Five months. Molecules all change. I am other I now.
Other I got pound.
Buzz. Buzz.
But I, entelechy, form of forms, am I by memory because under everchanging forms.
I that sinned and prayed and fasted.
A child Conmee saved from pandies. I, I and I. I.
A.E.I.O.U.
James Joyce (ULYSSES - Scylla and Charybdis)
be seeing you
biological weapons developers and children first
In a nutshell, anyone who received a letter similar to this one was guaranteed a swift exit should a non-fatal nuclear attack occur, followed by relocation to another facility where the BW program could continue. As John Ptak notes, this was essentially a ‘Get Out Of Hell Free’ card.
the escape
(image via Escape from New York)
I Wonder Why the Wonderfalls - Andy Partridge
We teeter along on our tightrope
Some of us trip and damage our heads
Poppin’ pills is really stupefying
Get you crawling when you could be flying
All my life I guess I’ll be dying
Just to know…
I love this show; the opening episode grabbed me with this Andy Partridge theme song and the damaged Mold-A-Rama lion that reminded me of days at the Jacksonville Zoo with my Grandfather. The animal Muses that push and pull Jaye, giving orders without explanation, are an amusing depiction of the forces that pinball through our lives. I would love to see the darker second season with Jaye in the asylum, no longer struggling to defy the voices.
it’s got me laughing now it’s got me crying and also happy friday imaginary constructs -mumblelard
(mp3 via Jossie is a Hottie)
Tomorrow Never Knows - Junior Parker
can you see the difference it’s longer on this side and also happy wednesday imaginary constructs -mumblelard
(via Children of Men)
