1.11.2010

Glory Glory Hallelujah.


3.11.10 - Wreckroom w/ Coalesce, Harvey Milk +1

*This is during but not part of CMW, so no wristbands or any shit like that required. Coalesce hasn't been here since they destroyed Kyle's basement and Club Shanghai in 1998, so let's do this. Also, we're gonna be playing some outta town shit (Kingston, Ottawa, Sudbury, Hamilton...) over Feb/March (specifics coming soon), as well as a local T.O. release show for both the Deranged 7"es. Also, there's been some lewd talk of touring out east with Crux of Aux and west with C'mon in spring/summer, once the LP's out. So if you're someone from out that way who we talked to before about booking shows in your one-horse, one-saloon town, leave a comment and get in touch.

*You can now order Skullgina shirt from Shirtkiller, link >>>>

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Here's to a new year, and an apartment messed up with photo gear just like old times! This is for the cover of our new EP, which is a single from Songs For Burning Lovers called Don't Ever Change. The B-Side, we mighta mentioned, was a slow dance request from some friends in Quebec and LA whose wedding we played over Halloween. It's a Bad Seeds song about evil love called Jack The Ripper. This will be out on Deranged in Feb/March.
...and the domestic version of the demo 7" will be out within a few weeks. Thanks to Barn Burner, Fog of Leprosy, BCBC and everyone at Dees the other night. It was awesome. We did a segment for AUX TV and they taped a bunch of the show. We'll put it up here after it airs in a few weeks and you can surely find it on their site too. We're currently booking a few weekends in Ontario in the next 8 weeks, and tourrrrrrs after that. Here's to good times next weekend with friends in MTL. It's Brazen Hell's 7" release in Sherbrooke, and sadly, Castevets' last show at Barfly in MTL. So if you're near, we'll see you there. We have 2 new shirts, skillfully cranked out by our boys at Astro. We'll have these and a sweet black on black version of the "face" shirt for next weekend (see below) and beyond:
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15.01.10 Sherbrooke QC @ Bar Magog
w/ Brazen Hell (7" Release) & Barn Burner
16.01.10 Montreal - Barfly with Barn Burner & Castevets


11.30.2009

December


05.12.09 - Hard Luck (812 Dundas West - $7 9pm All Ages)
w/Death In Custody (MI), Everything Falls Apart (NY), Sick Error
13.12.09 - Kathedral - Princess Margaret Cancer Research Benefit. PS: the Reverb/Kathedral is closing its doors forever at the end of the month, this is one of the last shows before it becomes either yuppie condos, an American Apparel or 8 sushi bars. RIP Queen St West:
09.01.10 Sneaky Dees Toronto with Barn Burner

After that we probably won't be playing Toronto for at least 8 to 12 days, maybe more, as we'll be recording the LP for Deranged in Jan/Feb. As we said, there's a split 5" with UK's Rot In Hell in the works, if Chris D doesn't go to prison for Incitement to Riot (fingers crossed for you, buddy, seriously). There is a single for the song "Don't Ever Change" coming out on Deranged with a Nick Cave cover on the b-side. Deranged is also putting out the demo 7" domestically, which TDON so lovingly helped us out with in the UK. On foreign shores, you may still be able to get one from them.
Hey. You read books? I don't. No, just kidding - I do! Me Smart! And you know what's a sick book? Kurt Vonnegut's "Armageddon In Retrospect". He pre-arranged it to come out on the one year anniversary of his death. And holy shit, it's a doozy. Check it out some time. Here's a good excerpt.
Nighty-night, K.V. 1922-2007

11.03.2009

JUNGLIST MMMMMMASSIVE!!!


Man Alive! Who knew UK crust punks loved the K & jungle so much? Thanks so fucking much to Pat & Molly, Ash and friends, Jamie TDON and everyone that made the UK come together...



...Front to back, it was awesome and so fun. Cry Havok was the best thing we'd all seen ever, made Disrupt look like the fucking Get Up Kids. Look out for them. The 7" is mostly gone, so you may be able to get them from TDON still. Deranged is in the process of releasing a domestic NA version as well. We're doing a split 5" with Hellion's British bastards Rot In Hell and an EP for Deranged ahead of the LP, featuring a new song as well as Jack The Ripper, the Bad Seeds cover we did for our friends' wedding in Quebec City.

11.05.09 (This Thursday): VARNING! Katacombes, Montreal.
You can't beat this falcon lineup:

BURNING LOVE 1:00-1:45am
COMPLICATIONS 12:10-12:45am
OMEGAS 11:25-11:55pm
MOLESTED YOUTH 10:40-11:10pm
URBAN BLIGHT 9:55-10:25pm
CASTEVETS 9:15-9:40pm
ILEGAL 8:40-9:05pm
VILE INTENT 8:00-8:25pm

11.06.09 (This Friday)at Hard Luck (White Orchid) Toronto:
BCDC LP release, and one of the last Crux of Aux shows.
12.05.09 @ Hard Luck w/Death In Custody, Sick Error
and Everything Falls Apart (Buffalo) 9PM $7.
12.13.09 Fuck Off Cancer at the Kathedral (T.O)
w/Black Faxes, The Klopeks, Outbred Inlaws and Bathurst Queens.

...stay tuned for flyer and more show info.

9.10.2009

New Song, LP, Label, Skull & Vagina News

The Eagle Has Landed

Thursday 15th - The Marquee, Norwich
Saturday 17th - Means To An End festival, Bradford 1in12
Sunday 18th - Yorkshire House, Lancaster
Monday 19th - Retro Bar, Manchester
Tuesday 20th - Rondda Hotel, Porth, Wales
Wednesday 21st - Basement Show, London
Thursday 22nd - Ringside, Hull
Friday 23rd - Venue TBC, Leeds
Saturday 24th - Sherburn Village Community centre, Durham
Sunday 25th - Running Riot Festival, London Underworld
Monday 26th - Wagon & Horses, Birmingham
Tuesday 27th - Engine Room, Brighton
Wednesday 28th - The Forum, Tunbridge Wells

1st Order Of Business:
...this EP is out and you can get it from TDON.
Burning Love. It's kind of a stupid name, right? You kind of hate it? Okay, fair enough. It's not tough, dark, evil, post-ironic, retro hardcore, or even remotely cynical. You'll have to suck it up until you get to know us better. I think that's fair considering all the terrible band names I've silently endured through the years. Seriously now. From the early 90's reign of 2-syllable compound words through the decade of painfully played out tough guy mosh bands with disproportionately apocalyptic, vaguely Christian drama queen names, let's just call it the Tears From the Bleeding Sky of the Broken Angel Wings From Heaven era. And good fucking riddance. Through to the more recent internet age of timid, text-obsessed kids with throat tattoos and Jennifer Love Hewitt hairdos, singy verses and death metal chorus with vaguely glam-influenced names starring any juxtaposed combination of beauty and murder themes (Lipstick & Cosmetics vs Razors, Poison, Bullets, etc), and that lovable overwrought neo thug-core with Clipse-inspired gambling & drug dealing themes for names...which brings us to the modern age - the Reign of the Plurals. I'd like to formally take this opportunity to offer a creative challenge to the hardcore punk and indie rock community. Please, please stop naming your bands after plural nouns. It's getting a bit much. It's definitely a step up from those godawful indie sentence fragment names but the plurals, they are almost entirely exhausted, and may soon be hunted into extinction. How about a nice verb-noun combo, like The Running? In any case, I just wanted to put that out there because we gotta get away from bills that look like this:

Saturday April 15th:
Burning Love, The Everything, Turds, Shoes, I AM the Internet, Apples, The Dust, Molecules, You Are Eating My Face, Band Name. 8PM PWYC

Actually no, Band Name would be a sweet band name. Okay, glad we got that out of the way. Sorry but it had to be said. So, here's a taste of what's coming up on the LP, a demo of a new song, Gain. You like songs about going deaf? Sweet!




We're playing the Friday night of Fucked Up Fest (w/Cro-Mags, FU etc) at the Kathedral and on Sunday Nov. 1st, playing a Quebec City matinee show following our friends' wedding, then A Varning In Montreal festival which includes Japan's mighty DSB, as well as our brahs Vile Intent, Omegas, Castavets and a shit-tonne more. It's at the new and improved Katacombes, which rules, and we play last on the Thursday (November 5th):
BURNING LOVE 1:00-1:45am
UNRULED 12:10-12:45am
OMEGAS 11:25-11:55pm
MOLESTED YOUTH 10:40-11:10pm
URBAN BLIGHT 9:55-10:25pm
CASTEVETS 9:15-9:40pm
ILEGAL 8:40-9:05pm
VILE INTENT 8:00-8:25pm
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SKULLGINA UPDATE

Hey, you like skulls and vaginas? You can order this in short or longsleeve now from 30 Days Of Night:


RECORDS

The Songs For Burning Lovers LP is 90% written, we're looking to recorded this winter at Hotel 2 Tango and it now has a home - we're glad to say it is going to be released on Deranged. Stoked!

Oh hey Jesus Christ, you got huge! Been working out? Where do you sleep in outer space? Watch out for that Nebula!


8.20.2009

A Poutine Checkup Goes Terribly Wrong


URGENT - Tonight in Quebec City moved to a bar, 310 Rue De la Couronne (8PM). And yes, we are still playing Catacombes tomorrow. And we'll have a new batch of tapes for both.

We've been in Montreal since Sunday. Our van Crystal took a shit and died outside Ottawa almost a week ago now, after the angry spirit of a bird we killed started roaming somewhere under the hood. Friends helped us get from there to the Sherbrooke and Friendship Cove shows, and we cut our losses, stayed here and wrote songs all week so as to rejoin forces with Vicious Cycle tonight and tomorrow. Sorry to everyone further east about those few shows we missed. Acts of God, you know? In a related story, we'll be playing a shit-ton of shows coming up to try and make back the epic van repair bill, so stay tuned for the whole list and details.

(see Comments for the whole story)

EPILOGUE - Would you even believe me if I told you it got a lot more complicated after that? Doesn't matter. These things are trifles. We got to QC and it fucking ruled. We are currently in the loving arms of Dan Omegas and JTA, eating probably the best burritos ever invented. But Crystal may be dead. And you know, good riddance. We're renting a van to get home, and may have to torch Crystal while passing through. In a related story, anyone in the Ottawa area want a free van? Needs a little TLC? Huh? Little TLC? Hey? Just a little? Hah? OK, last show with VC coming up right now. The Bovine show is official, Tuesday September 8. No cover. No inhibitions. No age limit. Do it.


AUGUST EAST COAST TOUR
With Vicious Cycle
08.08 - Toronto, ON @ Siesta Nouveaux
08.09 - Hamilton, ON @ the Casbah Lounge
08.10 - Sarnia, ON @ Trinity Lounge
08.12 - St. Catharines, ON @ 73 St.Paul
08.13 - Waterloo, ON @ Commotion House
08.14 - Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Dekcuf w/I Refuse (19+)
08.15 - Sherbrooke, QC at Bar Le Saloon
08.16 - MTL @ Friendship Cove w/Castavets, Kraken...

...& BLDNGS. 8-12 $6 AA. 215A Rue Murray
08.17 - (tba - Moncton NB)
08.18 - Halifax @ Rock Garden. 7PM $7
08.18 - Halifax @ Coconut Grove
08.19 - Charlottetown, PEI @ Benevolent Irish Society
08.20 - Quebec City - Bar De La Couron
08.21 - Montreal, QC @ Katacombes
09.08 (Tues) - Toronto @ The Bovine (19+/11:45)
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Quebec Weekend:
Thank you to Martin & Vile Intent, Omegas, Spoiler, Friendship Cove, Castavets, Andrew & Brazen Hell, Whips, the Pepins, Mark KPP and the Artel in Kingston, Facepavement, everybody else involved in this weekend, and farting. It was a blast. Some of the below August cities/dates are still falling into place, so keep checking back for the proper info as it comes down the line. Here's an interview Hardtimes did outside the Friendship Cove show (and Germans, before you even start - it's a fucking JOKE!) After that, you can scroll down to the very bottom to see "Blow-Up II", a special short film we made just for you.


MORE ONTARIO/QUEBEC SHOWS

05.29.09 London ON at Call The Office
with VCM, The Proof, Lash Out & Shithawks. 19+ 9PM $5!
06.12.09 Montreal at Friendship Cove
with Vile Intent, Totally Stoked (Ireland), Omegas. (AA)
06.13.09 Sherbrooke QC at Le Saloon (244 Dufferin)
with Vile Intent, Brazen Hell, They Were Us
06.14.09 Kingston ON @ the Artel (205 Sydenham St)
bands tba. $5-10 sliding scale. All Ages

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You can get BL shirts, of the design at top right, from Shirtkiller.
Click that shit to get the goods. They'll also have the tapes and ltd colour of the 7" when it's out.
Here's a clip from the 751 Show, thanks to Adam Sewell for this, and everyone that played that night, it was an awesome time.
The tape is out, the record is coming, new jams are in effect,
more shows are being booked and much good shit is going dooowwwwnnn...
....summahtiiime!



7.17.2009

DEMO, LYRICS AND A SHORT INDEPENDENT FILM

April 2009 Demo:

Intro / Lives of the Saints
Alien vs. Creditor
Money Shots
I Don't Like You (Battalion of Saints)
Burning Love

Download link HERE. Available on cassette from Nerve Hold.


SONGS FOR BURNING LOVERS

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

HEY KID HERE’S A SHINY DIME, GET A NEW EMOTION.
YOUR UNSLEPT PARANOID’S BEEN WORKING OVERTIME
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT’S COMING NEXT.
THE SKY IS FALLING, BUT IT ALREADY WAS
AND COUNTING THE DAYS, YOU’RE ONLY SPEEDING IT UP
BUT YOU’RE NO FURTHER AHEAD OR FURTHER BEHIND
– JUST FALLING APART.
LIVES OF THE SAINTS BUT THE DEATH OF THE PARTY.
LIVES OF THE SAINTS, BE THE DEATH OF YOU.
SHINY DIME, HERE’S A SHINY DIME FOR YOU.
SHINY DIME, HERE'S A SHINY DIME, AND
YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME WORDS IN THERE
THAT AREN’T “OBSOLESCENCE”, “SYSTEM” OR “MACHINE
...ARE YOU HOLDING OUT ON ME?
LIVES OF THE SAINTS, BE THE DEATH OF YOU.

BUSTED

MY OH MY WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
A SIGHT FOR SORE YOUNG CATHOLIC EYES.
A FLORAL BED, A SIX PAGE SPREAD,
A MAGDALENE FOR ’88 BURNING IN MY HEAD.
I GOT SECRETS AS GOOD AS A RICH MAN’S.
THOUGHT CRIMES IN THESE NEIGHBORS’ BATHROOMS.
I WAS 15, YOU WERE 28. THIS USED TO BE SUCH A NICE STREET.
BUT NOW THEY LOCK THE BATHROOM DOORS
AND ANYTHING THAT ISN’T NAILED DOWN.
THE BAKKER IS OUT, THE DOCTOR IS IN.
THE GREAT WHITE HOPE IS AT IT AGAIN.
THE BAKKER IS OUT, BUT I’VE GOT IT IN HAND.
CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY, I’M LOST IN THE EYES.
HAND ON THE DOOR TURNS, I’M TAKING MY TIME.
CAUGHT RED-HANDED OVER YOU.
GUILTY, GUILTY, THROUGH AND THROUGH
AND I’M BUSTED.
SPLAYED OUT AND DEFIANT,
MOUTHING THE WORDS TO LIFE LESSONS,
YOU SAY “FUCK IT, HOLD ON TO YOUR SHAME, SON.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED IT WHEN WE INHERIT THE EARTH.”
BEEN BUSTED, THROUGH AND THROUGH.
BEEN BUSTED, THROUGH AND THROUGH.
RED-HANDED OVER YOU.

INTERNET EXPLODER

WAITING. WAITING. WAITING.
WAITING FOR THE MIRACLE, BUT NOTHING COMES OUT.
I’M HANGING UP ON THE DETAILS.
BUT NOTHING COMES OUT, NOTHING COMES OUT,
CAUSE THIS IS NO PLACE AND YOU AINT NOWHERE
FOR TAKING QUESTIONS.
& ALL MY FRIENDS LIVE IN TWO DIMENSIONS NOW.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN THEM SINCE.
THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT
WE HAD THE PROPHETS IN OUR THROATS.
BUT THEY AIN’T GODS, THEY JUST CRACKED THE CODES,
AND GAVE YOU...EVERYTHING?
TAP INTO THE CRANE SHOT,
WHAT THE CROWS SEE WHEN THEY LOOK DOWN.
IT’S EASY. SO EASY.
NEVER BEEN SO EASY LOOKING UP FROM THE GROUND.
I’M HANGING UP ON THE DETAILS.
I’M STRUNG UP ON THE HIGH SPEED WIRES.
FUTURE FUTURE BURNING BRIGHT
I’M SICK OF ALL THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
HAVEN’T SEEN THEM SINCE.
WE WERE CONVINCED THAT
WE HAD THE PROPHETS IN OUR THROATS.
BUT THEY AIN’T GODS, THEY JUST CRACKED THE CODES,
AND GAVE US EVERYTHING -
WE WANTED EVERYTHING, NOW WE GOT EVERYTHING.
NOW WE GOT EVERYTHING BUT REAL LIVE FLESH AND BLOOD.
NOW WE’VE GOT EVERYTHING BUT.
GET LOST GOING NOWHERE FAST.

ALIEN VS. CREDITOR

I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT.
I GOT YOUR NAME ON MY LIST.
YOU’VE FALLEN OFF. YOU’RE AT THE TOP.
AT THE TOP OF THE SHIT LIST.
CALL THE NUMBER 12 TIMES A DAY
AND LET IT RING TILL YOU MAP OUT KILLING ME
BUT FOR ALL THE BIG TALK, IT AIN’T THAT PERSONAL, BABY.
WE’RE DOING OUR JOB HERE, JUST DOING OUR JOB.
I’M DOING MY JOB SIR.
SAID THE SPIDER TO THE FLY:
YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE.
YOU WILL MISS MY HATEFUL SONG.
YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE.
YOU WILL MISS MY THREATENING TONE.”
WE'RE DOING OUR JOB HERE, JUST DOING OUR JOB.
I'M DOING MY JOB, SIR.
IT’S THE CHASE AND NOT THE CATCH,
IT'S THE THREATENING OF BLOOD FROM STONE.
RING. RING. RING RING RING RING...
WE’RE KILLING THE LANDLINE.
WE’RE BREAKING THE BLOODLINE.
BREAKING THE BANK.
RING. RING. RING RING RING - "IT’S THE BANK".

MONEY SHOTS

YOU GIVE, YOU GIVE ME – NO SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF.
YOU MADE A GRAVEYARD OF THE PLACES I CUT MY TEETH.
YOUNG MEN I THINK WE HAVE BEEN CHEATED.
THESE GLASS-EYED RAGDOLLS DON’T EVEN TRY.
IS THIS IT? ALL TRACTION, NO ACTION?
WITH ALL THE GRACE OF MELTING CANDLES,
YOU TOOK 42ND STREET AND NAILED ITS COFFIN SHUT.
YOUNG MEN I THINK WE HAVE BEEN CHEATED.
THESE SHAVED RUBBER RAGDOLLS DON’T EVEN TRY.
SO WHERE’S THE 4TH WALL?
WHERE’S THE GREEN DOOR, HONEY?
HONEY, WHERE’S THE LOVELIGHT IN YOUR EYES?
WELCOME TO HELL - ALL HOLE, NO GLORY.

CURSE BREAKER

BLACK CATS STREAM ACROSS YOUR PATH
YOU COUNT THEM AS YOU GO
13 TIMES IN 13 DAYS, 13 STEPS TO NOWHERE, YOU THINK
SOMEONE'S TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
SOMEONE'S SEEN YOUR RIGHTS & WRONGS
AINT NO ONE THERE TO TELL YOU NOTHING
YOU'VE JUST HEARD TOO MANY SONGS.
NO GODS ABOVE, NO HEXES FROM BELOW
NO SCAPEGOATS IN THE SKY FOR YOU
NO FATE. NO FATE. NO FATE. NO WAY.
NO SCAPEGOATS IN THE SKY
WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO DIE
LIGHTING STRIKES BURNED DOWN YOUR HOUSE
YOU THINK YOU'RE NEXT IN LINE.
AVOID THE CRACKS AND BROKEN BACKS
YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH & CROSS YOUR FINGERS
CONNOISSEUR OF BROKEN MIRRORS,
IT AINT LUCK KEEPING YOU ALIVE
THIS LIGHTNING FINDS YOU OUT
THE MORE YOU TRY TO HIDE
NO GODS ABOVE, NO HEXES FROM BELOW
NO SCAPEGOATS IN THE SKY FOR YOU
NO FATE. NO FATE. NO FATE. NO WAY.
NO SCAPEGOATS IN THE SKY
OUR SUPERSTITIONS GET US BY
BUT SON - YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.
13 STEPS TO NOWHERE.

BURNING LOVE

GOT A BURNING LOVE, AND I'M BURNING UP INSIDE
I GOT DIRTY BLOOD, DIRTY FEELINGS I CAN'T HIDE
AT NIGHT, THESE PRYING EYES
TEMPTATION BURNING UP MY MIND
HEAT-SEEKING X-RAY EYES, NIGHT VISION X-RAY EYES
I GOT THIS BURNING IN MY MIND
THE FATHER'S BLOOD RUNNING THROUGH ME
THE FATHER'S BLOOD, IT'S GONNA DO ME IN
I CAN'T WIN - SO SUCK ME DOWN AGAIN
INTO THIS TWO WAY GLASS
WHERE ALL'S FOR SALE AND NOTHING LASTS
I'VE GOT THIS BURNING LOVE
I'VE GOT THIS BURNING LOVE
TEMPTATION BURNING UP MY MIND
I'VE GOT THIS DIRTY BLOOD
I'VE GOT THIS BURNING LOVE
NIGHT VISIONS TEARING UP MY EYES
AND I CAN'T HIDE.

THE NEEDLE

WE HAD IT ALL SO EASY,
YOU SHOT IT UP AND SHOT IT DOWN.
ALMOST PULLED IT OFF, BUT IT PULLED YOU IN
- SO WHO'S TO BLAME - FOR THE
WEIGHTS YOU HUNG AROUND YOUR NECK?
THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE WE
CANONIZED THE TRAINWRECK.
JUST SHOW UP FOR THE SOUNDCHECK.
IN A DARK ROOM WHERE YOUR WEEKS
THEY PASS LIKE SECONDS.
DIGGING THAT GRAVE FOR ALL THESE YEARS,
WHAT MAKES IT A TRAGEDY NOW
THAT YOU HIT THE BOTTOM, FORCED OUT
THE ONES THAT COULD HAVE HELPED?
THIS NEEDLE MADE A LIAR OF YOU.
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE STICKING IT TO
BUT YOURSELF?
WE HAD IT ALL SO EASY
YOU SHOT IT UP AND DOWN
LIKE A BODY IN A CASKET
UNFAMILIAR AND DEFLATED
THIS DISTORTION OF SOMEONE THAT I ONCE KNEW
THE LAST AND ONLY WAY I'LL REMEMBER YOU.

DEATH MASK FACTORY

We have optioned the past, left no stone unturned

Remade your world to death, so get down or get burned

And everything old is new again...

We. We breathe new death

Into the culture void, we commit this mess

Propped up again - off the screen & down your throat

Cannibalized, dumbed down and resized for easy gain

Money talks as Hollywood eats its own again

Cannibalized, dumbed down and resized for easy gain

In the death mask factory they work around the clock

To keep us safe from the menace of creation

and the threat of new ideas

(if these faithless drones could talk)

You can't dumb it down enough,

you can't insult me if I'm dead

So give me the safe caress of lazy nostalgia trips

and clockwork repackaged scripts -

You can't dumb it down enough,

can't insult me if I'm dead

Propped up again - off the screen and down your throat

Cannibalized, dumbed down and resized for easy gain

Money talks as hollywood eats its own again

Cannibalized, dumbed down and resized for easy gain

They just left it running when nobody asked for more.


DESTROYER OF WORLDS (OPPENHEIMER BLUES)


What thou hath wrought with these two hands,

the great undoing of every man

The toil of fourteen billion years snuffed out in a flash

They watched the birth with faith devout

They cut the cord and locked you out

She's everybody's baby now - and baby, it's gonna crash.

A big bang that the gods could see.

The fix is in, the Prime Mover is out.

We don't need your sun no more,

we've got 10000 suns down here.

Prometheus in a downward slide,

Hiroshima's sons want to know why

But they changed the locks & won't take your calls

You can't do these ghosts no good at all.

Now I Am Become Death

I had nine lives when I got to this town

and God only knows what it's down to now

But spare the bomb and spoil the child

(I tried to take it back).

He drops his eyes and leans in tight

with words to echo all your nights.

At the first flash of the blinding lights, he says:

"We're all sons of bitches now." Always.

You're a sinking sun. You're a setting sun. The lucky one.


("We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." - R.O.)
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& "Blow-Up II" - A special movie just for you.
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