January 2012
37 posts
veritæther: Today in "I didn't know they were Black!!": Ludwig Van Beethoven →
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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who conquered parts of Europe—making…
H-uh. Learn something new every day.
On Power
I have a mathematical mind, so I like to perceive things in terms of numbers. And when my mind turns to politics, with all the facets and influences that come into the interactions of otherwise complete strangers, it all seems to resolve down to a single value.
That value is power. From its simplest, though perhaps least humble beginnings, our society has been built on increasingly abstract applications of power. Let me take you on a tour of its history.
A marvelous and, if I may say so, entirely true exposé on the development of power in our society, and the subsequent manifestation of distinct social classes.
carpe diem: My President →
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1. Got Osama bin laden…check
2. unemployment rate down to 8.5%…check
3. 1.6 million jobs created with no GOP help…check
4. 22 months of job and economic growth…check
5. Ended war in Iraq …check
6. DADT repeal…check
7. Not one tax hike in 3 years….check
8. Same wife for 15 years with no extra…
The cost of religious tolerance
An insightful post that rings true. There’s no way I’m not going to reblog this; this is the kind of post that people need to read.
I've been wondering
Should Dirk get his own version of Horschestra? How many of you would actually want to hear that? I told myself I’d never touch that tune again but here I’d be willing to make an exception.
Heh, I was honestly expecting a version of Horschestra for Dirk after his intro page came out. So yeah, that’d be a neat thing to do.
The Earthen Scar Preview 1
A couple days ago I mentioned a concept album that some tracks from the Rose album (Seer) had been repurposed for. This is a preview of about the first third of the album so far. Pieces in order are: “On the Edge of the Miasma,” “The Ashen Tower,” “Stone Cavern Symphony,” and “Boreal Plain.” The story follows a young sorceress named Annette and her family golem/homunculus Corvus as she investigates her parents’ disappearance amidst the spread of a magic air-based plague of undeath called the Miasma.
Welp, here’s another thing to look forward to!
Batman's such a drama queen.
Just….. all of this. All of it, sans the “Dark Knight”.
Condesce's Lament
The end of one empire, the conception of another.
Nat Always: Directions for Life →
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Find a starting point ladies and gentlemen. You’re about to enter the real world and it may be a bit bumpy.
- Start off slow, don’t go too fast. Head straight. Don’t look back or you’ll be tempted to stay behind.
- If you run into a whore, feel free to fuck ‘em (or don’t). Call it a pit stop.
- …
Nevermore (Can't Sleep, Crows Will Find Me)
So it begins.
TG: i was in this dark place surrounded by this big flock of crows
TG: god this is so generically morbid
TG: im sorry in advance for exposing you to my unconscious minds retarded cliches
TT: It’s ok.
TT: They wouldn’t be cliches if they didn’t comprise the unanimously understood bedrock of phallic symbolism, with no other viable interpretation.
TG: well obviously i knew the birds were just black screaming sky dongs just hear me out
TG: i kept dying
TG: there kept being these traps like i would go one way and get my head chopped off
TG: or go another way and get stabbed or whatever
TG: and every time i died the dream reset itself and i was standing there alive and ready to try to escape again
TG: but each time i would be watching myself from the vantage point of a different crow
TG: like i was the crow all squawking around in circles like a macabre flapping douche
TG: and i would always watch myself try to do something different to dodge the trap but i always ended up dead
Listen
A theme for Tavros, focusing on a different angle than usual. The idea behind it being a desire to fulfill his own imagination, being a hero with backbone and a friend to all, but that not coming to fruition because there’ll always be someone to put him down, and he couldn’t handle any of it in the first place.
This is my first contest entry, hopefully I’ll be able to make two more equally decent ones by the deadline.
