#Burroughsian

[kajapopko123456]

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within review by Kaja Popko

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within explores the life of a Beat writer who was arguably the grittiest and most bedeviling of the group. Despite his association with punk and grunge, Burroughs's work was lyrically plaintive and his voice provided a window to his ineffable sadness. The documentary features interviews with Burroughs and his admirers, but they frustratingly only alight on his literary significance when speaking in terms of personal influence. Leyser attempts to equate Burroughs's gun fetishism with Hunter S. Thompson's recklessness, but Burroughs's most accomplished fiction was the boiling run-off of his inner-demon-induced sweat. Burroughs epitomized the 20th-century ideal of the over-educated libertine and forever changed the conversation about sexual orientation, but his last boyfriend recounts an evening where he confessed his love, only to be laughingly dismissed. A Man Within persuasively argues that Burroughs's most dangerous addiction might have been the refusal of love.

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[henghost]

Twig Liveblog for Arc 4

feels as though we are now in "classic wildbow" territory where everything is happening so fast and yet, chapter by chapter, it feels like nothing is happening at all. i wish he'd show a little more deference to the concepts of "word economy" and "show don't tell," but alas, i suppose i knew what i was signing up for.

it was cool to see what academies beside radham look like, plus i enjoyed the details about the "chemical leash" in the water--it's almost a kind of burroughsian notion. this a control society, not a disciplinary society, and its engine of control is addiction.

genevieve fray is cool. i'll cop to enjoying a good "understated" villain. she's also another antagonist for whom i wouldn't mind being an acolyte: i think she is fundamentally right. i certainly understand why the lambs decided in the end to decline her invitation, but c'mon everyone, can't you see that it would be so much cooler if you teamed up! it's another very wildbowian trope to have an antagonist narrowly escape only to cackle maniacally and swear to return in one year's time (figuratively).

i'm curious to see how the "revolts" will play out. it will hurt to see my little guys commit more immoral acts and suffer abuse at the academy's hands 😭😭😭 i'd also like to meet more Creatures. the hangman was a good little bump but the cravings are starting up again.

[floridakilo]

lately ive been tormented by the desire to dispose of all my possesions that cant fit into a single suitcase following graduation and then travel the usa and world for a year in a burroughsian kerouacian quest for personal/spiritual  freedom but then again...

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

#20yrsago Weezer’s symbolic value https://web.archive.org/web/20190519021721/https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~mustaste/weezerthesis.htm

#15yrsago Griefers deface epilepsy message-board with seizure-inducing animations https://www.wired.com/2008/03/hackers-assault-epilepsy-patients-via-computer/

#15yrsago London’s Spitalfields market: shoot the architecture, we take away your camera https://memex.craphound.com/2008/03/30/remixed-generic-thrift-store-clothes/

#15yrsago Remixed generic thrift-store clothes https://memex.craphound.com/2008/03/30/remixed-generic-thrift-store-clothes/

#10yrsago Embarrassingly obvious undercover cops take to Twitter looking for house shows https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/03/boston-police-catfishing-indie-rockers-cops-pose-as-punks-on-the-internet.html

#10yrsago Mr Unpronounceable Adventures, spectacularly weird graphic novel in a Lovecraftian/Burroughsian vein https://memex.craphound.com/2013/03/30/mr-unpronounceable-adventures-spectacularly-weird-graphic-novel-in-a-lovecraftian-burroughsian-vein/

#10yrsago Group whose Wikipedia entry was deleted for non-notability threatens lawsuit against Wikipedian who participated in the discussion https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/the-institute-for-cultural-diplomacy-and-wikipedia

#5yrsago Georgia criminalizes routine security research https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/georgia-passes-anti-infosec-legislation

#5yrsago Trump administration will require every visitor to the USA to divulge all social media identities https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-29/us-to-seek-social-media-details-from-all-visa-applicants

#5yrsago Facebook deathwatch: a decade ago, it was impossible to imagine the fall of Myspace https://memex.craphound.com/2018/03/30/facebook-deathwatch-a-decade-ago-it-was-impossible-to-imagine-the-fall-of-myspace/

#5yrsago Oklahoma teachers walk out, sensing weakness from GOP legislators who caved on taxing the oil industry https://jacobin.com/2018/03/oklahoma-teachers-strike-west-virginia/

#5yrsago Referendums and low-engagement voters produce catastrophic outcomes (but what about corruption?) https://timharford.com/2018/03/how-referendums-break-democracies/

#5yrsago Five years after Google conquered and abandoned RSS, the news-reader ecosystem is showing green shoots https://www.wired.com/story/rss-readers-feedly-inoreader-old-reader/

#5yrsago “Kingpin: The Hunt for El Chapo”: Game designers review the CIA’s declassified tabletop training game https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kjkx8/cia-el-chapo-kingpin-board-game-review

#1yrago Hackers’ code-free exploit: pretend to be cops https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/30/lawful-interception/#edrs

[foxsoulcourt]

Published in November 1985, though originally written in the early '50s, Burroughs' book centres on William Lee, a gay drug addict drifting from bar to bar in Mexico City, subsisting on GI benefits and paychecks from part-time jobs. “As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humour and the Ugly American at his ugliest,” reads an official blurb. “A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets.”

[unfeaturedfilms]

My favorite part of Letterboxd is following people who write about obscure horror movies in a register that I can only describe as Burroughsian

[umabreakdown]

I've been playing the RE2 remake to relax recently, enjoying the series' best t4t representation of Leon and Ava. I should plug here that my Twink Abuse narrative "The Speculative Dismemberment of Leon Kennedy" is included in (and also gives the title to) the publication "A Wet and Heavy Noise" from Market Gallery (Glasgow). Part reworking of Dracula, part Burroughsian RE4 /fic, it's one of my favourite pieces of writing.

[odk-2]

William S. Burroughs w/ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - The Junky's Christmas (1993) William S. Burroughs (words) / Michael Franti (music) / Rono Tse (music) from: "Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales" (LP|CD)

Spoken Word | Hip-Hop

JukehostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: William S. Burroughs: Narration Pete Scaturro: Hammond Organ The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: Instrumentation / Sampling / Programming (Michael Franti and Rono Tse)

Produced Hal Willner / The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Length: 15min:55sec Size: 37MB

Recorded: @ The Hairball 3 Studio in Lawrence, Kansas USA during 1993

Released: on September 28, 1993

Island Records Red Label 4th & Broadway (Island Records)

Text from chapter of the same name in "Interzone" (1989) Viking Penguin Press © William S. Burroughs

A collaboration between Burroughs, producer Hal Willner, and politico-rappers Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. It features Burroughs reading excerpts from seven of his books set to music by the Heroes, mostly a slow, lazy funk that sounds like it was lifted from a '70s blaxploitation soundtrack. Highlights include the 16-minute, decidedly Burroughsian holiday treat "A Junky's Christmas" and "Words of Advice for Young People," which first appeared on the "Smack My Crack" collection, minus the music. - William I. Lengeman III (AllMusic.Com)

[cruel-nature-records]

OUT NOW!

OMNIBAEL ‘Rain Soaks The Earth Where They Lie’ (DL/MC – limited to 60)

https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rain-soaks-the-earth-where-they-lie

Last seen on 2021’s split with NYC noise-punks, Lip Critic, Stoke’s Omnibael enter 2022 with a raging debut, developing further the dark dense industrial nihilism with Burroughsian cut-ups, tape loops and gnarly noise. And whilst that may dominate the album, it’s the percussion that kills. Armed with a host of drum machines and samplers, they create a barrage of beats that hammer away amidst a murky cacophony of dense, disturbing sound. And it’s heavy as hell, particularly with the vocals which are by turns shrieking demonic and droning atonal. FFO Godflesh; Throbbing Gristle; The Body; early Swans

'very, very necessary' - Aural Aggravation

[mysteries-x-mistakes]

Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997): Planetary Romance

Tales set on other planets are customarily classed as Science Fiction, and indeed most are; but there has long been one type, the planetary romance (a label which dates from the 1970s but refers to a much older phenomenon), which readers have felt belongs at least partly to fantasy, or rather to Science Fantasy. Planetary Romances are stories of adventure set almost entirely on the surface of some alien world, with an emphasis on swordplay (or similar), Monsters, telepathy (see Talents) or other under-explained "Magic", and near-human alien civilizations which often resemble those of Earth's pre-technological past (featuring royal dynasties, theocracies, etc.). The hero is usually from Earth, but the means of his or her "translation" to the far planet is often supernatural rather than technological, involving flying carpets, astral projection, angel-power and kindred devices. Spaceships are sometimes mentioned, but the complete lack of interest shown in the mechanics of space travel is one of the principal features distinguishing Planetary Romance from space opera (which may be fantastic and illogical in its own ways); super-scientific spacecraft and other mighty machines are central to space opera, but rarely feature in planetary romance.

The Planetary Romance’s most important line of evolution after Burroughs was in the science fantasy Magazines. Here, talented writers such as Leigh Brackett and her occasional collaborator Ray Bradbury were to bring the form to its most romantic pitch. Brackett's The Sword of Rhiannon (1949 Thrilling Wonder Stories; 1953) is representative of her stylish best, while Bradbury's famous The Martian Chronicles (fixup 1950; vt The Silver Locusts UK) returns Burroughsian Planetary Romance to its roots in true science fiction via a series of moral tales which are as much comments about life on Earth as about any imaginary planetary venue. A lighter, more humorous, version of Planetary Romance also developed in the science fiction magazines of the period, reaching book form in such works as Cosmic Manhunt (1954) by L Sprague de Camp, Big Planet (1952 Startling Stories; cut 1957) by Jack Vance and The Green Odyssey (1957) by Philip José Farmer. Many of Vance's subsequent novels have been Planetary Romances, as have been a number by de Camp and Farmer.

Thereafter, the history of Planetary Romance is, by and large, the history of a science fiction form. In its most serious examples, like Ursula K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and Brian Aldiss's Helliconia trilogy (1982-1985), the Planetary Romance has mutated into science fiction, and is hence beyond the scope of this encyclopedia. Nevertheless, something of the old Burroughsian spirit of fantasy endures in a number of popular series, notably Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover and Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern. These are science fiction at its most romantic and fantastic, though sometimes leavened with feminist themes (see Gender); their popularity has moved numerous younger writers (particularly women) to emulate them – thus ensuring a future for a century-old tradition. 

this entry is taken from the Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) edited by John Clute and John Grant. Source: sf-encyclopedia . uk / fe.php?nm=planetary_romance

[cryptoheard]

New York's Spring Break Art Show returns with a bevy of bawdy and bodily projects

New York’s Spring Break Art Show returns with a bevy of bawdy and bodily projects

The 2022 edition of the Spring Break Art Show (7-12 September) marks the 11th anniversary of the curator-led fair. The event returns to the former Ralph Lauren offices at 625 Madison Avenue with the Burroughsian title Naked Lunch prompting bookish, sociopolitical and art historical references throughout the presentations from around 110 exhibitors. “The title alludes to works based on the…

[automagick]

The purpose of lorem ipsum is to create a natural looking block of text (sentence, paragraph, page, etc.) that doesn't distract from the layout. A practice not without controversy, laying out pages with meaningless filler text can be very useful when the focus is meant to be on design, not content.

The passage experienced a surge in popularity during the 1960s when Letraset used it on their dry-transfer sheets, and again during the 90s as desktop publishers bundled the text with their software. Today it's seen all around the web; on templates, websites, and stock designs. Use our generator to get your own, or read on for the authoritative history of lorem ipsum.

       Origins and Discovery      

Lorem ipsum began as scrambled, nonsensical Latin derived from Cicero's 1st-century BC text De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum.

         Hedonist Roots      

Until recently, the prevailing view assumed lorem ipsum was born as a nonsense text. “It's not Latin, though it looks like it, and it actually says nothing,” Before & After magazine answered a curious reader, “Its ‘words’ loosely approximate the frequency with which letters occur in English, which is why at a glance it looks pretty real.”

As Cicero would put it, “Um, not so fast.”

The placeholder text, beginning with the line “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit”, looks like Latin because in its youth, centuries ago, it was Latin.

Richard McClintock, a Latin scholar from Hampden-Sydney College, is credited with discovering the source behind the ubiquitous filler text. In seeing a sample of lorem ipsum, his interest was piqued by consectetur—a genuine, albeit rare, Latin word. Consulting a Latin dictionary led McClintock to a passage from De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (“On the Extremes of Good and Evil”), a first-century B.C. text from the Roman philosopher Cicero.

In particular, the garbled words of lorem ipsum bear an unmistakable resemblance to sections 1.10.32–33 of Cicero's work, with the most notable passage excerpted below:

“Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem.”

A 1914 English translation by Harris Rackham reads:

“Nor is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure.”

McClintock's eye for detail certainly helped narrow the whereabouts of lorem ipsum's origin, however, the “how and when” still remain something of a mystery, with competing theories and timelines.

   McClintock wrote to Before & After to explain his discovery;

“What I find remarkable is that this text has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since some printer in the 1500s took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book; it has survived not only four centuries of letter-by-letter resetting but even the leap into electronic typesetting, essentially unchanged except for an occasional 'ing' or 'y' thrown in. It's ironic that when the then-understood Latin was scrambled, it became as incomprehensible as Greek; the phrase 'it's Greek to me' and 'greeking' have common semantic roots!” (The editors published his letter in a correction headlined “Lorem Oopsum”).

As an alternative theory, (and because Latin scholars do this sort of thing) someone tracked down a 1914 Latin edition of De Finibus which challenges McClintock's 15th century claims and suggests that the dawn of lorem ipsum was as recent as the 20th century. The 1914 Loeb Classical Library Edition ran out of room on page 34 for the Latin phrase “dolorem ipsum” (sorrow in itself). Thus, the truncated phrase leaves one page dangling with “do-”, while another begins with the now ubiquitous “lorem ipsum”.

Whether a medieval typesetter chose to garble a well-known (but non-Biblical—that would have been sacrilegious) text, or whether a quirk in the 1914 Loeb Edition inspired a graphic designer, it's admittedly an odd way for Cicero to sail into the 21st century.

       Meaning of Lorem Ipsum      

Lorem ipsum was purposefully designed to have no meaning, but appear like real text, making it the perfect placeholder.

         Interpreting Nonsense      

Don't bother typing “lorem ipsum” into Google translate. If you already tried, you may have gotten anything from "NATO" to "China", depending on how you capitalized the letters. The bizarre translation was fodder for conspiracy theories, but Google has since updated its “lorem ipsum” translation to, boringly enough, “lorem ipsum”.

One brave soul did take a stab at translating the almost-not-quite-Latin. According to The Guardian, Jaspreet Singh Boparai undertook the challenge with the goal of making the text “precisely as incoherent in English as it is in Latin - and to make it incoherent in the same way”. As a result, “the Greek 'eu' in Latin became the French 'bien' [...] and the '-ing' ending in 'lorem ipsum' seemed best rendered by an '-iendum' in English.”

Here is the classic lorem ipsum passage followed by Boparai's odd, yet mesmerizing version:

“Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam hendrerit nisi sed sollicitudin pellentesque. Nunc posuere purus rhoncus pulvinar aliquam. Ut aliquet tristique nisl vitae volutpat. Nulla aliquet porttitor venenatis. Donec a dui et dui fringilla consectetur id nec massa. Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed ut dui ut lacus dictum fermentum vel tincidunt neque. Sed sed lacinia lectus. Duis sit amet sodales felis. Duis nunc eros, mattis at dui ac, convallis semper risus. In adipiscing ultrices tellus, in suscipit massa vehicula eu.”

Boparai's version:

“Rrow itself, let it be sorrow; let him love it; let him pursue it, ishing for its acquisitiendum. Because he will ab hold, uniess but through concer, and also of those who resist. Now a pure snore disturbeded sum dust. He ejjnoyes, in order that somewon, also with a severe one, unless of life. May a cusstums offficer somewon nothing of a poison-filled. Until, from a twho, twho chaffinch may also pursue it, not even a lump. But as twho, as a tank; a proverb, yeast; or else they tinscribe nor. Yet yet dewlap bed. Twho may be, let him love fellows of a polecat. Now amour, the, twhose being, drunk, yet twhitch and, an enclosed valley’s always a laugh. In acquisitiendum the Furies are Earth; in (he takes up) a lump vehicles bien.”

Nick Richardson described the translation “like extreme Mallarmé, or a Burroughsian cut-up, or a paragraph of Finnegans Wake. Bits of it have surprising power: the desperate insistence on loving and pursuing sorrow, for instance, that is cheated out of its justification – an incomplete object that has been either fished for, or wished for.”

       Usage and Examples      

Lorem ipsum was popularized in the 1960s with Letraset's dry-transfer sheets, and later entered the digital world via Aldus PageMaker.

         Digital Ipsum      

The decade that brought us Star Trek and Doctor Who also resurrected Cicero—or at least what used to be Cicero—in an attempt to make the days before computerized design a little less painstaking.

The French lettering company Letraset manufactured a set of dry-transfer sheets which included the lorem ipsum filler text in a variety of fonts, sizes, and layouts. These sheets of lettering could be rubbed on anywhere and were quickly adopted by graphic artists, printers, architects, and advertisers for their professional look and ease of use.

Aldus Corporation, which later merged with Adobe Systems, ushered lorem ipsum into the information age with its desktop publishing software Aldus PageMaker. The program came bundled with lorem ipsum dummy text for laying out page content, and other word processors like Microsoft Word followed suit. More recently the growth of web design has helped proliferate lorem ipsum across the internet as a placeholder for future text—and in some cases the final content (this is why we proofread, kids).

       Controversy in the Design World      

Some claim lorem ipsum threatens to promote design over content, while others defend its value in the process of planning.

         Design or (Dis)content      

Among design professionals, there's a bit of controversy surrounding the filler text. Controversy, as in Death to Lorem Ipsum.

The strength of lorem ipsum is its weakness: it doesn't communicate. To some, designing a website around placeholder text is unacceptable, akin to sewing a custom suit without taking measurements. Kristina Halvorson notes:

“I’ve heard the argument that “lorem ipsum” is effective in wireframing or design because it helps people focus on the actual layout, or color scheme, or whatever. What kills me here is that we’re talking about creating a user experience that will (whether we like it or not) be DRIVEN by words. The entire structure of the page or app flow is FOR THE WORDS.”

Lorem ipsum is so ubiquitous because it is so versatile. Select how many paragraphs you want, copy, paste, and break the lines wherever it is convenient. Real copy doesn't work that way.

As front-end developer Kyle Fiedler put it:

“When you are designing with Lorem Ipsum, you diminish the importance of the copy by lowering it to the same level as any other visual element. The text simply becomes another supporting role, serving to make other aspects more aesthetic. Instead of your design enhancing the meaning of the content, your content is enhancing your design.”

But despite zealous cries for the demise of lorem ipsum, others, such as Karen McGrane, offer appeals for moderation:

“Lorem Ipsum doesn’t exist because people think the content is meaningless window dressing, only there to be decorated by designers who can’t be bothered to read. Lorem Ipsum exists because words are powerful. If you fill up your page with draft copy about your client’s business, they will read it. They will comment on it. They will be inexorably drawn to it. Presented the wrong way, draft copy can send your design review off the rails.”

And that’s why a 15th century typesetter might have scrambled a passage of Cicero; he wanted people to focus on his fonts, to imagine their own content on the pages. He wanted people to see, and to get them to see he had to keep them from reading.

       When to Use Lorem Ipsum      

Generally, lorem ipsum is best suited to keeping templates from looking bare or minimizing the distractions of draft copy.

         Form Over Function      

So when is it okay to use lorem ipsum? First, lorem ipsum works well for staging. It's like the props in a furniture store—filler text makes it look like someone is home. The same Wordpress template might eventually be home to a fitness blog, a photography website, or the online journal of a cupcake fanatic. Lorem ipsum helps them imagine what the lived-in website might look like.

Second, use lorem ipsum if you think the placeholder text will be too distracting. For specific projects, collaboration between copywriters and designers may be best, however, like Karen McGrane said, draft copy has a way of turning any meeting about layout decisions into a discussion about word choice. So don't be afraid to use lorem ipsum to keep everyone focused.

One word of caution: make sure your client knows that lorem ipsum is filler text. You don't want them wondering why you filled their website with a foreign language, and you certainly don't want anyone prematurely publishing it.

       Lorem Ipsum All the Things      

Coming full circle, the internet's remixing of the now infamous lorem ipsum passage has officially elevated it to pop culture status.

         Because it's the Internet      

There was that time artists at Sequence opted to hand-Sharpie the lorem ipsum passage on a line of paper bags they designed for Chipotle—the result being a mixture of avant-garde, inside joke, and Sharpie-stained tables. Those with an eye for detail may have caught a tribute to the classic text in an episode of Mad Men (S6E1 around 1:18:55 for anyone that didn't). And here is a lorem ipsum tattoo.

Of course, we'd be remiss not to include the veritable cadre of lorem ipsum knock offs featuring:

Bacon Ipsum – Served all day. “Bacon ipsum dolor amet chicken turducken spare ribs.”

Hipster Ipsum – In case you're in need of a “shoreditch direct trade four dollar toast copper mug.”

Corporate Ipsum – “Leveraging agile frameworks to provide a robust synopsis” from eight to five.

Legal Ipsum – Fully unlicensed legalese for those times you don't want to pay $400/hr.

Not to mention, Cupcake Ipsum, Bob Ross Ipsum (“happy little clouds”), and the furry Cat Ipsum. And in case that's not enough, check out our very own Ultimate List of Lorem Ipsum Generators.

So there you have it. Lorem ipsum: the nonsense words unable to fully escape meaning.

       Original Source Text      

Below are the original Latin passages from which Lorem Ipsum was derived, paired with their 1914 translations by H. Rackham.

         Section 1.10.32 of Cicero's “De finibus bonorum et malorum”      

Original Latin text:

“Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos, qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet consectetur adipisci[ng] velit, sed quia non numquam [do] eius modi tempora inci[di]dunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit, qui in ea voluptate velit esse, quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum, qui dolorem eum fugiat, quo voluptas nulla pariatur?”

[iamghostwriter]

Cannot Wait for this one! Cole Turner has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn’t prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true, from the JFK assassination to flat Earth theory and reptilian shapeshifters. One organization has been covering them up for generations. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth? Bestselling writer JAMES TYNION IV (Batman, Something is Killing the Children) debuts his first Image ONGOING SERIES alongside breakout artist MARTIN SIMMONDS (Dying is Easy)! "Genuinely one of the best comics you'll read this year. Do not miss it." —Scott Snyder "A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Men in Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers." —Forbes "A new conspiracy thriller comic that should appeal to anyone with a fondness for The X-Files." —IGN "Wow! This is something truly fantastic. I can't wait for more. Let your retailer know you want a copy ASAP!" —Alex Segura "It's superb." —Fraser Campbell “Feels like huge incoming hit from Image. Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it. Speak to your retailer.” —Kieron Gillen “Brilliant set up, chilling truths and a jaw dropping reveal all wrapped up in the most sublime painted interiors. Highly recommended!” —Caspar Wijngaard “A Tour de force. Martin Simmonds doing the best work I’ve seen him do. Aditya Bidikar really pushing what can be done with letters. James Tynion IV has written a gripping story.” —Dee Cunniffe “Wow. Reminded me of ‘70s paranoia films I love like The Parallax View filtered through Elektra Assassin and Twin Peaks The Return. A huge thumbs up from me.” —Iain Laurie “Wow. This one is unmissable. It’s giving me The Parallax View or maybe even 7 Days in May—it feels steeped in that wonderful paranoid cinema of the ‘60s/’70s with a surreal twist.” —Helen Mullane “One of the best comics of 2020 and beyond. Calling it now.” —Nick Robles #image #imagecomics #thedepartmentoftruth #jamestynioniv #martinsimmonds #conspiracytheories #igcomicfamily #igcomicbookfamily #igcomics #spiritualnapalm #panelalchemist #panelscientifix https://www.instagram.com/p/CECY_loBxkp/?igshid=kevy43sx19v

[myrecordcollections]

This will be a weekend’s Feature of Gary Numan / Tubeway Army’s obscure Tracks.

"O.D. Receiver", a slower piece whose lyrics reflected a Burroughsian world of drug addiction. All tracks on the original vinyl single were credited to 'Valerian', the name that Numan (born Gary Webb) had chosen for himself prior to Tubeway Army's début album; these would be his last releases using that nom de plume; henceforward he would call himself Gary Numan.

[pulpfest]

Here's the last cover that J. Allen St. John painted for AMAZING STORIES. It's for the January 1949 number, illustrating "Dinosaur Destroyer," written by Arthur Petticolas. It was the author's sole appearance in the magazine. According to Mike Ashley, writing in "The AMAZING Story: The Forties — 'Gimme Bang-Bang'" (published 02/25/2016 at www.pulpfest.com): "Adventures in prehistory, usually written in the Burroughsian style, were regular fare in both AMAZING and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES during the early years of Palmer’s tenure as editor. Among the most popular offerings were Manly Wade Wellman’s series of stories about Hok, a Stone Age warrior who was a prototype for Hercules. Hok fought his way through five adventures. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6RkyR6Fpqz/?igshid=ijjs94ngscs5