Last Call for the Rascals

Mr. Clean icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 03 from the Katorz LP by Voivod icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

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I just witnessed another club eviction
I wonder what he did to get this lesson
Just like that crazy singer, what’s his name?

Who will be the next one to get thrown out?
Just like a garbage bag, go join your friends
It is time to conform with conformity

Plastic holds
Robot souls

“Last call for the rascals”
Mr. Clean says, “Last call for the rascals”

The good old days expired, new kind of people
Prototype generation, all inspected

Shiny chromes
Spirits sold

“Last call for the rascals”
Mr. Clean says, “Last call for the rascals”

Mr. Clean kills germs
Removal!

The homeless out
The poor out
The punks out
The colored out
The striped out
The stains out
The troubled out
The wilds out
The wrongs out
The problems out
The bugs out
The bands out

Wipe them off

The leathers out
The queens out
The freaks out
The misfits out
The loud out
The fly out
The ugly out
The olds out
The smalls out
The bums out
The bad out
And me out

And you, all pure

Nice and clean society
Long live democracy

Because Star Wars Isn’t Big Enough Already

Quentin Tarantino on Disney vs. ‘The Hateful Eight’ icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (from Howard Stern icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

Candy is Bad for You

It’s Christmas time and people are consuming even more candy than usual. I contributed to the problem today by spending way too much money on candies for some of the sugarmongers in my life: chocolate-covered espresso beans, chocolate-covered almonds, chocolate-covered macadamia nuts, chocolate-covered chocolate… chocolate-covered everything!

But let’s be straight: candy is bad for you, and this perhaps becomes more obvious to people when it comes served in a toilet bowl.

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It would be nice if I could give these as gifts instead of the chocolates, but this really wouldn’t go over well with most. Eating lots of Christmas-themed candy and chocolates is just a part of the holiday season, and one surefire way to put a damper on any yuletide celebration is to hand somebody a sucker shaped like a plunger.

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It’s worth pointing out that these candy-toilets have two holsters on each side, which is an interesting touch. It’s always good to have a spare, I suppose. What will they think of next? Candy cane plungers and chocolate… oh nevermind.

Long Until the Dark Comes to Bruise the Sky

Routine icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 05 from the Hand. Cannot. Erase. LP by Steven Wilson icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

What do I do with all the children’s clothes
Such tiny things that still smell of them
And the footprints in the hallway
Onto my knees, scrub them away

And how to be of use
Make the tea and the soup
All of their favorites, throw them away
And all the schoolbooks
And their running shoes
Washing them clean in a dirty steel sink

Routine keeps me in line
Helps me pass the time
Concentrate my mind
Helps me to sleep

And keep making beds
And keep the cat fed
Open the windows, let the air in
And keep the house clean
And keep the routine
Paintings they made still stuck to the fridge

Keep cleaning
Keep ironing
Cooking their meals on the stainless steel hob
Keep washing
Keep scrubbing
Long until the dark comes to bruise the sky
Deep in debt to the night

Routine keeps me in line
Helps me pass the time
Helps me to sleep

The most beautiful morning, forever
Like the ones from far off away
With the hum of the bees in the jasmine sway
Don’t ever let go
Try to let go