Month: July 2022

It’s time to talk about . . .

Posted on by Simon Woods

The Apocalypse!

Yes, that old chestnut! Well you see, what with the current situation and everything, I think we do need to acknowledge that we are indeed heading rapidly into the fiery lake of fire pit thingy. How can a lake be of fire you may ask? Well anything can be arranged it seems, considering, I was just thinking about the song “Strong – by Robbie Williams” Life’s to short to be afraid – so take a pill to numb the pain – you don’t have to take the blame” Well it says it all about where we’re headed, the human race I mean, RE: total destruction and hell! Then I was thinking of that song by The Killers – He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus – but he talks like a gentleman” Well, that’s where we’re all going wrong isn’t it? No Jesus, all looking for something a bit more slick eh? 

Anyway, I digress, what I was really thinking about was how music stars get followed by all these adoring fans, but they don’t know what they’re following, or where they’re being led too – its the nature of capitalism, and hyperbole, and bullshit! Rationalisation and bullshit! Haha, that’s funny, some comedian said that on this bit I was listening to – I forget where I heard it now, I think Rationalisation and bullshit should be acknowledged as representative of anything and everything.

So, I was just reading some adoring fans comments on some musicians page, and this was someone who achieved fame 30 odd years ago, and still these people are typing into the internet how great they think thought or thunk about this person and their music – yada, yada, its the same with everything related to fame I think. 

Lets add a little gravitas, if we’re all gonna end up dead, it hardly matters who we were, or who any of us were, or weren’t, lets just have it! 😀 

So perhaps what triggered some of my thoughts, I was listening to some gentle music on my fav channel, and it was by this guy called Oscar Avila, so I looked him up, he’s a musician, and he said 

We don’t make music because we are humans, we are human because we are musicians. I think music should be the most important thing in our world.

Thats ok, is it not? If we all just made music, or played it, or listened to it, properly, without all the bullshit and rationalisation above, perhaps we’d survive? Or maybe skip the apocalypse altogether! 

Yes, music is ok, really really ok, Art is good, but music is best, that’s what I think, music is more abstract than art, unless it has lyrics, then you can channel your BS, which is what starts the dung rolling – I don’t know, I was just thinking and falling asleep in the bath!

I think this was the one I was listening too

Edit: Here’s a good one! 😀 😀

Internet Radio!

Posted on by Simon Woods

I found this radio station called 180 WebRadio

https://uk.radio.net/s/180webradio

I can’t embed it, so if you’re interested, you’ll have to click the link & it should pop up in another window.

Thing is, I been looking for another radio station to enjoy for quite a long while, I used to subscribe to a good one, but it got deleted due to copyright reasons – so much radio gets on my nerves, I do enjoy something different though, and this one seems to be quite good, you never know what they’re going to play next, but whatever it is, its always good.

So, Thursday morning, I didn’t have to go to work, so I thought I’d just pay attention to my thoughts since my whole life was about to change forever – (ie. Waking up) 

I was thinking about where I went wrong, or might have gone wrong, or where I went right, if I ever did? Mostly in my life, Ive been an idiot, we’re all idiots in a way, but some of us are experts!

Anyhow, I forgot what I was thinking about inside the next few moments and all that remained were some 80s songs, 

Indestructible by Spandau Ballet

I don’t think I’m actually going to listen to it, cos I heard it a zillion times already, I know the words, even though I don’t like it in the slightest! LOL Well crafted pop though I expect!

Discharge Aint no feeble bastard

Well that’s more like it! I don’t know this one really TBH, I heard the Spandau songs more than anything, cos they’d be on the radio at work, if you wanted to listen to Discharge you had to be half crazy and have time on your hands – I guess I filled both those criteria!

Spandau Ballet Communication

Its them again! I don’t know why they feature in my dreams, formative years and all that I suppose, Its ok tho!

This next section, I wrote a little story while waiting around at work, I’d been reading a lot of erotic fiction, so I thought I’d have a bash at it myself! Writing I mean!! LOL Beware, this next bit is filth!

So I was off to the local pub and on the way there was a large van with the words “cock au vin” emblazoned in bright letters with a short queue of about 5 or 6 people waiting on the pavement there, so I noticed a friendly neighbour among them and I asked what’s this then? Cock au vin he says, and I said well, yes I can see that, is it a delivery service or what?  Well why don’t you find out for yourself he asked, So anyhow, the door drew open and someone jumped out and quickly disappearing into the shadows. It was a warm evening, the streetlights illuminated the scene while the customers chatted among themselves. Suddenly all attention went to the van door as it slid open once more, a man’s head popped out calling “c’mon then, let’s have the next” I noticed he had a Geordie accent, how curious.

My friend pushed me forward and the man looked directly at me and said c’mon then, let’s get cracking, before disappearing back inside, I looked at my friend and said what’s going on? As I did so, someone else in the queue said “go on, hurry up”.  So that was that, I stepped inside the van, as the door slammed behind me the sight which greeted me was so shocking, the van was kitted out like what I would call “a passion wagon” and the man who now beckoned towards me was completely naked, with the most enormous & outrageous erection. 

Yes, it’s that kind of story.

He motioned for me to be seated, I was very relieved to accept. So what’s it to be then? The man asked, I studied his nakedness, and his unashamed arousal, and replied what is this? Viagra? Sure, If that’s your thing – Sure, he repeated,  crouching down while rummaging through some fur lined drawers beneath a sideboard lined with colourful sex toys, no I mean your erection, what’s that for? Well it’s £10 for 10 minutes, and £15 for half an hour. Prostitution? I remarked, he snapped back well I’m not doing it for free, what do you take me for? I stammered I think I’ve made a mistake, I thought it said cock au vin, not cock in a van – well you should have read it better then he retorted, everyone else seems to know what they like, he stepped closer to where I sat and said, here, have a feel, his manhood was waving in front of my face, under my nose almost, I felt I could sense him he was so close, my hand took on a mind of its and gripped his shaft, the man immediately began to spasm, gasping loudly as if I had poured boiling water over him, I moved my other hand, cupping his balls, noticing they were as tight as nuts in a squirrel’s cheeks, his legs crumpled at the knees as he swooned over me, catching himself from falling by gripping my shoulder, ahhh, ahhh, he went, you’re driving me crazy, etc,etc, blah blah blah, 

Well you get the idea, I was expecting chicken! 

Here’s some more songs I was just thinking of

Rose Royce – Love don’t live here anymore

I just thought of that on the way home, probably they were playing it on the radio earlier – just a good song!

Godley and Creme – Cry

What a great video and song! I always liked that one, I looked it up recently, cos I remembered one of the faces left a vivid impression on me, it must be from so many years ago, one of the first of the MTV style pop videos.

Belfegore – All that I wanted

Thats from the same era, its another great bit of innovative video.

Lights A.M

I just discovered this guy tonight on Bandcamp, he’s got an album out, weirdly good!

Venus in Furs

Posted on by Simon Woods

I been reading the book Venus in Furs, until recently, when I had to put it down, it is the most depraved piece of literature I have ever had the misfortune to pick up – no seriously, its really rather good! 

So anyhow, its by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch – apparently, well I never heard of him either – but I had heard of the song by the Velvet underground, so I thought I’d have a read, very good, you know the main character, Other than (Wanda Von Dunajew) (she’s the one with the whips & furs) The other main character is called Severin, and the guy out of Siouxsie and the Banshees must have been named after him, how interesting, I always thought his name was smart – but I didn’t realise where he got it from!

So, I read this book, and its all about this guy (Severin) who in order to avoid the usual pitfalls of love, decides to take a less dominant role in this relationship, so he begs Wanda to treat him like a slave, which she agrees to do. (Its way ahead of its time you know this was written in 1870) – so he gets his wish and she treats him worse and worse as the story goes on, culminating in the best scene of the book IMO in which Severin is brutally whipped by Wanda in the nude, apart from her fur coat! Wowwee, what a spectacle! 

So anyhow, I thought what a great scene for a picture, so I went with that, its not been as easy as you’d imagine, I had a go at the subject. 3 times before I came up with something I liked. First effort was the better one, even though it was only a 30 second sketch, I noticed that the viewing angle was looking up at her – that’s subconscious in action! I saw her that way from the book – not at the beginning, because she’s far more coy at the start, its only after becoming more Dom, as her character evolves, the reader comes to realise who she really is – or has become – or whatever.

So in the end, it was that drawing I based the rest of my work on, simplistic though it is, its worked out ok IMO 🙂