The idea of compiling a book of sayings is
incredibly interesting to me. I’m sure t-
housands exist in some form. It would be
easy enough to do. Compile from a few do-
zen of the one’s that already exist, sla-
p in a few pictures, and sell it on amaz-
on. Invent some scheme where you control
the market and in 10 years it’s worth se-
veral hundred dollars.
Books are almost as weird as records. Pe-
rsonally, the only records I’m buying th-
ese days are Goodyear compilations and t-
he 5 cent 45s from In Your Ear in Allsto-
n. The worn labels of such mystery recor-
ds are tantamount to their appeal. I coul-
dn’t care less if someone deems them wor-
thless. I will invent their value. This
is just a joke, but it isn’t. People
laughed at Don Bolles, too, but look at
him now.
This form of black magic actually distu-
rbs me. All magic is black. Even the li-
ght magic. I don’t like magic. Cults ca-
n only be evil. Society is a cult. A de-
ath cult. My greatest fear is a world c-
ourt. A solar court. A galactic court. A
man can never escape injustices in life.
Even God was murdered by these maniacs.
What does that tell you?
Not much. If we don’t learn from our pa-
st we are doomed to repeat it. Next to
the phrase is a glossy photograph of a
chihuahua. Totally unrelated, but let t-
he poor fools that buy the thing figure
it out. There are a lot of Ducksworth
Megabucks’ out there selling shoddy pr-
oducts out of dollar stores. You could
be one of them. Do you not think you c-
ould do a better job? Or do you not po-
ssess that same level of incentive and
organizational prowess? Personally, li-
ttle dogs disturb me more than black m-
agic. They are always barking at me, an-
d it’s always the little ones.
I talk to animals all the time. There i-
s a deer right next to me. It won’t let
me pet it, but it looks at me and then
goes back to eating grass. You might s-
ay we have an understanding. Me and li-
ttle dogs, though? I used to watch dog-
s. I’d study them – the same way I stu-
dy people – and speak with them. Dogs s-
peak with their senses. A lot of dogs t-
oday are actually schizophrenic. It is
very painful to see. Some are even hum-
ans inhabiting the bodies of dogs. Whe-
n you figure that out it is horrible.
Chihuahuas are an anomaly. Pomeranians
are almost worse. I have nightmare vi-
sions of a pack of wild Pomeranians a-
ttacking me late at night in the fore-
st when it’s snowing. They are so ann-
oying the idea of being shredded by 1-
0 of them is just that much worse bec-
ause I have to listen to them bark. T-
he prerequisite of being cute is detr-
imental to their spiritual developmen-
t. People that use cute voices when t-
hey talk to dogs can’t be trusted. No
exceptions. Give the creature one sh-
red of decency and nobility. More imp-
ortantly, cut down these arrogant bas-
tards so their poison doesn’t spread.
A book of sayings. You can tell a gre-
at deal about a culture based on word-
s and sayings that are commonly used.
One word I’ve heard completely infect
popular discourse is “unpack”. Exampl-
e: “Wow, what a complex question. Let
me try to unpack that…” Bullshit. I
don’t trust new sayings. I don’t trus-
t sayings to begin with. That is why I
want to compile them. Anyway, what is
the deal with Unpack. Like Tavistoc-
k inventing the word teenager. Lester the
Writer said the only reason rock ‘n’ r-
oll existed in the first place was sud-
denly there was a new demographic of u-
pwardly mobile “teenagers”. Pop cultur-
e is a hypnotic induction program. It
is utilized by the death cult and must
be destroyed.
Humanity worships death. And dead thi-
ngs. I guess my idea for compiling sa-
yings into a book is an expression of
this idea. Perhaps even a part of it.
I’ve always been inspired by an idea I re-
ad in an R.U. Sirius book; the idea t-
hat something is always better than the
result. You can only fail. “You can’t
win.” Another saying. See why sayings
are interesting. “If you can’t beat ‘-
em, join ’em”.” The book couldn’t be
laid out by topic. It has to be more
or less random. That is why the “If y-
ou don’t learn from the past…” pai-
red with the chihuahua will work. You
will put the book down feeling incre-
dibly… confused? Enlightened? Upse-
t you’ve been ripped off? Excited to
find your favorite saying placed pro-
minently on the page? It’s a winner.
What you might call a “sure thing”.
Sell it in airports. Have it be mult-
i-lingual. Holy shit; “The Rosetta S-
tone of Common Sayings.” You’ll have
sage-like foreigners cropping up eve-
rywhere with pseudo-helpful dime sto-
re logic. You can’t go anywhere wi-
thout it. Like your Moleskin noteboo-
k that enables you to construct your
identity. According to the pamphlet.
You may be saying, haven’t I read so-
mething like this before in Foucaul-
t’s Pendulum? “The Wonderful World o-
f Metals” (or whatever it’s called)
has nothing on “The Rosetta Stone of
Common Sayings”. Okay. I’m done wit-
h this idea.
The year ender. 2020.
Something happened this year. I can’t
remember what it was. I’m pretty sure
it’s still going on, but I just can’t
seem to find the word. You know how i-
t is. It’s something really bad. Like
really, really, bad. The sort of thin-
g you see in dystopian thrillers. Soc-
ial unrest and that sort of thing. Re-
ally, I have no idea. I thought I had
it there with the social unrest thing
but then it slipped right back into m-
y head. Fuck.
Anyway, chihuahuas are the worst. Oh, I
remember. Civil war. No. That’s not i-
t, at all. Ghosts are real? “When hell
freezes over”. I can’t escape all the-
se sayings. It seems impossible. Like
an alien intelligence consuming every-
thing around me. Or the Polish man. Y-
ou haven’t forgotten him have you? He
is important in this induction proces-
s. Remember, I’m trying to sell you o-
n this idea that you want/need a book
of compiled sayings. You really shoul-
d go to Amazon and buy one. I’d say y-
ou should go to a book store, but the-
y’ve all closed down in the past few
months. I have no idea why. But, who
cares. Amazon has a better selection
anyway. That’s why they will always w-
in. “It’s a dog eat dog world.”
What the fuck happened this year? It
is on the tip of the fingers, but I
just can’t put it down. For the lov-
e of Christ… I’m getting too old f-
or this shit. “Unpack”. I’ve seen th-
is word every day for years, but onl-
y recently when I wasn’t updating my
computer. Talking heads and public g-
uru types use it regularly. It’s str-
ange how the unpacking of archives o-
r compressed files/folders is someho-
w related to our political/social wo-
es. It has something to do with mask-
s. Or AIDS. GRID. Thick New York acc-
ents and the bad guy from the Mask w-
hen he finally puts said mask on. We-
ird necks. It has something to do wi-
th necks.
Sayings are usually pretty dark and c-
ynical. “Be careful what you wish fo-
r.” Or, “Nice guys finish last.” Sur-
e, there are plenty of positive, insp-
iring, sayings. Things like, “The nut
doesn’t fall far from the tree.” The
boon of this book would be the insert-
ion of new phrases. Few people speak
16 languages. Hell, that could be on-
e appeal of the compilation: One tra-
nslation is bunk for every saying. T-
he reader can try to figure that one
out. We could put it in the back. Th-
ink about it. Adds bulk. Like the ne-
ck. “More bang for your buck.” It wi-
ll be on Amazon. You’re paying for a
compilation, you want to see 500+ pa-
ges. Every page counts in the book.
Anyway, “more bang for your buck.” Th-
ere is no way that didn’t come from t-
he arms trade or – perhaps from the im-
agined ancestral saying – something re-
lated to the railroads. Or fireworks.
Fireworks. That was a part of it. It’s
like there is a massive fog occupying
a certain area of my mind. Making it c-
ompletely impossible to remember what
happened this year. All that remains a-
re the sayings. The feel good one’s es-
cape me at the moment, but I feel like
there is an endless well of the cynical
ones. The kind you would hear coming f-
rom a cigar chomping gangster-type. “Y-
eah, see…”
“That’s just how the cookie crumbles.”
All of the best, completely integrated,
phrases always seem negative. Always d-
escribing, justifying, misfortune. Lam-
enting misfortune. Maybe this is just a
reflection of our pitiful experiences a-
s human beings. We concoct these verbal
soothers to help us through hard times.
“I heard through the grape vine…” How
old do you think that one is? Perhaps i-
t’s the name of an old deity and we’ve
simply lifted the sounds wholesale and
built our languages around it. That i-
s just ridiculous. Who cares? I just gav-
e you the goods. Where did the phrase,
“I heard it through the grape vine…” co-
me from? Bacchus? Let’s be real. The a-
ncient Greeks weren’t influenced by th-
e ancient Greeks. Like Medusa. Snake-h-
eaded. Apep. The Egyptian snake, primor-
dial “monster”, dwelling in the abyss. R-
a, and/or his guardian Set, has to defeat i-
t every night. Greek mysteries. Rumors.
A voyeur spying in through the vines.
The Bacchanalia. Saturnalian orgies.
“The Rosetta Stone of Common Sayings” w-
ill not include such explanations. Perh-
aps in later editions. This is a purely
commercial operation. I go to Savers fo-
r a few months, collect all the other s-
ayings books, somehow translate them an-
d gather a bunch of provocative images.
The great thing about sayings are they a-
re the most public domain thing in exist-
ence. Most, if we’re to assume they were
at one point quotations, are largely una-
ttributed today. In fact, the more true
the statement, the less likely it is to
be attributed to one person. It is, afte-
r all, an expression of an eternal truth
and, therefore, our birthright.
Phrases like “Shit happens” are a no-go.
We’ll have to be careful and not includ-
e stuff that is trademarked. Consider t-
his. The phrase “Life Is Good” is trade
marked. We can’t even express the goodn-
ess of life in public without fear of a
suit against us. Remember that song “Bi-
ttersweet Symphony”? The Stones sued th-
at band mercilessly. Leaving the band, t-
he Verve, with nothing. It’s only logical the-
ir wives go on to marry mad publishing I-
lluminati. “Is nothing sacred?” I’m sure
most of these sayings come from profound
works whose meanings have been distilled
into a single line. After all, they atte-
mpt to summarize life experiences in som-
e way. They are trite. Convenient. And w-
onderfully efficient. More tantalizing, I
think, is the possibility that by collec-
ting these dumb phrases we are actually
collecting all the themes from the great-
est works of art across all ages and cul-
tures. It is entirely possible these say-
ings form the substance of our united so-
ul. A eulogy for the species. This could
be the blurb on the back. “When life gav-
e her lemons, she made lemonade.” Is thi-
s not the tale of humanity itself?
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routiger slob x ilya id
ruby mack
run dufresne
ruse
ryan hwang
ryan mcguire
sacred whore
saint joan
salinger
salmon sliders
sam keller johnson
samoa wilson with the jim kweskin band
sam sam
sam spear
sam talmadge
sandineye
sap
sc
scapeghosts
scarce
scare city
scheff
schoolhouse hill with 煎
scionstranger
scorpiacee
scrapedx children of men
scrolling
scud mountain boys
sean jeffery
sefton lomax
semper games
senseijosh
sensitive subject
seth rosenbloom
sexy coyote
sh4mel
shadow king sicarii
shark bait real estate
shva
sick byrd
sick slick
sidestitches
simi
sir rollie
sister strongman
sizz records
skeletal peephole
skeleton krue
skel figures
sktfnds
skull command
skullraiser
sky scraper
skyyline drive
sleeper cell
sleepyhead
smooth tony
snapdragon
snowglobe
soggy doggy
sole
solid state entity
something merry
sooper soop
sophie et adam
sophie wellington dan bui
sophisticated pills
soul clap records
sounds of tape on elephant skin
soupandreas
soup the band
space fog
space mushroom fuzz
spartan jet plex petridisch
speak
specta ciera
spiderrico
spoke
squints
starbirthed
statik selektah termanology
statz
steebee weebee aka quangou
stelzermurray
stems
stephanie germaine
stone beetz
stonecutter music
str8bummin
straight sex
strange fate
stranger ways
sub bourbon
subject of interest
sug
sunset creatures
sunset haven
sunset mission
supersillyus
superstah snuk
supertrystudios
surnames
swamp ass
swaya dj pacifier
sweetcreem
sweetest death
swordplay
takeout
tbn collective
t bone fitz and the vistalites
telæ
telamor
termanology
terry borderline
tharmazegethuzan
the arkadian
the bean pickers union
the big flattening
the big lonesome
the blanket forts
the blues dream box
the bones
the brookline high school music collective
the circuitous dan shea
the col
the collected luke jumes vol 1
the cotones
the difference engine
the elizabethan coordinates
the facades
the famous nothings
the flea market pharmacy
the fluids
the fuggy uggos
the full salon
the glue
the harry potter alliance
the hollow
the hussy
the intrynsics
the languid current
thelastgekko
the leafies you gave me
the lovelights
the maethtro
the mews
the mute button
the new standard
the night train
the notorious pagan
the orourkestra
theory exx
the other bones
the owl post
the perceptionists
the poison control centre
the press war
the quarantines
the r6 implant
the remedial potions
the rev calvin coolidge wilson
the revenants
the rutland string combo
the second titanic
the skags
the swettes
theta jones
the ten thousand things
the thursday stars
the toasty beatles
the touch heads
the triangle theory
the vanilla factory
the water cycle
the wood floors
the woods decay and fall
the zyg 808
thighs
thirty days with ghosts
thomas oboe lee
thom dunn
three points of madness
throat ditch
thy perfect light
ticked off tapes
timi o
timi o lucas
tim lynch music
tip
tj reynolds
t mikawa x victoria shen
todd foster
tombstone toffee
tom interchangeable
tom murphy
tom of england
tom rubenoff the rubenoff project
tongue splitter
tony bullets
topias tiheäsalo niko matti ahti
tortured skull
toulouse
town meeting
trafic des airs
trap beat tranny
trashton and the bandits
travis cyr
trevor vaughan
t rex greg
turquoise crown
turtle suite
twisted hell cat
typecaste
uap 129
umby
underwear
universal corners
unnatural frequency
unpheromones
vanta black
various artist
various artists
vehement caress
veneration
verybadfeelings
viagra boys
vices inc
videosforpictures
vik44
vile
vinyl cape
visiting wine
voidgod
walter wright pain chain
warrick
waste water
wavysight
waxwing
we demand parachutes
wendy eisenberg
wetdryvacs lair
wibble
wife eyes
wild bill and the flying sparks
wilderun
wildflower
wisdom and war
wisterio
witches tears
witch hill
w l hazelton
wolfbear
won pound
woori
worshipper
worst coast
wretched dog
wretched inferno
xtc protag
yah man
yankee power
yngbabyjezuz
yo daddy doe
young associates
young gideon
yung avid
zachary zena giberson
zach onett
zac rea
zahra lux
z_matic
zwinzler games
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[It would have been very easy inserting imaginary bands.]
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Some Books I Read:
“Revolution of the Mind: The Life of
Andre Breton” – Polizzotti
Dense. Quality material. Breton is a
pathetic loser.
Chaos: “Something Happened In The 6-
0s” – Nick “Big” Murray
Interesting, but it didn’t really de-
liver the goods. A lot of speculation
and when you start to get into the n-
itty gritty the author jumps to a di-
fferent “unrelated” topic. The last c-
hapters infuriated me for this very r-
eason. We get close, and then we’re o-
ff to another subject. Pop-crime books
suck. See “Ultimate Evil” by Maury T-
erry for another bum trip.
Madeleine Treasury – Ludwig Bemelman
Quality material. A lot of the rhymes,
though, don’t work. It makes you feel
stupid, even after dozens of readings.
Great pictures. I like the pictures.
Astral Weeks – The Guy On C-Span
Finally some material on Mel Lyman et
al. Some interesting Boston history,
but, like “Chaos”, every subject/chap-
ter deserves it’s own book. Very here,
there, and everywhere. It’s a trend. I
feel like this is how you get a book p-
ublished and sold. The shotgun techniq-
ue. Write about 15 things with just en-
ough detail to keep people interested.
Hawkwind: Radical Escapism In The Age
of Paranoia – A lucky guy
I was excited to receive this. I don’t
think I finished it. It goes through e-
very song from every album and describ-
es them. Helpful for completists, othe-
rwise it is dull. Some good parts. I’m
not that upset.
Art Sex Music – Cosey Fanni Tutti
I see books that came out costing $20
go up to $200+ 10 years later. All th-
e interesting ones, it seems. Like “M-
indfuckers.” Throbbing Gristle is one
of my favorite groups. They are curio-
usly ignored by other artists. No one
ever seemed to mention them when I wa-
s growing up. The image of Peter Chri-
stopherson standing up, intoxicated, t-
o yell “Yes!” at a software demonstrat-
ion is something I will likely never f-
orget. I’m glad I was able to read thi-
s, and a few dozen other interesting b-
its.
Brion Gysin: His Name Was Master – Com-
piled by Genesis P-Orridge & Peter Chr-
istopherson
A few hundred pages of transcripts fro-
m a series of interviews with Brion Gy-
sin. The sort of thing you wait a long
time to read. Gold. Information that i-
s suppressed. Curious bits about the VU
drummer Angus MacLise. You won’t find s-
ome of this material anywhere else.
The Frank Zappa Book – Frank Zappa
I honestly believe parts of this book
gave Frank Zappa cancer. I’ve put it o-
ff for a long time – there are many ho-
urs of interviews around – and I didn’t
get much out of it. It was interesting
to see what he chose to put in a book.
All the classic stories. Including get-
ting radioactive metals placed in him
by the family dentist.
Overthrowing The Old Gods – Don Webb &
Michael Aquino
Aquino’s basic idea is that “Satan” is
the unimaginable. “Setian” consciousne-
ss is beyond the scope of what we clas-
sify as reality. Here, Crowley’s Nuit
is given the label of inertia; a natu-
ral force that consumes all conscious-
ness into itself. This annihilation o-
f the self is intoxicating, but ultim-
ately foolish. Crowley’s “Aeon of Hor-
us” is nothing new. It is predictable.
Another death cult.
Demonbox – Ken Kesey
Waited longer to read this than the Z-
appa book. Disturbing. A lot of casua-
l alcohol. An iffy bit about the innk-
eeper’s daughter (trope). A chapter on t-
he one guy that broke through Neal Cas-
sady’s persona. The most important par-
t comes at the end when Kesey attends
a pharmaceutical seminar at some point
in the late 70s/early 80s. The first,
clear to Kesey, inkling of what we ca-
ll Big Pharma today. If you connect t-
he dots it’s terrifying. The whole bo-
ok is proof everyone missed the point.
Crazy Diamond – By Someone
A biography of Syd Barrett. It didn’t
mention whether or not Syd ever drew a
connection to “The Magus” written by
Francis Barrett. In that sense it was
worthless, but it did mention Twink s-
o it was alright. For $2, it’s a fine
addition to any library.
When Pigs Fly – Nick Mason
Maybe the name is “Which One Is Pink?”
but either way it is written by the d-
rummer of Pink Floyd. I bought it bec-
ause he at least accepts that, maybe, t-
he Publius Enigma was just a record l-
abel plot (PID). I don’t know if he brings
it up here. I didn’t get that far. Th-
ey start vacationing in the South of
France and I was out.
Rat Scabies And The Holy Grail –
Christopher Dawes
I’ve read this book every year since
I was 13. It is where I was introduc-
ed to Martin Stone, Snakefinger, and
it’s my favorite book. If you are unaw-
are, Rat Scabies is the drummer of t-
he Damned. It’s worth noting Genesis
mentions Snakefinger in the Brion Gy-
sin book and says in no uncertain te-
rms that Snakefinger was a dickhead.
A lot of people think Genesis P-Orri-
dge is a dick. I take everything with a
grain of salt. It’s worth noting, a-
dditionally, that most musicians are
pieces of shit. The lifestyle assure-
s this. Rat Scabies, however, is a s-
aint.
Bulfinch’s Mythology – Bulfinch
The Legends of Charlemagne section i-
s pure gold. If a Moorish youth boxin-
g a winged horse is your idea of an i-
nteresting story, this one is for you.
People turning into fountains is pret-
ty boss, too.
Art History Books (Various)
I bought one, H.W. Janson Italian Ren-
aissance Art, several months ago at S-
avers. It was $4. Gold. I have since b-
ought every art book I’ve come across.
These Janson ones are really quality b-
ooks. A lot of dense material to keep
you occupied for a year if you let it.
You could probably spend the rest of y-
our life studying these volumes. I pro-
bably will. At the moment, I have about
6 of the things. I appreciate “prehist-
oric” art. All of the HDCLNR materials
used neolithic statuary for the covers.
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Update from the previous year-enders:
I managed to discover some additional
Lyman footage. That book, “Astral Wee-
ks”, went into the bizarre PBS Boston
show “What’s Happening Mr. Silver?” I
was able to find some audio from the
Silver interview at Fort Hill. The f-
ilm appears to have disappeared from
the WGBH archive. If I was actually a j-
ournalist – and cared? – I would pro-
bably ask them – or that one guy tha-
t has copies of the broadcasts – abo-
ut it.
The next great discovery will be a c-
opy of the family’s music history pr-
ogram that was refused a proper broa-
dcast. This event set the ball rolli-
ng with their complete erasure from
the American musical tradition. I’d
like to hear it. Clearly, it was im-
portant. Also, I got confirmation f-
rom Bob Weir that the jugband inspi-
red Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Cham-
pions to initiate their peculiar ou-
tfit. The pieces are coming togethe-
r, dear reader.
But, the greatest discovery of 2020
– aside from all those other things
I can’t seem to remember – was tra-
cking down footage of Martin Stone.
Uploaded for your convenience. Beh-
old (while it lasts):
