Mawr Gorshin

I love music so much that I compose it; I love literature so much that I write it.

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The Gods Must Be Furious–Chapter Five

A few days later, some rich old men were playing golf on their exclusive country club’s course in Indiana…the one Gary had been talking about. One of them, Gene, snorted at his caddy, who was daydreaming at the moment. “Jeff!” Gene growled at the young man. “Get out of dreamland and get me my putter!” As Jeff looked through Gene’s golf bag, he said (not softly enough), “Little kids should be…

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Knitting

There’s a needle on the left,…and on the right, a needle, too!Which one will knit a fabric for a new society,and which will only reinforce the old one?The tricoteuses knit to build what’s new;the nit-wits on the right will rip it up.The ladies knitting near the bladeall hope to see hacked headsof princes, not of paupers.

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Analysis of 'Thrak,' 'The ConstruKction of Light,' and 'The Power to Believe'

I: Introduction Thrak (1995), The ConstruKction of Light (2000), and The Power to Believe (2003) are the last three studio albums by the progressive rock band, King Crimson. These lineups of the band were getting to be less British and more American since the half-British, half-American lineup of the 1980s: on Thrak, the 80s King Crimson (guitarist/bandleader Robert Fripp,…

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The Gods Must Be Furious–Chapter Four

The next day, the incident was discussed on social media. Of course, virtually nobody, outside of a few in the neopagan community, mentioned the face in the water. “I have no sympathy for the dead,” one embittered woman, one of the staff on the yacht, said about the wealthy there. “I overheard their conversations while I was serving them. They showed no sympathy for how the economy was affecting…

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Unhoused

It’s hard enoughwith rent so highdue to the greedof the landlordsand workers’ paylow as the floorthat we all mustsing with Mick:“Gimme shelterI’m gonna fadeaway. No homeIt’s just a bill away, it’s just a bill away. No tent–it’s just a sweep away, it’s just a sweep away. No sleep–it’s just a cop away, it’s just a cop away.”

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Analysis of 'Deep Red'

Deep Red (Profondo rosso) is a 1975 Italian giallo horror film directed by Dario Argento, written by him and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings (whom you’ll recall from Blowup) and Daria Nicolodi, with Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, Clara Calamai, and Glauco Mauri. The soundtrack was written and performed by Goblin (billed as “The Goblins”), a predominantly instrumental Italian…

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The Gods Must Be Furious–Chapter Three

A week later, Mr. and Ms. Plantagenet, owners of a large investment company named after themselves, were on their yacht with some wealthy friends on a California shore. The yacht was tied to the pier, and all the people aboard had each already had several drinks. “I’m so glad the stock market crash didn’t affect any of us, Tom,” a female guest said to Mr. Plantagenet. “That’s because, due to…

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Cake

Swiftieswere swooningat the weddingTaylor-made inMadison Square Garden.Closing off major roads,costing the city millions,and making a public spectacle outof a private union are no object tobillionaires and their excesses. It’sa society as tiered as a wedding cake thatwe all live in. ‘Let them eat cake,’ the richwill say. ‘Eat the rich,’ is how we’d answer.Let the Swifties boast of their heroine’s…

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Analysis of 'Magic'

Magic is a 1978 psychological horror film directed by Richard Attenborough and written by William Goldman, based on his 1976 novel. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, and Burgess Meredith, with Ed Lauter, David Ogden Stiers, and EJ André. Gene Siskel ranked Magic at #9 on his 10 best movies list of 1978, and Roger Ebert praised the performances of Hopkins and Meredith on Sneak…

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The Gods Must Be Furious–Chapter Two

The next day, social media was all abuzz about the freak accident. A few mentioned seeing a face in the clouds, but no one believed them. A former employee of the Wellses, Jonathan Bailey, remembered how mean and stingy the two were, always paying him the minimum to slave away in a kitchen cooking for them, washing their dishes, taking out the garbage, and helping with the cleaning up of the…

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Stripes

We need not see white stars against a blue backgroundto know the blood of the red against the white. As earlyas the Mystic Massacre of the Pequot, we already havethe proof we need to see the bloodlust of the 13 Britishcolonies, whose men began the first phase of the killing, with stripes of red onred skin, hardly thanksgiving for all the good the aboriginals did for us whites.We were helped in…

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Analysis of 'Eyes Without a Face'

Eyes Without a Face (Les jeux sans visage) is a 1960 French horror film directed by Georges Franju and written by Boileau-Narcejac, Jean Redon, Claude Sautet and Pierre Gascar, based on Redon’s 1959 novel. The film stars Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, and Edith Scob. The response during the film’s initial theatrical release was not all positive, with controversy in Europe over…

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The Gods Must Be Furious–Chapter One

Kurt Wells and his wife, Samantha, were being driven home from dinner in a French restaurant one night in Vermont. He was looking through the business section of a newspaper, checking his stocks. “How are your investments doing, Kurt?” she asked. “Wonderful!” he said. “Excellent! They’re the highest they’ve been in…oh…four years.” “Really?” she asked. “And so many people complain about the…

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Spaceships

Toputmuchintorichmen’stoysthatsoarhighoverthisworld,... and put so little into people’s needs down here on Earth is evil.

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Basic Decency

I: Introduction When the scapegoat of a toxic family tries to confront them about their constant emotional abuse, one of the many forms of invalidation that the narcissistic parent and his or her flying monkeys respond with is to trivialize and minimize the pain and trauma they’ve put the victim through. One manipulation tactic they may use in the service of this trivializing and minimizing is…

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The Gods Must Be Furious--Prologue

This was the dream. There was a meeting of all the gods in a place so dark—was it a cave? Was it the bottom of the ocean? Was it in a starless part of outer space?—only their divine eyesight allowed them to see each other. The gods looked upon the weeping goddess of the Earth, and on those who were her stewards, with near despair. “Something must be done,” the sky-father said in a deep voice.…

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High Chair

Theonewhohas all handed on a silver platterandalways has to sit up highis but a whiny, spoiledlil’ infant, throwingtantrumsat reporters,or cheeringfrom afaron chairswatchingthe killingin Gaza.