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DVD REVIEW: Ayreon - Electric Castle Live and Other Tales

DVD REVIEW: Ayreon – Electric Castle Live and Other Tales

“Come with me now; be joyful. It is time to enter The Electric Castle!”

After the wild success of the Ayreon Universe shows in 2017, where an audience of international Ayreonauts was treated to a best-of selection of Ayreon’s most popular songs, the Poppodium 013 once again opened its gates to the gentle hordes in September of 2019. 2018 had seen the twenty-year anniversary and the re-mixed and…

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[doomhammersupposeserroneously]

[khelinski]

Over the years, I always felt I needed to do some practice writing before I tackle a big, ambitious project. 'The Wanderer' isn't novel length, but it is the longest piece I've written in a few years (passing the 8,000+ word mark, close to 20 pages), and required going into very dark, depressing, and emotional corners of the room. A few readers that had test-run 'The Wanderer' has told me that they admired the story and that it had left them emotional (which is the highest praise any writer could get - when a story affects a reader's emotion - the essence of art). I can assure all, writing it was both a joy and hell (I got very emotional myself a few late nights writing). Before I was comfortable enough going down that road of creative outlet, I felt I needed to get 'The Knife' out of my system first.

'The Knife' is an intense short story that gets right to the point and doesn't let up. Not my best (or favorite) attempts by any means - but - after writing this story, I felt confident enough to write 'The Wanderer.'

'The Knife' and 'The Wanderer' are two completely different stories (and timelines)- but they both tackle the touchy subject of suicide, they both are pretty damn dark, and they both have the voice of a female narrator.

Not often will you hear me say something positive about myself (those that know me well can agree on that point) - but I am actually quite proud of my writing. Compare this piece (or 'The Wanderer') to my earlier pieces - I have come far. I still have a long journey to go of learning/experimenting/and writing.

'The wanderer still wanders' as the writer still writes.  8-)

[khelinski]

Been wanting to tackle this story for quite a few years now, didn’t feel comfortable or confident enough to write it.  Felt it was finally time to get out of my comfort zone.  

Inspired by Ambeon’s ‘Sweet Little Brother.’ 

[khelinski]

Started a new writing project tonight titled ‘The Knife, His Knife,’ inspired by this song – ‘Sweet Little Brother.’ If you listen to the song and follow the lyrics, there is a tragic story being told about a sister that accidentally kills her little brother with a knife in self-defense. The music/the vocals are beautiful, which makes it even more tragic of a story (fun fact: the singer’s name is Astrid van der Veen, and she was just 14-years-old when she wrote these lyrics and recorded the song). I’ve always wanted to take it and turn it into a short story of some kind, ever since I first heard the song in the early 2000s (right around the time I graduated high school). I was never brave enough to follow-through, though. One must tap into a really dark mindset to convey the same somber tone that is presented in this song.

After writing enough dark stories over the years – I think I am ready. And I will be taking my time on this one, because of how grim the story gets. I wasn’t able to get permission to borrow the lyrics (yet), but still writing the story as an inspired piece.

[stegzy]

Fate of a Dreamer - Ambeon [#462]

Ambeon's Fate of a Dreamer on Stegzy's Music Project

Who is this Ambeon you talk of? Why does their music sound so hauntingly familiar?

Well, if you’ve been following the Music Project for sometime now, you might be familiar with Dutch metal head, Arjen Lucassen, aka Ayreon. He is the musical equivalent of a polymath in that he is accomplished in numerous instruments (like Mike Oldfield), genres and styles (mostly prog). Lucassen, as you might…

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[crystal-child94]

I can hear the breathing all around me Its sound is charmingly But to my merry-go-round Finding my way, reeling around Watching every sundown One day we will fade away We will remember Someday I'll merry-go-round I surrender to the feeling Whole and shameless As be drifted farther, farther to the merry-go-round Finding my way, reeling around Watching every sundown One day we will fade away We will remember Someday I'll merry-go-round Finding my way and reeling around Watching sundown One day we will fade away We will remember Someday I'll merry-go-round

[wonder-music]

Ambeon - Sick Ceremony