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Band Names

We got a lot of votes and suggestions. So far, the most popular are:

Alarming Habit
Alchemy
Begging the Question
Enemy Gods
Innsmouth Look
Play Dirty

madmoses suggested Dirty Alchemy. I like that a lot. A whole lot.

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Fair and Balanced

A Democratic candidate for governor accuses a primary opponent of voting against a popular measure … before she was even elected to the legislature.

In the Democratic primary for governor, current Georgia Lt. Governor Mark Taylor released a campaign ad saying that his opponent Sec. of State Cathy Cox “admitted she voted against the lottery that created Hope Scholarships.” That’s simply not true.

In fact, Cox didn’t begin serving in the state legislature until two years after the measure was passed and thus couldn’t have voted for it.

In a response ad, Cox said Taylor is a “top executive” of a company that benefitted from his actions as Lieutenant Governor. In fact, Taylor isn’t an officer now, and wasn’t at the time he acted.

(from Fact Check)

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Parker/Payback

One of my favorite authors is Richard Stark, aka Donald Westlake. Writing under his Stark pseudonym, he created Parker, a master thief who isn’t just an anti-hero, he’s an out and out villain. The Parker novels are grim, dirty, bloody and dark. And funny as hell.

Back in the ’90’s, a movie adaption of the first Parker novel, The Hunter was made. Directed by Brian Helgeland, it starred Mel “I Need to Have a Grusome Torture Scene in All My Movies” Gibson as Parker… except they called him “Porter.” (This is because Westlake sells the rights to his books, but not the right to call the main character “Parker.”)

The movie was supposed to break Gibson of his good guy image. Gibson was the primary producer and he wanted it that way. Unfortunately, Helgeland did his job too well and Gibson didn’t like being portrayed as such a bastard. So, Gibson fired Helgeland and got the DP to re-shoot 30% of the movie. You can tell which parts Helgeland shot and which parts the DP shot because the DP segments look and feel like Lethal Weapon movies.

(Hint: Parker doesn’t give a fuck about the Three Stooges, cute dogs, or hookers with hearts of iron pyrite.)

Also, Gibson had the ending re-written with a gruesome torture scene inserted for no good reason other than to have Gibson fulfill his sick sex fantasies in front of the whole world.

Needless to say, as a Parker fan, I’m happy with a lot of the movie. Gibson acts like Parker, he thinks like Parker, and the movie feels like a Parker book… most of the time.

However… there’s a rumor running around that the Director’s Cut is on its way to DVD in October. (I found the rumor over at Wikipedia.) Needless to say, I know what I’m spending my cash on that month.

Oh, and by the way, the latest Parker novel is due out a month later. If you haven’t read any of the Parker novels, shame on you. They are 6634569% better than all that fantasy dreck you’ve been pumping into your veins.

Shame on you.

Here, I’ve even given you a handy link. You can thank me later.

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I got seven silver dollars
A jackal’s laugh and a witch’s smile
Crossroads dust under my fingernails, baby
And these boots have walked the Devil’s Mile

Got a dead man’s suit on my shoulders
Bullet hole made by my hand
A black book with torn pages
And a pocket full of wedding bands

I got all this it’s true
But I ain’t got a piece of you

I got voodoo eyes to see your secrets
Gold teeth and a serpent’s tongue
And I can teach you songs
That the angels ain’t never sung

I got all the Devil’s names baby
Tattooed up and down my spine
Widow roses for your shadow
A broken heart in a glass of wine

I got all this it’s true
But I ain’t got a piece of you

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Band Update

We have a bass player, adding that fat sound to the bottom end of our tunes.

We have three songs ready for our set and three options for cover tunes.

I’m so excited, I can’t write. All I do is practice rudaments and listen to Blue Oyster Cult.