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Mars Volta, the Comatorium

Started by Ed, July 06, 2007, 03:30:02 AM

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Ed




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Loused_in_the_Comatorium

http://www.tmvfr.info/miscfiles/DeLoused_storybook.pdf


A true phenomenon, or just a clever marketing ploy?


The opening:
QuoteCerpin taxt stood high above the wobbling miscarriage of oncoming traffic, he was weak in the
knees. Blackened out of synch knew his time here would soon end with an internal hemorrhaging made
aware by the animonstrosity of his frankenstatue presence. No longer would he carry on his shoulders
the weight of passion. No where were his next of kin to be found. Automotive surges spilled through the
veins below him. Was this the only passage that he could find? Sweat adorned the unmoped of his brow,
he couldn’t possibly turn back. His jaws jingled with cold studdering, his stomach bulged midmetamorphosis,
grumbling knot belches,too nervous to look down into the inviting concrete collision.
He served himself no other choice.
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]

Geoff_N

It just goes to show what a large non-commercial drug-induced market there is for crap. I once wrote a random word poem generator program in BBC BASIC. I'd given it as an exercise to a Y11 computing class and they loved it. One got an A from his English teacher for a prose poem it generated, and several used it to create lyrics for their own rock bands. Was it genuine art? I really don't know. Is Art in the mind of the beholder no matter the origin of the work? Probably.

Geoff

Ed

My thoughts precisely :afro: As long as it's weird in some way, it's art.

Somebody told me the Comatorium story gets better after page five, but I can't be bothered to wade that far into it on the strength of the opening. :scratch:
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]