B and Finn
Apr. 7th, 2012 10:24 amPretty pretty pretty grooveh.
Coffee, Root Beer, and the Alpaca Lips
Dec. 19th, 2009 03:29 pmOn Thursday, Aunt Tudi and I had the fortune of meeting up with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
falkenna, janalyson, paulpearson23, and Jan's daughter Jennifer. We met up at the Espresso Cafe for coffee. Everyone had some sort of coffee except for Tallis (she had Chai) and me (I had root beer ~ no caffeine). Tallis and Paul were in from England and her sister Jan and Jennifer were driving them about for various holiday festivities. This was the first time Tallis had been back in the States for Christmas in 25 years, so it was a particularly monumental time for her. They're here through the first week of the new year I do believe.
We talked about all sorts of things: England, SC, NC, naked mole rats, The Joker Blogs, centipedes, millipedes, medications, The Blood Crown, Barry Andrews (I bet his hears were burning off!), young Finn, and Aunt Tudi read her poetry...which gave the place a real coffee house vibe. And Tallis and Paul gave me a gift. Paul named him and I had to draw lips on him to make him the new mascot for the First Church of the Alpaca Lips. Behold Barack Ollama, the mascot for the Alpaca Lips!
We yapped, yammered, and chattered until one of the coffee house staff came up and told us they were closing and we had to leave, so we were essentially kicked out. Ha! But we got in about three good hours of fellowship and bonding so that's really cool. It was great to see them all again and it made me really homesick for England. I had to watch Mr. Brooks, even though I have the song on iTunes, so I could hear young Finn at the end of the movie. Even though I've never met him, I feel like I know the kid. When...not if...when I go back to England (for good), I'll meet him, and I'll hang out with Tallis and Paul more often than than a few hours every three or four years.
falkenna, janalyson, paulpearson23, and Jan's daughter Jennifer. We met up at the Espresso Cafe for coffee. Everyone had some sort of coffee except for Tallis (she had Chai) and me (I had root beer ~ no caffeine). Tallis and Paul were in from England and her sister Jan and Jennifer were driving them about for various holiday festivities. This was the first time Tallis had been back in the States for Christmas in 25 years, so it was a particularly monumental time for her. They're here through the first week of the new year I do believe.We talked about all sorts of things: England, SC, NC, naked mole rats, The Joker Blogs, centipedes, millipedes, medications, The Blood Crown, Barry Andrews (I bet his hears were burning off!), young Finn, and Aunt Tudi read her poetry...which gave the place a real coffee house vibe. And Tallis and Paul gave me a gift. Paul named him and I had to draw lips on him to make him the new mascot for the First Church of the Alpaca Lips. Behold Barack Ollama, the mascot for the Alpaca Lips!
We yapped, yammered, and chattered until one of the coffee house staff came up and told us they were closing and we had to leave, so we were essentially kicked out. Ha! But we got in about three good hours of fellowship and bonding so that's really cool. It was great to see them all again and it made me really homesick for England. I had to watch Mr. Brooks, even though I have the song on iTunes, so I could hear young Finn at the end of the movie. Even though I've never met him, I feel like I know the kid. When...not if...when I go back to England (for good), I'll meet him, and I'll hang out with Tallis and Paul more often than than a few hours every three or four years.
Sacred City, Chapter Four
Jun. 7th, 2009 04:34 pmThe savage child god in this chapter is none other than the Veils' Finn Andrews when he was still a kid. Like father, like son.
Jesus for the Jugular
May. 31st, 2009 06:07 pmWhen I was in England and B came a-visiting falkenna's house in Brighton, we were all treated to a preview of the Veils sophomore album that would later be called Nux Vomica. There was one song on the album that really stood out to me because it sounded so...Shriekback...but in a totally different way than B's Shriek. Finn truly can shriek and he does it in the song 'Jesus for the Jugular.' Sadly, Nux Vomica was never released Stateside because those evil bastards I used to work for dropped Rough Trade from the American label roster, so I never got the chance to snag the album. Now, I've been hoarding some fundage on iTunes from a gift card I got around the Christmahanukwanzayule season, and it occurred to me that maybe the song might be available there. It was. So I spent 99 cents of my 7 remaining dollars. Three years almost to the day of my hearing this soul-shattering song, I got to hear it again, and I'm very happy about this in one respect, yet kinda freaked by it in another. The song drips of Cadmus, which I really didn't need at the moment, but everything has a reason and purpose, I guess, so there you go. It also struck me as a song I could use in a Joker fic, just for the chaotic sound of the music and for the one line "Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound." I could probably use it in the very dark J-fic I'm writing now, since Bruce Wayne makes an appearance at the beginning of the story to set the letter up. I'll finish it soon if I can get my insomniac head out of my arse.
Anyway, I strongly suggest that anyone reading this give the song a listen. The lyrics are below.
Jesus for the Jugular by the Veils (written by Finn Andrews)
How do you preach the word if you don't know how to read
When they hold your soul once you sign the deed
Would the sun still rise if there's no-one round
Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound
Let him go from me
This whole world spins with her feet off the ground
She'll make the stars applaud when she sits back down
There's a bulls-blooded fountain in the pit of a moan
That I'll summon an eclipse on my way to the lord
Let him go from me
Jesus for the jugular - one at a time
Ain't nobody ever gonna ever have to die
falkenna's house in Brighton, we were all treated to a preview of the Veils sophomore album that would later be called Nux Vomica. There was one song on the album that really stood out to me because it sounded so...Shriekback...but in a totally different way than B's Shriek. Finn truly can shriek and he does it in the song 'Jesus for the Jugular.' Sadly, Nux Vomica was never released Stateside because those evil bastards I used to work for dropped Rough Trade from the American label roster, so I never got the chance to snag the album. Now, I've been hoarding some fundage on iTunes from a gift card I got around the Christmahanukwanzayule season, and it occurred to me that maybe the song might be available there. It was. So I spent 99 cents of my 7 remaining dollars. Three years almost to the day of my hearing this soul-shattering song, I got to hear it again, and I'm very happy about this in one respect, yet kinda freaked by it in another. The song drips of Cadmus, which I really didn't need at the moment, but everything has a reason and purpose, I guess, so there you go. It also struck me as a song I could use in a Joker fic, just for the chaotic sound of the music and for the one line "Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound." I could probably use it in the very dark J-fic I'm writing now, since Bruce Wayne makes an appearance at the beginning of the story to set the letter up. I'll finish it soon if I can get my insomniac head out of my arse. Anyway, I strongly suggest that anyone reading this give the song a listen. The lyrics are below.
Jesus for the Jugular by the Veils (written by Finn Andrews)
How do you preach the word if you don't know how to read
When they hold your soul once you sign the deed
Would the sun still rise if there's no-one round
Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound
Let him go from me
This whole world spins with her feet off the ground
She'll make the stars applaud when she sits back down
There's a bulls-blooded fountain in the pit of a moan
That I'll summon an eclipse on my way to the lord
Let him go from me
Jesus for the jugular - one at a time
Ain't nobody ever gonna ever have to die
Finn ~ lovely lovely Finn
May. 1st, 2009 01:13 amThe lad just gets better with every album. He's going to rule the world someday, I just know it.
