Sometimes it doesn't seem fair. I've just been off work for week after week. I finally get to go back, and a week and a half later I get sent home sick. That's just annoying. Plus, there's no one else at home at the moment, so I'm here on my own. None of this is really relevant, it's just meant that I've been trying to find fun things to do the last couple of days. Well, I say 'fun'. Mainly, I've been sleeping, and watching films when I've been awake.
I have discovered something which interested me, however. I was reading the classic graphic novel 'Watchmen', which Simon Davy, the lead guitarist from The Salvator Darlings lent to me along with 'The Dark Knight Returns'. I noticed an interesting parallel to be drawn between one of the storylines, and a certain 2003 film starring Johnny Depp as the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow. Does anyone else think it slightly strange that both films feature a ship with a crew from Hell, one named The Black Pearl, the other The Black Freighter. I also believe that anyone who has seen the film will not miss the link between it and this exerpt taken from the end of chapter 5 in Watchmen:
'The closing images, with a multitude of dead and drowned men walking across the ocean bed towards the anchor rope of the Black Freighter which they climb to take their rightful positions on board the ship, remain some of Orlando's most haunting work on the series.' (Moore/Gibbons,DC,1986)
Hmmm...
In other, more interesting news, The Salvator Darlings finally return to the Leeds circuit on Tuesday, after a four month break. Now with a new bassist, Tim Higgins, we'll be headlining at the Vine on the Headrow in Leeds, supported by Band Club and two other bands. Check out our website for more details...
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Allow me to set a few things straight. I will begin by quoting a brilliant young writer from Leeds: "Are you sure that it was the simplicity of the nachos and beer that bowled you over, or the person that made them?"
I like the girl, but we aren't going to start anything at this time. I called her the other day and we both feel like doing things differently this time, which means taking our time.
That having been said, she AND the nachos greatly impressed me that day, but it was the nachos that i wanted to highlight in my blog.
Now on to the matter of the Black Frieghter. I can't believe that you aren't aware of the obvious latent-homosexual implications of the "pirate story". You should probably get help, or embrace it and start wearing a dress. Either way is fine I guess. I'll be praying for you to get better. In fact, Jesus, please heal my friend Mark. You created him, now will you recreate him in your holy name.
See you soon Marcus!
sigh...men!
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