Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small. And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all.
One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small. And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all., originally uploaded by jsarcadia.
Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall
Classic 60s psychedelia from Grace Slick and the Airplane, before they went so sadly mainstream.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Phillip Island
Spent the last week at Phillip Island - Cape Woolamai to be exact. Right on the surf beach, away from the touristy areas of the island. Lazy, lazy week. Perfect.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Been a long time since he rock and rolled. Been a long time since he did the stroll. Willie is back, Willie is back, Willie is back. Not really where he came from. Wo-oh-oh yeah!
Been a long time since he rock and rolled. Been a long time since he did the stroll. Willie is back, Willie is back, Willie is back. Not really where he came from. Wo-oh-oh yeah!, originally uploaded by jsarcadia.
Willie the Rooster, a resident of Kansas, followed the Yellow Brick Road and landed in Oz.
If you're not familiar with Willie look here to see where he came from.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Pandaemonium
by Christopher Brookmyre.
Unbelievable.
Science meets religion meets teenagers ........ Chaos.
A secret scientific facility under a mountain in Scotland has created an anomaly which has led to demons, complete with horns and forked tails, arriving from a parallel dimension. They are captured and put through all sorts of torturous testing in the facility. The Catholic Church has been called in to deal with these demons and Cardinal Tullian is the man in charge, much to the chagrin and frustration of the scientists.
Meanwhile, a busload of Catholic schoolkids arrives at a school retreat outside, on the mountain. They are there to help them deal with the deaths of two of their school mates.
The first half of the book alternates between these two, apparently seperate, stories. There is a lot of scientific theorising and a lot of theological discussion in the early chapters.
This overt academia is interspersed with chapters detailing the journey, arrival and settling in of the school group. The bus ride to the retreat is just hilarious. There are no long descriptions of these kids but I knew each and everyone of them. Brookmyre has written the dialogue and actions so well - these kids come alive instantly.
Eventually the two stories collide. In a nutshell, the demons escape.
What follows is genuinely horrific but also hilarious in a weird way. The blood and gore and horror just keeps on coming as the kids attempt to save themselves from being torn apart by the rampaging monsters - who are not, in fact, demons, but beings from another world sucked into their own version of Hell.
It's not called Pandaemonium for nothing. I couldn't put this book down.
Unbelievable.
Science meets religion meets teenagers ........ Chaos.
A secret scientific facility under a mountain in Scotland has created an anomaly which has led to demons, complete with horns and forked tails, arriving from a parallel dimension. They are captured and put through all sorts of torturous testing in the facility. The Catholic Church has been called in to deal with these demons and Cardinal Tullian is the man in charge, much to the chagrin and frustration of the scientists.
Meanwhile, a busload of Catholic schoolkids arrives at a school retreat outside, on the mountain. They are there to help them deal with the deaths of two of their school mates.
The first half of the book alternates between these two, apparently seperate, stories. There is a lot of scientific theorising and a lot of theological discussion in the early chapters.
This overt academia is interspersed with chapters detailing the journey, arrival and settling in of the school group. The bus ride to the retreat is just hilarious. There are no long descriptions of these kids but I knew each and everyone of them. Brookmyre has written the dialogue and actions so well - these kids come alive instantly.
Eventually the two stories collide. In a nutshell, the demons escape.
What follows is genuinely horrific but also hilarious in a weird way. The blood and gore and horror just keeps on coming as the kids attempt to save themselves from being torn apart by the rampaging monsters - who are not, in fact, demons, but beings from another world sucked into their own version of Hell.
It's not called Pandaemonium for nothing. I couldn't put this book down.
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