Heart of an Artist 2

Dedicated to my Notebook Brother.

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If I Had a Time Machine...

If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time to meet the following people:

1. Jesus
2. Leonardo da Vinci
3. Rod Sterling
4. Abraham Lincoln
5. C.S. Lewis
6. Nathaniel Hawthorne
7. St. Augustine
8. Dag Hammarskjold
9. Jack Kirby
10. Thomas Alva Edison

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Sonic Verse: Favorite Music Releases of 2013

Artist	Title(s)
Masterplan	Novum Initium (Digipak Limited Edition)
Stryper	No More Hell to Pay
Celldweller	Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head Vol 03 Chapter 01 Zombie Killer (MP3 EP) Blackstar Act One: Purified Original Score (MP3 EP)
Queensrÿche	Queensrÿche (Deluxe)
James LaBrie	Impermanent Resonance (Digipak Limited Edition)
Abnormal Thought Patterns	Manipulation Under Anesthesia
Joe Satriani	Unstoppable Momentum
Fates Warning	Darkness in a Different Light (Limited Edition)

Honorable Mentions

• Anup Sastry, Ghost
• The Omega Experiment, The Omega Experiment

Favorite Albums Released Prior to 2013, but Purchased in 2013

• Masterplan, Aeronautics (Deluxe Edition) and Back for My Life (EP)
• Ark, Burn the Sun

Favorite Album Artwork (from titles in previous entries)

• Masterplan, Novum Initium
• Stryper, No More Hell to Pay
• Fates Warning, Darkness in a Different Light

Favorite Albums Rediscovered in 2013

• Overkill, From the Underground and Below
• Queensrÿche, The Warning
• Synaethesia, Desideratum

 

About

In the early to mid 1990s I wrote and edited an Internet-distributed music newsletter, called Sonic Verse™ (SV), which also included original creative writings.

Many years have passed since I put the newsletter on hold, but the time was right to resurrect SV and its spirit: to highlight the music, artists, and associated elements that I enjoy (e.g. album cover artwork).

Going forward, SV entries will crop-up at insilentpassage.com from time-to-time, along with a few twists and tendrils related to the concept of "sonic verse."

P.S. The seeds for the resurrection of SV were sown in the post, "In Mental Streams" (April 2009), and in posts containing the label "soundtrack."

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Satyricon Vantas Immorti

Satyricon Vantas Immorti
A Study of Negative Space

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Another Today's Tendril...

When a unicorn farts, does it smell like cotton candy?

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Unsurprised

"It's the unsnowiest winter ever."

That's what I remember hearing. Or maybe overhearing. I don't actually remember when I heard it, where I heard it, or the context in which it was made, but I do remember hearing it—and thinking, "unsnowiest"? Really?!?

Here's hoping that an unusually cloudy and cool summer will prompt someone to say "it's the unsunniest summer e-ver."

Humans say the darnedest things.

I'm not surprised.

Or is that unsurprised?

8^)

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Today's Tendril...

Q: How did we describe the shifts in emotional states before the advent of roller coasters? A: Pendulums. Tides. Spirits and superstitions.

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Just for Fun 6: Onel (Christmas 2013)

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Last Train to the North Pole

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Today's Tendril...

Q: What separates the defiant from the compliant? A: Tolerance. Complacency. Philosophy. Tenacity. Drive. Fear. Vision.

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Theragon Tangelis

Theragon Tangelis A

Theragon Tangelis B

Theragon Tangelis C

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Today's Tendril...

Clever is relative. Clueless is universal.

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