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thetragicclown

"Beware the March of Ideas."

About Me

I'm a diabolist, bon vivant, solitary cultist of Hastur the Unspeakable and aspiring writer currently seeking publication of my first novel. I spend a vast amount of my time living in the vast realm of The Imagination from which all the cool shit you own springs from. Your webcam, your computer, your chair and yes, even your iPod. All of these things existed first in the imagination before it existed physically, but I digress.

When I'm not fighting my Nazi doppelganger from an alternate universe on the roof of a Sturmzug en-route to Neue-Berlin, I can often be found drinking fine wine or absinthe, doing various geeky things, loitering in dark spaces at ill-lit clubs and pissing about on the internet. I also try to take not taking myself seriously very seriously.

The following section is mildly important.

I only accept friend invites from people I know in some way. If you're a close personal friend of mine, friends with a close personal friend of mine, someone I've had sex with or someone I generally Know (not necessarily in the Biblical sense), I will probably accept your friend invite. If however you're a complete stranger seeking to expand your Myspace friends list (aka "E-Penis"), or someone I haven't seen in donkey's years, I will decline the offer to be just another name on your profile and, if you get pushy about it, tell you politely to fuck off. Send me a PM to at least introduce yourself before randomly trying to friend me.

Either way I hope you enjoy perusing the vast swathes of Nothing I have in this, my small north-western corner of the internet.

My Interests

Art, Writing, Lovecraft, Cthulhu Mythos, The King in Yellow, Roleplaying games, Hordes & Warmachine, Esoterica, Chaos Magick, Literomancy, Eschatology, Transhumanism, Goth culture, Counterculture, Occulture, some Anime, I-Ching, Iconography of the former Soviet Union, Archetypes, Ideational space, Fiction suits, Language as a Virus, Emotional aggregates, manifesting the unmanifest, various occult stuff, true romance, tragic love stories, writing random stuff in my interests box and sounding utterly pretentious

I'd like to meet:

Alan Moore, Clive Barker, Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z Brite, Nathan Fillion, Jon Snow, Lance Henriksen, Robert Anton Wilson (RIP) and many more.

Music:

The Alexandrov Red Army Choir, A Perfect Circle, Apoptygma Berzerk, Assemblage 23, Bodycount, Covenant, Combichrist, David Bowie, Icon of Coil, The Divine Comedy, Drum Ecstasy, Flogging Molly, Front 242, Jesper Kyd, Juno Reactor, Kraftwerk, Lacrimosa, Laibach, Marilyn Manson, Moby, Nick Cave, Nobuo Uematsu, NWA, Ofra Haza, Rammstein, The Sisters of Mercy, Suicide Commando, VNV Nation, Wumpscut

Movies:

Nochnoy Dozor, Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children, Serenity, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, 2001: A Space Oddysey, Grave of the Fireflies, Casshern, The (original) Wicker Man, the original unaltered holy Star Wars trilogy, Jacob's Ladder, Primer, The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo), Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del fauno), Cronos (La Invención de Cronos), Don't Look Now

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Life on Mars, Doctor Who, BBC News, Channel 4 news, The Mighty Boosh, Firefly, Spaced, The Prisoner, Millenium, The Shield, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff Box, Invader Zim

Books:

The Invisibles, The Filth, House of Leaves, Exquisite Corpse, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Books of Blood, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong, We3, Transmetropolitan, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, The Drenai Saga, Elric of Melnibone, The Corum Trilogy, Neverwhere, Weaveworld, The Sprawl Trilogy, VALIS, Flow My Tears the Policeman Said, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, Generation X, Liber Null, Nemesis the Warlock, Chasm City, Revelation Space, The Demolished Man

Heroes:

Most of my heroes are either fictional or dead.

My Blog

Why the Scenic Railway was torched

You all know who I’m talking about.EDIT:  The following list of burn victims is taken from Eastcliff Richard, whose blog I find always a joy to read.1997 - Nero’s, Ramsgate (fire)1998...
Posted by thetragicclown on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:01:00 PST

Are you ready to have children?

Nicked from another person’s blog.------------------------------------------------------- -----------------FOLLOW THESE 14 SIMPLE TESTS BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO HAVE CHILDREN. Test 1 Preparation ...
Posted by thetragicclown on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:28:00 PST

Warren Ellis on the Bridgend suicides

"Local assembly member Carwyn Jones, last weekend said the suspected suicides were spread county-wide, across a 130,000 population and seemed to be unrelated."  Except, of course, that Bridgend...
Posted by thetragicclown on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:04:00 PST

One step closer to my dream

No, not that one.  My OTHER dream.Machines 'to match man by 2029'From the BBC:"Humans and machines would eventually merge, by means of devices embedded in people's bodies to keep them healthy an...
Posted by thetragicclown on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:24:00 PST

Why I support Anonymous

"The Road to February 10, 2008"For those who haven't the foggiest idea what the whole Anonymous shebang is about, click the link above and watch the video.  I assure you that while it is 15 minut...
Posted by thetragicclown on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:43:00 PST

More ker-AZY Scientologists

Not as famous as Tom Cruise, but just as bonkers. Actually, no, that's unfair to them; they're just innocent people caught up in a dangerous cult. "Misguided" is a better term.Tom Cruise is the bonk...
Posted by thetragicclown on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:06:00 PST

"We iz in ur religion, destroyin ur faith!"

The following liturgy of tolerance and humility comes from the top 100 list at "Fundies Say the Darndest Things!".------"This past spring I was expelled from my high school. Why? Because I'm a Christi...
Posted by thetragicclown on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:57:00 PST

Writing Blog 2 - Return of the Revenge of the Journey of the Electric Boogaloo

"Dreamspinners" Prologue, Mk III Wordcount  1004 Total word count  1004 No lyrical title for this one because I'm listening to instrumental stuff at the moment.  For the record it's the sound...
Posted by thetragicclown on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:02:00 PST

Some humour, found on a forum I frequent

A brand new store has just opened in New York City that sells Husbands. When women go to choose a husband, they have to follow the instructions at the entrance: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! T...
Posted by thetragicclown on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:04:00 PST

Tom Cruise is as mad as a sack of Badgers

In case you haven't seen it (which highly likely given the Church of Scientology's M.O, so don't feel bad), I present to you all a video of everyone's favourite sofa-ruining celebrity nutjob gushing a...
Posted by thetragicclown on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:18:00 PST