Brain Damage: The Blog of the Swands: ZOMBIE ZOMBIE/ The Midnight Podcast's video of the day

Saw this video on a friend's blog. Dug it! and linked it. For fans of "The Thing" (1982) you should get a kick out of it

ZOMBIE ZOMBIE Driving Clip Simon Gesrel Xavier Ehretsmann
by JeanCarpentier

Mob Rules-"BLACK" Friday-Bumrushed to death

Couldn't quite nail down a suitable title. Maybe some communities should just stick to having liquor stores and gun shops on every street corner. For those of you who haven't heard about this tragic incident I quote the article as reference "A Wal-Mart worker died early Friday after an "out-of-control" mob of frenzied shoppers smashed through the Long Island store's front doors and trampled him, police said. The Black Friday stampede plunged the Valley Stream outlet into chaos, knocking several employees to the ground and sending others scurrying atop vending machines to avoid the horde. When the madness ended, 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour was dead and four shoppers, including a woman eight months pregnant, were injured."

Primordial Soup to Goop

By definition Primordial Soup is a mixture of organic molecules in evolutionary theory from which life on earth originated. OK..I can buy that, I wage no arguments on things that are impossible for me, let alone mankind to scientifically explain. Shit, most of who we are and our meaning here is based on suggestion and example of consequence.

But just the other morning, in my partially inebriated state of conciseness, I let the water fountain down upon me from the shower head; a common morning ritual before I yet again become a slave to a paycheck, and I began to think. My thoughts ran queries between each neuron, interrogating the reason why we saturate our bone, flesh and follicle with these manufactured chemical compounds.

I'm sure these pharmaceutical corporations have our best interest in mind when developing these ideas from formula to the production. And yes even though my view on this may sound radical, I am an advent consumer. Naturally (not really?!?) I too, permeate the daily "funk" my carbon body exhausts day to day. But how much is too much? I mean use (1)dandruff shampoo a few days a week, (1a)shampoo and (2)conditioner on my hair the rest, I use a (3)body wash or (3a)bar soap to cleanse everything from the neck down. Then some kind of (4)facial cleanser, whether it be some sort of exfoliating skin wash or a pore scraping wet piece of sandpaper being that I refuse to use the same soap I used to wash my "can" and "stick pits" on my face. Then after seeing my face glowing from shredding of a slight layer of my epidermis, I dry and start part of my internal cleansing. As I hope most of you reading this do, I brush my teeth twice an day, three times when I have been drinking all night and inhaled a good half a pack of smokes and maybe some recreational shrubbery. I then start brushing with (5) toothpaste. Not just any old enamel scrubbing paste; it's gotta be "teeth-whitening, tartar controlling, gingivitis-fighting, mint flavored toothpaste for sensitive teeth" ..or nothing at ALL! he he

After that, most people including me then use some sort of caustic fluid to kill the rotten throat stench that lingered from a night of snoring and breathing in "WHO KNOWS" what types of bacteria. This lovely gargle juice is what we call (6) mouth wash. Then, as a man, I go and grab the stick of (7) anti-perspirant/deodorant and mash a small layer of that scented animal fat into the "stink pits". I then (while I still have it) go and add some glue-ish substance to my hair for style, which is coined as (8) gel or mousse. And if on a "special day" splash my skin with some (9) cologne or "body spray".

I mean, am I crazy? Am I the only one covering myself like this each and everyday? Yes, there are many days my time is limited and I only partake in the essentials. How much more goop are we going to douse our bodies with? And they are even more I have excluded.

Shaving cream
aftershave
hand lotion
waterless hand sanitizer
lotion for razor bumps (mostly for the bruthas)
body powder
foot powder
bacitracin
lip balm....and I could continue!

And just imagine if you were a WOMAN! If you pressed your face against a clean piece of glass and viewed what was left behind under a microscope....how much junk would be swimming around?

I won't even comment on permanent make-up and plastic surgery! I may be niave, but due to the current economic climate and affordable gas prices, each family should be spending their money on filling 55 gallon drums of gasoline, canned food, buying bottled water and bullets!

Interesting Video regarding Alien research

Greys

I am part of the 48% of Americans who believe that aliens from outer space have and are visiting our planet Earth. There are many conspiracies that surround the theory of extraterrestrial beings and their purpose here. Most of us heard about the government's top-secret programs such as Project Blue Book, Operation:Paperclip, Majestic, the infamous Area 51 and the notorious Roswell crash. These stories still hold a certain mystery, allure of deception and a curiosity of the unknown to many of us today. I mean there are thousands of supposed UFO sighting on YouTube and even more websites dedicated to this phenomenon. One that I will give full accreditation to is MUFON. I will share my 2 theories in a attempt to explain my outlook on the existence of aliens.

Evolution:Fabric of Time
As prehistoric cavemen...we wandered, searching for food, shelter and then began our journey to discover the most prestigious of elements...fire! This was our way for centuries upon centuries. Just imagine with me that if you take that same evolutionary gap from our age of Cro-Magnon man and stretch it to our current state of civilized existence, I would roughly measure this linear fiber of time to be approximately 2 million years.

Now here's where the tripped out part comes into play, if you were to flip that timeline ahead starting at today and go forward in time, using modern man (Homo Genus) as the starting point, I envision our physical state, this carbon being would ultimately change it's conditional shape after 2 million years of evolution. I believe the form our bodies would take on, is what we now call aliens,... greys, ... or E.T.'s. But if you question that since we have evolved into our current bodies after 2 million years, starting from a neanderthal, wouldn't we evolve even faster in the thousands of years to come? Maybe the Greys are who we are destined to be and this change will happen in about 1/4 of a million years per say, who knows..except maybe them?!? If you stop and look how "remote" our lives are becoming, you may be able to see what I mean. We have become smarter, we use less physical force to manage physical situations, 10 years ago there was not a computer in almost every home and a cell phone for each member of the family. The future is being forged as we speak. Will all these radio waves, unseen frequencies and signals play a role on what we evolve into? Are they somehow altering our DNA?

Evolution is always defying the boundaries beyond any comprehensive understanding.

The Chimpanzee Theory
In basic terms, we get into our transportation vehicles, and let's say as scientists we want to do some tests on chimps we find in the wild. We drive these vehicles, with our weapons in hand. Let's say for this experiment it is a rifle loaded with tranquilizers. We find the chimp of choice, fire a tranquilizer dart into the chimp, rendering it paralyzed. Then we cage this species we are set to bring back to our laboratories and run scientific tests on. After many tests on studying different medicines, vaccines, viruses we inject into the chimp's physical system, we urgently await the results of our experiemnts. Then while studying and recording its effects on the chimp's anatomy, we use what data we find to further our study and culture what discoveries we feel may be admissible breakthroughs for the future of scientific research.

Then when the experiments are complete, if the chimp survives, we tag the animal and return it to its habitat.

Now, ...let's say for a moment that WE are the chimps...and the aliens are US.

I feel the same premise can be used to describe Alien Abductions. In short; find, shoot, acquire, test, record, dispose.

For Example:
transportation vehicle=alien spacecraft
tranquilizer rifle=gravity control paralyzer ray
cage=membrane suspension orb/ memory erasing technology
laboratories=on board testing rooms
tests=probing
tags=implants
returned to habitat=alien abduction reports e.g. Travis Walton
non-survival from testing=missing persons ads ???

Underground Music Coalition

The recent combined efforts of Apparatus Revolution and several east coast bands has forged a compilation in which should not lightly be reckoned with. I'm speaking of "The Apparatus Revolution Presents: The COMP 2" which features bands such as FIVE FOUND DEAD, WHEN THEY ALL FELL, MOURING WAITS, SYDBARRET, THE FULL BODY KARATE, STORM(O), AFTERFIRE, ASSUALT, MURDEROUS PERFECTION, DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, LAID TO REST, INNERCORE, CRIMZN, DIVISION CHAOS and FORGETTING TOMORROW. The union of musical vision, orchestrated angst and collaborated rebellion has created this infectious project in which I am proud to have become a part of. Get yourself a copy today from some of these distributors: iTunes, Napster, Amazon just to name a few. For more info visit Apparatus Revolution on MySpace

I sang for FIVE FOUND DEAD and the track that's featured on The COMP 2 is "Field of Broken Dreams". My inspiration came from a bum wearing a billboard stating "The END is HERE". I guess in his disorientated, booze-ridden state, he felt like his pre-apocolyptic message was a prediction for the future existence of civilization, or maybe he was just cold and crazy. Either way, I began to think on this for while. Initially I thought maybe he was crazed and did not know what was happenning at that moment. Then I questioned if he was aware of the fact that our world is full of constant turmoil, civil oppression and violent crimes against humanity? Was he a prophet? Was he a messenger of God? Nevertheless I began to come to sorts with a few lyrical ideas like maybe for someone someday there will be no tomorrow. Maybe the future will be dead. Do the Mayans have the answers? Is that why the Mayan calendar fortells that there will be a great catastrophe on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 that will competely wipeout the human race except for a chosen few by a higher power? I tried to express to anyone who listened to the track that we all need to expel our demons and work to become a race of people with a soul desire to strengthen our mortality, a race......set to survive.

The Twin Towers Alliance

I have been a long time admirer of the vision of architect Minoru Yamasaki whose design constructed those monolithic structures that once pierced our NYC skyline.

Like most of you, I was fixed to the TV on that calamitous day that will forever etch itself in history...yes...9-11-2001. I guess because I love New York City, the Twin Towers, drinking 40's in the village, skating in Washington Square, marching in rallies to Central Park is why I am affected even 7 years later. I still am mournful when I drive remotely close enough to see where the two giants once trumped the rest of the buildings in Manhattan and neighboring cities. I feel like they are somehow connected to me. Though structural construction began between 1966 and 1973, and me being born in 1972 (yeah, just dated myself there boy!)I did not know of their existence until I was around 8 years old, years later I was most drawn by their magnificence. Standing at 110 stories which calculates to 1368 feet tall painted me a phenomenal image I would always reflect on.

Since that infamous day, I have always believed the Twin Towers should be rebuilt in portrayal of the original towers that fell, but stronger, greener, and maybe even taller to show America's omnificence. Show those who stand against us, that we will not stay down and we will not be defeated. If you feel as I do, register and sign the petition to help rebuild The Twin Towers. At my last check there are only 6388 signatures including mine, let's help break 10,000 and continue on to see that we, the people, still have the power.

The Twin Towers Alliance

After reading (most of)"The Batman Handbook-The Ultimate Training Manual" by Scott Beatty, and finding it's literature and graphic depictions compelling of how to physically and mentally become a vigilante whose purpose is to right the wrong-doings of society, I came across this website called "Zombie Combat Club" and was blown away by the intuitive media that lay within. Both The Batman Handbook and the Zombie Combat club website have what I find to be the most actual interpretations of defense methods described in physical detail, graphical depiction and probable account that can be used in the event of circumstantial necessitation.

The sole purpose of the site is (and I quote) "to provide the scientific, technical and combative knowledge to destroy the threat of the living dead, perhaps seconds from ending your life and that of your loved ones, using nothing but hand-to-hand combat weapons and techniques."

I love zombie flicks, but would shit myself if I saw a zombie coming at me, especially if they were anything similar to "the infected" from "28 Days Later" which I enjoyed alot. Not only did it show the hardship of killing loved ones because of their zombification and threat to your well-being, but the thing I found honest about it was that the story was based on humanity becoming diminished by crazed zombies made from a laboratory accident. And boy were those bastards FAST! That's what I found was most gripping. "28 Days Later" strayed from the traditional slow, waddling gate of the more popular zombie flicks in circulation today.

"The Thirst"

Throughtout history, chilling stories have been told of creatures of the night, shape-shifting immortals that walk our Earth for eternity only to be forever tormented by an infinite thirst for the blood of the living. I have always been intrigued by these dark tales of monsters and cursed beings.

VAMPIRES:
There is a whole underworld of people who believe in vampires and are willing to do whatever modification to their bodies that's needed to become part of this culture. From sharpening their teeth, having odd looking contact lenses, drinking blood to even getting tattoes of there master's vampire glyph upon their flesh to symbolize an allegiance to this shadowed and grave genre.
Found this interesting article on Wikipedia.com: "Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. In folkloric tales, the undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early Nineteenth Century.Other attributes varied greatly from culture to culture; some vampires, such as those found in Transylvanian tales, were gaunt, pale, and had long fingernails, while those from Bulgaria only had one nostril,[23] and Bavarian vampires slept with thumbs crossed and one eye open.[24] Moravian vampires only attacked while naked

and those of Albanian folklore wore high-heeled shoes.[24] As stories of vampires spread throughout the globe to the Americas and elsewhere, so did the varied and sometimes bizarre descriptions of them: Mexican vampires had a bare skull instead of a head,[24] Brazilian vampires had furry feet and vampires from the Rocky Mountains only sucked blood with their noses and from the victim's ears.[24] Common attributes were sometimes described, such as red hair.[24] Some were reported to be able to transform into bats, rats, dogs, wolves, spiders and even moths.[25] From these various legends, works of literature such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, and the influences of historical bloodthirsty figures such as Gilles de Rais, Elizabeth Bathory, and Vlad Ţepeş, the vampire developed into the modern stereotype.[20][24]"

A few films involving vampires that I have enjoyed viewing are:
Salem's Lot
Nosferatu (1922)
Lifeforce
Interview with the Vampire
Queen of the Damned
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Martin
Fright Night
The Monster Squad
Near Dark
Blade: 1 & 2 (3 was a bit flashy for my taste)
30 Days of NIght (Killer flick!)
Underworld & Underworld: Evolution
From Dusk till Dawn
The Lost Boys

Quote:
Newt: My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are.
Ripley: Yes, there are, aren't there?
Newt: Why do they tell little kids that?
Ripley: Most of the time it's true.