Not too distant future: A Zombie Homage

Each day we draw closer to our doom, whether it by government corruption, extermination of our species by war games or through means of our own nature. Many of us believe there is a fate that lies dormant until science and ignorance combine and breathe undead life into mindless, flesh-hungry creatures once part of the human race. My brother had a theory regarding the culmination of zombies that I thought was quite profound in itself. Quoted from "11 Ahead 7 Behind" blogspot: "The inevitable Zombie Holocaust is another matter altogether. The recent breakthrough of creating stem cells from adult skin cells using viruses to rewrite it’s DNA almost makes this a lead pipe cinch. And you know what? The majority of these cells end up cancerous. From what I understand, cancer cells are virtually immortal. Didn’t these guys ever play Resident Evil? I mean what the fuck were they thinking? Do they WANT there to be zombies rising up and consuming the living? Unless of course that’s where they got the idea to begin with. You can rest assured, if something, no matter how repugnant, inhumane and evil, is possible, somebody somewhere is already doing it.

Regardless of what these knuckle-heads had in mind, the shit is going to hit the fan when it all goes down and Milla Jovovich ain’t gonna be around to save your fat, lazy latte slurpin’ ass this time. You want to cure America’s obesity problem? Fuck Jenny Craig, fuck Weight Watchers and fuck Richard Simmons; you just unleash a bunch of unstoppable ghouls craving human flesh on the public and you’ll see big waistlines (and the people attached to them) disappear over night. Why? Because overweight people can’t climb ropes and neither can zombies. That’s an interesting coincidence, huh? I know where my happy-go-lucky ass is going to be when the dead rise; up a frigging rope with a gun somewhere. Zombies (traditional ones anyway) can’t run, and surprisingly enough heavy people tend not to be too light on their feet either. You will never see Nike pay millions to an overweight, pasty-faced World of Warcraft champion to endorse their new line high-tops for the indoor athlete. So just keep stuffing your face with Hot-pockets and pizza-rolls and you might as well tattoo ‘Zombie-Chow’ across your forehead."

This theory sheds new light on the subject for me. Are we ready? If an outbreak occurs, where will we go? Will the viral infection be blood borne, passed onto another host by means of physical infection or will it become airborne? Many thoughts surround this. I know that when and if the day comes, I won't be the one holding a revolver. My weapons of choice will be long range weaponry, close encounter defense weapons like shotguns, shovels, machete's or crowbars.

A storm is coming people, the days of playgrounds and promotions will be a hollow reflection of our past.

Random doodling

From The Hypercube Group-Designs & Illustrations

The is the monster Grendle that I drew in 1992 after reading the story "Beowulf"

From The Hypercube Group-Designs & Illustrations

I was messing around and wanted to see what a Bulldog would look like half cartoonish and half realistic. I am no artist by any account as you can see.

From The Hypercube Group-Designs & Illustrations

Just some random sketches done during some free time. My son Logan helped add some "cool" to one skull face.

From The Hypercube Group-Designs & Illustrations

Saw this koi fish design in a tattoo book. Not my artwork but was drawn freehand and out of scale from original.

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.