Focus now will be on England (!!!). Studying crop circles. Will read Edna’s England travelogue asap. Will read my own analysis of Wheeler-Jasper collages from same web site, and maybe Baker Bloch in England material also. I have access to a super cool crop circle database now that allows one to view the circles down through the years on a single satellite map.
I’m also on the outer fringes of another carrcass, to even add a bit more to all the excitement going on in my life right now. I think that was the clincher in giving up the Rubi land… how am I going to mix *that* in with everything else. The initial song involved is “The Lovely Linda” by Mac, his first track from the solo years beyond The Beatles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_%26_Monsters
Elton and Ursula form LINDA—”London Investigation ‘N’ Detective Agency”—with three others, Bridget, Bliss, and Mr. Skinner, and meet in a library basement to discuss their experiences, but soon their activities become more social in nature. Elton and Ursula become closer through these meetings.
One day, a man by the name of Victor Kennedy comes in and interrupts one of the group’s meetings, and points out that LINDA has lost its cause.
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bb:
Marty, we talked to you quite a bit in 2009, I believe, when Carrcass-3 was slowly percolating after the summer creation of Carrcass-2. I assume you know what I mean.
Marty:
As a variant — yes, I know what you mean. We were in Sunklands[ at the time].
bb:
Still miss it Marty… Pietmond and all.
Marty:
Pietmond, yes.
bb:
I’m starting a new carrcass, Marty, and you’re tile #1. “The Lovely Linda”. Can you tell us about, say, the relation with Lemon’s Plastic Ono Band for Billfork, which also uses his track 1 from the post-Beetles career?
Marty:
I can tell you some. I can say that I agree with the tiling process as much as Lemon. Back to basics, that was my mantra[ at the time of McCartney I]. We, the variant band, appeared in WES west of Sunklands (pause). Lennon was shot. (long pause)
bb:
That was a long time ago, now. (pause) Are you familiar with Billfork?
Marty:
Yes.
bb:
I mean the carrcass now.
Marty:
Yes I know. Billfork.
bb:
Do you like Billfork?
Marty:
Yes, very much.
bb:
Did you agree that The Bill had to be called in?
Marty:
Just translating — yes, I agreed.
bb:
But not at the time.
Marty:
No. I didn’t understand how it would all unfold.
bb:
Billfork was something new, beyond SID[‘s 1st Oz]. Then the carrcass beyond that was something new again. Then the carrcass beyond even that was something new once more. The Foreign One. It was big big, so big I couldn’t control it. And the Beatles [Beetles] were right there again. 5 songs, the use of Magical Mystery Tour[ video], and The Rutles [Beatles parody band movie]. Lead Zeppelin and The Beetles acted together, like in the later Carrcass-3. Plant and Marty again.
Marty:
Yes. Zeppelin Tube, I remember. How I remember.
bb:
Do you think Lead Zeppelin is a better variant band than your own?
Marty:
No. Plainly speaking.
bb:
Why not?
Marty:
They lack a sense of humor about themselves — took themselves too seriously.
bb:
But let’s look at The Bill. *All* they do is make fun of themselves and others. One could say there’s no seriousness or *gravity* about any of all that.
Marty:
Yes.
bb:
Lemon liked them, though.
Marty:
Yes. He said: Bring in The Bill. Sure, bring ’em in, baker b.
bb:
“Bring me The Bill”, and all.
Marty:
Yes.
bb:
The influence of The Bill in the carrcasses essentially ends in Carrcass-0, which is often grouped with Carrcass+0 as the ur-carrcass or beginning carrcass, not Carrcass-1 as some believe.
Marty (repeating):
Some.
bb:
They are bookends for this central period of the carrcasses, which contain the largest and most complex of the lot still.
Marty:
Lot.
bb:
Billfork and Carrcass-0 I mean. We have an opening and a closing for that period. Both use Lemon as a primary artist, unique in that respect. Billfork uses Lemon 01. Carrcass-0 uses Lemon 02 04 05. 03 is skipped over. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Marty:
bb:
This is the shared one of the first 5, and then the last two were also shared, 06 and 07 I suppose.
Marty:
Yes.
bb:
Do you think the shared albums are weaker?
Marty:
Most definitely. Don’t you?
bb:
Well, what I’ve heard I think you are probably correct.
Marty:
I mean… well, I won’t go down that road. I think the original idea was the best for the two of them: release 2 solo albums, one with his music and the other with hers. You didn’t have me sharing alternate songs on Band on the Run with Linda.
bb:
Hmmm, I can understand. Lennon started co-writing with Ono, when originally he had *you*. Probably a step down.
Marty (repeating again):
Probably a step down, yep.
Sunklands 