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#Post#: 183--------------------------------------------------
ANIMAL LOVER (Project of the Week for 12th of December)
By: moleshow Date: December 12, 2016, 9:02 am
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"In The Residents' Animal Lover, the creatures who don't really
mind if they are animals take an existential look at the upright
animal whose normality is sliding toward the wrong end of the
spectrum. The human beasts live in a world of primal darkness,
their heads forever stuck in the ground like frightened
ostriches living in a constant murky dream state."
this week is a week for Animal Lover, because Animal Lover is
excellent.
i'll make a post later with my thoughts and feelsies on it
later, but for now this is all on y'all.
(sidenote, i was not aware until today that Paulie's review of
the album was on the site.)
#Post#: 184--------------------------------------------------
Re: PROJECT OF THE WEEK (12th of December): ANIMAL LOVER
By: moleshow Date: December 12, 2016, 5:56 pm
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...it would just so happen that "later" is now.
one main thing i find really interesting about this album is the
aspect of it that seems to involve humans being observed by
animals in various states. humans in isolation, humans in
groups. most of the stories/songs involve at least one isolated
individual interacting with a group, and that individual is
connected to the animal(s) that observe them. sometimes the
interaction goes beyond observation, but not always. it comes
across as heavily trying to communicate a sort of difference in
human/animal interaction that is identical to the
misunderstandings and nuances or human/human interaction, i
think. humans behave in ways that make them less human, animals
behave in ways that make them more human.
so, with On The Way (to Oklahoma), you've got the man who is
isolated from a larger group, and fixates upon his animal
observer (the tiger). the interaction appears when the man
leaves the meat for the tiger and i guess some security guards
(the group) take him away.
Olive and Grey... i have no idea what the song is directly
about, even after reading the story. but what you've got is a
similar scenario, where an individual is targeted by a group,
and his animal observer attempts to interact... very briefly.
it's interesting that the interaction really never leads to much
of anything. it stops at an attempt.
What Have My Chickens Done Now? is such a beautiful track, i
mean... (kissing my fingers as perhaps a chef would, to express
joy and satisfaction) it's... excellent. musically, it oozes
this sinister essence that is absolutely delightful. once again,
we have an isolated individual interacting with a group. the
animals observe the injustices occurring, even coming too close
for comfort to it. the old woman actually does not seem to be
the one really being observed? it would appear that the sisters
are the true target of the chickens' fixation, as well as their
feathery hatred. and yet, the story only implies the potential
for action from the chickens. they continue to just... observe!
and they observe as the old woman questions if her animal
observers could help her. these first three tracks have a lot of
that "individual crushed by a group with a common goal" type of
stuff.
Two Lips has an electric, manic and chaotic energy that is
particularly enjoyable, since Tulip Mania was a real thing and
often when we look back on historical events like that, it loses
the energy that comes from experiencing something in the moment.
Two Lips gives it life, and that life is a confused, speeding
one. we have, for the first time in this album, an individual
who is at least partially part of a group! and this man speaks
of the wild nonsense that is at the core of the thoughts of his
group... but he is swept up in these beliefs, seeing that they
could do no harm. but our animal's observations come later on!
the ant sees the result of the man's hubris, as all he has left
is his tulips. the concept of "from everything to nothing" comes
up again during the album.
Mr. Bee's Bumble deserves a Grammy.
Inner Space is really our first encounter of a human in
isolation being observed by an equally disconnected animal. but
since the experiences and interpretations of scenarios between
humans and animals contrast in tone, the mouse sees the woman as
a singular good in a cruel world. the woman seems to view her
actions as inconsequential. but it is worth noting that in the
woman's hopeless grief, her father is hardly there. the mouse is
ALWAYS there. they are both, to each other, all the other truly
has. they simply view this differently.
Dead Men has an animal observer in willing isolation. the humans
it observes are unable to act. once again, the animal observes
in the aftermath, unable or unwilling to do anything. the owl is
indifferent - if not simply annoyed. the lyrics are interesting,
since it makes an interesting statement about how soldier are
viewed in death. they are heros. untouchable, saintly. but they
are still dead. (this is one of the returns of the "from
everything to nothing" theme.) the owl sees this. in the end, a
dead man is just a dead man. beyond a small portion of humans'
views, they are not heros. they are dead. and the owl does not
care for the war that they fight. the owl wants to eat the mice,
but they hide beneath the bodies of the dead men. im inclined to
believe that this is a metaphor - the owl could be many things,
but the mice are potentially stand-ins for humans. they hide
beneath the bodies of the "heros", to protect themselves from
being seen and captured, but the mice are inevitably attracted
to what fed the dead men (this could be a stand-in for beliefs),
and cannot stay away. the owl cannot move the bodies. there is
food elsewhere, but dead men are only in the way.
the morse code spells out DEAD MEN! aint that just... Delicious
Content?
My Window somehow just... SOUNDS LIKE GRIEF. you have a human in
isolation (connected weakly to a group through letters) and an
animal observer... now equally isolated, although not always
that way. the pigeon is uncertain and fears the man who seems to
wander and soak in his loneliness. the pigeon thinks very little
of whatever struggle the man is experiencing, and only fears for
itself. it lives in paranoia. but, once again... the story
leaves off without anything consequential happening! it is only
implied. the man reaches out, but what does he do? is it
something that has occurred to all of his other pets? we don't
get to know!! yay for mystery!
Ingrid's Oily Tongue is such a nice breath of fresh air, since
My Window is such a heavy and emotional track.
Mother No More is kind of... odd. you have two humans, isolated
in a way unseen elsewhere in this album. i'm assuming it is a
man and his mother. their animal observer has a comfortable
disinterest... because cat. but also, the cat recalls how the
man once was... and is no more. the man seems to experience
something tragic, and returns changed. remember that "from
everything to nothing" theme? here it is again, in full force!
the man once could have interactions with consequence and reward
with the cat, who remembers how he was quite fondly. but when
the man returns broken, his hands are "treasure turned to
trash". cats are not creatures that settle for less, and this
cat is no different. the cat chooses to withdraw from its
circumstances, to avoid dissatisfaction. but the animal observer
recognizes the unsure and vague nature of the human it observes'
scenario. i am inclined to believe that the story takes place
before the song.
Dreaming of an Anthill (Teeming) has an echoing melancholy
feeling, and it TOTALLY feels dream-like! the vocals, i feel,
prepare the listener for...
...ELMER'S SONG! we have a human in isolation, with a group that
he is a part of, but disconnected from. and an animal who seems
to be irreparably isolated. the theme of animal observers in
isolation coming into contact with humans who are equally
isolated comes up again and again. the man seems to preach for
the song, but his words reinforce his isolation, which seems to
truly come from an internal disconnect from the people who
listen to him. the man attempts to overcome his isolation by
trying to connect with the chimpanzee, who has had isolation
thrust upon her. the man attempts connection with her, but she
simply observes. the hole that the man has torn in her is too
large for anyone other than her mother to fill, but the man
lacks the understanding to see how even with the chimp, he does
not comprehend interaction. he has servants. he is important.
but he is alone. he preaches the simple solution of allowing
one's mind to retreat into sleep and escape from the burdens of
life, but he seems to be incapable of doing so himself.
“Betty, love is a musical box of rocks, and I’m tone deaf.”
and the chimp simply observes.
The Monkey Man is a song so sinister, yet loving that it kind of
surprised. it's reversal of the previous story. they are both
isolated, but they find each other. while the chimp in the
previous story understands the pain of the man despite her
isolation, the monkey man understands the old woman and she
understands him. it is despite nothing at all. they connect with
each other. they need no words. the monkey man is targeted by a
group. the old woman does not fear the monkey man, even if other
humans do. she humanizes him, but the monkey man comes across as
more knowing than any human around him or the human he observes.
her kindness brings connection. and they exist in a constant
state of unspoken communication, unspoken understanding. the old
woman exists and understands. the monkey man observes and
understands.
The Whispering Boys shows us a group unlike what we've seen
before. it is not spoken by a singular, isolated individual. not
even in part! the group is spoken of. they are unified. the bat
observes, lured to them by instinct, but finds a more human
connection, understanding and longing in its observation. the
bat does not understand why the group is present, but
understands that they have a connection between them that exists
outside of human or animal lives. the group is isolated from
other humans, but merge in their separation. the bat observes,
wanting what it cannot have.
Burn My Bones is, musically, a wild ride. the human is a man,
isolated and a wolf in a similar state, although perhaps the
isolation of the wolf is a natural state. it seems to bring
forth in full force the idea of a human becoming inhuman, as an
animal observes. the wolf does not comprehend what happens to
the man, as he is reduced to instincts and primal feelings of
anger and hunger. the man seems to be consumed by some urge
outside of himself? he becomes more animal but after committing
what seems to be a murder (although i am not sure, it seems
vaguely supernatural.. the postcard offers no help in decoding)
he is left with a human request for how his remains should be
handles. it is actually quite similar to On The Way (to
Oklahoma), as a human becomes more animal, is observed by a
confused animal as the human twists into something inhuman and
unreal, and is dragged partially back to a human manner of
existing, either by consequence or internal desires.
...good stuff
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Re: PROJECT OF THE WEEK (12th of December): ANIMAL LOVER
By: CheerfulHypocrite Date: December 15, 2016, 3:31 pm
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Animal Lover is not a work to take half heartedly. Either you
jump in from the accapella On The Way To Oklahoma and let the
psychogeography well up in an eruption; or, you would be better
off listening to the later works of Arvo Paart. There are
fifteen tracks: twelve animal and three are people. Imaginary
Jack is some sort of sixteenth Track. When you are doing
numerology, these things are important. It can get confusing if
you just jump in and explain: there are 12 Chinese Zodiacal
Characters, Three Residents without stories and then Imaginary
Jack who is the Fourth, and most Anonymous, Resident. As
Demonstrated by Penn Jillette when Juggling at the Mole Show.
But this fourth is slightly diminished - the Devils Interval.
The key to understanding this was demonstrated on the grimy
stage of The Royal Court, Liverpool, in the 1980s. Once you know
that Penn Jillette can juggle it all becomes clear. The rest
just hammers on past.
Animal Lover, arrived between the Loneliness of Demons and The
Patmos Bunnies. There were others My copy of Animal Lover came
from His Master's Voice (HMV) Records. Probe Records having
ceased to shelve Residents sometime around the bad years. These
were the years of 'managed decline'. When the Government decided
that Liverpool could slowly depopulate and cease to exist. Some
time between the Moles and Wormwood, the City had become a
morgue. We had all migrated to other places. Our Chub overlords
had destroyed our Mole Culture. Really. By Animal Lover time,
things were changing again. Which was a good thing. There was
the promise of a Liverpool becoming the Capital of Culture for
the whole of Europe. Which attracted quite a number of migrants
back. Moles were coming home.
The Mute Records sleeve was a small - and to my mind, satisfying
- hard backed book. Nice to hold and read while listening. With
a shiny new Red Car, that had it was even possible to take a
drive and listen on the shiny new Compact Disk Player. So I went
to
[center]利物浦 中国城
HTML https://youtu.be/ZwG4t9HE6mk[/center]
[center]利物浦
中国城[/center]
There I was, in a car, just off
納爾遜街, looking at the entrance to
中国城. The biggest 牌坊 outside
中國. It was a kind of episode of Firefly but in
real life. Now, I know that San Francisco has a Chinatown. But
nothing like this. The gate to the Town is huge. Made in
Shanghai to recognise the importance of the Oldest Chinatown in
Europe.
[center][img width=600
height=600]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Chinese_Arch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1021559.jpg[/img][/center]
[center]Chinatown Entrance[/center]
It is bragging, but it is bigger than the Gate in San Francisco.
Which is tiny in comparison. But no less important. This gate
is the only authentic Chinatown Gate in North America. Which
says something. San Franscisco has a real Chinatown; and a real
quote from Sun Yat Sen: "ALL UNDER HEAVEN IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE
PEOPLE". The Gate in Liverpool has no such excitement.
[center][img width=600
height=600]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/1_chinatown_san_francisco_arch_gateway.JPG[/img][/center]
[center]Chinatown Entrance[/center]
Both gates are obviously linked by an imaginary line. Which
ensures that whatever happens in one place is mirrored in the
other. Liverpool had the Beatles and San Franciso the Residents
and Chinatown has the Pagoda Orchestra.
[center]
Chinatown has the Pagoda Orchestra
HTML https://youtu.be/3XocHwRZZbE
[/center]
[center]Pagoda Orchestra[/center]
The whole system of things being in balance works. Which is why
the Animal Lover reading and listening needs Chinatown.
Nelson Street is not the best place to listen to anything. But
this is home. In the 1960s and 1970s this was where the family
Doctor was to be found. Liverpool being, for better or worse, a
Port. It meant that Doctors tended to be immigrants from one
place or another. For a while there was a Polish Doctor but she
got pregnant and ran off with a man who owned a Restaurant. When
you grow up in a Port you get used to foreign voices and culture
being a mixing pot. When people get upset by Lennon's Woman Is
The N_gg_r Of The World - and software hides the word behind
stars- they fail to appreciate the cultural and historical
background. John Lennon is responsible for the lyrics but his
phrase was not at the time deemed to be racist. He was also able
to be deeply offensive without resorting to racism. Lennon also
came from a City where there was deeply entrenched racism and
deeply antiracist sentiments. When Toxteth erupted in 1981 it
was because of decades of racism; but there had also been riots
in the City in the second World War, defending Black Airmen from
their more racist White Comrades.
In Chinatown the Doctors were Lithuanian and Irish with mostly
Chinese Patients. Going to the Doctors involved hearing lots of
different accents. From the Tonal to the weirdly European.
Seeing men - Chinese Men - of a certain age, looking shifty
because they worried they would be repatriated to Communist
China. It had happened before when the Holt Shipping Line had
sent the Chinese Merchant Seamen back to China at the end of the
Second World War in an act of cattle boat racism. But here was
home. The best possible place to listen to Animal Lover. It is
on the way to the Doctor's which was near Number 10 - the
Boarding House. The magical connections never really cease.
The boarding houses in Chinatown were not all, for want of a
better phrase, very welcoming. Some were Opium Dens and others
were Flophouses or Brothels. At the Top of Chinatown was the
Scandinavian Hotel. So called because it was Scandinavian.
[center][img width=600
height=600]
HTML http://signaturesliverpool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/situated-at-the-entrance-to-Chinatown-once-a-Hotel.jpg[/img][/center]
It was owned by a Doctor. Whose medical practice was host to
most of the Chinese communuity. There, at the corner of Nelson
Street (納爾遜街) and Duke Street
(公爵街) in the part of the City that was,
essentially, the Baltic Quarter. Thus is the way with ports.
Full of people. Full of Life. The Boarding Houses in and around
Chinatown were empty by the 1970s. The deported Sailors haunting
them. It is a strange place to listen to evocative musics.
The Symbolism of fifteen - the tracks excluding Imaginary Jack -
include some remarkably necessary clues. The Lo Shu, magic
square, was found on the back of a turtle by some Chinese
Emperor or other. Since it did not happen in Liverpool or San
Fransico, we can pass over the detail. But, it is right there in
the Chinatowns of the Cities: the numbers of the Lo Shu add up
to 15 - horizontally, vertically and diagonally. This is an
astounding revelation. There in Animal Lover.
[center]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Carus-p48-Mystic-table.jpg/440px-Carus-p48-Mystic-table.jpg[/center]
[center]Lo Shu Map With Turtle[/center]
Which reveals the secret names of the Residents: horizontal,
vertical and diagonal. Perhaps not the most Human of names, but
secret names rarely are. Like Tigers, being curious or Bats
being fascinated with the stench of burning night flesh. Nobody
mentions a Turtle. Not really.
The Lo Shu originated around 2205 BC when the Emperor discovered
the magic square on the back of a turtle. First we need to
remember the Fifteenth President, James Buchanan, unmarried,
active Freemason and most criticised for the handling of the
Crisis that lead to the American Civil War. During his last
month, seven States left the Union. He was followed by the
Sixteenth President, Lincoln, who was shot in Ford's Theatre
Washington D.C. and died on the 15th of February 1865. James is
a variant name of Jack and Lincoln, a dead president, becomes
the Imaginary Jack of Buchanan's Real Jack. which is just like
being Mister Skull. The big revelation is not the origin of
Mister Skull in Abraham Lincoln, but that the Fifteen Tracks
other than Imaginary Jack reveal that one of the Residents is,
in fact, a Woman.
Which is where diligently reading might lead to the question,
"why are these oriental connections in the slightest relevant".
To which I merely remember that the second track - "Olive and
Gray" - has a marvellously Chinese sounding introduction. So why
not simply accept the chinoiserie. It is there. You just need to
deanonymise it.
Quinceañera – The very important birthday - is birthday number
fifteen. Quinceañere is a grand fancy dress celebration when a
girl turns 15 years old and means “one who is 15”; which is much
the same as the Residents: a grand fancy dress. This is the day
the young girl officially enters womanhood. Often the birthday
girl will give away 15 candles. It is an important day in many
countries including Mexico where the Residents are rumoured to
have been found on more than one occasion. The Fifteen Tracks of
Animal Lover conceal the identity of Imaginary Jack. They are
candles. Fifteen Candles. Which is proof enough that one of the
Residents, probably the Juggling Resident of Gillette's
legerdemain, is female; or would be if the theory is true.
The Proof, if proof be needed, that Imaginary Jack is a Jill:
Imaginary Jack is split into 6 pieces which are a single track.
Tracks, particularly sporting tracks go round. Which makes
Imaginary Jack six things to a cycle. Women have cycles. Which
is not really the most appropriate subject for polite
conversation. Six Things To A Cycle graces the pages of
Fingerprince, which ensures that the parallel creation of
Imaginary Jack and Six Things To A Cycle result in the most
appropriate obscurity of all: nobody realising that Jack is a
Jill and that she hides in plain sight. This is not the standard
of proof required in, say, Science; but it is sufficient to get
past an Alcoholic Justice of the Peace on a Sunday Morning after
a particularly Hard [s]Days[/s] Night the previous Saturday.
So the Total sixteen tracks contains twelve tracks about animals
and four about the Residents. It also reveals that the Secret
Resident, the one juggling all the other Residents, is a Woman -
so not a Jack but a Jill - and that the other three Residents
are, nominally, called horizontal, vertical and diagonal. There,
hidden in plain sight so that nobody would ever know. Everybody
just assumes the Residents are Male or that they are anonymous.
With effort they always have a face. Which was the lesson of the
Dog watching Olive and Gray.
The thing about the twelve Animal Lover Animal Tracks - aside
from the three about the Anonymous - is that they form a
calendar. That means we can reconstruct the entire back
catalogue of Residential Output in a unique Residential
Calendar. Each Track names an Animal. Which, given the, by now
irrefutable, Chinese Connection, forms the Residential Calendar.
Which they must have ripped off from the Chinese Animal
Calendar. Which means that all of the Residents Back Catalogue
has a unique dating system: which makes sense if you recall that
Senada was off researching something or other in that Arctic Air
- a Tribe of Mongolians. Whose Calendar is made from the same
stern stuff as the Chinese one.
The Chinese order of the years is given as starting with the
Rat. Which sometimes gets translated as mouse. The Residents,
not being native Madarin speakers - and overwhelmed by the
choice of dialects - never really translated the years properly.
How could they: too busy making Art.
So the Chinese order of the years is this:
[center]
[table][tr][td]
[/td][td][table][tr][td]甲 申 [/td][td]Monkey
[/td][td]Jan 22 2004–Feb 08 2005[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]乙 酉 [/td][td]Rooster [/td][td]Feb 09
2005–Jan 28 2006[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]丙 戌 [/td][td]Dog [/td][td]Jan 29 2006–Feb
17 2007[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]丁 亥 [/td][td]Pig [/td][td]Feb 18 2007–Feb
06 2008[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]戊 子 [/td][td]Rat [/td][td]Feb 07 2008–Jan
25 2009[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]己 丑 [/td][td]Ox [/td][td]Jan 26 2009–Feb
13 2010[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]庚 寅 [/td][td]Tiger [/td][td]Feb 14
2010–Feb 02 2011[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]辛 卯 [/td][td]Rabbit [/td][td]Feb 03
2011–Jan 22 2012[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]壬 辰 [/td][td]Dragon [/td][td]Jan 23
2012–Feb 09 2013[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]癸 巳 [/td][td]Snake [/td][td]Feb 10
2013–Jan 30 2014[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]甲 午 [/td][td]Horse [/td][td]Jan 31
2014–Feb 18 2015[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]乙 未 [/td][td]Goat [/td][td]Feb 19 2015–Feb
07 2016[/td][/tr]
[/table]
[/center]
And we know the order of the tracks on Animal Lover is this
[center]
[table]
[tr][td]On The Way (to Oklahoma)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Olive and Gray[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]What Have My Chickens Done Now?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Two Lips[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mr. Bee's Bumble[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Inner Space[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dead Men[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]My Window[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ingrid's Oily Tongue[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mother No More[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dreaming of an Anthill (Teeming)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Elmer's Song[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]The Monkey Man[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]The Whispering Boys[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Burn My Bones[/td][/tr]
[/table]
[/center]
And we even bothered to read the Book of stories instead of
sitting in a Red Car at the Gate to Chinatown just listening to
the Residents; we also know the Residential Order of Animals
from the Tracks are this
[center]
[table]
[tr][td]THE TIGER[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE DOG[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE CHICKENS[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE ANT[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE MOUSE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE OWL[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE PIGEON[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE CAT[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE CHIMPANZEE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE MONKEY MAN[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE BAT[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]THE WOLF[/td][/tr]
[/table]
[/center]
And we also know that the Chinese Year Cycle starts with the Rat
but the Residential Year Cycle starts with the Tiger we can
conclude that the correspondences between Chinese Years and
Residential Years are as follows:
[center]
[table]
[tr][td]Chinese[/td][td]Name[/td][td]Dates[/td][td]Residential[/
td][/tr]
[tr][td]甲 申 [/td][td]Monkey [/td][td]Jan 22
2004–Feb 08 2005[/td][td]THE TIGER[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]乙 酉 [/td][td]Rooster [/td][td]Feb 09
2005–Jan 28 2006[/td][td]THE DOG[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]丙 戌 [/td][td]Dog [/td][td]Jan 29 2006–Feb
17 2007[/td][td]THE CHICKENS[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]丁 亥 [/td][td]Pig [/td][td]Feb 18 2007–Feb
06 2008[/td][td]THE ANT[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]戊 子 [/td][td]Rat [/td][td]Feb 07 2008–Jan
25 2009[/td][td]THE MOUSE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]己 丑 [/td][td]Ox [/td][td]Jan 26 2009–Feb
13 2010[/td][td]THE OWL[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]庚 寅 [/td][td]Tiger [/td][td]Feb 14
2010–Feb 02 2011[/td][td]THE PIGEON[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]辛 卯 [/td][td]Rabbit [/td][td]Feb 03
2011–Jan 22 2012[/td][td]THE CAT[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]壬 辰 [/td][td]Dragon [/td][td]Jan 23
2012–Feb 09 2013[/td][td]THE CHIMPANZEE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]癸 巳 [/td][td]Snake [/td][td]Feb 10
2013–Jan 30 2014[/td][td]THE MONKEY MAN[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]甲 午 [/td][td]Horse [/td][td]Jan 31
2014–Feb 18 2015[/td][td]THE BAT[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]乙 未 [/td][td]Goat [/td][td]Feb 19 2015–Feb
07 2016[/td][td]THE WOLF[/td][/tr]
[/table]
[/center]
Which reveals some marvellous facts. We are currently in the
Residential Year of THE TIGER, once again; and, the Mole Tour
was, largely, in the Year of the Ant. next year, from some time
about February, we will be Dogs. Happy, smiling Santa Dogs, once
again. Which leads to one tiny, final mystery. R. Bhakti Klein.
Apparently there for the Group Vocals, but found nowhere else.
Not for me to cast aspersions - for I am no Priest. But R.
Bhakti Klein is an anagram of Thinkable Irk. Which, for
overthinking the meaning of Animal Lover suggests knowing what
R. Bhakti Klein means.
So, sitting reading, again in the Residential Year of THE WOLF
(Chinese Year of the Goat), I discover that Bhakti is Sanskrit
for "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith or
love, devotion, worship, piety" - which describes the ambience
of Animal Lover in several ways. Well Klein is in Ouachita
Parish, Louisiana which is closer to Shreveport than either San
Francisco or Liverpool. Admittedly the Klein in Ouachita Parish
is a little mixed up and more like Kline, but then so is this.
Animal Lover is a more religious and cultural experience than
other things like, perhaps, Not Available. Perhaps it was the
influence of Wormwood or just the word Parish.
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Re: PROJECT OF THE WEEK (12th of December): ANIMAL LOVER
By: moleshow Date: December 16, 2016, 9:12 am
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CH, what would we do without you? (your calendar idea lines up
well with the release of Ghost of Hope... and 12 years back from
'05 is Cube-E... what have you FOUND??)
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Re: PROJECT OF THE WEEK (12th of December): ANIMAL LOVER
By: TwistedRichie Date: December 25, 2016, 11:05 am
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I believe Olive and Grey is based on a weird hysteria of missing
penis hysteria.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(medicine)#Africa
Men had a delusion that their penis was missing and would claim
it had been stolen by a witch doctor or someone.
In My Window, I had the impression that the narrator had
befriended pigeons in the park and had even named them. Now food
was scarce. In desperation, the narrator lures his pigeons by
name so he can kill them and eat them.
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Re: PROJECT OF THE WEEK (12th of December): ANIMAL LOVER
By: moleshow Date: December 25, 2016, 3:09 pm
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oh, nice catch! i would have never guessed that.
interesting take on My Window, too.
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Re: PROJECT OF THE WEEK (12th of December): ANIMAL LOVER
By: moleshow Date: April 20, 2017, 12:13 pm
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