Lung is one of the most powerful musical acts I’ve had the pleasure of seeing perform live. Cincinnati’s Kate Wakefield and Daisy Caplan play with so much vehemence you would think you were hearing a five piece band unleash the fantastic presence that is a Lung gig.
But no, it’s just these two amazing monsters.
Check them out here.
And be sure to see them live. They are something to behold.
Based on an illustration from “a bitter anti-papal pamphlet written by Martin Luther and his coleague Philip Melancthon. Alleging that the beast was found in Rome at the end of the 15th Century, they analyzed it as a symbol for the papacy: the ass’s head, inappropriate to the beast’s body, was just as incongruous as the Pope at the head of the Church.
“The left foot was clawlike, they charged, because the Pope’s servants grasped the world so greedily; the right hand was an elephant’s foot because the overbearing Pope crushed weak souls with elephantine force. The old man’s head facing backward meant that the papacy was drawing near its end, and the dragon-headed tail spewed fire just as the Pope “belched” edicts, books and words. The beast’s scales, they asserted, represented reactionary rulers clinging to the Pope.”
Quote from an art book who’s name I failed to write down.
See the original illustration below.
I grew up in the eighties and watched a lot of horror movies. Friday the 13th was not my favorite horror movie franchise by a long shot, but part six (Jason Lives) was pretty great. It had a sense of humor AND a soundtrack by Alice Cooper… what’s not to love?!
This is based on a photo from a ’70’s book about sewing and stitching that I happened upon today.
This is a sketch I did today at We Care Arts. Homer was a magnificent painter who worked with watercolor and oil and even did some printmaking in his time. What a fellow!