Will & Fred

The last man is a term used  Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra to describe the antithesis of the imagined superior being, the Übermensch, whose imminent appearance is heralded by Zarathustra. The last man is tired of life, takes no risks, and seeks only comfort and security.

The last men claim to have discovered happiness, but ''BLINK'' every time they say so.
(That's from Wikipedia, so it's definitely true)




'What is love? What is creation? What is longing? What is a star?' thus asks the last man, and blinks. 

The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race is as ineradicable as the flea; the last man lives longest. 'We have invented happiness,'say the last men, and they blink. They have left the regions where it was hard to live, for one needs warmth. One still loves one's neighbor and rubs against him, for one needs warmth...

One still works, for work is a form of entertainment. But one is careful lest the entertainment be too harrowing. One no longer becomes poor or rich: both require too much exertion. Who still wants to rule? Who obey? Both require too much exertion.

No shepherd and one herd! Everybody wants the same, everybody is the same: whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse.

'Formerly, all the world was mad,' say the most refined, and they blink...

One has one's little pleasure for the day and one's little pleasure for the night: but one has a regard for health.

'We have invented happiness,' say the last men, and they blink."

Solomon's Song

Satan's Treasures  - Jean Deville

Delville’s vast undersea world, ruled by Satan, is almost certainly an image of the material abyss. Satan, lord of the physical realm, presides over its sleeping inhabitants. Wrapped in delusion, the dreaming men and women are mesmerised by Satan’s spell, and trapped by their own desires. Satan’s “treasures” include not only their sensuality, but also their attraction to worldly riches, represented by the pearls, coins and corals which surround them. Above all, the entranced people themselves are the treasures of Satan.

FU Related

The Other Side

"Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police. 

Paris - May 1968

Today it is only in the most backward countries that fascist generals, in carrying out a coup d'état, still use tanks. If a country has reached a high degree of industrialization the whole scene changes. The day after the fall of Khrushchev, the editors of Pravda, Izvestiia, the heads of the radio and television were replaced; the army wasn't called out. Today a country belongs to the person who controls communications". 
Umberto Eco

Paris - January 2015:
Leaders, leading...

...huge crowds in unity rally

UPDATES:

17.11.14

(symbols ™) 

Recent evidence has come to light, suggesting that TM, may have been  instrumental in David tuning into the oneness, turning on his conciousness and dropping out of the story. 

13.11.14 - David Comes To Life - Just spent 5 months avoiding finishing this one - that's not an intentional tribute to the 5yrs from conception to birth of the album, but more because it includes a self-indulgent 'interpretation' , plus more links with no direct connection to the band, other than finding them (while looking for the meaning of Life and how David might come to it) on Google and then having to watch / study them all. Well most of them anyway. 

For the time-being you'll have to look elsewhere if you want information on the quantum physics and chaos theory of DCTL. I don't know what those words mean, but will try to find out and perhaps make it the biggest blog post about a record ever, maybe grow it into an actual universe.

14.11.14 - YOT Dog is up there now too, it was mostly done before DCTL. I will probably get around to updating some of the other posts - some of the written stuff seems fine (to me) when first put down, but reads like annoying crap later, so I change some of those bits.

Detail of 'Hidden World' by Brian Walsby
(A BEINTO REGARDEZ LE ARTE DES CURATION PARA TODOS)

"Sun Glass"

Sacred young, feel the sun, vermillion. Avert your gaze, be afraid, can't look away.

Sleeve - Front

Sleeve - Back

Vinyl - 'A' Side

Insert - Front

Insert - Back

Stats:

General:
Tracks: Sun Glass B/W B.O.K.
Released: 2014
Label: Matador Records OLE 1072-7
Matrix A: OLE-1072-7 - A    GOLDEN
Matrix B: OLE-1072-7 - B    GOLDEN
Pressing Info: 2000? TBC
Inserts: Regular insert as pictured above
Variants: No variants







Notes:

Lyric Sheet: Who knows what happened to this nicely illustrated sheet? It
dosen't seem to have made it as far as the actual record...


Nerd Note:
Rocks in the sky frozen in time.
Paper hearts to set alight.
Scissors cut the old flame from the fire.

Video Still: Who know's what the elaborate spooky shadows on the table
are about? They didn't make it to the final cut...

Nerd Note:
Instead of misinterpreting the cycles / youth / death imagery, lets just stick
to the fact that the concert footage is from Tank Crimes Brain Squeeze.

Alternative Artwork: Who knows what this was
used for? It was used for the promo CD.

"Blink"

I was so young when I disapeared. When I woke up I was here...

Sleeve - Front

Sleeve - Back

Vinyl

Insert - Front

Insert - Back

Second insert - Tribute to Will Munro (Single-sided)

Stats:

General:
Tracks: Blink B/W The Way We Did
Released: 2014
Label: Fucked Up records (Self release) FU: 012
Matrix A: FU012-A   R-29038
Matrix B: FU012-B   R-29039
Pressing Info: 500
Inserts: Regular inserts as pictured above
Variants: No variants




Notes:

FU Website Post - June 05 2014:
You didn’t think we were just going to release a new full-length LP with an additional deluxe version that had an alternate drum pass and just leave it at that right? C’mon you know us better than that by now. We’re gonna have a few Glass Boys sessions 7″s coming out this summer. The first one you can pre-order today at our new merch store: fuckedup.merchtable.com. Our store has 100 copies for sale and the rest will be available next week in Toronto at some things and on our tour in Europe in a couple weeks. And that’s probably it. 500 copies total. This is an FU self-release, FU:012 if you’re counting.

The record has “Blink” b/w “The Way We Did”, two songs we recorded during the Glass Boys sessions and maybe should’ve made the record because they are really good. The songs are about subcultures and growing up in the Toronto scene.




Sleeve Notes:

From same FU  post as above:
On the cover of the record is a picture of Will Munro, a notorious Toronto personality who left us way too soon. You can read about his outsized influence on Toronto culture in this book Army of Lovers by Sarah Liss. Included in the record is something that Mike wrote about Will on Looking For Gold that you can read here.

Will Munro

Insert image is central part of photo taken at Long Winter Show, by 'Take More Photos' 

Labels: Geometric pattern with central sun

The geometric patterns of Islamic art constitute an infinite pattern that extends beyond the visible material world.... the best art that can be created by man for use in the Mosque is art that displays the underlying order and unity of nature. The order and unity of the material world, is a mere ghostly approximation of the spiritual world, which is the place where the only true reality exists. (Modified from Wikipedia).

Mosque Wall

'We have invented happiness,' say the last men, and they blink. (Nietzsche)