Forwarded: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 13:11:21 +0100 Forwarded: mice@crackmice.com From rssfeeds@jmason.org Wed Oct 2 11:44:31 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B4B16F03 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:44:31 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:44:31 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g92815K31702 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:01:05 +0100 Message-Id: <200210020801.g92815K31702@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@example.com From: boingboing Subject: Bloodhag interviewed Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 08:01:05 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-715.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: URL: http://boingboing.net/#85513616 Date: Not supplied The new ish of Strange Horizons in out, with an interview with Bloodhag, the most metal of the all the science fiction metal bands. Soon, the spotlight comes up again. The lead singer grabs the microphone. "This is Frank Bellknap Long!" he yells, and, feverish, launches into a lecture on Long's oeuvre. There can't be more than a handful of people on this earth who could get a beer-sodden thrash crowd to listen to an English Lit lecture. Thirty seconds later, the audience is sufficiently educated, and the guys begin to wail. Jake the singer holds the microphone over his head and belts out the song in a growling voice that's monster-movie low. "No reason! No corners!" he shouts. Two minutes later, they're done with the pulps and ready to move on to the New Wave. "Our next song is about Harlan Ellison!" Jake bellows, and the geeks, the hipsters, the metalheads, and the drunks let out a howl of mutual joy. Blöödhag -- note the dual umlauts -- hails from Seattle. Describing themselves as "edu-core," the band performs nothing but two-minute thrash tributes to science fiction writers. Between songs, the band pelts the audience with paperback books, quizzes them on book titles, and demands that the audience show their library cards. Their motto: "The Faster You Go Deaf, the More Time You Have to Read." Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Zed[3]!_) [1] http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020930/bloodhag.shtml [2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/kfFeZdnp8NE [3] http://www.mememachinego.com/