[HoE] Re: Deadlands '76

["hep cat" <tommythesaint@excite.com>]

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 23:50:47 -0400, hoe-owner@gamerz.net wrote:

> From: CypherSCA@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Deadlands '76 ( Re: [HoE] The Funky West)
> 
> that's distuirbingly cool. I have a PC that would love that too much.

Thanks for the complement... "Disturbingly" is one of my favorite adverbs.

>  >> Tommy your one bad mutha.........
>  
>  >"Shut your mouth!"
>  
>  But I'm just talkin' 'bout Tommy. >>
> 
> I can dig it.


And a special thanx to the Issac Hayes Chorus, Each and every one of them a
"Bad mutha-hush your mouth" in their own right.


> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:20:31 -0400
> From: drlucky@iglou.com
> Subject: Re: Deadlands '76 ( Re: [HoE] The Funky West)
> 
> 
> 
> SNIP
> 
> 
> No Doomsayers Templars or Junkers.
> 
> The gas crunch is on and the west is still contested by North and South.
> 
> It is the rise of the mega-rock bands.
> 
>    KISS (Knights In Satans Service)
> 
>    Uriah Heap (I got grounded for that Album cover)
> 
>    Rush (the pentagram)
> 
>    Stevie Nicks was a "White witch"
> 
> 
> 
> <</SNIP>
> 
> 
>HOW?  HOW could you say that RUSH is evil?!!!  Any good
>Canadian (or good music fan) would tell you that there's
>not an evil bone in Geddy's wiry body!
> 
(On the defensive the saint dodges, weaves and darts down the field with the
ball)

At no point in my short yet illuminating discourse did I ever mension my
opinion on what side of the Occult track the aformentioned rock stars
walked. The statements where facts (me getting grounded) and popular
opinions and rumors of the '70s.
> 
>Ranting aside:

evidently not
> 
> 
>Im not an occult expert, but you may want to look at a
>Rush album a bit closer.  They do sport a five pointed
>star, but there's not a single pentagram.  Now, if I
>understand the significance of a pentagram, its
>geometric perfection is what gives it's arcane
>strength.  Hence, a pentagram in a circle in conjuntion
>with other rituals and jit is fit for summoning etc.
>A five-pointed star probably couldn't even summon lunch... 
> 
Pentagram/ pentacle
you say potato, I say 'tater.

Both and neither have meaning depending on what you believe. The idea is to
evoke an atmosphere for the game. Small rock bands driving the desert
southwest. Writing songs with hidden arcane meaning. Going from gig to gig
performing rituals in concert, be they light or dark, to give power to their
sorcery. Hoping to one day be that "Juke Box Hero" using the endurance of
millions of adoring fans to wield powerful Magics... Who needs a manitu when
you have 100 screaming groupies?

See the animated film "rock 'n Rule" for  an idea of what I mean. Good
flick, it has Debbie Harey, and it has just this subject matter in it. 

"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night"
-"Hotel California" The Eagles..1976

Tomas D'Santo




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