Monday, January 29, 2024
Lay Down
Sunday, January 14, 2024
We Live Vicariously
Well, sometimes. An old friend's busy doing some sound magicke at London's famous RAK studios and sent me this:
Caption, "Look who lives on the wall here." Hey, let's hear it for Lemmy. Dam straight.
Your Pal,
LSP
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Here We Go Now
Just some random space rock, Lord of Light. Happens of the seventh year and what's wrong with the juke box!
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Back to London
It wasn't raining, weirdly, as I stood on the the platform to catch the 9.29 am train from Aberystwyth to Birmingham International and thence to London Euston. And that was fine as was the journey itself, long and slow through the Welsh countryside and then fast into town. It'd been years since I rode the rails, so the trip was an adventure in itself, not too pricey either but be sure to book tickets in advance.
Then there you are, at Euston station. Stride out of that Avanti West carriage like a pro and walk with urgency through the hideously (1970s?) redeveloped station. Pause to look west towards Regent's Park and recollect the many times you've walked along this very same road, many years ago.
Nostalgic reverie over, cross the road and nav a few blocks east to Marchmont street, thanking Progress that your suitcase has wheels. Go through the Brunswick Centre, marveling at its apparent prosperity since the last time you were there, in the '90s?, all the while mourning the disappearance of its all day breakfast cafe. These, by the way, are pretty much gone in London, replaced by annoying coffee shops selling ludicrous pastries and lukewarm "Americano."
Whatever, its a short walk east to Guilford St, past Corams Fields and Lamb's Conduit St., and there you are, in Mecklenburgh Square at the Goodenough hotel, mission accomplished. Check in and behold your just as advertised rooms, beautiful and a far cry from the scourge of corporate hotelistry.
So well done, Goodenough, for providing a relaxing place to stay in a Georgian house in Bloomsbury, what a perfect setup. Next step? Amble over to Lamb's Conduit St. and the People's Supermarket, it's still there, remarkably, for provisions and then go back for tea and a quick scan of Private Eye before going out to meet an old friend at the Lamb, right 'round the corner.
Several pints later, fall back to base for claret, space rock and conversation. Great fun, and word to the wise, try not to spill red wine on the tastefully light carpets of your Regency living room as you listen to Golden Void. If you do, shaving foam is your friend; I learned that in the Army, curiously, makes you wonder what's in it.
That aside, it was great to be back in my favorite part of London, a short walk to most everything central and, for me, filled with memories. But more on that later, in the meanwhile check out LL's incisive thoughts on Biblical exegesis and Genesis in particular.
Your Buddy,
LSP
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Monday, August 1, 2022
In The Second Second Of Forever
All hail Bob Calvert, Space Rock Supremo:
In the sixth second of forever
I saw your mouth whispering something I could not hear
In the fifth second of forever
I thought of the vermilion deserts of Mars
The jewelled forests of Venus
In the fourth second of forever
I could remember nothing that I did not love
In the third second of forever
I thought of rain against a window, I thought of the wind
In the second second of forever
I thought of the pair of broken shades lying on the tarmac
In the first and final second of forever
I thought of the long past that had led to now
And never... never... never... never
Monday, April 25, 2022
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Shouldn't Do That
Steal an election. Shouldn't do that, just don't do it. Pretend you're for the working poor as you open the border to low paid labor and cause a scamdemic to make yourself even richer. Shouldn't do that either. It's wrong, very wrong. Ship all your industry overseas to fund that beach house. Not ethically sound. At. All. Shouldn't do that.
Watch your cities turn into urban hellholes while you sit back on the profit, but don't worry, trans bathrooms and gay flags. Big mistake. Shouldn't do that. Kill your babies in the womb in the name of freedom. You most especially shouldn't do that, you utter satans.
Go on, blame your egregious breach of social contract, of governors to governed, on imaginary third parties and watch, Versailles-style, that illusion come crashing down.
To put it another way, their chicanery, malfeasance, greed and deceit has within itself the seeds of its own undoing. A house built on sand cannot stand and, when it falls, great will be the fall of it.
So be prepared. Space Rock forever,
LSP
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Spirit of the Age
Your father refused to sign the form to freeze you? Oops. Win some, lose some. Space rock forever.
Cheers,
LSP
Friday, April 16, 2021
Space is Deep
Space is deep, a void we have to travel, said the Shiba, nonchalantly settling into the Captain's chair for a well deserved nap. I couldn't blame him, he'd run well. I checked co-pilot's instruments for course setting. Yes, we were on target, for the Moon and Mars.
Will we get there or disappear in smoke? Not a gambling man, but vote the former. In the meanwhile...
LSP
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The Peasants Are Stonking
How dare they! Unruly serfs launched a massive bull raid on shorted stock today, and value skyrocketed as Hedgefund millionaire socialists scrambled to cover their positions. KABOOM. Gamestop, GME, went from a trifling 17 bucks a share to $292 at the sound of the bell today.
So what? So a lot, because elite billionaires gambled a lot of money on rubbish companies like GME going down in value. Borrow those shares at their stupidly low price, sell them, knowing in your fiscal genius that they'll decline in value, buy them back, return them to the lender and pocket the difference.
There it is, going short, and how very awesome, let's make money out of failing businesses. Iniquitous, eh? All hail our asset-stripping overlords. But not so fast.
What if people piled into GME and stocks like it, and drove the price up? You know, like Blackberry, Blockbuster, microcaps and on. Then all of a sudden the genius shorters have to make good on their deal and buy those shares back at massive loss. Welcome to margin calls and utter disaster.
No wonder the /rwallstreetbets Discord server was taken down this evening. But lo and behold, the portal's up again and it looks like the djinn's outta the bottle. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
That in mind, here at the Compound we have a simple and hopefully compelling message to retail investors. Hold the Line.
LSP
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
And They're Back! Stand Firm
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Outlaw
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Geraldo Owned By Angels
Monday, August 6, 2018
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Storms Rock Texas
The Commander |
The Bricks |
The Road |
The Dam |
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Left Behind?
time we left this world today |
rapture |
Cheers,
LSP