Friday, September 13, 2013

Here Be Monsters

For many moons back in our early, less responsible days, Dave (of Sentence of Dave fame) longed for a tattoo of a sperm whale fighting a giant squid. He never made that dream reality, though he does have a badass tat of a lizard ripping its way out of his shoulder. Which is, of course, offset by the Ween tattoo on his leg. The same one that covers up the Cult tattoo originally in the same spot.

I digress.

Dave's dream may once again resurface (terrible pun not intended, but embraced) when he sees the beautiful 16th-century nautical map drawn by Olaus Magnus. Among other things, it features a sea serpent attacking a ship, a kraken, owl whales, and a bizarre creature best described as a "stink-eyed saber-tooth  mohawk fish".

I'll set up the Kickstarter for the piece that'll adorn Dave's back.


13 comments:

zman said...

Ready to Die was released 19 years ago today. Tupac died 17 years ago today. This explains today's programming on your local hiphop radio station.

Mark said...

Ready to Die is still so, so good. Never seeing Biggie live is one of my all time concert regrets.

Squeaky said...

Anyone check in with Smelliott?

Dave said...

i need that map tattooed on my back . . . but I need electrolysis on my back hair first, or it would be a waste of money.

rob said...

jason's basement flooded, but they're okay

rob said...

big night, gheorghies!

Mark said...

I watched the documentary 'Marley'. Now I'm watching 'Cocaine Cowboys 2'. Big night indeed.

zman said...

Was Marley about Marls? Or Marley Marl? Marley Marls?

Mark said...

None of the above.

zman said...

Anyone want to come over and watch the fight tonight?

rob said...

pro: headed out for my first round of weekend golf in years. con: will probably miss the first quarter-plus of the alabama game. hold down the fort, kids.

Mark said...

Whenever TJ gets around to dropping the new post you'll see I already have plans for the fight. Next time, Z.

Unrelated: I had to restore a bunch of music to my computer. Listened to 'Sampla Slaya' by Arman Van Helden for the first time in years. Such a cool album and far ahead of its time. Basically a bunch of hip hop loops and samples turned into house type music. Dope. Check it out if you haven't heard it.

T.J. said...

Picks post goes up in 8 mins