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Axl Barnes' Blog: October 2012
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Wednesday, 10 October 2012. Mitt Romney and Orwell's "1984". The second striking resemblance between Romney's discourse and that of Big Brother's party members is their dismissal of historical evidence. In Orwell's novel, 'the proles',. 85% of the population of Oceania ,. Masters of propaganda and thought-control ,. From Adolf Hitler to Nicolae Ceausescu ,. Agree that the masses react well to simple slogans which are constantly repeated. Bi...
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Axl Barnes' Blog: December 2012
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Friday, 7 December 2012. Ich Will" now available. My novella "Ich Will" is now available in print (on Amazon. And as an e-book. Nikka Nenn from " Wolf on Water Publishing". Has helped me polish the manuscript and I'm very proud of the final product. Here's a short description of my novella:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm a writer and a philosopher with a special interest in the horrific and sordid. AND THE DEPRAVED! Paperback - Amazon.com.
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Axl Barnes' Blog: January 2013
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Wednesday, 2 January 2013. Interview about "Ich Will". Here's a recent interview I had the pleasure of giving to Niika Nenn from "Wolf on Water Publishing". NN: What inspired you to write Ich Will? I had studied here, instead of Bucharest? And, what if. My parents hadn’t had money to support me? Was her being alive a fact? That’s why I can’t write about ordinary people. NN: What do you think Ich Will has to offer the youth of today? Happens in ...
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Axl Barnes' Blog: April 2014
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Wednesday, 30 April 2014. CIBC took my welfare. In the following I reproduce Bill's story, in his own words. Besides the questions he raises at the end, I want to add a few of mine: isn't taking someone's welfare morally equivalent to murder. And, aren't bankers criminals. Thinking what sorts of people could do such a thing. Makes you also wonder: are bankers people. Bob said I could wait till next day to have the issue fixed with my bank.
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Axl Barnes' Blog: September 2014
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Friday, 26 September 2014. Odin Rising" — excerpt from chapter one. Despite having masturbated before falling asleep, Tudor woke with a bulging erection. His excitement shrank gradually as he contemplated the day ahead. Math homework. Plane geometry. Mr. Stan. Thursdays were tough. Both math and physics. Tudor hated them. He loathed school in general, but he especially dreaded those two classes. Talked about, of no concern to him. Renovations a...
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Axl Barnes' Blog: July 2013
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Friday, 26 July 2013. My top 10 Richard Laymon novels. My small Richard Laymon Collection. I'm a big Richard Laymon. Fan I've read more than half of his novels and I look forward to devouring the rest. Here's my top 10 list so far. Warning: book impressions contain spoilers. 1 "The Traveling Vampire Show". The book is a beautiful blend of Bradbury`s Something Wicked This Way Comes. And Twain`s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. What he does is...
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Axl Barnes' Blog: September 2013
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Sunday, 1 September 2013. Review of Matthew Lett's He Who Walks the Corridors. Teddy Roosevelt is a middle-aged black man from Oklahoma, named after the 26th president of the United States. One day Teddy decides to help his friend Derek rob a convenience store. Bad idea! According to Teddy, "X block is the worst. He Who Walks the Corridors. And The Green Mile. The story is written in the first person, and reads like a confession. After the ...
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Axl Barnes' Blog: February 2015
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Wednesday, 18 February 2015. Black Metal and Lucian Blaga (the pregnant darkness). Reflecting on my obsession with black metal, I realized that one of the things that attracted me to it was its esoteric, obscure, mystery-generating power. Thinking of this mystery-generating power of black metal reminded me of Romanian philosopher and poet Lucian Blaga. Romanian philosopher Lucian Blaga. It was full of meaning precisely because it concealed so m...
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Axl Barnes' Blog: September 2012
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Thursday, 6 September 2012. On the Quebec student strike. Democracy in areas where people don't know how to conquer the streets and impose their will. Education should not only be accessible to everyone, but the government and civil society should actively encourage. Education has an Intrinsic Value. In a democracy all people have the right to vote and determine political power. In order to vote meaningfully they need to be able to acquire ...
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Axl Barnes' Blog: August 2012
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A writer's blog about extreme art, philosophy, and politics. Wednesday, 22 August 2012. Of jobs and blow-jobs. In today's world having a job is like giving head. A part-time job means you can use your hands, and your employer can't grab your head. You can go as fast or as slow as you want. However, there's no sleeping on the job. No slacking either. When such creatures talk, they spit and foam at the mouth. In the grips of curiosity, I put an infection control mask on and study the fermenting yellowi...
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