**** Whargoul by Dave Brockie – A true testimony to the power of Jesus.

The main character, “Whargoul” heads straight for gore very much the same way a soldier’s courage might drive him straight to the center of wartime conflict, such that this book satirically delves into the seemingly amoral nature of being a soldier through satire in the same way that The Prince by Machiavelli delves into the amorality of politics.  This book crosses the line between the sacredness and profanity of wartime killing, and immorality that often reportedly happens during war.  The book often reverses and confuses right and wrong in an environment where discernment is next to impossible because of immersion in gore similar to the Garden of Eden in Genesis.  Whargoul, knowing nothing but gore, first innocently engages in immorality for lack of discernment, sometimes concluding what he has done is wrong, but that he did the immoral thing because he learned wrong before right.  Whargoul has no parents, which similar to Adam.  Whargoul rapes, which is similar to Genesis: “This is bone of my bones.”  Whargoul eats a baby, which is similar to eating the forbidden fruit Genesis.  Then, Whargoul murders, which is similar to the Genesis story of Cain, and his life is cursed and bitter toward God, similar to the curse of Cain. As in the song off GWAR’s Ragnarok album goes, Whargoul is, “Uncool,” in the way that Machiavelli’s Prince, is not cool.  Finally, at the end Whargoul becomes a Christian.

15 Albums That Changed My Life

The first ones that come to mind.

1. Dream Theater – Score

2. GWAR - Live From Mt. Fuji

3. Metallica - black album

4. Poison - Open Up and Say Ah

5. Greg Howe - Introspection

6. Slayer - Reign in Blood

7. Primus - Frizzle Fry

8. Medeski Martin and Wood with John Scofield - A Go Go

9. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love

10. Ozzy Osbourne live with Randy Rhodes - Tribute

11. Deicide - Serpents of the Light

12. Dream Theater - Images and Words

13. Liquid Tension Experiment - 2

14. Planet X - Moonbabies

15. Nirvanna - Nevermind

Craig HamiltonThese aren't my favorites, but they have all met me at the place and time where I was in life, and thus made an impression. Each one is a memory, sometimes of good times, sometimes of bad times, and sometimes both.

October 15, 2010 at 6:48 pm