Summing Up Minister Faust: Novel Excerpts, Music, Political Satire, and More

The awesome Minister Faust has set a blistering pace on Ecstatic Days this week, guest-blogging like he was leading a platoon told to "take that thar ridge": 21 posts in 5 days thus far. It was a magnificent display of fireworks and wit, and a lot of fun, too. It's not over yet, either, as he will probably post a few things this weekend. Interwoven with stuff I'm posting, before our next guest-blogger, John Langan, comes in on Monday.So, thanks to Minister Faust, and here's a recap of his entries thus far for those who may have missed it. Also, don't forget to check out his blog and both of his critically acclaimed novels: COYOTE KINGS OF THE SPACE-AGE BACHELOR PAD and FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF DR. BRAIN.Howdy, and Welcome to MeIntroductions and musings on the Geek SquadJeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds"Heavy strings–DOO DOO Dooo… DOO DOO Dooo…. followed by a disco rhythm section and bleebo-bleebo laser sound FX. No, I’m not being ironic and I’m not slamming MWW. On the contrary, I genuinely love it. I tracked it down from the public library, taped both records from the LP, evenutally bought the thing on cassette and just this summer purchased the excellent double-CD album."Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds--The Remix"To read folks’ reactions at Amazon.com, you’d think ULLAdubULLA II’s remix of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds was a Britney Spears version of Bach, or something. I mean, some of those folks didn’t just hate it, they’d've murderised it if they could’ve..."Faust on PKD Dick, Plus Fighting Words About Blade RunnerVideo featuring Faust's thoughts on PKD, and further thoughts on Blade Runner.And We're Back..."Below is a photo I believe might be Earth C’s Obama/Biden ticket from 1980, which fared well against Earth C’s Republican ticket of Reagan/Dr. Doom."Earth C’s US President bin Laden says Sarah Palin is “my kinda gal”Um, the post title says it all...Faust on Spirituality, Religion and LifeFeaturing a YouTube video series...Only in America? WTF?"Ordinary Americans are victims of an educational and media system that deprives them from a larger view of the world—they’re not the people who constructed that system. It’s also hypocritical, because I can guarantee you that the majority of Canadians (southerners who live within a three hour drive of the Canada-US border) know nothing about the vast majority of the country (the north), its peoples, its languages, or even the number of territories (was two, now it’s three)..."Hey, Everyone, How About a Hug?Click a dog, hear some poetry...Dynamite Music from Ralph Bakshi's Spiderman"I spent years looking for this beautiful stuff, and now, boom, here it is. All praise is due to Beware of the Blog..."TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: Dr. Ganz Ferrance on Psychology and the Afrikan-Canadian Family"Over the years on The Terrordome, I’ve spoken with scores of people about the structural, systemic barriers to the freedom, prosperity and happiness of Afrikans and other groups. Tonight I’d like to address another set of barriers."Excerpt from Minister Faust's THE COYOTE KINGS OF THE SPACE-AGE BACHELOR PADSarah Palin the Charmer, Part 2"Journalist and blogger Charley James writes: 'So Sambo beat the bitch!' This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination."Top Ten Propaganda Terms, 2003"It’s true that more people than ever are media savvy. But because of the sheer scope and power of corporate media, especially when in league with government, it’s difficult not to buy into at least some of the propaganda terms that are shot into our brains on a highspeed basis by the second."What’s the deal with MMORPGs?"I’m considering writing a book dealing with massively-multi-user online role-playing games (MMORPGs), but I probably shouldn’t, because I’ve never played one. Talk about hubris–that practically makes me a 19th century anthropologist or a corporate journalist in Iraq’s 'Green Zone.'"Feelings About the Words "Geek" and "Nerd""Personally, I’ve never been fond of lexical reclamation… too much effort in my opinion needs expending."To Palin, Guiliani and Others Who Disparage Community Organisers…Faust on irony or hypocrisy...or both....Some Dynamite Music For You...And readings from Faust's novels...I'm Not Sayin', But I'm Sayin'More on Sarah PalinNew Internationalist Names Condi Rice “Sexiest Evil Woman Alive”Again, the title says it all...An excerpt from FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF DOCTOR BRAIN