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Do you like The Mars Volta? 

Their early work was a little too ‘punk’ for my taste, but when De-Loused in the Comatorium came out in ‘03, I think they really came into their own - both thematically and artistically. The whole album has a clear, progressive sound, and a new sheen of abstract lyricism that really gives the songs a big boost. They have been compared to Coheed and Cambria, but I think The Mars Volta has a far more bitter, depressing view of the world. 

In ‘05, The Mars Volta released this, Frances the Mute, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is 'Cassandra Gemini’, a song so long most people probably don’t even listen to it all the way through - but they should! Because it’s not just about the struggle of a man looking for his long lost mother, and the importance of blood ties, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself! 

Hey Paul!

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Uncredited

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Harold Roth - Necromancer’s Moon

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She has returned to the Origin | come back to the Source | but her steps have been taken in vain

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Agnostic Symbol, Salvador Dali

Medium: oil,canvas

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that’s what you get for opening a closed door

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Northern Light - unpublished

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Ernst Fuchs

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Art by Chris Yates for Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys. Pic from Visions of The Future (1976) edited by Janet Sacks.

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Noriyoshi Ohrai

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Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972) - Sphere Spirals (B. 428), Woodcut printed in grey, black, yellow and pink, on Japan, 40.90 x 44.20 cm (1958)

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