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It’s All About the Satyr

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Mark

It looks like the whole tradition of Halloween goes back thousands of years, which makes me feel so much better when I’m walking around looking diabolical.

Mummery, or the art of disguise was supposed to confuse the spirits of evil by imitating them and confusing their dark hearts, rendering them useless.

Gotta love those Pagans, whose Gaelic heritage was plundered by the invention of christianity, and our loveable horny, primitive Satyr (the hairy drunken guy who will do anyone for a laugh) gets cast as Satan, Lord of Darkness. Sounds like a bum deal to me. Some of my best nights have been with Satyrs.

Categories: Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor | Tags: christianity, Costume, disguise, Gay, Halloween, makeup, Pagan, Religion, Satan, satyr, The Devil | 6 Comments

All Hallows’ Eve’s a Comin’

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Mark

Getting in the mood for the night of the wandering dead.
This is Wicked Uncle Truffle from Kathleen Hale’s lavishly illustrated children’s book Orlando the Marmalade Cat (His Silver Wedding) which was a favourite of mine as a little devil. Read more about the wicked world of Kathleen Hale here.

Categories: Art, Cats, Random, Vibe Monitor | 2 Comments

Storming Autumn

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Mark

The Manchester sky was full of angry clouds and sheets of rain – the kind of rain that sets off car alarms. In the space of an hour, I was treated to a spectacular double rainbow, a pre-Raphaelite sunset and a Lon Chaney moon.

Categories: Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor | Tags: Chorlton, iPhone, Manchester, Mark Wallis, nature, panorama, panoramic, rain, Rainbow, storm, UK, weather | 4 Comments

Are You Reading Me?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Mark

Some of my followers at The Vibes have been wondering if I’m drifting away from the cupcakes and kittens of WordPress to darker pastures. Like Facebook. After a colourful summer rolling in the grass and taking lots of pastoral pictures, I’ve been getting in the mood for Halloween as the nights draw in and we huddle down for winter. Planning spooky costumes and making little horror movies has kept me from publishing some of my photographs, so here’s the first batch. We’ll call them Architecturals.

These are all views of Manchester, where I live.

Categories: Photography, Random, Travel, Vibe Monitor | Tags: architecture, funfair, Manchester, Mark Wallis, Piccadilly Gardens, public transport, The Trafford Centre, Urban, Urbis | 5 Comments

Revenge Of The Lesbian Serial Killer

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Mark

Goldfrapp Jo Imaginary Movie Poster

It’s not the kind of title you expect to see on The Vibes, so let’s embrace the unexpected for a moment here. The remaining movies which accompany Goldfrapp’s Tales Of Us album were leaked recently, and for just a fleeting moment I was able to steal some screen caps from the video for Jo, which seems to be about split personalities and murderous passion. The result is this imaginary movie poster, continuing the horror theme which snakes through the album.