The Silver Key

"Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Silk Road Centurion by Scott Forbes Crawford, a review

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I am not a historian of ancient Chinese history nor the legendary Silk Road that served as crucial trade route, but author Scott Forbes Craw...
Monday, April 22, 2024

A review of Judas Priest, April 19 Newark NJ

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Scott (of Scott's Thoughts) and I waiting for the metal madness. I love heavy metal culture, unapologetically. These days it’s not quite...
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Saturday, April 13, 2024

Metal spring (and summer) kicking off, plus metal memoir update

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This spring and summer I’ve got four bands/five shows on the docket. We get started this Friday with the legendary Judas Priest, touring in ...
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Monday, April 1, 2024

Scott's Thoughts II: On sincerity

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(Editor’s note: Scott’s Thoughts are occasional guest posts penned by my friend Scott. And by occasional, I mean, once every sixteen years o...
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Friday, March 29, 2024

Some observations while reading Bulfinch’s Mythology

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From the warm and pleasant climes of the civilized Mediterranean to the wastes of the frozen north, every civilization and culture had a str...
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Saturday, March 23, 2024

One of those mind-blowing I'm old/time is short/all a matter of perspective/WTF type posts

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The first time I saw Black Sabbath live was on the Ozzfest tour, Mansfield MA, June 1997. 27 years ago. Black Sabbath released its debut alb...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Of internet induced “Panic Attack” and Judas Priest’s Invincible Shield

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False metal cowers before this shield. Even as I’m feeling dragged down by the state of “reality” such as we know it, I’m buoyed, once again...
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Brian Murphy
Marketing professional by day; skald in the Hall of Fire by night; and member of the S.H.I.E.L.D.W.A.L.L. Author of Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (2020, Pulp Hero Press). Essayist and reviewer for numerous web and print-based fantasy and sword-and-sorcery publications, including The Cimmerian, Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Mythprint, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, The Dark Man, DMR Blog, Skelos, and SFFaudio.com. Two-time Robert E. Howard Foundation award winner: The Atlantean (Outstanding Achievement/Book for Flame and Crimson) and The Venarium (emerging scholar in REH studies).
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