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

Friday, May 31, 2024

Worms of the Earth, Eternal Champion

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I found out last night that Eternal Champion bass player Brad Raub passed away, just 36 years old . So on this Metal Friday I honor his memo...
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Friday, May 24, 2024

The Light is Fantastic—stay positive

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The fourth in a series about my personal values . Part 1 here , Part 2 here , Part 3 here . I write about some heavy shit on this blog. If y...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Humans are meant to do hard things

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In my professional life I serve a profession called medical coding. No need to look it up; it’s quite niche and rather impenetrable to the o...
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Friday, May 17, 2024

As heavy as I’ll go

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Slayer and Sepultura… really no heavier than that. There’s no need, from my perspective. I can’t do cookie monster vocals. That means that D...
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Monday, May 13, 2024

Why we need fantasy: Some thoughts from a Blind Guardian concert, May 11, 2024 at the Worcester Palladium

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I'm in there! Somewhere back left... No one ever dares to speak It's nothing else but fantasy It's make believe, Make believe No...
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Friday, May 10, 2024

Curse My Name, Blind Guardian

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They plead for their king  And they pity their lord  Put him to death, that's what I say It's been a while since I did one of these....
Monday, May 6, 2024

Some blogging odds and ends

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Some stuff that might be interesting to you, but at minimum is important to me. I’m not going to Howard Days this year. I was never plannin...
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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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