Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon, or Val Lewton, as he was more popularly known, was the nephew of Nazimova. He also produced this shadow-nuanced thriller about interesting underground social connections in WWII era NYC.
“Cryptic stoner lyrics in the manner of the Eagles, crooning about “Hotel California…oh, what a lovely place.”
WTF? First Steely Dan, and now this!
Are you TONE-deaf or something?
Old West Coast has-been soft-rockers crooning cryptic stoner nonsense from 1995?
Can’t get much more irrelevant than that!
“We were stokin’ the fires
and oiling up the machinery
until the gods found out
we had ideas of our own
and the war was coming
the earth was shaking
and there was no more room
in the Garden of Allah
Today I made an appearance downtown
I am an expert witness
because I say I am…
and I said, ‘gentlemen…
and I use that word loosely…
I will testify for you
I’m a gun for hire
I’m a saint
I’m a liar
because there are no facts
there is no truth
just data to be manipulated
I can get you any result you like
what’s it worth to you?
because the is no wrong
there is no right
and I sleep very well
at night
no shame no solution
no remorse no retribution
just people selling t-shirts
just opportunity to participate
in this pathetic circus
and winning
winning
winning…
it was a pretty big year for predators
the marketplace was on a roll
and the land of opportunity
spawned a whole new breed
of men without soul
this year, notoriety
got all confused with fame
and the devil is downhearted
because there’s nothing left
for him to claim
and the fruit is rotten
and the serpent’s eyes shine
as he wraps around the vine
in the Garden of Allah
The Evil Guy in the Henley video was played by one Issur Danielovitch, otherwise known as Izzy Demsky, or just plain Kirk Douglas to you. He’s been around long enough to have heard some of the Garden of Allah stories first hand.
“I hope you picked it [Atlas Shrugged] up off the floor of the subway and threw it in the nearest garbage pail.” — Flannery O’Connor letter to a friend
Kidkenoma's Blog 
May 3, 2013 at 2:29 am
http://short-schrift.blogspot.com/2008/07/mallarm-and-book-of-books.html
May 3, 2013 at 4:23 am
Ah! Les Lunar Mardistes…
May 3, 2013 at 12:42 pm
May 5, 2013 at 6:07 am
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May 9, 2013 at 9:53 am
Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon, or Val Lewton, as he was more popularly known, was the nephew of Nazimova. He also produced this shadow-nuanced thriller about interesting underground social connections in WWII era NYC.
May 10, 2013 at 11:27 am
‘Garden of Allah’? Don Henley?
“Cryptic stoner lyrics in the manner of the Eagles, crooning about “Hotel California…oh, what a lovely place.”
WTF? First Steely Dan, and now this!
Are you TONE-deaf or something?
Old West Coast has-been soft-rockers crooning cryptic stoner nonsense from 1995?
Can’t get much more irrelevant than that!
“We were stokin’ the fires
and oiling up the machinery
until the gods found out
we had ideas of our own
and the war was coming
the earth was shaking
and there was no more room
in the Garden of Allah
Today I made an appearance downtown
I am an expert witness
because I say I am…
and I said, ‘gentlemen…
and I use that word loosely…
I will testify for you
I’m a gun for hire
I’m a saint
I’m a liar
because there are no facts
there is no truth
just data to be manipulated
I can get you any result you like
what’s it worth to you?
because the is no wrong
there is no right
and I sleep very well
at night
no shame no solution
no remorse no retribution
just people selling t-shirts
just opportunity to participate
in this pathetic circus
and winning
winning
winning…
it was a pretty big year for predators
the marketplace was on a roll
and the land of opportunity
spawned a whole new breed
of men without soul
this year, notoriety
got all confused with fame
and the devil is downhearted
because there’s nothing left
for him to claim
and the fruit is rotten
and the serpent’s eyes shine
as he wraps around the vine
in the Garden of Allah
fuckin’ cali stoners…
May 10, 2013 at 12:12 pm
The Evil Guy in the Henley video was played by one Issur Danielovitch, otherwise known as Izzy Demsky, or just plain Kirk Douglas to you. He’s been around long enough to have heard some of the Garden of Allah stories first hand.
May 3, 2013 at 9:49 am
Gurdjieff devil music play in elevator of Infinite Library hexagon catacomb for soundtrack to Total Book!
May 3, 2013 at 10:45 am
Did somebody say “hexagon”?
May 3, 2013 at 10:04 am
333 Darkman Street
May 4, 2013 at 1:07 am
May 4, 2013 at 4:01 pm
“…so from ’73…I ran into all these weird people…witches and warlocks in London…”
“In fact even Ayn Rand had connections to Crowley.”
–Jack Sarfatti May 1970
http://praxisforlife.org/?p=446
May 4, 2013 at 11:28 pm
May 6, 2013 at 12:52 pm
Hyperstitional secret message for Dreamsend333:
May 7, 2013 at 1:36 pm
May 7, 2013 at 6:16 pm
“I hope you picked it [Atlas Shrugged] up off the floor of the subway and threw it in the nearest garbage pail.” — Flannery O’Connor letter to a friend
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/27/1124666/-The-Paul-Ryan-Ayn-Rand-Satanism-Connection-Made-Simple