5 on Friday - Set 131

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

In two short weeks, I'll be sitting at my booth

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at the Indie Artist Alley, Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario signing copies of SAINT SANGUINUS and BOUND BY DRAGONSFYRE. I'll also have prints of my mom's watercolor ink piece, Stare of the Dragon available. 

If you're in the Toronto area from Aug 23-26, hope you can join me at Fan Expo!

In the meantime, there's one more chance to vote for A Piece of My Mind for the Fascination Award. Click on this link for instructions on how to vote. Contest closes Fri the 10th at midnight EST.

In the spirit of Fan Expo and superheroes like Peredur, my Dark Ages vampire, here's a set of my favorite superhero themes.

1 -  Batman theme - composed by Danny Elfman

2 - Robocop theme - composed by Basil Poledouris  

3 - Animated X-Men theme - composed by Shuki Levy and Ron Wasserman

4 - Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior theme - composed by Brian May

5 - Iron Man theme - composed by Ramin Djawadi

A to Z Blogging Challenge - B

Day 2 of the 2012 A to Z Blogging Challenge

For this challenge, I'm exploring my

FAVORITE FICTIONAL MALE CHARACTERS   

B

is for

Batman

Poetry Train Monday - 52 - Scandalous

A Piece of My Mind is taking a walk on the dark side this week. Care to join me?

To set the mood for our journey, I'm posting the lyrics for Scandalous by Prince. He was a trendsetter for replacing full words with abbreviated symbols, now common in the text message world.


Scandalous

Come closer
Feel what U been dyin' 4
Don't be afraid, baby
Touch it and explode
Understand, understand that I love U
Ah, but more than that - I want U
Everybody always told me good things come 2 those who wait
But I've got so much on the menu
I just can't, I just can't, I can't wait, baby
I can't wait, baby
Till I can wrap my legs all around U girl
Cuz sugar, U know U're just the kind of lover
That I've been lookin' 4
2night why don't we skip all the foreplay, mama
And just get down here on the floor

Scandalous - I'm talkin' 'bout U and me
Marvelous - baby, baby, can't U see?
Anything U ever dreamed of, I'm willing 2 be
2night is gonna be scandalous
Cuz 2night I'm gonna be your fantasy


My dearest, my dearest

Whisper a question
With my body, I'll scream a reply
Anything's acceptable
Just ask me and I'll try it
2 hell with hesitations
2 hell with the reasons why

Baby, baby, baby

Oh girl, the things U make me do
Genius is the only way 2 describe U

Anything U ever dreamed of, baby
Just ask me - I'll do, I'll do, I'll do it 4 U, baby
Anything at all
Spirits rise and spirits fall
Anything U ever dreamed of, I'm willing 2 be
2night is gonna be scandalous
Cuz 2night I'm, 2night I'm gonna be your fantasy!

Scandalous
Marvelous

- Prince, 1989

Illustration by Boris Vallejo
for the cover of Barba the Slaver by Dael Forest

Here's an edited version of the song.