Ashley Capes

Going to replay 'Silksong' just so that I can see Hornet slap everyone XD

Charles Ginner (British/French, 1878–1952)
"Houses in a Valley", 1947.
Watercolor, Pencil, Pen and Ink, 39 × 28.5 cm.
Private Collection.

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Awesome, thank you!

I know what you mean about my verse - it's walking the line, a little XD

Pachinko, Sour Grapes and Rabbits a fallen petals post.

Pachinko, Sour Grapes and Rabbits
- latest fallen petals post. In depth commentary on Bluesky Haiku

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YouTube video by MFSL Uploads The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) (1994 RM, MFSL UDCD-606)

Switching to a more measured mood for this afternoon's listening:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ht...

(Awesome to hear Arthur Brown wailing his way through a guest spot on the album, also)

Awesome that they did all that extra work to be sure with the re-do - but it sucks that they had to it in the firstplace :(

Yes!!!

And there seem to be a few at a glance, which sucks.

(I do hope that the slop covers and their suspicious contents are doing poorly in the comp, so far).

I have a new hobby - it's called "blocking authors who use genAI in their covers".

It won't change anything, but it's quite satisfying.

YouTube video by BlueHairKei Robocop Title Theme (Gameboy version)

Theme for the gameboy edition of Robocop (composed by Jonathan Dunn).

(I once stumbled across a guitar-based cover version, but can't seem to find it anymore)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZB...

Annie Soudain (British Artist, born 1949)
"Coastal Path", 2017
Reduction Linocut, 38 × 41 cm.
Private Collection.

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Sheila Anderson Hardy (Scottish, born 1956)
"Silver Moon", 2022.
Oil on Canvas, 91 × 61 cm.
Private Collection.

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easter monday
fresh flowers
on the roadside

Fiction Click the cover art below for overviews, samples and purchase links. My fiction tends to cover epic, urban and YA fantasy, along with supernatural suspense and a little steampunk too. The Book of N…

Overview of my fiction :)

ashleycapes.com/fiction/

Time to take a break and really, really knuckle down :D

Bernie Wrightson, 1976. From: “Frankenstein”

#illustration #1970s #BernieWrightson #Frankenstein

Love Is Not Enough, by Converge 10 track album

New album from Converge - I missed this last week!

convergecult.bandcamp.com/album/love-i...

Inbox down to "5 unread" - but I can do better :D

Inari Krohn（Finnish Artist, born 1945）
"August", 2024.
Line Etching, Woodcut and Chine Collée on Paper, 30.5 × 21 cm.
Private Collection.
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Full cover for supernatural suspense novel 'Crossings' by Ashley Capes. The back cover shows a red-bellied black snake in a dark forest with a distant moon. The front cover shows a young woman with an expression of concern, holding a kangaroo head; also at night.

Ordering a copy for my bookshelf - I don't have many of my own books in the apartment, and I want to rectify that in a small way with this one :D

(All art by krrma and text design by Christina P.

Also! New 'Close-Up Books' logo, made by Vivid Covers):

YouTube video by TheMadcapLaughs Alphataurus - Alphataurus (1973) [Full Album]

Switching to Italian prog:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlEb...

YouTube video by needle Al Di Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun. 1976. Fusion. Progressive Rock. Full Album

More fusion, today:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3A4...

I don't think I can give up on this idea to re-record.

I just want to keep making stuff, whether it's books, songs or (one day, hopefully) drawings or paintings.

Okay then, time to log off soon and wrack my brain to make some plans.

*where most of my readers are

a great royalty payment isn't coming. Not while America* slides deeper into its decay.

Not to mention, I haven't released anything new in a fair while, so I have nothing to offer.

America obviously has more *very* real problems than the one I'm trying to solve, but

that I have to think everything through.

Should/How can I make this happen in 2026?

Whoever I ask for help *absolutely* needs to be paid for their time

But I need to get a 'better than average' royalty payment from my writing, in order for the re-recording to happen.

And I know that

I'm reminded (most keenly today) that simply waiting for the 'right circumstances' is a big risk.

There's no right time unless I make one.

It's not easy to make it happen, but one song is over 20 years old and it's just stayed with me. I feel like I owe it to that song especially XD

This means

I've had 3 demos from my old band sitting in a folder for years - waiting for the right circumstances to re-record.

We never did them in the studio, but they're fun songs and I could do them more justice now. (Both in terms of my harsh and clean vocals).

However -

Hit the limits of my juggling.

Have taken on too much (again XD) and so something has to be shelved - it's going to be the metal song, sadly.

"Shelved" means "delayed", I guess - but I don't know for how long. (Either that, or I grind myself into the ground to get it finished in March)

Reposting :D

Secret Garden of the Countess

#DailySketch: Brother Phil

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