Seeing this* reminded of a post I started writing months ago about a possible side-project for The Cock Pheasant involving me on cigar box, John on jug, someone on diddley-bow, someone on washboard.
I think we might have to evolve from just folking to a full on folk/jug/blues/celt/spirituals/roots/sea shanty/gypsy punk outfit. Complete with outfits**.
I am now going to go and listen to these:
*Want.
**Though possibly not like the Eugene Hutz-alike who was dancing near us during Deathray Trebuchay
Wired has a list of the Top 10 Geekiest Constructed Languages – it’s pretty much what you’d expect (Klingon, Sindarin, Fremen) but I was surprised that Lapine didn’t make the list, especially when Blade’s ‘Vampirese’ did:
An ancient vampire language from the Blade movies. The most noticeable aspect of this language are the glyphs, symbols tattooed on grunts to show their allegiance and drawn in UV ink defining the boundaries of various vampires’ territories. There’s even a vampire holy book written in the language, the Book of Erebus, featured in the first movie.
Do I believe the Book of Erebus was a book actually written in Vampirese? Or were they just sheets of parchment covered in glyphs suspended between glass to:
Look cool
Have vampires kicked through them
That aside Blade Runner’s City Speak isn’t one I would’ve thought of but is an inclusion I wholeheartedly agree with.
