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Post by Serviceable Villain on Sept 12, 2012 20:29:50 GMT -5
Greeting friends. Technically I am not a new member but I got lost down the rabbit hole for quite some time. I think the first thread I ever started here was regarding "coincidences" and synchronicities. Oddly enough, for (seemingly) no particular reason at all, yesterday I began to browse through this forum. Why on 9/11 of all days? I don't even want to get into it. Its not that I lost interest in PID/PWR, on the contrary, its that my mind has been pondering the bigger picture. Maybe you could call it a mid-life crisis, but I've been thinking hard about the meaning of it all as it relates to me and my consciousness. It seems that the Beatles and the PID rumors and clues were the catalyst for my "death," symbolically speaking. I first became obsessed, and at times overwhelmed. I got so lost in my own head that I became even more aloof than I normally am, my marriage suffered, ended, and I fell into a deep depression. Now this sounds like a terrible thing but I'm happy to state that it was exactly what I needed. Yes, it was really dark for a while, but no one makes necessary changes in their lives without a swift kick in the behind from life. Especially me. I always feared, and I admit, still do fear to some extent any form of change. I want to be comfortable. There were times when the only thing that got me through the day, living alone and missing my children and literally losing my mind, was envisioning my present as a memory from a happier time in the future. I'm happy to say that that is exactly what it is for me right now. A painful memory, but I am so happy with my life right now. I practiced meditation, I read, I took walks and exercised, started eating better, sought counseling, and refused psychiatric meds like xanax. Without going through what I did, I don't think I would have found God, or maybe God found me. Maybe not so much found me as smacked me across the face and said "WAKE UP!" Let me also clarify this as I found God, not religion. Two totally different things. Let me also state that this has not brought me any level of understanding whatsoever. I can easily rationalize the possibility that I am God, creator of the universe. This is not to be confused with a God-complex or megalomania. Its not a feeling of superiority. More like, the possibility that I created some amazing puzzle and then hindered my own power in order to live in my creation in order to solve said puzzle. This is not something I believe, just something I consider among many other things. Funny as it is, maybe this makes me seem schizophrenic but I can easily rationalize the diagnosis of certain mental disorders such as schizophrenia as a way of those in power to hinder "threats" like people like me. What a schizophrenic thing to say, I know. ;D Maybe its the limitations of my human mind, but I cannot come up with a rational explanation for matter. I have no clue as to why "things" and the particles that converge to make them exist. And this is ignoring concepts like all reality is an illusion, blah blah blah. I can't really come up with an explanation for consciousness. The best I can do is figure, they exist because, why not? If they didn't there would be nothing and maybe nothing is impossible which is to say that something has always existed which makes no sense unless you consider that time is an illusion and there is only now and AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I run around in circles. At best I can consider consciousness and matter as co-dependent. There is no point in matter without consciousness to comprehend it and there would be no need for consciousness without matter because there would be nothing to be conscious of. I apologize for rambling. I get on a roll and that's what I do. As I said, my first thread was about coincidences and synchronicities. Well, I have been experiencing more of them than normal over the past couple weeks. I don't really know the significance of this one, but while I randomly (or so it seems) decided to browse this forum I had no inclination whatsoever to log in and post again until I came across this. I was thinking about a game on my new wife's (just married and she is my favorite human being on the face of the earth!) phone called "Cryptica." This game is available on Androids and IPhones I believe, but not on Windows Phones which is what I have. Please don't make fun of me. Anyways... I thought that maybe there is a PC version of this game so I did a Google search. What I came up with was this site: www.cryptica.co.uk/ (You'll have to excuse me as its been awhile since I've posted on a message board. I've forgotten how to post links). Anyway, on the homepage there is a picture of a man and it says "Meet PAUL from the Guardian." In the "About Us" tab there are two links. "Paul" and "The Real Paul." So Paul is an alias for a man who creates cryptic puzzles dealing with anagrams. But check out "The Real Paul" tab. The real Paul is this man's elder brother. Look at the picture of him, in a suit and looking McCartney-esque. He uses the alias Paul to honor his brother who died in a car crash on his 27th birthday. When he died he was writing his first novel (paperback writer?). "We spent all our time in his room, discussing the Beatles and football..." ...He wrote songs, and in later years fronted a band called Billy Badbach and the Osteopaths. I don't know what it is about this that tempted me to post again on this forum but this was the thing that made me say "WTF?" and ultimately brought me back. For whatever its worth. Goodnight. -Serviceable Villian
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Mar 5, 2010 12:17:56 GMT -5
Might it be a good idea for these tips to be pinned? I haven't made many posts because I've been poring through past topics. It might cut down on the clutter if all newer members could easily access and utilize this strategy. Here's how to use the Search function here. 1. Click on Search; enter the words you are looking for (more than four letters, or it won't work) 2. Click on "Check all" to uncheck all topics! 3. Click on the sections you think will most likely contain what you're looking for. 4. At the bottom, in the Posted within the last: section, enter 20 for hours, and 2000 for days. 5. For maximum results, choose at least 100. 6. Hit the Search button at the bottom of the page. 7. The search engine will look for a while, and FAIL!Then the following will occur: a. You will lose your connection to this site or b. You will get a message saying that the search took too long, and proboards has been notified. 8. Repeat steps 1 - 6. This time it will usually work. If not, three times is the charm.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Mar 1, 2010 16:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Feb 26, 2010 17:27:08 GMT -5
My main question was what song did the first illustration correspond to? My follow up question is how a (presumably) dead man (who looks rather like Paul) laying in what appears to be a tomb relates to the song "I Saw Her Standing There?" A secondary question (which I suppose I didn't state very clearly) was why, considering the myriad of other seemingly non-related topics which are studied and interpreted here, has a Beatle-related book mostly gone mostly unnoticed? I could guess that its possible that it has been discussed and I simply couldn't find the topic despite the fact that I used the (lousy) search function and manually searched this entire section. If this is the case, I apologize. I suppose that I could be looking too much into these illustrations and they are simply surrealism for surrealism's sake.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Feb 23, 2010 22:36:50 GMT -5
What I was talking about was this: which I never knew of until a couple days ago. My search for this cover led me to a page about Dudley Edwards, a UK pop artist who is best known for painting Sir Paul's piano: Also from the web page: "At one point, I was doing murals for the Beatles. I did a mural in Paul's house and lived with him for about six months. I later painted a mural for Ringo and lived with him for a bit as well. This was around the time of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Paul's girlfriend at the time, actress Jane Asher, was away doing some theatrical production in America. Consequently, Paul liked having me around as a sort of companion. Every time I got started painting, Paul would say, "Come on, let's go off to the recording studio! ...Come on, lets go off to a nightclub!" or, "I've got a meeting with Epstein, will you come along?" When Jane came back, Paul told me that Ringo had wanted a mural too. So, I went over to live with Ringo."Ringo's mural: And, wait for it...................... Dudley did not confine his painting to other people's walls: "I was painting a car for a guy named Tara Browne (heir to the Guinness fortune) who was the person mentioned (in A Day In The Life) on the Sgt. Pepper album for blowing his mind out in a car. He was actually killed in a car crash."Anyways, Dudley Edwards was 1/3 of the pop art group "BEV" (Douglas Binder, himself- Edwards, and David Vaughan). They also painted murals in a clothing boutique co-owned by Tara Browne where the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix bought their clothing and apparently where the Ziggy Stardust outfit came from. BEV was responsible for the mural painted on the car on this album cover: AND... "BEV" were also renowned for their seminal light shows, the likes of which had never been seen in the UK. On January 28th, 1967 they staged ‘The Million Volt Light & Sound Rave’ at London’s Roundhouse (a former London tram shed turned psychedelic central) which featured the only known public airing of the legendary 'Carnival Of Light' recording; an experimental sound collage created for the occasion by McCartney during the early stages of the Sgt. Pepper recording sessions. (Link): www.godfreytownsendmusic.com/Dudley%20Edward%27s%20Page.htm
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Feb 23, 2010 21:20:46 GMT -5
Don't sweat it. I've seen worse and I have a good support system of family and friends.
I'm back online on my own computer.
Lucky for me, while those at the unemployment office treated me like a I was inconveniencing them and dicked me around, it took me so long to collect that I received compensation right up to the limit of what is taxable. Thus I was considered a dependent, thus we received nearly ten grand back in taxes!
It only goes so far when you're already in debt but I'm optimistic.
Anyways, what I'm doing now is.........
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job But I get no offers
Meh.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Feb 23, 2010 21:05:41 GMT -5
Well I know how much it can bother people to have a message board cluttered with repeat topics. I do what I can with the search function and with a manual search of certain things to little or no avail.
Therefore, I apologize in advance for if/when I post something that has been discussed before, considering I'm rather new around here.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Feb 23, 2010 18:49:17 GMT -5
Book(s) because I didn't realize until recently that there were 2 volumes. Anyone own these books? (The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, I believe is the title) by Allen Aldridge. I found little if any mention on these boards which surprised me considering I think there are a few dandy morsels, at least what I've found online. I'd love to know what song/lyrics are supposed to correspond to this particular illustration: And what of this illustration of a man being torn in half... or is it one man being split in two? Or even just a gruesome depiction of a man being pulled in two different directions. The (original) cover: 4-armed Paul clad in Ringo's gear: John descending into the depths of his mind (through the aid of LSD?): And then of course there is this illustration of a Ringo-looking fish/yellow submarine (Ringo sang, so that makes sense). But what of the bald Paul (based on the man's attire) with the mermaid on his lap? Does it allude to this: The first illustration makes me think of some of the Christ crucifixion references in YKMN's series with the dead-looking man (Paul? Looks like him) in the tomb with a Christ-looking figure). And speaking of the YKMN series, doesn't the bottom of the last illustration resemble this Escher painting?: And I've only just noticed the (invisible) room containing the man, mermaid, and Ringo-sub with the door slightly ajar but I can't find any meaning, assuming any exists, in it.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Feb 17, 2010 10:37:42 GMT -5
The text of this post has been deleted. I will be happy to repost it once serviceablevillain shows up to explain his vanishing act. Economics. Lost my job over a year ago and it finally caught up to us. Surprisingly not having internet access sucked a lot worse than no cable service.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 19, 2010 19:37:41 GMT -5
We share the same birth date, 75 years apart. Good to know considering I've felt WAAAAY off track lately.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 19, 2010 18:31:56 GMT -5
Tell me something interesting about yourself that I won't find in the Introduction forum. I have a couple stories in mind about myself. I was born at sunrise, 7:28am. Thus, I am the son who rose at sunrise. Shortly thereafter I was submerged into a tank of water. This is not to be confused with a water birth in which the mother sits in a tub of water during labor. Standard birth, followed by immersion. I can't say why. My mother was zonked out after labor and my father was still half-drunk from the night before. No waivers or anything. My dad gave them verbal consent and watched in amazement as (he claims) I "swam like a fish." The year was 1983 by the way. Its because of this that I like to claim that I am the reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix. (1983... A Merman I Should Turn to Be) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1992 my family and I were attending a graduation party at a large local park. It was summertime and extremely hot that day. Late in the afternoon it began to cool down and light rain started to fall as a group of us were playing volleyball. At the time we welcomed the drizzle and continued on with the game. Soon, a park ranger pulled up and informed us that strong storms were in the forecast and he advised us to pack up our things and head for home. No big deal. As the rains slowly intensified I began to feel uneasy. I was 9 yrs old and I could pick up on the tension and panic setting in among the adults. By this time, their laid back approach to cleaning up had shifted to a frantic pace. My worry led me to the car. I figured the sooner I got there, the sooner we could leave. I distinctly remember looking to my left to see clouds and debris rushing over some treetops and my dad making the 20 yard dash to get me from the car. For a moment I irrationally thought that if we left our things and took off NOW, we could escape. Then reality set in... I was convinced I was living the final moments of my life... You see, the setup of this particular park is situated within a river valley. The only way in (or out) is through a steep curving road while the other end of the park (where we were at) is walled off by the steep cliff that runs along the river. I took refuge with the others underneath picnic tables at our pavilion. I curled up and grabbed hold of my mom with one arm and held the underside of the table with my other as she was kneeling crouched over, using her body to shelter my sister who was 6 months old. I remember someone yelling, "IF YOU FEEL THE TABLE LIFT UP, LET GO!!!" As for all those stories you hear of a tornado sounding like a freight train... I heard no such thing. Then again, I was too terrified to really focus on the details. Apparently one guy was giving a play-by-play of the destruction going on around us. I don't even remember hearing his voice. It was a blur, but certain things stand out. I remember excessively shivering, half out of being cold and half out of being scared. I remember what felt like hail hitting me, which I suppose was actually rocks, sticks, and rain being hurled vertically toward us at 100+ miles per hour or so. I remember the force of the tornado bombarding us for what felt like an hour but was probably only 60 seconds. I remember the relief I felt when it let up momentarily, only to bombard us again for what felt like another hour (but was probably no more than 60 seconds). All I can figure about that last detail is that it reached the cliff which forced it to swing around in a circle before it found a place to hop over because unlike hurricanes, there is no calm eye involved with a tornado. Had I known I would survive, I would have done what my dad did. He watched until it was too painful to keep his eyes open and his face exposed. He watched it uproot a massive tree, turn it over, and gently set it back to the ground. Finally, I remember it being pitch black when we left and by the time we reached our house (a measly 7-10 minute drive) it was sunny outside. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your turn!
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 17, 2010 0:19:00 GMT -5
However, Lennon was forced into giving up LSD by the "thousands" of bad trips he experienced. He was later privately to admit that he was lucky to have regained his mental equilibrium afterwards. Many of his friends never did. Suppose I'll weigh in... Better late than never. While there is much I could comment on, I'll focus strictly on this statement. Before reading this statement, I was struck by the earlier post(s) about John's supposed mental state. It made me think of the (fairly recent) biography written by Philip Norman: "John Lennon - The Life" I can't precisely say why Norman strikes me as EXTREMELY credible. I was born after Lennon's death, in 1983. (Matter of fact, 27 years ago today... okay, technically yesterday considering its after midnight.) Everything I know of John Lennon, and nearly everything I know about Paul, "Paul," George, and Ringo is in retrospect. My whole life Lennon in particular has been described as larger than life, in an almost god-like way. Norman's biography really humanizes John which, to me, was very refreshing. He also considers "Paul" an unreliable source which is astonishing considering he was (supposedly) 1/4 of the group from the beginning. When considering John's mental state (from earlier posts in this thread) I couldn't help but think of parts of Norman's book which mention how John would take handfuls of pills/drugs like he was eating from a bowl of assorted nuts, including LOTS of LSD. Without incriminating myself too much, I'd like to admit my own drug use and disclose my own experience as a comparison. Let me preface by saying (and I can't stress this enough) that LSD use is extremely, Extremely, EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY dangerous. Yes, it can be enlightening and bring about "religious" experiences but it can really mess you up. I was lucky enough to have friends who wouldn't allow me to use this drug too early in fear that I could damage my mental state, and even then no one is truly ready for the experiences you may have. The only topic I have started on this forum is about how coincidences may actually be more than chance, that there is a bigger meaning somewhere within these experiences almost as if they are divine intervention or how "God" communicates with us. This is very much how LSD works. When "tripping" with other people, it is amazingly common for those involved to experience the same thoughts, visions, experiences, feelings, etc. Why? Coincidence? Maybe not. Anyways, in my "There are no coincidences" thread, I mentioned the 'Celestine Prophecy' which stuck me due to YouKnowMyName's YouTube series. It is a book in which "the main character of the novel undertakes a journey to find and understand a series of nine spiritual insights on an ancient manuscript in Peru." The first insight: * A Critical Mass A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture; an awakening brought about by a critical mass of individuals who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey in which we are led forward by mysterious coincidences.* (I apologize for babbling) I never had a "bad trip." The closest I ever came was a bad 'episode' during my last trip. Although I never read the book, I was told about it by my sister. At the time she lived several hundred miles away from me and somehow I could feel her contacting me mentally and I knew that "The Celestine Prophecy" was involved. (I still feel guilty about not reading, and not asking her about this experience). I was terrified! Luckily my best friend (who's parents happen to be Liverpudlian) since we were 5 yrs. old was with me and he settled me down. He came upstairs while I was beginning to freak out... I asked him why I was here. In retrospect I realize I meant "why am I HERE," as in, what is my BIGGER purpose on this earth? He settled me down, I came down, and I vowed to never take LSD again. In my life, I had one bad trip (sort of) and that convinced me to stop because I feared for my mental well being. I can't imagine experiencing THOUSANDS of bad trips, as John supposedly (and may very well) have had. One of the people who turned me on to cannabis had maybe 10-20 bad trips and was completely effed-up in the head for life. That alone makes me believe that John's mental state could have been very much effected, he could have believed that "Bill" was Paul, and it would be amazing if his sanity was mostly restored in his final few years...
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 16, 2010 23:18:06 GMT -5
Thanks, both of you.
By the way, somehow I had a feeling that P(D) was the one that referred me to this forum (Admiral). It was only recently that I discovered that you were the one responsible for that series. I can't say why, but the first time I saw your name listed in recent posts I just KNEW it was the same person.
I'd also like to thank both of you for making me feel VERY welcome here even though I am less than a month into my membership. My method of thinking and theorizing is to brainstorm and I'm glad you two seem to embrace my approach. Not only do I appreciate your criticism, but I appreciate (and this goes for all members) opinions that both support or disprove my ideas.
I am a big believer that one of the best ways to prove a theory is to try to DISPROVE the theory, if that makes any sense.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 15, 2010 12:30:32 GMT -5
While I'm still of the opinion that something fishy may have been going on prior to the summer of 1966, I'd like to attempt to both debunk my post above as well as support the theory that photos of Paul have been doctored. I took a number of photos from my post above and altered them to either A). Make them look a little more like the round-faced Paul or B). Stretch them to make them look more like the narrow-faced Faul. Keep in mind, these apply to supposed "authentic" Paul McCartney pics, not this guy: I doubt I could possibly doctor this photo enough to make it resemble the true Paul. I'm sure many people roll their eyes over claims of doctored photos of the real McCartney, but its not that difficult to do. I'd say this at least supports the theory that stretching/condensing photos is certainly within the realm of possibility. Furthermore, I was rather surprised at just how much I could stretch and condense a photo and have the end result still look natural. Again, this experiment offers no explanation into why "Paul" looks swollen-faced, or way different during the Sgt. Pepper-era, etc. It only shows that certain photos could have been altered to make the face shape a bit more consistent from era to era.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 15, 2010 10:44:54 GMT -5
...and that it had occurred in October 1963. Are we sure then, that the Paul from the cavern days is the same one that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show? Maybe there have been several Paul replacements. This is one thing that has really bothered me. All over the internet there are numerous facial comparisons between Paul and "Faul." After looking at countless numbers of these comparisons I began to ask myself why the "true" pre-1967 Paul had so many fluctuations in his appearance. Granted, few people look EXACTLY the same from year-to-year and camera angles can do funny things, but what's up with the many faces of Paul McCartney before 1967? Here is a collection of photos of what is commonly assumed to be the true James Paul McCartney. Why are there so many differences? -The 3rd pic on the top row doesn't really look like any Paul OR Faul that I've ever seen in any other picture or video. -The first pic in the second row and the Butcher Cover pic show Paul with a very swollen looking face. -The pic from the 1962-1966 Red Album also looks way off from most any other picture of JPM I've ever seen. Yes, its a funny angle but the rest of the group looks consistent with other photos I've seen. -Looking at the 2nd pic in the second row, the face strikes me more of the face usually associated with Faul. -Compare the bottom two photos. Most people think of the authentic JPM as the second photo: Rounded face with the slightly downward slanted puppy-dog eyes. Yet the photo of young Paul to its left looks more like Faul's long, narrow head with the exaggerated, slanted right eyebrow. What gives?
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 14, 2010 18:10:27 GMT -5
What I'm about to say is a stretch so I'll try to lay it out as coherently as possible.
I'm glad you brought up the walrus contradictions because I've put much thought into that as well, considering the sheer amount of times this figure has been brought up by the Beatles as well as the obvious Lewis Carroll connection...
I don't know why, but phrases "I am" and "I was" feel like they hold relevance. I can't say why.
Obviously the first time the walrus was mentioned, John sang "I AM the walrus." Yet, in the very first line John tells us that "I AM HE as you are he as you are me and we are all together."
This could be interpreted numerous ways... A). John: "I am he, and HE is my counterpart, Paul. Therefore when I say 'I am the walrus' I'm speaking AS Paul... Paul is the walrus." But then why would John blatantly tell us in Glass Onion that the walrus was Paul, thus giving it away? I've also been curious as to the reason why this was referred to as a CLUE... Well, not just a clue, he called it "ANOTHER clue." Is anyone aware of fans searching for clues of any sort in Beatles music in 1968, especially those as (seemingly) insignificant as the identity of the walrus at that time???
B). "...we are all together" could mean literally that we all are the walrus, each Beatle is the walrus, or simply that the identity of the walrus is subject to change.
C). Maybe "I am he" is a reference to the Book of the Law. (Let him practise speaking backward; thus for "I AM HE" let him say, "eh ma i." Maybe in the song 'God' when John says "I was the walrus" he is really saying "Aiwass the walrus."
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 14, 2010 11:07:16 GMT -5
I've mentioned this before, but is that what Quadrophenia means? Four from one? Walrus gumboot Has this not been discussed in detail? It gave me this thought: Jimmy (short for James) a man with four personalities which represent the 4 members of the Who. Faul sang, played guitar, bass, and drums. Is Faul Jimmy, in that sense? Able to represent the 4 Beatles in one package? Four from one... or in this case one from four? Of course its my understanding that JPM played drums too. Yet, I think it was Roby Younge from one of the Rotten Apple vids called Faul "cleaned, groomed, and more talented than the first one." He spoke of him as if he was the Six Million Dollar Man. Sorry for rambling, its how I brainstorm. ;D
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 14, 2010 10:46:18 GMT -5
I've added a yellow line dividing the two jawlines, and I'm proposing that Mick and Mangled Paul share the center eye. The center eye... Whoever these possible faces represent, is it safe to assume that they share a THIRD EYE? The McCartney Eye???
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 13, 2010 15:39:40 GMT -5
I hadn't seen this image before, serviceablevillain. Where did you get it from? Sorry, I meant to post the link. In my many travels throughout the internet I came across so many pages dealing with PID/PWR theories. Many of which do not easily show themselves on Google making them hard to find. Hence why I wasn't even sure if I had actually seen this bit of info or dreamed it. I believe the first time I stumbled upon the site I didn't think much of the other information beyond the supposed hidden images because I was still very new to the PID legend. At that time I couldn't possibly comprehend the symbolism because I wasn't yet convinced that Paul was even replaced. I still haven't read through it, but the site is either courtesy of one of our friends here, or someone else entirely is at least in the same mind frame of this very thread. From the site, regarding Sgt. Pepper: "The cover design screams out for interpretation. The explanations of the " Paul's Dead Theory " do not adequately resolve the numerous symbols. I offer my explanation, not as definitive, but as food for thought."Regarding MMT: "In 'I Am the Walrus' is the line 'man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen POE...' "...Interestingly, POE wrote a short story called 'The Gold Bug', about how the discovery of an unknown species of beetle leads to a hidden treasure! A cipher had to be decoded to locate the treasure. The weird coincidences experienced by the discoverer of the beetle that led to the discovery of the cryptogram, are as significant as the theme."Here's the link: www.dread.net/~finder/beatles/fade.html
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 13, 2010 11:13:38 GMT -5
I wish I had the actual LP cover because its hard to tell if anything really is embedded within the flowers or if they're just anomalies due to scanning. I thought I remembered seeing more but the only images I have aren't the best quality. In the "B" there appears to be at least 2 faces and maybe even 3 or 4. I think I see a lion face in the lower left as well. The first "E" appears to have a couple clear facial profiles (pointed out by the yellow arrows) and to me the blue arrow points to what looks like 1967 "Paul" with his head turned slightly to the right. You'll notice that some of the letters do have (like Letter B pointed out) dividing lines in certain areas which to me SCREAMS tampering. Looking at the first photo, follow the point of the top arrow straight down and look closely. There appears to be a vertical line just below the "face." In the second photo, the right side of the middle face also has the vertical line and there seems to be a number of others. I can't say whether these lines are present in the original photo or if they are the result of the scan.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 12, 2010 19:56:16 GMT -5
A couple other questions, with apologies in case I missed something. As I stated before, I kinda buzzed through all 11 pages in one sitting without giving all the info the consideration it deserves: 1) If everything on the cover holds relevance, what about those who were originally intended to be there and were omitted? Jesus, Hitler, Ghandi, and Judy Garland. 2) I remembered reading somewhere that the heads of the Rolling Stones are deeply embedded within the red flowers that spells out "Beatles." I managed to find something about it online after much searching to figure out if I actually read it or if it was one of the many strange dreams that I've had in the past year or so. It cites a rumor that the Beatles first hid the Stones within Sgt. Pepper before the Stones returned the favor on the cover of TSMR. It shows this photo of what is allegedly Mick Jagger embedded within the letter "A." Has anyone else heard of this? Does anyone else see the Stones within the letters on the cover? If so, is it relevant? Are me crazy?
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 12, 2010 19:35:10 GMT -5
I managed to acquire a copy of this online, I don't remember where... It might have been here.
First off, I don't think they did a bad job, in fact, I think they sound pretty good. Not as good as the originals, but good nonetheless.
When I first started researching it was difficult to differentiate between photos of the true James Paul and the impostor because I (and everyone else) had been conditioned to associate Faul's appearance with Paul McCartney.
I've only recently been able to differentiate the true voice from the impostor's (for the most part).
So I figured I'd go back to the Billy Pepper album and see if I could hear a resemblance between Faul and any of the singers.
What struck me as odd is that there doesn't seem to be a single solo voice on any track, the 2 Beatles covers OR any of the original compositions. Everything is sung in harmony. EVERYTHING.
Both original Beatles tracks (She Loves You and Please Please Me) are nearly the same way, sung in harmony. The only exception is the call-and-response "Come ons" in 'Please Please Me.'
The call is sung solo by John, while the response and everything else is sung in harmony. In the Pepperpots' version, the call is in harmony as well.
Its nearly impossible to differentiate a single voice, whether that's relevant or not. Personally I don't sense shenanigans or that any voice on the record sounds like the new Paul. Just thought it was a little strange.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 4, 2010 10:42:50 GMT -5
What a coincidence that you mention the number 11. In my early teens I went through a stretch where nearly every time I checked the time it would be something:11 (1:11, 3:11, 11:11...) It happened so regularly that it started to freak me out. I shared a room with my brother and I mentioned it to him. He probably thought nothing of it until I started pointing out on numerous occasions that it was 11 minutes past whatever hour it happened to be. You know how when you wake up in the middle of the night and you check the clock to see how much time you have left to sleep before you have to get up? Literally every time it would be 3:11am, 4:11am, 6:11am, etc. So then, last night my wife and I were loafing around watching the tube. We like to watch Law & Order: Criminal Intent and try to figure out whodunnit. One particular episode involved a guy who was murdering people in order to give them salvation and eternal life, thinking he was serving God. By the end of the show, Det. Robert (Bobby) Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio-the guy who played Pvt. 'Gomer Pyle' in Full Metal Jacket and 'Edgar' in Men In Black) convinces the killer that the voices he was hearing were not God's. They came from "The Deceiver." The fictional killers name was Paul, he called himself a shepherd, we was serving Lucifer, and his first three victims were killed when his hammer came down on their heads.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 2, 2010 18:47:38 GMT -5
I've been experiencing a lot of them myself. A few weeks back I was searching for GFA's Polanski connection video only to discover that the account is inactive. Amazingly I stumbled upon Admiral's series and wondered how through all of my online research I had never seen any of AA's vids. Needless to say I was captivated and watched every video in one sitting. Over the next week it seemed like everywhere I turned I was experiencing little coincidences, if you will. Little things, none of which stand out as anything very significant. But one of the many was I was in a car with friends. The driver was flipping through radio stations and stopped on the oldies station. I caught maybe the last 30 seconds of a song I had never heard before: Smile a Little Smile for Me (Rose Marie) by The Flying Machine. The song caught my attention because 1) They had a Beatle-esque sound and 2) Rosemary's Baby was on my mind and the name Rose Marie is obviously similar. Anyways, I did a simple Google search and it turned out that The Flying Machine were originally a band called Pinkerton's Assorted Colours from England, active from 1965-1969 and went by the name of The Flying Machine until 1971. Their connection to the Beatles? Well, after that song they released a cover of a song by The Marmalade (Junior Campbell's band) and their final single was called "The Devil Has Possession of Your Mind." I brought these things up to Admiral Albert and he suggested I join this forum... and so I did. Within days I was flipping through the channels out of boredom and saw that the History Channel was broadcasting a show called "Manson," a documentary about Charlie and the Tate/Labianca murders. The other programs shown that day on the History Channel was a program on Howard Zinn's "The People's History of the United States," a program about Einstein's Theory of Relativity, a program called "102 Minutes that Changed America" which showed candid home footage of the 9/11 attacks, and a program called "The Beatles on Record." To the casual observer it seems like a rather spontaneous lineup of shows but I don't think many people here will have trouble figuring out the 6 (or in this case 5) degrees of separation between these things. *Allow me to clarify my last statement* I didn't literally mean that these programs were directly connected, but using the laws of the "6 degrees of separation" one can easily make a connection between these things But I'm sure you knew what I meant anyway.
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Post by Serviceable Villain on Jan 1, 2010 17:49:18 GMT -5
I've been researching PID/PWR for a little while now and, frankly, overall I don't know squat.
Lets be honest, none of us really know the answer. I'll admit, I still have a lot of reading to do on this forum. So, while many of you may be privy to more theories and information, where has it really gotten you in the grand scheme of things? This is not meant to be a knock on anyone.
Anyways, I digress, let us consider what we do know. Upon surveying this forum (as well as many YouTube vids on the PWR subject) it is easy for one to conclude that there are an amazing amount of connections over many mediums.
"Coincidences," if you will: Connections between the Beatles and other bands like the Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Klaatu, Badfinger, The Marmalade, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, and many more.
Connections between the Beatles, Crowley, Kenneth Anger, Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow, and Rosemary's Baby, Stanley Kubrick, comic books, television, etc. etc. etc. etc. I think you get the idea.
Certainly I am not familiar with each and every one of these albums, movies, books, theories, etc. I am not a math whiz, not religious or spiritual, not a physicist... It would probably take me a lifetime or longer to school myself in order to truly understand much of the information necessary to comprehend the "bigger picture" that is being fed to us one puzzle piece at a time leaving us to determine where and how they fit together.
Hence the beauty of a forum like this. I hope everyone here desires to work together. I may lack much of the overall knowledge of others, but I am willing to play my role no matter how large or small.
ANYWAYS... Upon contemplating these connections, not their relevance or meaning-just their existence, I thought of Kung Fu Panda.
I know it seems silly but I thought of the tortoise, Master Oogway, who multiple times states: "There are no accidents."
Therefore, my realization that all of these "coincidences" aren't truly coincidences at all, that all things are connected, made me think of something else that I haven't seen mentioned often regarding all of this.
I have not read and am not familiar with "The Celestine Prophecy" but I am aware of the basic concept. For those who know nothing of this... From Wikipedia:
The book discusses various psychological and spiritual ideas that are rooted in many ancient Eastern Traditions, such as the claim that vegetarianism can help an individual to establish a connection with the Divine. The main character of the novel undertakes a journey to find and understand a series of nine spiritual insights on an ancient manuscript in Peru. The book is a first-person narrative of spiritual awakening. The narrator is in a transitional period of his life, and begins to notice instances of synchronicity, which is the realization that coincidences may have deep meaning.
Anyways, is there anyone out there familiar with The Celestine Prophecy that can explain how-not necessarily the book, but its message-relates to PWR?
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