Equal Rights for Werewolves.

It's been quite a while since I've posted on here. I'm going to change that.

A lot has been going on for me life has been in between seasons. But I think things are settling down a bit now. If you want to know what's been going on with me, just go ahead and ask. I'll probably post about personal life later.

BUT! Right now, I have something very specific I want to talk about.

Once upon a time, a very influential twelve year old boy was surfing around the internet, looking for more punk rock bands, because he listened to only two (7-10 Split and Wrongfully Akuzed) and he wanted more. He needed more. Like a vampire needs blood.

He came across a website called ChristianPunks, which did reviews of bands that were of the genre and belief that he was looking for. But, it was also a web forum. He became very involved on the forum, and became cyberfriends with many of the people on the site.

Many of these folks sent him very good music, including bands like Headnoise, Officer Negative, and The Havoc. Only a few songs, no full albums. But this young boy fell in deep deep love with those songs, and listened to them nonstop for months and months on end before finding more music.

The one band he loved the most, he only had three songs by. They were an odd, quirky band from Indiana. They sang of American Werewolves, Humanoids, and Deploying All Monsters. This band was called Blaster the Rocket Man, formerly known as Blaster the Rocket Boy.

All of those songs influenced the boy and they are what brought him to love much more music that he loves today. But especially Blaster the Rocket Man.

Now, hop in your Delorean, make sure your flux capacitor is... fluxing, and we'll go forward 5 years.

The boy has grown up quite a bit now. His musical tastes are vast. But punk rock has always had a very, very special place in his heart. As well as those three songs by that band.

One day, the boy's library of 6000+ songs crashed. When he finally rebuilt it to it's proper state, he came across those three songs, listened to them, and remembered how much he loved them. He remembered how badly he wanted more by that band, and searched and searched over those five years, and never found anything.

But now he was bound and determined. And lo and behold, it happened. He found a physical, out of print, still shrink wrapped copy of what has been called the greatest punk rock album of the last 10 - 15 years. The Monster Who Ate Jesus was on a little place called amazon, and he bought that album right away.

He also found a re-released compiling of many of their older songs on an album called The Anatomy of a Monster, via iTunes, and he bought that right away as well.

Now it is present day, and for the last week, that boy, myself, has not listened to anything else because Blaster's music is so glorious. They're frontman and lyrical writer, formerly known as Otto Bot, now known as Otto NoBot, also known as Daniel Petersen, has this idea of taking monsters like werewolves, vampires, and Frankenstien's monster, as well as odd space stories and just quirky stuff, and tying them together with God, and redemption, and Jesus, and just Christianity.

As cheesy as it may sound, it's REALLY amazing. It works so well.

My brain has been in total sponge mode, and just soaking in absolutely everything about this band. And listening to them has really gotten me interested in all of these monsters. I really want to watch all of the old Universal monster films now. It's just so cool.

The one monster I've always liked is the werewolf. I think that may be because the first Blaster song I heard was American Werewolf, and it's probably still my very favorite.

But they have this song called I Like Lycanthropy. I think the way that Blaster ties werewolves to Christianity is absolutely amazing and true, and I can definitely identify with it. That's another reason why I like werewolves. And if I had to be a monster, I would be a werewolf. But really, I already am. (Go look up those lyrics to understand.)

On a less serious note, they have a lyric that goes,
"The wolfman is back!
Don't call it a curse.
Sticker on my car
Read it and weep
for the ones you love.
Says, 'Equal Rights for Werewolves'!"

I need this sticker. and I will find it. And if I can't find it, then I will have it made.

Thank you.