From: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org (goths-digest) To: goths-digest@smoe.org Subject: goths-digest V6 #16 Reply-To: goths@smoe.org Sender: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk goths-digest Saturday, April 20 2002 Volume 06 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- cabin fever ["L'Ophenya Mae" ] Re: cabin fever [KrodKnid@aol.com] Re: cabin fever [Tanya ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:57:25 +0000 From: "L'Ophenya Mae" Subject: cabin fever It's time to start discussing the new album. it's been out for ten days, and i wanna talk!! i understand the ladies so much better with the input of the rest of you fabulous people on the list.... so i'll start with my warped unconventional interpretations. so: i have this theory that The Hunter's Kiss is about a sex-crime victim. any takers? here's my proof: - -it's a twisted romance, a warped version of a love story - -"hit me where it will only hurt me, not a mortal wound...leave me lying dirty, someone would find me soon." -rape won't kill you, but it sure does hurt the victim...and the image of abandonment, leaving her in the dirt, for someone else to find, is very evocative. - -"I could see the steaming of his cloudy breath; no i was not dreaming, i was next to death." -the surreality of the experience, his breath in her face... - -"as i lay there twitching, then my legs he tied" -this line just gives me the creeps, thinking in my current context. - -the rhythm, tune, etc all turn the story into something rather frightening and unreal. also, the line "i have never known a love like this" could evoke an ironical interpretation of the term "making love" because it would be a totally unconventional, nightmarish version of love. sex --> rape seems a logical parallel to love--> murder. but then, i have a sick little mind. feel free to disagree. ~~Lori (aren't I your babycakes?) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:00:45 EDT From: KrodKnid@aol.com Subject: Re: cabin fever In a message dated 4/19/2002 4:58:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sunshine836@hotmail.com writes: > It's time to start discussing the new album. it's been out for ten days, > and i wanna talk!! i understand the ladies so much better with the input > of the rest of you fabulous people on the list.... so i'll start with my > warped unconventional interpretations. so: i have this theory that The > Hunter's Kiss is about a sex-crime victim. any takers? > > here's my proof: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would say that the hunter's kiss is whatever instrument he uses to down his prey...like and arrow or a bullet....and that the comparison to a rape is no coincidence. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 21:42:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Tanya Subject: Re: cabin fever that does make a lot of sense though, i'll never think of that song the same way i have been... L'Ophenya Mae wrote: It's time to start discussing the new album. it's been out for ten days, and i wanna talk!! i understand the ladies so much better with the input of the rest of you fabulous people on the list.... so i'll start with my warped unconventional interpretations. so: i have this theory that The Hunter's Kiss is about a sex-crime victim. any takers? here's my proof: - -it's a twisted romance, a warped version of a love story - -"hit me where it will only hurt me, not a mortal wound...leave me lying dirty, someone would find me soon." -rape won't kill you, but it sure does hurt the victim...and the image of abandonment, leaving her in the dirt, for someone else to find, is very evocative. - -"I could see the steaming of his cloudy breath; no i was not dreaming, i was next to death." -the surreality of the experience, his breath in her face... - -"as i lay there twitching, then my legs he tied" -this line just gives me the creeps, thinking in my current context. - -the rhythm, tune, etc all turn the story into something rather frightening and unreal. also, the line "i have never known a love like this" could evoke an ironical interpretation of the term "making love" because it would be a totally unconventional, nightmarish version of love. sex --> rape seems a logical parallel to love--> murder. but then, i have a sick little mind. feel free to disagree. ~~Lori (aren't I your babycakes?) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more ------------------------------ End of goths-digest V6 #16 **************************