"A song from an artist's side project."
Elm Street Lover Boy by The Prize Fighter Inferno
The Prize Fighter Inferno is the side project, (For those of you who don't know or understand the term "Side Project", it's when a musical artist from a popular band has another little band on the side. Sometimes there are multiple people in a side project, but mostly, they are just songs from one artist..), Okay, anywho, The Prize Fighter Inferno is the side project of Claudio Sanchez, who is the lead singer to one of my all-time favorite bands, Coheed and Cambria that I have mentioned a couple of times in this blog, and I even shared a Prize Fighter Inferno song in that post as well.
The history behind the song is this. When the Batman: Arkham City video game was ready to come out a few years back, the game makers asked a bunch of different bands to write a song about Batman, and they released a music album of those songs along with the game. Coheed and Cambria wrote a song for that album called Deranged. I will add a link for you to visit if you are interested. The thing about the song is that its lyrics are coming from the Joker, and not Batman. It's a really cool song.
Deranged by Coheed and Cambria
I shared that song because with Elm Street Lover Boy, it's the same idea, but it's sung from the point of view from Freddy Kruger from the Nightmare on Elm Street films. And, it's a lot more electronic pop, whereas Deranged is progressive rock.
So, I think I've mentioned that my dad had surgery last week. He's still a little sore, but he's getting better day by day. The quarantine has changed our worlds so much. I was rehearsing for a play when the pandemic hit, and we talked about meeting at the end of July to discuss if we want to try to resume, or give up on it. Honestly, I don't think things are going to be that much better by the time the end of July comes.
Elliot and my ex-wife and husband moved to Kansas about a month ago, and Elliot is going to be coming to visit me for a month right before school starts back up again, so not having Elliot around the house, it's pretty low key with it just being my parents and me in the house.
There are some open movie theaters near, but I'm still not knowing if I dare to go out and see a movie or not. They aren't playing new movies. They are playing classic films, and there are a lot of great ones they are showing. Most of my favorite films from all different types of genres have played in a movie theater at one time or another where I was able to go see them, but one film has eluded me all this time, and it's in my top five favorite movies, (More on that topic in another blog sometime), Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it's playing in IMAX. I want to go so bad, but even with a mask, and the theater promising all of the changes made to be safe and clean, I don't want to come into contact with something that will hurt my mom, and especially my dad.
When Elliot comes to visit, we've been talking about taking a trip to my favorite place in the whole world, Moab, Utah, more specifically, Arches Nation Park. There is an amazing section of the park called The Fiery Furnace. It is like a labyrinth of tall fins of red rock formations. It's amazing, but it's kind of a tricky hike.
The Fiery Furnace was open when Arches National Park first opened up in the early 1900s, but by the 1950s, The Fiery Furnace was closed to the public and only rangers could enter it. In the echo system where Arches is located is desert, but there are also plants, which is cool, but the plants rely on a special crusted soil. The soil soaks up the water from rain, and feeds it to the plant life. It's called cryptobiotic soil crust, and it takes nearly 150 years to form. If someone steps on it, the soil is destroyed and will no longer be able to water the plant life. So, in the 1950s, the soil was damaged by hikers, probably not even knowing what they were doing.
But, about 20 years ago, Arches decided that since it had been over 50 years since the last time the general public was allowed into the area, the echo system had healed up a lot of areas. So, now, there are only two ways go inside. You either have to get to the visitors center early in the morning and sign up for a ranger guided tour, which is a must if you have never been through it before. Since it's like a maze, people can get lost pretty easily, forcing them to walk over areas with the cryptobiotic soil crust. There are a lot of washes, open rock, and sand washes that you can still walk on, but if you get lost, it's almost impossible to find your way through without stepping on the soil. That's one way.
The other way is, if you have been in before on a ranger guided tour, and know your way through it, you have to get to the visitors center really early in the morning, if you are lucky, and the weather is good, you can ask for a permit. They only let a few people in a day, and both the ranger guided tour and the permit can't be reserved. You have to be at the visitors center the day of to get a permit, or ranger guided tour. There are only two ranger guided tours, limited to 15, I think. and then they only give out three permits per day, and depending on the situation, the amount of people are limited on one permit, so if you have a group, you might need two or even the last of the three permits to go in.
The dark brown stuff is the cryptobiotic soil I talked about. You can see how nice and green the plants are.
Don't let the small picture make you think the Fiery Furnace is a really big area, and you are like an ant in between those fins and towers of red rock.
This is Skull Arch inside the Fiery Furnace. It's truly humbling and inspiring to take an adventure inside. It's really neat, but some parts of the path are very tight, and it's not the easiest of hikes.
This is what some of the hike is like. Also, take a backpack or something to carry a lot of water in. Some of the hike is in shadow, but in the sun, the heat can get intense. Also, sunblock is a requirement.
To get a permit, they make you watch a video about the soil, and where you can and can't walk and hike. Basically, if you are on rock or a sand wash, you are good to go. Anyway, after the video, they come in and give you an oral test and show some pictures of the soil when it's destroyed and the area it effects. If you pass the test, it's not hard, they give you a permit to wear on a backpack or equipment. You are then able to go hike in the Fiery Furnace whenever you want that day, but you really need to get there really early to get those permits or ranger guided tour. Also, maybe it's different now, but those with a permit were not able to join in on the ranger guided tour, unless the party with the permit is lost and needs help getting out.
There are quite a few arches inside, and it's sad that most people who don't go in, never get to see, including an arch that was named after a swear word. It's amazing, and I wholeheartedly recommend checking it out if you are ever in that area.
So, we are hoping my dad will get better and rested well enough to take a trip down there. Elliot has never been there, and has asked if we can go, so we are trying to make it happen.
Also, I am in need of someone who is an artist and can draw and paint well. I'm working on a project that I don't want to reveal just quite yet. I'm so excited and want to tell people about it, but I'm going to do my best to hold back from talking about it. But yeah, I really need a good artist. Or a nature photographer, that would work too.
Anyway, that's my blog entry for today. Stay happy, Stay safe, and be nice!
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