A little New (Old?) Wave

[Berk]

Information Society - Peace & Love Incorporated
Look at the world
It's a complicated place
And it's hard to keep the pace
You've got to wear a smiling face
But what we've got
Is a blue-light special on truth
It's the hottest thing with the youth
You've got nerves we need to soothe
If you've got to believe in something
Believe in us cos we'll make it easy
Peace and Love, Incorporated
Shop around
See if you don't agree
We think it fits you to a "T"
And the best part is it's free
I believe
We got the market cornered this time
We can make you feel fine
It could impact your bottom line
If you've got to believe in something
Believe in us cos we'll make it easy
If you've got to belong to something
Belong to us and we'll make you PC
Peace and Love, Incorporated
Peace and Love
It's the newest cause by far
And we've got all the biggest stars
Get your politics up to par
If you've got to believe in something
Believe in us cos we'll make it easy
If you've got to belong to something
Belong to us and we'll make you PC
Peace and Love, Incorporated
Welcome... (Welcome...)
To Peace and Love, Incorporated
Welcome... (Welcome...)
To Peace and Love, Incorporated
Welcome... (Welcome...)
To Peace and Love, Incorporated

Now, I won't try to speculate on what this song might do for the Loon, but who knows, it might be something nice, and coming in at five minutes in length it might get him out of a pinch.
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead

[Bob Schroeck]

Huh. I could almost have used that instead of Aquarius in chapter 14...
I've got another Information Society song racked up for use if I ever write a Babylon 5 Step... Imagine the response of a Psi Cop to "I Want To Know What You're Thinking (Pure Energy)".

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Berk]

*laughs*
Brilliant, postivly brilliant.
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead

[Ace Dreamer]

"Psi Power" by, you guessed, Hawkwind.
"...
I can read your mind like a magazine
Know who you are, know where you've been
I know all the secrets that you want to keep
..."
Mind you, if he does use this, Doug could probably get away without the lead-lined room to keep him sane...
Michael Moorcock was associated with Hawkwind for quite a bit, and in the earlier days had his own band, "Deep Fix", and the "Chronicles of the Black Sword" tour _might_ have had something to do with him!
[grin]
And for those who might be interested:
www.hawkwindmuseum.co.uk/
Looks like they have some sort of web ring as well, maybe.

Ah. Hook. Mind a bit flakey this Saturday evening. Sorry.
Mike Moorcock was noted for having started the "New Wave" in SF, in the 1970s (I think), introducing "soft" sciences, like sociology and psychology. I think it can be a bad idea calling something "new"...
Particularly 25+ years later...
*Bad, very bad. Two edits to just get this looking vaguely right [shakes head] *
--
"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind

[Aleh]

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Look at the world
It's a complicated place
And it's hard to keep the pace
You've got to wear a smiling face
But what we've got
Is a blue-light special on truth
It's the hottest thing with the youth
You've got nerves we need to soothe
If you've got to believe in something
Believe in us cos we'll make it easy
Peace and Love, Incorporated
Shop around
See if you don't agree
We think it fits you to a "T"
And the best part is it's free
I believe
We got the market cornered this time
We can make you feel fine
It could impact your bottom line
If you've got to believe in something
Believe in us cos we'll make it easy
If you've got to belong to something
Belong to us and we'll make you PC
Peace and Love, Incorporated
Peace and Love
It's the newest cause by far
And we've got all the biggest stars
Get your politics up to par
If you've got to believe in something
Believe in us cos we'll make it easy
If you've got to belong to something
Belong to us and we'll make you PC
Peace and Love, Incorporated
Welcome... (Welcome...)
To Peace and Love, Incorporated
Welcome... (Welcome...)
To Peace and Love, Incorporated
Welcome... (Welcome...)
To Peace and Love, Incorporated

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My suggestion would be that the song would create what would amount to an area-of-effect calm-spell centered around Doug. In other words, those nearby would find themselves all warm-and-fuzzy and unable to fight. Of course, Doug would be effected, too...-------------------
*No,* Sachiel replied.
*Aww, come on,* I answered.
*Absolutely not,* he insisted.
*What's so bad about my idea?*
*While I have no problem with withdrawing and allowing you to handle the situation, I have... issues with your plan to tell the Lillim that you are the "3.14th Angel, Auwhotda'ell".*