Kim Jong Un May Be Brain Dead
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:48 PM)
"You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" is a 1992 horror short story by American writer Stephen King. It was first published in the horror anthology Shock Rock and later included in King's collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes.
It concerns a young couple on a road trip in Oregon when they accidentally wander into a small town inhabited by dead rock and roll legends.
The title of the work, and the name of the town—Rock and Roll Heaven—both come from the chorus of "Rock and Roll Heaven", a song first recorded by Climax in 1973 and was a Top 10 hit by The Righteous Brothers the following year.
Clark and Mary Willingham are a couple traveling through Oregon. Clark is being transferred out of state, so they opt to take a more scenic route. The two plan to visit Toketee Falls, and Clark insists on taking a road through the deep forest despite Mary's fears of becoming lost. While Mary takes a nap, Clark does indeed become increasingly lost on a narrow stretch of road. He is forced to admit to Mary that he's given up hope of finding Toketee Falls and that, furthermore, he had rejected an opportunity to turn around. Frustrated, yet hesitant to push the issue, Mary agrees to press forward in the hopes of reaching a point where they can safely turn around.
The couple abruptly comes upon a sign announcing, "Welcome to Rock and Roll Heaven, Ore." The road becomes wider and paved, giving them another chance to turn around. Again, Clark refuses, arguing that it would be easier and safer to do so inside the town itself. They discover Rock and Roll Heaven is a small town with a 1950s theme, described as looking identical to a Norman Rockwell painting. Mary feels worried about the too-perfect town, but Clark becomes irritated and the two argue. As the two explore the town, Clark insists on entering a local diner. Afraid of being left alone, she follows.
Inside the diner, they see that the town is inhabited by dead musicians. After a waitress named CeCe Pryor attempts to warn them off, Clark slips out, but Mary is confronted by two dead musicians. At first cordial and friendly, one begins to bleed from his eyes and another vomits hundreds of maggots, revealing that they've simply been playing with her. Clark and Mary drive frantically through the town, chased by dead music legends. As they drive, Mary notices other citizens of Rock and Roll Heaven, all of whom look exhausted and apathetic; she realizes that these are the "true" inhabitants, lured in and trapped in the town. Mary and Clark think they have escaped but are easily captured in the outskirts of town after hitting a psychedelic bus. A police car bearing the mayor (a deceased Elvis Presley) and the chief of police pulls up. The musicians ominously reveal that they couldn't have escaped, as the road out is surrounded by swamp, quicksand, bears, and "other things".
As the sun begins to set over Rock and Roll Heaven, Mary and Clark join the ranks of the other imprisoned souls in the park, where the concert is prepared. Mary looks at the other exhausted townsfolk, and chooses to sit next to the waitress from the diner. The young woman has the glazed look of one who is stoned, and talks with the couple. She tells them that her name is Sissy, and reveals that one of her fingers was cut off by Frankie Lymon as punishment for assisting the pair. She also explains that while the concerts must end at midnight, "time is different" in Rock and Roll Heaven; the songs sometimes go on for years. The disc jockey Alan Freed takes the stage and begins to announce an endless series of legendary rock stars. Mary voices her worst fear when she asks Sissy her age; she is twenty-three, and has been that way for seven years. Mary realizes that these are the people who get "lost in the woods" and didn't do anything wrong to deserve this, as Freed continues to scream the names of musicians. He finally shouts: "Rock and roll will never die!", to which Mary thinks the last line of the story: "That's what I'm afraid of. That's exactly what I'm afraid of."
Classic.
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:48 PM)
https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/161606/nightmares-dreamscapes-1x08-you-know-they-got-a-hell-of-a-band
https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/4303/nightmares-dreamscapes-you-know-they-got-a-hell-of-a-band-tv/
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NZer — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 08:40 PM)
I have all of Stephen King's books. I think I like his earlier stuff best, but most of his stories hook my interest like no other writer does. I know that writing short stories is meant to be more difficult than creating full novels, but King is an expert at it. The four that you mentioned are my favorites too.
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:42 PM)
TV series disappointed me. For example that story They got a hell of a band should have been portrayed as that movie was, From Dusk till Dawn.
Instead they showed a town that was too green and hilly instead of desert landscape it supposed to be was in that doggone bookit.
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None — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 09:01 PM)
Apparently he wrote a letter to the president of South Africa today…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8261829/Kim-Jong-sends-letter-South-African-President-Cyril-Ramaphosa-despite-death-rumours-April-27.html -
DrakeStraw — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 10:45 PM)
It's also possible someone close to him wrote the letter, maybe his sister. If he really is OK, he needs to make an appearance that can be verified.
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