Delta Data  -  Pan Thistle, 2016 Walking with you Running through the park side by side with you I'm walking, talking like you I can fool around, bite my lips and frown Just like you   Of every day and every night I get my share They tell me that I'm not a part of humankind but I don't care No I don't   Cos I'm walking with you Running through the park side by side with you I'm walking, talking like you I was made to serve, made to suffer Just like you   Of every day and every night I get my share They tell me that I'm not a part of humankind and I don't care

The A.I. Threat Palaver 19 July 2023 When the marketing channels of social media vibrate on the same frequency, the resulting resonance is felt throughout the web. A few months ago, that frequency was "the effect of AI on society". Within hours, you had all sorts of channels talking about AI, pictures with human-robot heads, video interviews with scientists, narratives on how AI controls our lives and so on... There were doomsday fearmongers going "AI gon' whoop yo' ass", silly vanilli influencers prompting you to ask AI for help on how to win the affections of that girl you fancy and YouTube "professors" offering tutorials on the effective use of ChatGPT. The comments were hilarious! Some were even asking if technology will destroy our civilization. I mean, is this the 21st century? Do people know the meaning of that word? If they don't, surely they can look it up? Here is a definition from the Oxford Dictionary.   technology (noun): the ap...

Pop Mesh 8 Jul 2023 Pop Mesh is a free mesh generator addon for Blender 3D software, based on a custom implementation of the age-old technique known as path extrusion, sweep mesh, sweep surface, and so on… The idea is that we generate a 3D mesh by sweeping a 2D path (a shape on a plane) along another path in 3D space such that the normal vector of the 2D path corresponds to the tangent vector at each point of the 3D path. Hence the acronym pop , short for path-on-path. To avoid confusion, Pop Mesh uses the name profile to refer to the 2D path. Now, by changing the original profile shape and by blending two or more profiles along a path the addon can generate a large number of variations in the resulting mesh. A few preset paths/profiles are provided and the addon allows you to select your own custom data. The requirement here is that your profile should be a 2D (flat) path on the XY plane. In addition, you can generate animated sequences between different states of the mesh when ...

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Losing Control (again)  -  Pan Thistle, 2021 Losing my mind, losing my soul Losing my head, losing control Always tear my heart out in the end Losing control again   Envelope faces, envelope noise Rolling and shaking like broken toys Justice has failed the polygraph test Losing control again   I would if you let me But you won't forget me   Smiling dictators and warfare states Men of the hour, iniquity gains Gaping loopholes in ethical traits Losing control again   Testing my faith, a deal with pain The tables are turned but I'm losing anyway Always tear my heart out in the end Losing control again   I would if you let me But you won't forget me There, there, they're selling again The same patent fake concern They drive me round the bend   Weathering vessel caught in the storm, without end We are unable to hold a course, the captain's dead Lightning stabs out of the dark clouds boiling overhead And I'm losing control...   Fine Nereids of th...

Rules of the game  -  Pan Thistle, 2021 There are things you forget, things you remember walking along a wind-battered pier As you try to explain the Ides of September you're slipping away, Winter Twilight You wish father were here, a few tricks and a fable the heart-warming smile made everything alright And if the rain tells you about a ship that sailed, you won't be angry or confused Latent dues manifest in pain Rule of the game Win or lose, it's a passing phase Rule of the game Ain't no sad, no happy ending Rule of the game Tears in your eyes were desecrated cancelled by the wounds you have inflicted on the Earth Hot summer night, intoxicated wild creature pack and jasmine in the air when you joined the game... but there are things I forget

The Forest  -  Pan Thistle, 2020 Back before the days of glory we were crazy and divine in the forest we ran with the wild and the holy and the big wheel, the big wheel, it kept on turning the truth before our eyes, it was like a dream in the night, it blew our mind until the day came and we believed the only way for us was in the forest Come the day of wine and roses something broke down in our heart deep inside the joy was gone we'd left the forest and the balance wheel, the balance wheel, it kept on going back and forth and back again, forever blind and we make new plans for a better world, times are changing but you know, I'd give it all up for just one day back in the forest I shouldn't let it bring me down for the mind will take me there and the view will be the same At the next turn of the wheel the path is straight ahead and it leads right back into the forest

Nothing  -  Pan Thistle, 2020 Nothing is bigger than nothing but nothing Nothing is deeper than nothing but nothing Nothing is darker than nothing but nothing Nothing is stronger than nothing, just nothing So don't disturb my circles Random clocks, bio-synthetic clones you can't touch my code Don't disturb my circles Confidence plots cooked up in private clubs you're a calabash gourd Don't disturb my circles Bleepy clods, clinging to virtual trash what a waste of space Don't disturb my circles Sombre masks are just flaky paint in the real world Nothing at all Nothing is bigger than nothing but nothing Nothing is deeper than nothing, just nothing Sliding down a neon tube Life flashed before my eyes Enigma smile A tiny shell to port my soul much like the simple desk where I write these words I call it home, a comforting thought Just the one time, yeah!!!

She ate cake (for Maria)  -  Pan Thistle, 2019 No I won't even try to find out why she ate cake And I don't ever care about the reason why she ate cake she ate cake Maria ate cake she ate cake she ate cake Maria ate cake She said she couldn't go back her mind went blank and she ate cake She said it was a big deal and she lost her head because she ate cake She ate cake Maria ate cake because she ate cake she ate cake Maria ate cake She said that simply happened and it was not intentional and if she had another chance... But the worms rolled inside her to reminder her she was going to die because she ate cake she ate cake because she ate cake Maria ate cake she ate cake because she ate cake

Lethe Wings  -  Pan Thistle, 2018 In the darkest depths of Lo Manthang cave There lives a fierce animal in a pool of contradictions What is Light? we forget I'm standing on the edge the precipice of death Fire in the sky, they must be getting close the precipice of death the precipice of truth Over the Himalaya, the air is thin we see them we forget Lethe Wings  

Absent Friends  -  Pan Thistle, 2018 Loaded, the Mad Trip of our youth we set sail for worlds that never were The parting of the waves came all too soon It seemed wicked and unfair You go out on Friday night Snowball is out of sight The Cult is gone, truths you can't avoid There will never be another Paranoid Absent friends will be there, tonight a few jokes, a bottle of wine, yeah! Just like old times While some of us are still around and others have already found the worlds that never were vivid memories are there The old Quinta flame Shock Waves in the sun.. Absent friends will be there, tonight a few laughs, a bottle of wine They will ease your mind Slowly, a tense and bitter noon gave way the wisdom of the smiling dusk Raise a glass to absent friends and celebrate the moments that never fade Want to go for a wild ride, tonight get into high gear, it's gonna be alright! Just like old times

Half Moon (The Turnaround)  -  Pan Thistle, 2017 A faceprint on the Delta drive electric eyes don't lie the Sat-One beam pulled the pundits in and the game begins at Comanet.you Lava bubbles stain the ice they fight until the end Almarbots scan the waves for the raw code to break in his Live.home Eyes in the wall, relentless stare a lizard tongue, prowling ticket tout they snake-dance all night in a pool of milk and blood green scales and fairy tails will drag him to the lair over there, for a dare The shadows on the screen plot against the light in his life and those few moments in time all the things worth waiting for The Turnaround Flesh without bones - The Turnaround Clock without hands - The Turnaround Shape without form - The Turnaround Thought word and deed - The Turnaround The Turnaround - when the chips are down The Turnaround - with a bunch of clowns, yeah The Turnaround - when he hit the ground The Turnaround - he's the talk of the town, now The Turnaround - with ...

Reverie  -  Pan Thistle, 2017 All the lilac clouds wait on the sundown and you sign your name in rings of smoke you stop the clock In a wispy dream, right before the credits scene you take the palette of the autumn dawn and paint the day in the key of May Reverie iris open and you're here with me they tell me all your secrets a wall of fantasy Reverie watching tango dancers in a scarlet sea of wild pride passion drowns sanity I know there have been times we would meet in nightmares the crash, the earthquake sirens wailing in the night then we would sail far beyond the sunset to a place where wounded angels go to mend in light and sound Reverie dark, hazel eyes never lie to me your cosmic grace vagrant galaxy The way she held my hand, walking down the aisle fire in her eyes, war inside her head Gold-plated kiss, puzzled smile November of the Pig drag me down again Reverie Now the lights are out, the circus left town the show is over and that fair quest was never meant to be m...

Full Empty  -  Pan Thistle, 2015          music video * based on the novel "Roadside Picnic" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, 1971 The china bowl preyed on your mind a wild flame in your heart The car tossed and turned onto Western Highway the dummy tank full of swag The air turned hard let the blood drip down your marble face and drop by the outpost where the Blues hug the fireplace Were it just the greenbacks, a death-defying legend, noble cause or treason? The same voice, the evening rain Casual dreamer - falling down again Everyday schemer - freedom on a verse Caught inside your web, you bend the rules Blind faith dealer "Millions upon millions of people knew nothing! It was what they wanted! To know nothing and.. even if they found out, they'd probably ooh and aah for five minutes.. then go back to their own routines" Casual dreamer Everyday schemer Caught inside this magnetic trap "so-so" dealer Pull back the night - got to k...

PARTHENOGENESIS 4 July 2023 Parthenogenesis was born in the fall of 1978, but the story begins at a disco-club in Ilioupolis, Kanaria Sq. about a year earlier. At the time, it was normal practice for club owners to have one or more live rock nights during the week as the disco boys and girls went dancing on Fridays and Saturdays. It was on one of those week nights that I first met Alberto and George. Their group was called 'Airborne' and mine was 'Crystal Faces'. We had a good chat over a few beers and about a month later, I decided to leave 'Crystal Faces' and join 'Airborne'. For almost a year, we played mostly covers of popular rock songs. We also tried to write some prog-rock stuff of our own, we were all big 'Pink Floyd' fans, but it was not really working. Then, in the summer of 1978, after a falling out with the guitarist of the group, the three remaining members Alberto Levis, George Makridis, and myself (then, Takis Polychronopoulos...

Tale o' Desire  -  Pan Thistle, 2015 Midnight boat leaving the shores of Actium the journey has begun A latent worry, a masquerade a guessing game of your mind round midnight tale o' desire in your mind tale o' desire Welcome to the centre of her stage action packs tighten the noose around the neck of hope champions fall tale o' desire the gains fixed tale o' desire Dark end of the street, words are bitter-sweet fear is the spark that lights your fire, your desire tale o' desire You keep telling me, we've got to make a stand all the killing, the maiming, the burning land our weapons are blessed by leaders of the Church have you got all the facts, who jumped the gun? A world war hero turned into a vampire Questions burn.. the right side? the wrong side? he found comfort in young blood tale o' desire found comfort in young blood tale o' desire Prosperity and suffering obscenity, the hyperlink expires the planet is dying, mountains melt energy leaks m...

Life is a Joke (Wonderful You)  -  Pan Thistle, 2013          music video Life's a hitch, you're getting warm It took some thirty years Then you realise, the plan was drawn by the Masterminds You're nothing but a pawn   They sent you to school, they sent you to college and you learnt to play it cool and got a promotion Thought you were smart, life was a fjord Cruising upstream to the top of a world   But you were framed, set up, you were trapped you thought life was a joke Now the joke's on you And it's the same set up, it's a fad you thought life was a joke laughing at you   On and on and on you went around, beating the old joke drum, blowing your own horn, brag about how you live life to the max, having no regrets. Are they forreal or forgets...? keeping the jive alive! You had downtown, uptown, cool and bright funky town right at your feet. They even called you 'Lord Jubilee!' Ha! Did they understand? did they wh...

Fade Away  -  Pan Thistle, 2012          music videos:      Lounge version   -----  Rock-blues version Thinking aloud, the round bell goes Taking to heart, colourful blows Cold and dark, a storm is raging in your crystal ball Go out at night, walking by the Pain Time after time I died, I went insane Far away from you, gone with the storm I fade away Bandits gather round, they take the temple down A promising start comes a bitter end Will you think it over, put back together all the pieces of the broken heart There was a time, you'd go running barefoot in the sand Now you hide, you lick your wounds in the dark and defy this injustice of life But you will never unravel the mysteries of the mind Far away from you, taken by the storm I'm far away from you, desert streets I roam Far away from home I fade away

Losing Control  -  Pan Thistle, 2007          music video Losing my mind, I'm losing my soul Losing my head, I'm losing control Always tear my heart out in the end Losing control again   Losing my sight, I'm losing my voice Losing my hearing, just like broken toys They will tear my heart out in the end Losing control again   I would if you let me But you won't forget me   Losing my hair, it's a kick in the teeth Losing my memory, runs in the family Always tear my heart out in the end Losing control again   Testing my faith, a deal with pain Tables are turning, I'm losing another game They will tear my heart out in the end Losing control again   I would if you let me But you won't forget me   Weathering vessel caught in the storm without a sail Crew are unable to hold a course, the captain's dead Lightning stabs out of the dark clouds boiling overhead Am i losing control... no, wait!   Fine Nereid...