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West End and Broadway musicals are an even more unlikely Impera. It’s such a riot! I’m not saying that as a surprise – I think they were great.” “I thought I would see if I could do it a little more like Def Leppard did it, where every song starts with one thing, and then there’s a verse, then there’s a pre-chorus that feels like a chorus, and then there’s another pre-chorus and after, like, five different sections, comes the chorus, in a completely different key. Tobias has been listening to the British hard rock titans, of Pour Some Sugar On Me fame. One of the biggest musical inspirations? Def Leppard We’re not going to use these telescopes to look for stars, we’re gonna look for God! And maybe we can use it to communicate with God because we have something important to tell him.’ Like, complete stupidity.” He mocks their tinfoil-hatted perspective: “‘How can we take this round planet and flatten it? Because that fits our linear concept better. The song Watcher In The Sky is takedown of those who deny science in order to serve their own needs, including Flat-Earthers and religious fundamentalists. Even darker than some of the things that I’ve written before.”Īnother new song sees Tobias taking aim at Flat-Earthers It’s supposed to sound like a big pep talk but it has the darkest lyrics ever.

“ Kaisarion is this almost-euphoric call-to-arms to burn everything old and come up with something new. That song was inspired by the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, who died at age 17 during one of the bloodiest periods in Roman history.

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Opening track Kaisarion gives it the full “Fall Of The Roman Empire”

“Right there and then, I knew that at some point, ‘I’m going to make an imperial record.’ “I’m interested in history and culture, and how empires are built up, and how and why they always fall apart,” he says. Tobias was shopping in an “anti-authoritarian” bookshop in Seattle when he came across a book called The Rule Of Empires. The page is at the very back of the book and is called the 'Table of Contents.Tobias found inspiration for Impera in an anarchist bookshop Note: some of the collections contain a page that collects the title of the pictures, and this is one of those collections. The collection contains pictures of bondage, whipping, and humiliation. Overall, the collection is interesting, and well-drawn. Most of the action occurs outdoors or in some form of church or hotel (like the picture of the surprise guest on the honey-moon), but some of the action does occur in-doors (like the picture where the in-laws welcoming their new daughter-in-law by whipping her). The men, if there is a man in the picture, is shown shocked/surprised at the action, is being 'thanked' by the bride, is walking away happy, is a priest, or is being distracted. The women are brides, guests, in-laws, bridesmaids, and the maid of honor. The pictures range from somewhat tame (I guess the tamest one in this collection would involve a woman kissing the bride) to somewhat extreme (involving bondage in one form or another, humiliation, getting caught in action, whipping). Obviously enough, all the pictures have some connection to weddings, just married women, or just about to be married women. There are exactly 37 well-drawn detailed drawings of women inside the book. This is the seventh (or at least seventh) collection of drawings involving housewives. Adult black & white collection of drawings.