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Sometimes, a haunting is voluntary.
According to demonology, it is when we are weakest – emotionally – that our spirits are most vulnerable, and it was from such a position that I launched Extratone last May. Unfortunately, a dark presence latched on to me amidst the process; it’s been haunting my vision – day and night – since the cursed Spring. But! Thanks to your financial and ecclesiastical support, I was finally able to smother the beast to silence last week – freeing myself and my children… for all eternity.
Now, I can call the shaitan by name: #00777a
Of course, as a publication, we do not accept Original Sin. Though hexadecimals are Holy in conception, they possess a terrible power, if misguided.
I must’ve specifically sought out the precise compliment to our baby-powder purple, for whatever reason. I could’ve sworn I found it attractive, once, but my evil must’ve compounded the ungainliness of ‘7a; I was out of control.
Perhaps the kinship of the purples and the reds that links/module titles/metatext now wear is a symbolic expression of my own newfound peace.
Since coming back from MAGFest 2017, I have spent virtually all of my time clacking away on my machines, doing my best to justify the financial support you’ve lent us – both in donations and monthly pledges. I suppose “the most active month” is really of no consequence when only eight have passed, technically, but I can tell you that this has been a big one. Personally, I have reached a routine of 0 un-Extratone-related activities, which is probably unsustainable, so I’ll be “vacationing” occasionally, as I did two weeks ago.
Can’t afford to lose it completely.
As the writers of the world scramble to eat all that’s been continually augered to their plates these past weeks, Extratone has – perhaps surprisingly – been altered, as well. After realizing our obligation to political narratives as per scribam quid non legerim as of late, I added a Tump section and introduced it with a revisitation of “honesty” in the now-realized administration and a very interesting rant on the same from [REDACTED] – our new contributor. Though I’ve always hated I had no choice as an expression, I think could use it as most do here. Simply put, I don’t think enough can possibly be said about his behavior for the next four years.
But are we principled public servants?
Nah.
I spent considerable time explaining why and how politics have found their way to us, but it’s not difficult to sum: these politics have never been like this; never affected so many aspects of culture so quickly and significantly as this. The United States’ new President is apparently refusing to give up his two generation-out-of-date handset while his administration continues to deride his (former) opposition for her use of a private and (assumedly) well-secured email server.
And Extratone will add to the deluge because we do not our design our politics to be heard – only sought. You won’t see any standalone Tump on the front page, but you may see it branded on Futureland episodes. And while I may masquerade as moderately liberal these days (mostly because of my loyalty to storytelling,) there should not be enough agenda here to necessitate addressing it further.
Tim (aka Leo Marx) has become my number one guy as of late, cranking out a powerful poetic reflection on manhood, a preposterously-excellent (and upcoming!) editorial on vaping, and a delightfully peculiar commentary on Battlefield 1.