What's with the name?

I suppose its high time I explained, to anyone who accidentally stumbled upon this blog and cared to read, the origin of the name. I stole it shamelessly from an old Genesis album called "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". It's probably their most ambitious album ever - a concept double album that tells the story of a Puerto Rican kid called Rael. I'm listening to it as I type this.

Like I said, the concept is about this kid called Rael, who finds himself transported from the streets of NYC to a cave, whereupon he begins a journey that leads him through his subconscious to eventual self-discovery. His journey includes a confrontation with Death - the Supernatural Anaesthetist (Death likes meeting people and likes to travel), falling in love - with three 'Lamia' (female demons in classical mythology), and sensual gratification (with the Lamia). Then follows a nasty castration followed in turn by the theft of his dismembered organ by a Raven, and his final self-realization.

Hey, I never said it was autobiographical. I also never said I wasn't crazy. I have not been castrated, thankfully (though I won't be surprised if, at this point, some of you reading this are wishing I will be soon). I also have a strange aversion to ravens.

So there you have it. Hopefully that clears the fog a bit. Strangely enough, the album has very little to do with Broadway. Or with a Lamb.

If you're weird enough to want to know more, here's a link to a website that explores the concept in detail. Talk about fanaticism. Well, I'm one of them too, I suppose.

Annotated Lamb Lies Down on Broadway