Astrobabble (#10)* completes the cycle of the twelve
astrological signs in zine format; a project I started five years ago with the
intention of snaring a zine maker with whom I was fixated. Ironically, but not
surprisingly, it had the opposite effect. Still, what I gained from creating
Astrobabble more than made up for my disappointment in love. Or so I keep
telling myself.
Anyway, as you can see from the image above, this issue delves into the life of renowned AC/DC front man, Bon Scott, with whom I share
the Sun sign, Cancer. Bon was a thoroughly enjoyable subject to research. He is
mythologised in a way that contradicts his sign but as is usually the case with high profile people, he had a vulnerable side that was often overlooked
for his more appealing rock ‘n’ roll persona. There's clear evidence that he was polite, sensitive and
considerate in nature. In many ways, Bon Scott was a textbook Cancerian, a pipe 'n' slippers man who loved his family and close friends and abhorred the
pretensions of the music industry.
The most surprising discovery, however, was
his so called ‘toilet poetry’ that masked a talent for writing (Mercury
sextile Jupiter). For years, I failed to recognise Bon’s words as anything
other than mediocre. I ignored lyrics to Long Way to The Top, Jailbreak,
Ride On and Highway
to Hell simply because the point of AC/DC is to mindlessly rock out to the music. Thanks
to a Mercury conjunct Pluto aspect, Bon took lyric writing seriously, with a wit and deviousness sorely missing in song
writing today.
A prolific letter writer and sender of
postcards, his correspondence reveals an intuitive feel for language, in which
anecdotes are told with enthusiasm and humour. Rarely did he forget to mail Christmas
and birthday cards while on the road. Constantly carrying a notebook and pen, he'd scribble ideas for songs as they came to him, regardless of where he was, what he was
doing or who he was with.
*This issue is no longer available
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