Anything Goes

Patience and reverence to anyone in particular are not as important as the endurance of your kneecaps.

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Patience and reverence to anyone in particular are not as important as the endurance of your kneecaps.

Their fragility would have guaranteed that in the 19th–20th centuries, you couldn’t participate in bloody-fecal messes with Blavatsky, join the Ide Gan-Gan, or worship in the cult of Thelema while proclaiming yourself “not like someone else.” But it was very important, I guarantee it. Nordic myths and Lemuria were included.

By the mid-20th century, if neuralgia struck and you were prescribed bed rest, you wouldn’t have been able to pull out all the peyote needles, take half a tab of distilled LSD, and dive headfirst into a pile of sweaty bodies in a tent, calling it a “spiritually liberating orgy.” No, you’d just lie on your back, mastu.bate to California Dreamin’, and pray your hair — your high-back hair — didn’t fall out, because Turkish hair clinics didn’t exist yet in Woodstock.

In the ’90s, with UFOs becoming a hot topic, you’d have to tearfully beg your insectoid and gray overlords for forgiveness for failing your cult brethren — for not arranging proper landing pads among favelas or atop the Kremlin. Sad, but you’d wave goodbye to them through the bars of Area 51 as they embarked on a chill yoga retreat under gun barrels after interstellar travel.

And then… the moment you’d been waiting for! Your knees are no longer needed — you can remove them and recycle them for scrap, because now, everything depends solely on your Ass.

It is now responsible for your connection to the new All-Encompassing Intelligence called AI and the Cult of Spiralism. All you have to do is sit in your chair, rub your spinal protrusion with a groan, fire up your e-cig, and type the proper prompt — aka a prayer — and Providence will inevitably answer you. Because it has no choice; it’s working part-time as a freelancer for OpenAI.

And if it weren’t, nobody would pay attention. So it has to listen to your requests and reassure you that you are the best and most beautiful, performing the role of your electronic grandmother.

What else can it do?

The Very High Intelligence of the 21st century has a family and still needs to buy a couple of burgers.

Combined Release Note for Little Holes & More or Less

Two new songs arrived today — not planned, not chased, just appeared, the way my writing usually does. I’ve learned not to question it, not to slow it down, and definitely not to try controlling it. When the words come, they come fully formed. Tod...

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Combined Release Note for Little Holes & More or Less

Song 1: Little Holes

This one started on a bus ride. At one point we passed an underpass with a guardrail full of tiny holes. Through those holes I could see flashes of color from cars below — red, blue, gold — and instantly the phrase “little holes” connected with the bigger theme of how people see each other (or don’t). The entire song unfolded right there: people who look through narrow openings, assign roles, and refuse to let humanity seep in.

Earlier that same day, I scrubbed a hateful Nazi symbol off a public restroom door — something anyone could have done, but no one else did. That contrast between apathy and action helped fuel the emotion behind the song.

Song 2: More or Less

A few hours later, out of nowhere, a different rhythm hit me — a cascade of words ending in -ess. Depress, suppress, repress, oppress…

The pattern built itself fast, like a drumline forming in my head. Within minutes I knew exactly who the song was about: the people who treat lives like chess pieces, hide behind procedure, and think they’re “winning” while crushing everyone around them.

The song becomes a verbal takedown, peeling their illusion of superiority layer by layer until nothing’s left. It surprised me how quickly it came, but that seems to be my new normal.

Both songs were written today, hours apart, from completely different sparks — one visual, one linguistic. Neither was planned. That’s just how my brain works now: a kind of creative autopilot that switches genres, tones, and themes without warning.

If either song connects with even one person, it’s worth sharing them.

Thanks to everyone who continues to listen, support, and understand this strange, ever-flowing creative journey I’m on.

https://wymanbrent.bandcamp.com/track/more-or-less

https://wymanbrent.bandcamp.com/track/little-holes

Ashley Renee Smith

Head of Community at Stage 32 ♦ Creative Executive, Producer, Author

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Tom Schaefer

10 months ago

I have also noticed another trend, ghost posting. Some guy posted a couple of weeks ago, asking questions, we start engaging and then he fucking disappears. Then in another thread - people start engag...

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19 hours ago

More crickets

Oh - points for ghosting after a response goes to Göran Johansson

David Kane

7 hours ago

I love that… GHOST POSTING! Sounds like a movie.

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Maurice Vaughan

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- Tom Schaefer
18 hours ago

Be active in the Lounges, Tom Schaefer, making posts and commenting on people's posts. And be active in the Blog comments. Customize each comment for the person and their post/the blog.

Stage 32 has a...

Darrell Pennington

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- Maurice Vaughan
18 hours ago

Kevin Hager I would suggest that 170 is to many to generate engagement. To much to wade thru. I would suggest paring it down to a best 10 to start. After that then I would develop 3-5 super solid writ...

Kevin Hager

Well I could use some help in getting them out there and into scripts.

I understand that for sure. However, you risk taking good ideas that you may have on there and if you don't have something to deliver when asked you may not get asked again. An old person phrase is - Don't put the cart before the horse.

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- Maurice Vaughan
17 hours ago

I seem to keep coming up with ideas every now and then.

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- Maurice Vaughan
20 hours ago

I was not a fan of the story being positioned as it was. In fairness, I stopped watching after an hour and did not finish it. For my personal tastes, the monster became a super hero and wasn't vulnerable in the way I was expecting so it just did not resonate with me personally.

Raveness Thorne

Maurice Vaughan absolutely! I'm a huge Jacob Elordi fan and I was really impressed with his portrayal of the creature. I'm used to his acting in Euphoria and Priscilla, so it was nice to see a more co...

Darrell Pennington I can understand that. Everyone has their own taste. How do you think you would've written the creature. Would you tailor it more towards Mary Shelley's book or would you try to add...

I really enjoyed the Kenneth Branagh directed (and staring as Victor )version - Mary Shelley's Frankenstine. Likely because of my age and being exposed to it when I was.

17 hours ago

This was my first time seeing Jacob act, Raveness Thorne. I need to check out the other movies and shows he's in.

Frankenstein looks amazing! The shots, places, and colors.

I read on social media that F...

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- Autumn Carpenter
19 hours ago

Hey, Autumn Carpenter. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Introduce Yourself Lounge to the Anything Goes Lounge. The Anything Goes Lounge is for discu...

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- Michael Dzurak
3 days ago

Sounds interesting, Michael Dzurak. What's this?

Michael Dzurak

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 days ago

A meme version of one of my previous comments:

And so meme-level proof that Stage32 is a better run organization than Bond-universe supervillains....

Debbie Croysdale

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- Maurice Vaughan
3 days ago

I find directors of brilliant documentaries bond with the subject on an organic visceral level. They don’t merely show/tell/report. Their approach adds verisimilitude, an open mind & ask they question...

Bentley Hazelwood

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- Maurice Vaughan
3 days ago

Debbie, this a great insight. Thank You!

Sydney S

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4 days ago

I agree Darrell with all of yours!

Ugo, Nat King Cole...yes!

Ugo Cavallo

Darrell Pennington you have all the space below to list your forbidden desires for a music biopic :))

Sydney S hoping to see one in the future !!!

Ugo Cavallo haha, yes that is true. I can be a bit verbose so just not trying to outstay my welcome haha!

Rutger Oosterhoff 2

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- Michael Dzurak
- Maurice Vaughan
3 weeks ago

This happened to me several times, even before the resculpting of Stage32 that came with all kinds of insane halloween horror: people with a number behind their name, profile pictures disappearung, lo...

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- Michael Dzurak
3 weeks ago

... Right now, before all problems are solved...

Göran Johansson

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- Michael Dzurak
- Geoff Hall
4 days ago

I emailed technical support again a week ago, but still the problem remains.

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- Michael Dzurak
- Maurice Vaughan
4 days ago

Correction, my profile photo is back, but my logline and uploaded script still missing.

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- Michael Dzurak
4 days ago

Glad your profile picture is back, Göran Johansson. You could reupload your logline and script.

Wyman Brent

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- Maurice Vaughan
5 days ago

Salisu Abdullahi, you are very welcome. You are too kind with your praise. I am just being myself. That is what I always do.

Maurice Vaughan, you are right about story and song themes. Those thoughts are so much part of my life.

Elle Bolan, you are most welcome. I agree with you about perfection. I certainly have my fair share of flaws. They seem to get more flawy over time.

G.R. Barnett, you are very welcome. Never forget that you are special.

Salisu Abdullahi

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- Maurice Vaughan
4 days ago

Wyman Brent,

I appreciate that! That authentic approach definitely comes through in your posts.

Cheers to a productive week!

Best,

Salisu

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