(the stand) strange fires - randall flagg/trashcan man
Title: Strange Fires
Fandom: Stephen King's The Stand
Subject: Randall Flagg/The Trashcan Man
Notes: Made for waywardmixes's Theme 8: Rare Pair.
The Stand
Stephen King's long-ass apocalyptic horror novel in which 99% of the world's population
dies after a superflu developed by the U.S. government is accidentally released. The
survivors of "Captain Trips" begin to have dreams/visions and are draw to one of two
people: Mother Abagail, a 108-year-old woman living in Nebraska, or Randall Flagg, a
man with supernatural powers who has taken control of Las Vegas - who represent
good and evil respectively. The two groups face off against each other, but Flagg's
failure is inadvertently brought about by the Trashcan Man, who brings an atomic
bomb into Vegas, which is detonated by the Hand of God (don't ask).
Randall Flagg
The main antagonist of the novel -
Flagg is an evil being of unknown
origins. He possesses supernatural
powers and is implied to be immortal.
Flagg is essentially the embodiment
of evil. King describes him as "somebody
who's very charismatic, laughs a lot, is
tremendously attractive to men and
women both, and is somebody who just
appeals to the worst in all of us."
The Trashcan Man
Flagg's weapons 'expert.' Trash is a
schizophrenic pyromaniac who is rejected
by nearly everyone in his life and swears
loyalty to Flagg after seeing him in a
dream, where he is promised "great work".
He hunts down weapons for Flagg until he
blows up several jets (and their pilots),
realizes what he's done and flees into the
desert. He brings an atomic bomb into
Vegas as an apology.
Together
In short: Flagg is the only person who's ever given a shit about Trashcan Man,
so Trash is hopelessly devoted to him. And Trash is the only character who Flagg
seems to give a shit about - everyone else is just a means to an end. He tells his
righthand man Lloyd that he feels a "kinship" with Trash and later, in King's Dark
Tower series, refers to him as "a good friend" who he "still [has] a soft spot in
[his] heart for."
(download mix)
01.
Only a Lad
Oingo Boingo
his teachers didn't understand
they kicked him out of school at a tender early age
just because he didn't want to learn things
had other interests, he liked to burn things!
only a lad, you really can't blame him
only a lad, society made him
only a lad, he's our responsibility
02.
Frontier Psychiatrist
The Avalanches
I'm afraid expulsion is the only answer
it's the opinion of the entire staff
that Dexter is criminally insane
that boy needs therapy, psychosomatic
that boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
lie down on the couch, what does that mean?
you're a nut, you're crazy in the coconut!
03.
Strange Fires
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
the red of your face
is just as red as my fingers
strange fires of the mind
that devour all the time
and this time, I find
04.
Other Voices
The Cure
whisper your name in an empty room
you brush past my skin as soft as fur
taking hold, I taste your scent
distant noises, other voices
pounding in my broken head
05.
This Fire
Franz Ferdinand
eyes boring a way through me
paralyze, controlling completely
now there is a fire in me
a fire that burns
this fire is out of control
I'm going to burn this city
06.
The Earth Died Screaming
Tom Waits
well, the earth died screaming
while I laid dreaming
dreaming of you
07.
Logos
Faded Paper Figures
signs on every mountainside
long highways, stitching desert thread
billboards break my spirits down
sky writing in this shell over my head
all these colonies complete
all these visions come from you
every space around replete
I can't think when you wallpaper my room
08.
Pet
A Perfect Circle
pay no mind what other voices say
they don't care about you like I do
safe from pain and truth and choice
and other poison devils
see they don't give a fuck about you
like I do
I'll be the one to protect you from
your enemies and all your demons
09.
People II: The Reckoning
Andrew Jackson Jihad
and your bipolar illness, it comes and it goes
your parasympathetic nervous system reacts
and you're in fight or flight mode
but there's a bad man in everyone
no matter who we are
there's someone in your head
waiting to fucking strangle you
the world won't care whether you live or die
in fucking fact, Mrs. Robinson
they probably hate to see your stupid face
10.
Last Day of Magic
The Kills
we're two parties, two parties ending
my little tornado, my little hurricano
last day of magic, where were you?
and there's only so much you can hide
before I corner you
11.
Human Memory Bulb
Murder by Death
instrumental
Fandom: Stephen King's The Stand
Subject: Randall Flagg/The Trashcan Man
Notes: Made for waywardmixes's Theme 8: Rare Pair.
The Stand
Stephen King's long-ass apocalyptic horror novel in which 99% of the world's population
dies after a superflu developed by the U.S. government is accidentally released. The
survivors of "Captain Trips" begin to have dreams/visions and are draw to one of two
people: Mother Abagail, a 108-year-old woman living in Nebraska, or Randall Flagg, a
man with supernatural powers who has taken control of Las Vegas - who represent
good and evil respectively. The two groups face off against each other, but Flagg's
failure is inadvertently brought about by the Trashcan Man, who brings an atomic
bomb into Vegas, which is detonated by the Hand of God (don't ask).
Randall Flagg
The main antagonist of the novel -
Flagg is an evil being of unknown
origins. He possesses supernatural
powers and is implied to be immortal.
Flagg is essentially the embodiment
of evil. King describes him as "somebody
who's very charismatic, laughs a lot, is
tremendously attractive to men and
women both, and is somebody who just
appeals to the worst in all of us."
The Trashcan Man
Flagg's weapons 'expert.' Trash is a
schizophrenic pyromaniac who is rejected
by nearly everyone in his life and swears
loyalty to Flagg after seeing him in a
dream, where he is promised "great work".
He hunts down weapons for Flagg until he
blows up several jets (and their pilots),
realizes what he's done and flees into the
desert. He brings an atomic bomb into
Vegas as an apology.
Together
In short: Flagg is the only person who's ever given a shit about Trashcan Man,
so Trash is hopelessly devoted to him. And Trash is the only character who Flagg
seems to give a shit about - everyone else is just a means to an end. He tells his
righthand man Lloyd that he feels a "kinship" with Trash and later, in King's Dark
Tower series, refers to him as "a good friend" who he "still [has] a soft spot in
[his] heart for."
(download mix)
01.
Only a Lad
Oingo Boingo
his teachers didn't understand
they kicked him out of school at a tender early age
just because he didn't want to learn things
had other interests, he liked to burn things!
only a lad, you really can't blame him
only a lad, society made him
only a lad, he's our responsibility
02.
Frontier Psychiatrist
The Avalanches
I'm afraid expulsion is the only answer
it's the opinion of the entire staff
that Dexter is criminally insane
that boy needs therapy, psychosomatic
that boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
lie down on the couch, what does that mean?
you're a nut, you're crazy in the coconut!
03.
Strange Fires
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
the red of your face
is just as red as my fingers
strange fires of the mind
that devour all the time
and this time, I find
04.
Other Voices
The Cure
whisper your name in an empty room
you brush past my skin as soft as fur
taking hold, I taste your scent
distant noises, other voices
pounding in my broken head
05.
This Fire
Franz Ferdinand
eyes boring a way through me
paralyze, controlling completely
now there is a fire in me
a fire that burns
this fire is out of control
I'm going to burn this city
06.
The Earth Died Screaming
Tom Waits
well, the earth died screaming
while I laid dreaming
dreaming of you
07.
Logos
Faded Paper Figures
signs on every mountainside
long highways, stitching desert thread
billboards break my spirits down
sky writing in this shell over my head
all these colonies complete
all these visions come from you
every space around replete
I can't think when you wallpaper my room
08.
Pet
A Perfect Circle
pay no mind what other voices say
they don't care about you like I do
safe from pain and truth and choice
and other poison devils
see they don't give a fuck about you
like I do
I'll be the one to protect you from
your enemies and all your demons
09.
People II: The Reckoning
Andrew Jackson Jihad
and your bipolar illness, it comes and it goes
your parasympathetic nervous system reacts
and you're in fight or flight mode
but there's a bad man in everyone
no matter who we are
there's someone in your head
waiting to fucking strangle you
the world won't care whether you live or die
in fucking fact, Mrs. Robinson
they probably hate to see your stupid face
10.
Last Day of Magic
The Kills
we're two parties, two parties ending
my little tornado, my little hurricano
last day of magic, where were you?
and there's only so much you can hide
before I corner you
11.
Human Memory Bulb
Murder by Death
instrumental