56Kmodern » mark essen http://www.56kmodern.com game truth, shun error Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:58:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist http://www.56kmodern.com/timeray/256/randy-balma-municipal-abortionist/ http://www.56kmodern.com/timeray/256/randy-balma-municipal-abortionist/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:28:24 +0000 56K http://www.56kmodern.com/?p=256 Tiny red cars like countless ladybugs explode into colours because of the constant penetration of the yellow school bus. Randy Balma, Municipal Abortionist is drugged up on drugs and ready to explode things and genre clichés. It looks like GTA 1 alright, with all its conventions. But then come the hallucinogenic lights, the swarms of cars out of nowhere, and the cheap drum samples that go so well with Randy Balma’s MS painted self and the dadaist setting.

56kmodern0003AMrandybalmamunicipalabortionistThen suddenly things start to change. Do the effects of Randy Balma’s attempted self-abortion wear off? No, certainly not. The school bus becomes a landmark, and yet it moves. Psychedelic colours and motions still going steady, although not yet married.

When it finally comes to aborting clients, Randy Balma is already jumping planets with the mark of death on hands and eyes. Mark Essen has told you a story and made you sick in the head. You have learned your lesson.

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