Tuesday, July 28, 2015

INVERTED MUSE

by Chris Chaos

The Muses  (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι Mousai; perhaps from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-
European root *men- "think") in Greek mythology, poetry and literature, are the goddesses
of the inspiration of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of
the knowledge, related orally for centuries in the ancient culture, which was contained in
poetic lyrics and myths.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Inverted: To turn upside down. To reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship.
(Source: Dictionary.com)

Many people have that one or two people that serve as their muse or their source of inspiration...a role model if you will. Artists, writers, musicians, painters and poets all have their go to source which inspires them, whether it be music, a walk in the park or reading a certain book, something creates that spark that allows them to create.

Then on the other hand there are those people that do quite the opposite, the ones that tread down the wrong path and disinspire of anything that is to be created. I  have two people in my life that serve as inspiration of what NOT to do or become.


For all intents and purposes they are for the most part failures in all aspects of their lives. There are what I like to call social loafers, that they exercise minimal effort and become parasites to those around them soaking up any and all benefits. But in social settings they deem themselves the "most important person in the room" and try to take all or most of the credit for what the collective group achieved.

Both of the two mentioned above that I know in my personal life serves as an instrument to keep moving forward and not to "slack" in any aspect of business or personal life.

Scapegoats, excuses and blaming others for their inactivity are the tools they use. If they
would just use all the energy consumed in the pursuit of getting out of their duties, then
maybe, just maybe they would actually get somewhere in their lives.

(Chris Chaos is a long time resident of South Jersey who once again resides in and writes from Gloucester City, New Jersey. He is a filmmaker, a business owner, writer, urban explorer and investigator of the odd and weird, a proud parent, happily taken and a connoisseur of hot wings. Chris can be reached at AxisVideo@aol.com)

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

New Words

by Chris Chaos

(WARNING: strong words)

From time to time I like to add to and modify the English language, sometimes this angers and sends up red flags to the mighty army of Grammar Nazis on Facebook. They taunt and correct me thinking that I have not mastered the use of the English language, but HARK!, I am simply adding new entries.



 For an example: When you are sound asleep and tucked into bed all peaceful, your cat
may decide to come and lay near your pillow and think it is a thoughtful act to drop a dirty
bomb within close proximity to your face. This TOMFOOLERY will not be accepted and it
is proper to use the word UNFUCK. But by itself it makes little to no sense so I added a
modifier, UNFUCK YOURSELF. Here it is used in a sentence:

"Cat, you had better unfuck yourself!"



Then it would be customary to shoo the cat away as you wait for the cat's fart resin to
clear the air.

Another way to befuddle the Grammar Nazis is to bring back and use archaic words from
the past, some were sprinkled above. More examples are:

"Skullfuck" or "skullfuckary"



"gash"
(although the photo depicts a gash to the leg, "strawberry gash" should refer to the female sex organs"


"tomfoolery"


"hark"

and the legendary "gravitas"

The Keifer Video:

(Chris Chaos is a long time resident of South Jersey who once again resides in and writes from Gloucester City, New Jersey. He is a filmmaker, a business owner, writer, urban explorer and investigator of the odd and weird, a proud parent, happily taken and a connoisseur of hot wings. Chris can be reached at AxisVideo@aol.com) 

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

THE PROFANITY HOUSE (The Rutherurd-Stuyvesants Estate), Allamuchy, NJ

by Chris Chaos

(WARNING: Strong language)

The area is called Tranquility along the County Road 517 and consists of rolling farmland and rural countryside. You would never know that this fantastic rustic abandoned location existed unless you knew where you were going. Even an overhead search of Google Maps hides this beauty all too well. The road to this location strolls past a bar and looks like a dirt road leading to nowhere, but if you decide to follow it you will see it runs past 2 occupied houses and alongside a heavily tread mountain. You will come to a once impressive ten foot concrete pillar with heavily rusted iron gates. This was the grand entrance to the Rutherurd-Stuyvesants Estate. This road, which was once the driveway to one of the most impressive estates in New Jersey and arguable the whole United States, is called Stuyvesant Road. The Stuyvesant's are one of the oldest and wealthiest families in the United States. The Rutherurd-Stuyvesants were direct descendants of Peter Stuyvesant (1592-1672), who was the last Dutch colonial Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch territory between the Delaware Bay and the Connecticut River (including what is now New Jersey) until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664.

If you decide to continue past the gates you will see a wooded carriage path and the remains of structures that were built in the late 1700's, featuring walls, bridges and dams. If you venture even further you will come to one of the oddest of locations that we have visited. There are 6 buildings still standing but are in very severe disrepair, these include farmhouses, barns, mills and what not, on our 2nd trip here there was a little boat added to the mix. Now onto the most strangest of the strange..on EVERY square inch of this property, every board, door, window, cabinet, there is vulgar profanities Spray painted onto it. To the average person this may be disturbing, but to us, we can find the extreme beauty in decay. There also is a train station a few miles away that suffered the same treatment as this location but we have not visited there yet. No one has claimed this work but the majority of it appears to have come from the same person since the paint and the writing is very similar. Obviously other visitors have added their print to this masterpiece. Some of the slanders are directed at someone named Mark and his mother, I can only imagine the anger seething in the person that wrote all of this towards another human being. The dedication is top notch based on how the artist painted so much in all these buildings.



Visit #2:
This group of buildings was probably my favorite location of all the places that we visited. It is a collection of 7 houses in various stages of decay due to neglect and vandalism. But it seems that someone took their graffiti skills to a whole new level at this location. Each of the 7 houses has been decorated from top to bottom with no portion of the houses missed with deviant phrases spray painted in a non -delicate way.


The way in was very interesting, from the road you can see a bar way back in the tree line but you have to venture down a dirt road to get to it. Upon passing the bar there is an even smaller dirt road that you have to traverse for several hundred yards until you come to an old imposing iron gate, from here you have to go on foot. Depending on the time of the year the forest here can be very thick and hard to walk through. Luckily when we went it was only medium thickness.


We walked to the 1st house and were impressed by its size. Sexual innuendos and graphic sex acts were spray painted all over the house greeting us with a taste of irony. The house was in moderate disrepair and the fear of falling through the floor laughed at us with each step. The person that did this "urban artwork" must have a lot of bottled anger due to targeting specific people in his work and the depth of depravity some of the sentences reach. It much have taken weeks to add their artistic touch to all 7 of these houses. If GG Allin were still alive I would say that he was involved. We plan to go back due to the fact that we missed 2 houses because there was no path to these structures and the sticker bushes and growth was just way too much to trek through. In one of the buildings we found an unidentified half skull which I added to our private collection.





My personal favorite poem from these walls is: "Eminem gets fucked up the ass by Billy Goats"


Exiting one of the houses we came across a haunting image of a moss covered shoe hanging from a tree. Obviously someone put it there long ago, but the image stays with me to this day.






The Rutherfurd-Stuyvesant Estate History:

The state purchased the land in the late 1960's to build interstate 80 which split the estate and the 2 farms (Tranquility and Allamuchy) in two. On the Allamuchy Parks and Recreation web site it states, “The mansion burned to the ground in 1959 and was bulldozed under and the remaining farm buildings are completely covered with trees, brush, etc. and the area is definitely not safe or pleasant to roam around.”

Now the Tranquillity Farms is in operation across the road from the estate. If you check out the local cemetery just up the road you can also find many buried that share the Rutherford-Stuyvesant names.

Here is a short video:The Profanity House Video

The Profanity House Video 2

(Chris Chaos is a long time resident of South Jersey who once again resides in and writes from Gloucester City, New Jersey. He is a filmmaker, a business owner, writer, urban explorer and investigator of the odd and weird, a proud parent, happily taken and a connoisseur of hot wings. Chris can be reached at AxisVideo@aol.com)

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Centralia, Pennsylvania: The Burning Town Inspired Silent Hill

by Chris Chaos

Centralia: The Pennsylvania abandoned town that has been burning for over 50 years. On May, 27th 1962 the fire started and has been raging ever since. Exact details are sketchy about how the fire actually started but according to historical documents it states that burning trash from the landfill set an exposed coal vein in an abandoned strip mine on fire. The movie and video game SILENT HILL were based on this PA town.


This small coal mining town use to be home to over 2,000 people has now been just about completely abandoned, although a few residents still call this town home.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Tribute: Dave Brockie, David Lander, Gregory Marshall and Aleister Hobbs. RIP

by Chris Chaos

A  few years ago, back when Axis Video was working on Dynasty of Darkness and its
sequel, Dynasty of Darkness: Apocalyptic End we had the chance to meet and work with
many people in the music business. Unfortunately several have passed, they were friends
and we miss them greatly.


Here are a few:

David Lander:
On August 2, 2008
Manager and father of band members Morgan and Mercedes from Kittie
VIDEO: Kittie

While setting up the interviews and concert filming of Kittie we spoke to Dave to iron out all the details. He set up the show and outlined the songs that we could use in our film, Dynasty of Darkness. He also joked (I think) that if we released any of the songs that were not available to the public, that he would kill me.



Aleister Tennyson Hobbs:
October 11, 2011
Member of Dead Emotion, Dead Sea Surfers
VIDEO: Dead Emotion

One of the fondest memories of Al was when we were filming the Dead Emotion music video for the song Bytch. He drove down from New York and arrived there before the other band members. This was the first time that we met him so it was slightly odd when he walked into the house and opened up his suitcase like he was at a hotel. He was a joy to work with and he also appeared in some of our other videos.


Gregory Marshall:
April 23, 2012
Member of Suture Seven, 7th Layer
VIDEO: Suture Seven

Greg was our contact point when we were filming segments for the band Suture Seven for Dynasty of Darkness. He was a great guy and very funny to be around. After filming one of their concerts he saved us a 2 hour trip and let us stay at his house overnight. Nicknamed Spooney and on occasion bared a resemblance to Uncle Fester from The Addams Family and Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins.


Dave Brockie:
On Sunday March 23, 2014
Member of Gwar, Dave Brockie Experience, X-Cops, Death Piggy
VIDEO: The Dave Brockie Experience

For 2 days, a full weekend, Dave kidnapped us and we filmed two of his shows in the Philly area. This was the weekend when the show spilled so much alcohol that my hardshell camera case actually floated away. Sadly that night he speculated on who the next rock star was to overdose...his choice is actually still alive.



REST IN PIECE MY FRIENDS!!!!

To purchase DOD:
Dynasty of Darkness


#2
Dynasty of Darkness: Apocalyptic End


(Chris Chaos is a long time resident of South Jersey who once again resides in and writes from Gloucester City, New Jersey. He is a filmmaker, a business owner, writer, urban explorer and investigator of the odd and weird, a proud parent, happily taken and a connoisseur of hot wings. Chris can be reached at AxisVideo@aol.com)