tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88990931395273878562023-11-16T05:03:44.520-08:00The Purgalapudlian PostTHE OFFICIAL BLOG SITE FOR MY NOVEL "RACKLE'S TUB".Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-41255803859728063332012-04-11T12:35:00.005-07:002012-04-11T12:59:03.636-07:00The official music video for Rackle's Tub. The book's anthem!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>It feels like a shot of adrenaline straight into the</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span>brain</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>!</b></span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/39071716" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/39071716</a></span>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-83651412577437638612012-02-01T01:27:00.000-08:002012-02-01T01:40:03.908-08:00Kristi's Books N Beans review of Rackle's Tub. Calls it Utterly Unique...She gave me a 5 Star review! Well, actually a 5 Cup review! Click on the link below to visit her blog!<br />
<a href="http://mybooksnbeans.blogspot.com/2012/01/utterly-unique.html">http://mybooksnbeans.blogspot.com/2012/01/utterly-unique.html</a><br />
Below is the review:<br />
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<div style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="reviewer"><a class="userReview" href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans" itemprop="author" style="color: #382110; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">Kristi (Books N Beans)</a></span>'s review <div class="right dtreviewed greyText smallText" style="color: #999999; float: right; font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px;"><span itemprop="publishDate">Jan 28, 12</span><span class="value-title" title="2012-01-28"></span></div><br />
<div style="clear: right;"></div><div class="rating" itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span class="value-title" title="5"></span><img alt="5 of 5 stars" height="15" src="http://d2owxupnsl35mn.cloudfront.net/images/layout/stars/red_star_5_of_5.png?1328062351" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" title="5 of 5 stars, it was amazing" width="75" /></div><span class="userReview" style="color: #382110; font-size: 13px;">bookshelves: </span><a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=author-requested" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">author-requested</a>, <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=educational" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">educational</a>, <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=free" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">free</a>, <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=friendship" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">friendship</a>, <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=humorous" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">humorous</a>,<a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=scientific" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">scientific</a>, <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=syfy" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">syfy</a>, <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3744264-kristi-books-n-beans?shelf=war" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">war</a><br />
<div>Read from January 21 to 28, 2012</div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br class="clear" style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /></span><div class="reviewText mediumText description" itemprop="reviewBody" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I received this book for free from the author in exchange for a review.<br />
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<em>Rackle's Tub</em> by Dorian Martin is absolutely, without a doubt, the most unique book out there. It's unfathomable that there is another title that even comes close to it. There's flying tubs for crying out loud!<br />
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The characters consist of a team of four dart players with names such as James O'Clock, Ticktock, Shard McEra, & Aster Day; a 19th century lady who starts a boxing ring, becomes immortal when she crossed into another dimension, and is named Punch; John Rackle a brilliant physicist who discovers Purgalapudlia, and who also happens to be a sociopath or maybe it's psychopath (he's twisted); and let's not forget Mother, who is completely creepy in her own right.<br />
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The story...combines so many elements that it seems to be a randomly thrown together idea, but it actually follows a plot and sticks to that plot no matter how many tangents it seems to go off on. In the end nothing is a tangent, it's all related, or at least connected, even though it's pure (but enjoyably fun) craziness along the way.<br />
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<em>Rackle's Tub</em> is so superbly unique it makes writing this review extremely difficult to do. So following Martin's example, let's just lay it all out there. It's unique, dark, humorous, vulgar, uncomfortable, entertaining, daring, twisted, surreal. Anyone with a zealously religious mindset will have serious issues with Rackle's version of angels and souls as energy. Punch is a force to be reckoned with. She's completely admirable and yet completely flawed. The Clocks (the dart team) is raucous and rambunctious as only young men can be.<br />
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Is there even a genre that will truly fit this book? It's highly unlikely. You can try to put it in a box, but it's...come on, in unison now... unique. Did you make note of the flying tubs?<br />
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In case, it's not clear, different is good. Unique is absolutely fabulous! Though if it wasn't for the fact that Martin was a writer, some serious counseling might just be the order for the day. What an imagination!</div>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-26367554445635045672011-04-01T22:21:00.000-07:002011-04-01T22:25:53.769-07:00The Singing Synopsis 2!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzjcVM4__SGHV-L3Pi6Db52HcRU30rOZhDjk0-ranEH8jdOk-s2pu7--QFDmfGjLmu3KCXxNzOcO3v7s-48IQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOG_video_class" contentid="FAILED" height="266" id="BLOG_video-FAILED-0" width="320"></object></div>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-22544725904551350732011-03-13T21:15:00.000-07:002011-03-13T21:15:20.239-07:00What the "critics" are saying.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGEJvpcbgMn6bQtg_1DZBuWJB7rI3JdmQP_QuN0hlvN97YZfFiAw9TsmK4pc8iXNIcaXQVMePr-lDu1UnRMQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-46648263077730421342011-02-19T21:26:00.000-08:002011-02-19T21:26:10.655-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwb1WrJ2j2bUuOqwgORNKhn0Ag2F-P5q90YiUZSFmpaFy98geqJppeUQGzllQnJG8SesiebUr8kuEXicnqOSQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Here's a reading from my book. Check it out. Now!Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-83141830205072064172011-02-18T21:20:00.000-08:002011-02-18T21:20:01.748-08:00The Rolling Stones - Talkin' About You<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tt0AEGQY7Gs?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-91369882547110872912011-02-17T03:21:00.000-08:002011-02-17T03:21:41.731-08:00The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Iv-mP59fneA?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-14854890053690340942011-02-17T03:17:00.000-08:002011-02-17T03:17:25.405-08:00The Kinks- All Day and All of the Night<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mMWNwHof0kc?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-2312912146068759112011-02-16T23:25:00.000-08:002011-02-16T23:25:46.000-08:00My middle finger hurts!Let me explain. I found the perfect cardboard for a stencil project. Cereal boxes. I printed out a design I came up with for a t-shirt. I taped the page onto the blank side of the cereal box (inside box) and placed it on a cutting mat. It was the carving out of the letters and the design, with a blade that made my middle finger numb. Anyway, the purpose of this stencil project was to make a product to help promote the book.Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-15189347742381083862011-02-07T02:28:00.000-08:002011-02-07T02:28:36.500-08:00THE AVENGERS-BE A CAVEMAN<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U_gUrhfcUxI?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899093139527387856.post-947446430095695992011-02-07T02:02:00.000-08:002011-02-07T02:02:47.707-08:00Welcome to the extraordinary world of Rackle's Tub!The launch date for the book will be most likely by the end of the month. Until then, I will post some rockin' tunes that the boys in the book dig. The boys being Shard McEra, James O'clock, Aster Day and Ticktock. They belong to the eccentric dart team called the Clocks.Dorian Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13553814968761446186noreply@blogger.com0