Post details: THE ANCIENT SHARK OF DESPAIR
THE ANCIENT SHARK OF DESPAIR
by Sebastian Borckenhagen and Tom McNally
Book 1 - The Blog Of An Artist Who Lives Alone
20 October 2006 - 3 January 2007
In an apartment block in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa, a lonely shark starts a blog and meets some special people. Will his sudden embrace of youth and community alienate his family, his landlord and his jerk grocery kid?
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Book 2 - Kids From The Internet
4 January 2006 - 18 February 2007
The shark becomes fully socialised by having Moe's cousin sleep at his house for a few days and by throwing a party for all his new friends. Can love be far behind?
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Book 3 - The Adventure!
19 February 2007 - 11 June 2007
David, the kid next door, has been trained up for his final test - a full-on adventure across the country. But is David ready for such a wild, spiritual experience? Would he freak out if they killed a cop? Or is the pizza delivery boy a better choice all round for hitting the road and hanging out with Leonard Cohen?
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Book 4 - What Does The Inside Of A Tear Look Like?
12 June 2007 - 7 June 2008
How quickly can love cause a shark destroy everything he's built? He's not immune to love. No one is. Neither is Sarah, the girl who lives down the street. The shark has a cool car and he's always available for lifts. You can win her Sharky, if you try!
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Book 5 - Return To Carolyn's House
2 November 2008 - 24 June 2009
Maybe this time the shark has gone too far. It's a battle of wills between him and the landlord, with his home hanging in the balance. There's also a matric dance to attend, a funeral to avoid, a trip to Plettenburg Bay with a car full of girls to arrange and then face a fiery climax wherein he must account for his past sins.
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Eulogy
------------- SONGS, GUYS, SOME SONGS ----------------
Also, perhaps you'd like to hear some of the songs that various attractive people have made about The Ancient Shark Of Despair?
'The Ancient Shark Of Despair's Theme Tune' was composed and performed by Nicolai Roos, with vocals by Paul Maree, electric guitar by Adam Hill and wailing by Jolene Cartmill. The lyrics were written by Tom McNally and Sebastian Borckenhagen.
'Ancient, Ancient, Ancient' was written and performed by Gavin Haynes.
'Landlord' was written by the entity known as Pravda23, arranged by Nicolai Roos, with Nic on the acoustic and lead guitars, also on violin plucking, and Pravda23 on the rhythm guitar, violin and the singing. Tim Lester provided back-up vocals and the lyrics were written by Tom McNally and Sebastian Borckenhagen, at a party.
It was recorded at Black River Studios by Nic.
There's also a charming demo version here for you, with Paul Maree on the violin and Chris Truter on bass. It was recorded in Chris' lounge.
If you're wondering what all these fine musicians do when they are not crafting projects tangentially linked to The Ancient Shark Of Despair, please consult:
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Nicolai and Adam's band is called THE SLEEPERS, while Paul's band is called THE BEAMS
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Gavin Haynes is some sort of MEALY MOUTHED INKSLINGER, while a large chunk of the PRAVDA23 programming can be safely viewed at the link above.
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Comment from: Rafal [Visitor] 
Hi Saw your ancient shark of despair t shirt for TASOD searching, on a friend of yours at gym (Sonya Cotton). She said too look on your site to see if I can get one.
Basically I would like to get a medium black t shirt with the computerised shark.
Is this possible?
Thanks
Rafal
Basically I would like to get a medium black t shirt with the computerised shark.
Is this possible?
Thanks
Rafal
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14/08/09 @ 16:03
Comment from: pravda23 [Visitor] · http://www.pravda23.com
· http://www.pravda23.com
Yes. Thanks, on behalf of the program, and download all the music for free.
John Bartmann
www.pravda23.com | update your music
John Bartmann
www.pravda23.com | update your music
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17/09/09 @ 18:11
Comment from: Rafal [Visitor]
Hi
I like Ancient Shark of Despair and would like to order the Tasod Searching Black T shirt and maybe also the Semiotic Cohesion Comic 1.
Please can someone (Tom? Sebastian?) email me and help me order them.
Thanks
Rafal
I like Ancient Shark of Despair and would like to order the Tasod Searching Black T shirt and maybe also the Semiotic Cohesion Comic 1.
Please can someone (Tom? Sebastian?) email me and help me order them.
Thanks
Rafal
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