Excellent point of view. I guess he is playing with meanings to talk about his relationships matters. But in your vision what would mean the name Sherry? And what the connection of "The Calicos of Pettibon where cultures come to clash"? Pettibon was the bassist of Black Flag, right? Who would be the savior (Jesus?) and the sailors? I'm very ignorant about those aspects in religion. The secrets of the town may reffer to the mysteries of the rosary, right?(sorry, cause I'm not a native speaker then some simple things seems to be confusing or meaningless sometimes)
Yeah - that's Pettibon. I think the reference refers to his violent, anti-authoritarian comic work (calicoes referes to colorfulness). Religion definitely brought good to the world, but it also spawned depictions of chaos and violence. The song expresses the darker consequences of religion, and possibly the negativity going on behind the scenes. As for the name Sherry, I'm torn between it referring simply to alcohol's effect on religion or some sort of vague reference to the Spanish Inquisition. Sherry is also a name of Hebrew roots - though my guess is that wasn't the reason for choosing it. Mary could...
Yeah - that's Pettibon. I think the reference refers to his violent, anti-authoritarian comic work (calicoes referes to colorfulness). Religion definitely brought good to the world, but it also spawned depictions of chaos and violence. The song expresses the darker consequences of religion, and possibly the negativity going on behind the scenes. As for the name Sherry, I'm torn between it referring simply to alcohol's effect on religion or some sort of vague reference to the Spanish Inquisition. Sherry is also a name of Hebrew roots - though my guess is that wasn't the reason for choosing it. Mary could refer to pureness and goodness, whereas Sherry could refer to debauchery and wildness.
Excellent point of view. I guess he is playing with meanings to talk about his relationships matters. But in your vision what would mean the name Sherry? And what the connection of "The Calicos of Pettibon where cultures come to clash"? Pettibon was the bassist of Black Flag, right? Who would be the savior (Jesus?) and the sailors? I'm very ignorant about those aspects in religion. The secrets of the town may reffer to the mysteries of the rosary, right?(sorry, cause I'm not a native speaker then some simple things seems to be confusing or meaningless sometimes)
Yeah - that's Pettibon. I think the reference refers to his violent, anti-authoritarian comic work (calicoes referes to colorfulness). Religion definitely brought good to the world, but it also spawned depictions of chaos and violence. The song expresses the darker consequences of religion, and possibly the negativity going on behind the scenes. As for the name Sherry, I'm torn between it referring simply to alcohol's effect on religion or some sort of vague reference to the Spanish Inquisition. Sherry is also a name of Hebrew roots - though my guess is that wasn't the reason for choosing it. Mary could...
Yeah - that's Pettibon. I think the reference refers to his violent, anti-authoritarian comic work (calicoes referes to colorfulness). Religion definitely brought good to the world, but it also spawned depictions of chaos and violence. The song expresses the darker consequences of religion, and possibly the negativity going on behind the scenes. As for the name Sherry, I'm torn between it referring simply to alcohol's effect on religion or some sort of vague reference to the Spanish Inquisition. Sherry is also a name of Hebrew roots - though my guess is that wasn't the reason for choosing it. Mary could refer to pureness and goodness, whereas Sherry could refer to debauchery and wildness.