About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: walk of life
To Walk of Life and Die in LA
It’s been a while since I contributed to the Walk of Life Project, and an even longer while since I watched To Live and Die in LA, so why not kill two birds with one mashup? As far as Walk … Continue reading
Walk the Nightmare Alley Blues
I watched the 2021 version of Nightmare Alley the other day, and decided it needed the Walk of Life treatment: I think it works, but really only if you know the context. There’s a level of psychological horror here, as … Continue reading
Keep on walking
So I made a few more Walk of Life edits: That worked nicely, I think. It almost seems appropriate, so I figured I should try a different track: That’s probably longer than it needs to be, or maybe it just … Continue reading
The Notorious W.O.L.
Yesterday a conversation popped up in my Twitter stream https://twitter.com/mweller/status/1580077271863291905 which introduced me to the Walk of Life Project. The hypothesis stated on the site is that the Dire Straits’ “Walk of Life” is the perfect ending song for any … Continue reading