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Here’s a photo of me and my band The Screaming Geezers performing with Cthulhu at the Lovecraft Bar in Portland. Cthulhu often sat in with my band–very good drummer–struck the skulls quite rapidly, as a percussionist. You could say Cthulhu was\u2026a fixture<\/em> at this bar. I think we were performing our song Runaway Python, a song Cthulhu liked: it reminded the elder god of an old serpentine pal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here’s a link to that song: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/john-shirley-12\/runaway-python<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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