Scorpio Rising

A "death mirror" held up to American culture - Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A "high" view of the Myth of the American motorcyclist. The machine as totem, from toy to terror. Thanatos in chrome and black leather and bursting jeans. (...) Dedicated to Jack Parsons, Victor Childe, Jim Powers, James Dean, T. E. Lawrence, Hart Crane, Kurt Mann, the Society of Spartans, the Hell's Angels, and all overgrown boys who will never follow the whistle of Love's Brother. (Kenneth Anger)