MAGORIA - JTR 1888 - Prog rock opera project bringing the legend of Jack the Ripper

[APJU]

A project by Knight Area guitarist Mark Bogert.

The Cast:
Peter Strykes – Inspector Abberline
Maria Catharina – Mary Jane Kelly
Zora Cock – Story Teller
Nadine Pruim – Annie Crook
Mirjam van Doorn – Queen Victoria
Jan Willem Ketelaers – Prince Albert Victor
Rodney Blaze – Jack the Ripper
Sonny Pruim – Netley
Inge Rijnja – Catherine Eddowes
Koen Stam – Keyboards
Mark Bogert – Guitar
Harmen Kieboom – Drums
Peter Vink – Bass
Cleem Determeijer – Piano
Bart Hennephof – Guitar

Review (copyright) The Metal Observer
http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/re...oria-jtr-1888/

01. Whitechapel
https://youtu.be/S2EpY86GKZk

02. Legend Of The Serial Killer Scene
https://youtu.be/SpT_NI6PTPI

03. Prince Albert Victor ‘Eddy’
https://youtu.be/JK9Ok_50NJQ

04. Mary Ann Nichols
https://youtu.be/LFkTinKLKhs

05. Abberline
https://youtu.be/sDRlIHnfxrk

06. Annie Chapman
https://youtu.be/C7UpflaCc_A

07. Don’t Mention His Name
https://youtu.be/RR9ay5LA8jM

08. More To Life Than This
https://youtu.be/AUxtFR6R6wI

09. Queen Victoria
https://youtu.be/v2Uk1BZyLiA

10. Confrontation
https://youtu.be/RH37GhM3w9o

11. Overture
https://youtu.be/CjHAd2CzuZE

12. Day By Day
https://youtu.be/XMrJ7xnxEWM

13. Let Her Be Safe
https://youtu.be/zm3GhKElNhc

14. Pub
https://youtu.be/ZPVdItGJq8A

15. Dignified Woman
https://youtu.be/COApWlkR4gY

16. Annie Crook
https://youtu.be/WWvo6gFPPsk

17. Catherine Eddowes
https://youtu.be/VTO_fnRqT3U

18. From Hell
https://youtu.be/Dumr3sq4m-4

19. Last Night In Whitechapel
https://youtu.be/kyVVQccO6v0

20. Mary Jane Kelly
https://youtu.be/yClS14pgCa0

21. Freedom of London
https://youtu.be/RR3qL8EV9yc

[Mascodagama]

Saucy Jack!

[moecurlythanu]

Harmen Kieboom has to be one of the greatest drummer names ever.

[Baribrotzer]

It has the Murder by Decree plot line, which in turn was based partly upon the book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, by Stephen Knight.

Sounds a bit like a prog-metal version of Sweeney Todd at points.

Harmen Kieboom has to be one of the greatest drummer names ever.

His dad or brother arranged the orchestra.

And I can beat you on his name, though not quite with drums: There's a vibes player in NYC named Chris Dingman. I've never seen him, but have jazz albums he's on.

[noisynoise]

Saucy Jack!

First thing I thought of!

[Duncan Glenday]

I'm enjoying this!

[Scrotum Scissor]

It has the Murder by Decree plot line, which in turn was based partly upon the book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, by Stephen Knight.

As an academic historian myself I'll have to say that although it inspired the general phenomenon of post-modernist conspiracy theory in European literary tradition - and especially as a token to perceptions of critical discourse towards power-complexes - Knight's novel remains a classic of incredibly entertaining crime-lore. That single novel, completely and creatively concocted from imaginary connections, generated turmoil beyond Von Däniken's wildest and wettest dreams.

I used to be a Ripper buff to certain lengths, but soon realized that this wasn't even remotely enough to be considered a "ripperologist". Those chaps are truly fanatically dedicated. Yet it remains a fascinating subject on all levels.

[Baribrotzer]

Knight's novel remains a classic of incredibly entertaining crime-lore. That single novel, completely and creatively concocted from imaginary connections......

I have to confess that I never read the book: I saw Murder by Decree a number of years ago, started to post the comparison of JTR 1888 with it - then looked it up when I realized that I didn't know whether the plot-line was original or not.

It sounds like a good one, though. I'll try to read it when the libraries open again. The whole matter of "imaginary connections' sounds like what Tim Powers does, and I'm a big Powers fan.

[Scrotum Scissor]

I have to confess that I never read the book: I saw Murder by Decree a number of years ago

Oh, it's quite possibly the ultimate Ripper-film, starring Christopher Plummer and the absolutely wonderful James Mason in one of his finest late-era TV roles. Some of the scenes, for instance with the corpse of Catherine Eddowes falling in slow-motion from the wagon, are among the chilliest things I've ever seen in a TV production.

I really wanted to enjoy From Hell, seeing as I admire Alan Moore and really like the Hughes Brothers, and I sincerely believe that Heather Graham's career was soiled by various pressure points as to her personal/religious/political objectives for choosing roles offered her (and I'm not going anywhere into that). But alas thought the whole deal was a wasted opportunity.

Charles Allen Lechmere was the man, and that stays.

[Gizmotron]

Oh man! Several of you beat me to it...'cause I immediately heard "You're a naughty one, Saucy Jack" in my mind.
LOL

[Baribrotzer]

Oh, it's quite possibly the ultimate Ripper-film, starring Christopher Plummer and the absolutely wonderful James Mason in one of his finest late-era TV roles.

I remember the somber ending in particular, with Holmes finding out the whole sordid, despicable business. Realizing that he can never get justice for any of "the Ripper's" victims. That trying to do so will only lead to his own murder, that of Watson, that of Mrs. Hudson, and probably that of everyone he knows; in an effort to suppress any dead-man's jack-in-the-boxes he may have set up - although he did set up enough of one to protect himself and them if he does nothing. And him saying something to the effect of, "If this is what it takes to preserve England, then God help England."