The Residents - Mr Skull’s Rave & How to get a Head

Wormwood - Curious Stories from the Bible House of Blues. Webcast 1999. King Herod marries his brother’s wife, Herodias. John the Baptist tells Herodias it is wrong. She doesn’t like being told she is wrong. At Herod’s birthday banquet, Herodias’ young daughter spins into the room and dances so sensually that the tipsy king can’t resist her. He swears to give her anything she wants. The girl, drunk witht the first feelings of her sexual power, has no idea what to wish for so she asks here mom. Mon sarcastically suggests the head of John. That sounds like an outrageous request so she says, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a dish.“ The king is distressed but he gave his oath in front of all his guests. So John’s head is cut off, placed on a dish and given to the girl. Though the Bible never gives the name of the young lady who dances, other sources say her name is Salome and that she does this thing with seven veils that is dynamite. Look it up. Mark 6