The Vincent Black Shadow they had parted ways with Bodog Music, and were releasing their sophomore effort "El Monstruo" through Beef Records on September 15, 2008. On December 8, 2008, the EP "Head In a Box" was released on the band's official website as a digital only release. The songs included on "Head In a Box" are B-sides from "El Monstruo". Cassandra Ford left the band in early 2010 and was replaced by vocalist Nikki Hurst, the band's original keyboard player. The Vincent Black Shadow The Vincent Black Shadow (also known as TVBS) is a Canadian alternative rock band that was signed to the
The Black Prince (novel) Murdoch's influences for this novel is the Shakespeare play Hamlet. It is openly referenced and discussed throughout, especially by Bradley. It is noted in the Post-Scripts that Bradley Pearson shares initials with the Black Prince, the title of Pearson's fictional as well as Murdoch's real work. Also present is the influence of Freud, especially through the frequent sexual imagery centred on recurrent references to the phallic Post Office Tower. Bradley's possible proxy admission of homosexuality is made possible through his seeming self-identification with Shakespeare throughout his narrative, and in his claiming both Hamlet and Shakespeare were homosexual. It is strengthened