So, far, this is how I know how to deal with serious change: Go back to bed and sleep it off Live….therein lies the problem And this is how I’ve dealt with step 2: clean up the house hang out with friends watch really really bad television – like Highlander: The Source. And try not […]
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Staring into the schism, baited by the unconscionably loud Lipitor clock
Doc’s testing my blues. Currently I’m sitting in the lobby w/ an IV in my vein while this radioactive junk runs wild inside me. Then in about 30 minutes they’re gonna take many, many pics before putting me on a treadmill. I get to leave for awhile but then I have to come back this […]
Pulling Out a Picture of Jesus
There are few segments of audio retail more bastardized than Christian contemporary music. It’s like contemporary audio retail, but simpler, strung out and five years late. Blues from fishbowl memories. And I mean, “strung out,” in the worst of ways. And, at least, to me. But take for example, Picture of Jesus, by Ben Harper […]
Time to Finish the House That Jack Built, Y’all (Doc Says I Gots the Blues).
4 years ago, I dove deep into The Blues in order to write a book of blues, or two. And about on a third. But life has been changing rapidly. And a trip to the doctor’s indicated I got the blues. Stretched too thin. Not takin’ good enough care of myself Not exercising enough Adjusting […]
I Want to Rock Your Gypsy Soul Just Like Way Back in the Days of Old
Van Morrison’s Into the Mystic from his set at the Filmore West, April 26th 1970 is playing from my iPhone through the local establishment’s speakers as I help to close’er down, again. Not that it’s a habit, but it’s a great place to work when friends work the place. My new, old friend behind the […]
Review – Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus [Liveblog]
It’s been awhile since I’ve liveblogged. The last time I did it was at a trade show. So I”m getting back into the habit. The first thing I want to liveblog is the movie, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.” I’ll be starting in a few minutes. What Is Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus? I’m gonna find […]
Finn, Roll with the Music
I’m south of the lake along the pond, listening to a local jam band finish up their set. 4 songs in 20 minutes & no lyrics: the mark of a good band. My buddy, Jelly, is enjoying sundown on the phone, chatting to his girlfriend who is across the river attending grad school at the […]
Lord, I’m a Fool for the Lonesome Train (Ben Harper. 2007)
A highly tantalizing holiday taken to writing took its typical course… behind closed doors windows drawn and close my computer my thoughts. What did I accomplish? viewed season two of my second favorite television show watched a few movies The good news was, during all that watching, closed-off and isolated, those blues thoughts got time […]
I woke up thinking about Hamlet. [Thank you for the epiphany, Bill.]
And then it started like a guuilty thingUpon a fearful summons. – Hamlet. Act 1. Scene 1. (Shakespeare) I never read Shakespeare. At least I never read them all. I read Julius Caesar a couple times. And Romeo & Juliet. But there’s this stack of stuff I’ve been meaning to read. The stack’s pretty tall. […]
Vengeance and Gonzoing. A Letter to the May 12.
I can be vengeful. That doesn’t seem to dissipate with age. I wonder if it’s because I am writing the Book of Blues prequel and I share this trait with the main character. Without doubt I question whether my personal growth is frozen in this moment until the moment is written. Either way, the only […]