We all have a platoon
Of partly-contained multiple personalities
Ready to burst from the confines of the clown car.
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Poem: "I contain multitudes"
Of partly-contained multiple personalities
Ready to burst from the confines of the clown car.
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
poem: if we were us?
If I were me
What would I do?
Would I see you
And you see me?
If we were us,
Could we let it be?
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What would I do?
Would I see you
And you see me?
If we were us,
Could we let it be?
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
"We Are Not At War With Islam" - POTUS
By Jack Brummet
arts, paranormal, and poetry editor
In his first visit to a mostly Islamic country, President Obama in Turkey said that the U.S. "is not and never will be at war with Islam."
Wow. We've been waiting eight years to hear someone say that, aloud. POTUS/VPOTUS Bush and Cheney could never actually bring themselves to say those words. . .because they didn't really, in their heart of hearts, believe them.
President BHO was working it hard to mend the frayed ties with our longtime NATO ally Turkey and to reach out to the larger Muslim world. I spent a lot of time in Turkey last summer, and the one thing I carried away was that they had no beef with America; their problem was with George Bush and Dick Cheney. Thanks, Mister President, for clearing this up, after all this time. They're glad to know it, I am most assuredly glad to know it, and I think the world needed to hear it from the horse's mouth.
Wow. We've been waiting eight years to hear someone say that, aloud. POTUS/VPOTUS Bush and Cheney could never actually bring themselves to say those words. . .because they didn't really, in their heart of hearts, believe them.
President BHO was working it hard to mend the frayed ties with our longtime NATO ally Turkey and to reach out to the larger Muslim world. I spent a lot of time in Turkey last summer, and the one thing I carried away was that they had no beef with America; their problem was with George Bush and Dick Cheney. Thanks, Mister President, for clearing this up, after all this time. They're glad to know it, I am most assuredly glad to know it, and I think the world needed to hear it from the horse's mouth.
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Video: Band of Horses "Is There A Ghost?" (with lyrics)
I have really been excited by some of the music coming out of Seattle these days. Particularly Band of Horses, The Moondoggies, Dusty 45s, and Throw Me The Statue. I saw Band of Horses last summer at Bumbershoot, and they put on a raucous and great show. Their new album Cease To Begin is an amazing leap ahead from their first (very good) album. The video is odd, no question, but this is a great song, and the more I listen to this album, the more I like it.
Lyrically, this song stunned me. As you can see from the lyrics below, it is really just the three lines repeated. Fourteen words! And yet, somehow, it comes across as a narrative. How do they do that?! As for the video. . .how can you not like a video themed around a pillow fight? And all colorful pillows, at that.
Is There A Ghost?
by Band of Horses
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
My house...
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
My house...
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
My house...
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Lyrically, this song stunned me. As you can see from the lyrics below, it is really just the three lines repeated. Fourteen words! And yet, somehow, it comes across as a narrative. How do they do that?! As for the video. . .how can you not like a video themed around a pillow fight? And all colorful pillows, at that.
Is There A Ghost?
by Band of Horses
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
My house...
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
My house...
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
When I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
My house...
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Monday, April 06, 2009
Happy Birthday, Twinkies!
Seventy-nine years ago today, James Dewar, a bakery manager for Hostess, invented Twinkies (1930). Dewar didn't like the idea that the bakery's shortcake pans were only used during strawberry shortcake season. He decided to to use the pans year 'round and developed a banana-filled Twinkie cake. In the World War II banana shortage/rationing, a vanilla-ish filling replaced the banana. Now, 500 million Twinkies are produced each year. I haven't tasted one in 30 some years, but I can still remember exactly how they taste (and the textures).
"The Twinkie defense" became famous when Dan White, who assassinated San Francisco mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk, said that he snapped due to heavy consumption of candy and Twinkies.
There is an often repeated urban legend that Twinkies are so nuclear they last forever. In one small classroom experiment at George Stevens Academy, a single Twinkie, removed from all packaging, did not spoil for 30 years, although it became "rather brittle". In an episode of Family Guy, Peter claims that the only things to survive nuclear attacks are cockroaches and Twinkies.
According to the Hostess website, Christopher Sell invented the "fried Twinkie" at the Chip Shop, his restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. It was described by the New York Times: "Something magical occurs when the pastry hits the hot oil. The creamy white vegetable shortening filling liquefies, impregnating the sponge cake with its luscious vanilla flavor. . . The cake itself softens and warms, nearly melting, contrasting with the crisp, deep-fried crust in a buttery and suave way. The shop adds its own ruby-hued berry sauce, which provides a bit of tart sophistication."
"The Twinkie defense" became famous when Dan White, who assassinated San Francisco mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk, said that he snapped due to heavy consumption of candy and Twinkies.
There is an often repeated urban legend that Twinkies are so nuclear they last forever. In one small classroom experiment at George Stevens Academy, a single Twinkie, removed from all packaging, did not spoil for 30 years, although it became "rather brittle". In an episode of Family Guy, Peter claims that the only things to survive nuclear attacks are cockroaches and Twinkies.
According to the Hostess website, Christopher Sell invented the "fried Twinkie" at the Chip Shop, his restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. It was described by the New York Times: "Something magical occurs when the pastry hits the hot oil. The creamy white vegetable shortening filling liquefies, impregnating the sponge cake with its luscious vanilla flavor. . . The cake itself softens and warms, nearly melting, contrasting with the crisp, deep-fried crust in a buttery and suave way. The shop adds its own ruby-hued berry sauce, which provides a bit of tart sophistication."
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Digital art: Frances
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A painting of one of my oldest friends, Frances. The source was a headshot photo of her on her biz web site. . .
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Poem: War itself
1
War itself often
Becomes more important
Than the reasons
For which the war is fought.
Every poor boy
Trundles off in starched fatigues,
And at war’s end,
The win goes to those who lost least.
2
Men of war
Weep and lament
Or laugh at the perished
And the blood they shed.
The dead come back
To haunt them.
Spooks attach themselves
To the victors like a conjoined twin.
3
I wonder what happened
To the Armies Of The Night
Tilting against The Power
And maybe ending a war?
How hard can it be
To do it again
Just this one time,
As Tessio said,
Letting ourselves off the hook
For old times' sake?
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Sunday, April 05, 2009
Painting of Stephen Clarke-Willson
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The photo of Stephen Clarke-Willson on which this is based was shot in Hollywood sometime in the early/mid 2000's. Stephen Clarke-Willson, among many other things, is the author of Nano-plasm.
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