After Brian Wilson lost his way, his songwriting became, for a time, extremely bizarre. This is probably one of The Beach Boys top five weird tracks. . .Brian Wilson's ode to good foot care.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Take A Load Off Your Feet—one of the very strangest Beach Boys tracks
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
After Brian Wilson lost his way, his songwriting became, for a time, extremely bizarre. This is probably one of The Beach Boys top five weird tracks. . .Brian Wilson's ode to good foot care.
After Brian Wilson lost his way, his songwriting became, for a time, extremely bizarre. This is probably one of The Beach Boys top five weird tracks. . .Brian Wilson's ode to good foot care.
Monday, December 26, 2016
Counting every tree in New York City
From Architecture Daily, 11-28-2016:
New York City's Department of Parks and Recreation has completed its two-year project of assigning ID numbers (with arboreal characteristics) to every one of the 685,781 trees in the city's five boroughs. More than 2,300 volunteers walked the streets, then posted each tree's location, measurements, Google Street View image, and ecological benefits for the surrounding neighborhoods (rainwater retained, air pollution reduced)."
New York City's Department of Parks and Recreation has completed its two-year project of assigning ID numbers (with arboreal characteristics) to every one of the 685,781 trees in the city's five boroughs. More than 2,300 volunteers walked the streets, then posted each tree's location, measurements, Google Street View image, and ecological benefits for the surrounding neighborhoods (rainwater retained, air pollution reduced)."
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Sunday, December 25, 2016
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Shorts: tiny poems
by Jack Brummet
Resurrection
A roiling thunderstorm clears the air
Like Wyatt Earp's peacekeeper
He was ready to live again
Even if living just meant running
To keep ahead of the ghosts.
Even if living just meant running
To keep ahead of the ghosts.
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It’s so still and calm
In the mosque,
You could hear a fly expire.
In the mosque,
You could hear a fly expire.
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Stealth
You think one
thing,
Say another,
And do a third.
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A roiling thunderstorm clears the air
Like Wyatt Earp's peacekeeper
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When you strip away the stage flats, makeup, and costumes,
It’s all one story starring our private heroes and dreams.
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The Marriage
Two tattered mannequins
Prop each other up
In the Salvation Army Store window
Prop each other up
In the Salvation Army Store window
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Tragedy
Take the worst that could happen
And add two zeros.
And add two zeros.
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High fidelity clouds gather over
The tattered stage flats of a world on fire.
The tattered stage flats of a world on fire.
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It's Getting Crowded
We cover the earth with Venn Diagrams
As our steps bisect old steps.
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Weather Report
Life is a raindrop
Sizzling as it skitters
Across the universal griddle.
Sizzling as it skitters
Across the universal griddle.
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Waiting
There is no tomorrow
until we get through
the day after yesterday
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Monday, December 19, 2016
Poem: snow day
by Jack Brummet
In silhouette
against bisque skies,
crows bounce
on snow-humped branches,
shaking snow to the ground
and survey the valley
for prey
in dark relief
on the cold white fields.
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