Sunday, November 6, 2011

Possibler


I am the possibler
Bleary id and dreament
As flurried as the snew
Collapsed without and thru
I travelend too midnigh
To meet yu two

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Seeking Maningning Miclat


I’m sorry it took so long
To find you
But I did not know
That you were lost
Maybe I could not see
That space, your place
In this world
My fault, my fault
My view is narrow
My sight one way
You were not lost
Merely misplaced

Saturday, April 2, 2011

My Vinyl Collection: Easter Music

Every Christmas I enjoy playing some vinyl that helps get me in a seasonal mood. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, or June Christy's "The Merriest" take their turns spinning on my turntable.
But what about Easter? Sure there are the occasional songs, "Peter Cottontail" and "Easter Parade" come to mind, plus the soundtracks to "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Godspell", but there really is a lack of popular Easter LPs.

I would like to suggest a couple. First is Tom Waits "Blood Money". The music from this album was actually written for an adaptation of the play Woyzek, but I'm appropriating it the same way songs like "Linus and Lucy" and "My Favorite Things" were appropriated by Christmas. Can't you see everyone gathering around the empty tomb singing, "All the World is Green" or "Everything Goes to Hell"?

Second, "Easter" by the Patti Smith Group. Filled with religious (especially Catholic) imagery this is a perfect choice.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

My Vinyl Collection: "Spike" by Elvis Costello


In September, 1987, I purchased the LP "Document" by REM. This would be the last brand new vinyl I would buy for years.
It wasn't because I fell in love with the new compact disc format. I prefer the sound quality of vinyl. I prefer the LP size cover art. I began buying cd's because the LP began to fade from record shops (I worked for Wherehouse Entertainment at the time. Remember them?). And the real reason the cd became popular, convenience (the same reason that the MP3 has replaced the cd).
So by 1989 I thought they had stopped making vinyl, that's why I was a little surprised the find Elvis Costello's 1989 release "Spike" on vinyl at Poo-Bah's record shop.
It was filed under "S", probably because Costello's name does not appear on the cover. It just says "Spike: The Beloved Entertainer".

Saturday, February 26, 2011

How did you know I come here?


Fast past tension
Next to nothing
That incurred occurred
It's the All Go
It's the formula
It's the tightrope
You can't loose
It's the left hand
You can't move

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Failure to Spin

Spun...
This does not...
...Mean that
.Spinning..
..Failing.
Failed