January 2008
A Series of Unfortunate Events End Credits →
The dark, satirical end credits of the 2004 movie based off of the work of Lemony Snicket.
American Song-Poem Music Archives: Hot Links →
HOT LINKS!!!
Wonder →
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Metaphor Quality May Vary →
[from a semi-automatic writing session the other day]…
[…] it could be said that our choices rest soley on the quality and kinds of metaphors we are basing our choices upon. what if there were a way to filter out all but the best metaphors? — even to feed the good ones into a computer and […]
True Story of a Twilight Vision →
i was a cruel talk black-haired queen
i was a magic tyrant.
i brought grown men to their knees.
i was merciless.
triangles on the horizon
desert in the heart of the ruler
desert reflected all around
a cruel life for the locals
i saw this from above
i was awake but asleep
i knew i was the witch
the sorcerer-queen
a man was brought to me
his […]
What Did Rhymes Ever Do? →
Is it just me or has it become ‘cool’ these days for songwriters to go out of their way not to rhyme? I’ve never been terribly pro-rhyme, necessarily, but obviously there are both good and bad examples of very rhymy songs and very non-rhymy songs. I’m for a certain looseness and naturalness when it comes […]
After The Goldrush (Neil Young)
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming Saying something about a queen There were peasants singing and drummers drumming And the archer split the tree There was a fanfare blowing to the sun That was floating on the breeze Look at Mother Nature on the run I the nineteen seventies I was lying in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes I was hoping for replacement When the...
“(0) Sovereignty flows out of (1) self-mastery and (2) harmony with one’s...”
– Simple Sovereignty - [tmbchr]™
God Is Not a Human →
[scribbled upon waking from an unusually deep sleep, January 25, 2008]:
cloth beds hang from the ceiling in some dark, damp, beautiful - familiar - room. i’ve been inside it in dreams. it’s warm. i listen closely and hear birds and other beasts outside. what time and place have i found myself in this time? i […]
Silly Man Woman Witch of the Sea →
[excerpt from an automatic writing session following a freaky nap-dream]:
[…] what… you again. you. you and your silly, slippery ways. silly lady of the sea. I see you now and again when I close my eyes to the land lovers’ lies. but you have lies of your own, don’t you. I’ve heard them uttered by […]