Tag: poetry
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Movement and Shift
(June 16 2010) Staring out the window at the tonal sky, glass in hand… Waiting for that wrinkle to once again manifest; A pinching of senses; funneled through a thick-glassed bottom; Modern nostalgia loops behind me, While the wind whistles through the joint and tousles the curtains… Too bright yet to fire up the…
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“It is what it is”… or is it…??
Some things hit one’s proverbial RADAR with the force of an Atom bomb — or a silvery disk, traveling at impossible speeds; the inhabitants of which grinning wildly while tipping back fizzy, intergalactic potions in a reckless fashion. Either illustration works, for both serve to convey a profound occurrence or event that is unmistakably real.…
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Decisions…
I woke up to the sound of coin-sized raindrops bouncing off of the large skylight over my bed. It’s odd how something so loud and aggressive-sounding can actually promote a sense of calm? Sifting through emails, the invite to this year’s NXNE party at Joao Carvalho Mastering was among those that escaped my ‘trash can’.…
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Addendum…
Someone just wrote to me privately and brought to my attention that — just 9 days before Dan’s near-fatal accident — I had posted a vivid dream where he, along with my newly deceased dog Nicholas, were helping me to save music from ” a dark place”. (see ‘The Circle’ — posted on May 27th)…
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A close call…
As many of you know (especially if we’ve worked together in a creative capacity), the now legendary music producer Daniel Lanois is perhaps the single most iconic, prolific and relevant figure in my artistic sphere. A tremendously powerful creative force, his approach to music — both in composition, as well as production — lyrics/ poetry,…