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Daydream Believer
Hey y’all, Real sad to hear about Davy Jones’ passing yesterday. Whether their ’60′s critics knew it or not, the Monkees were a talented band that recorded a number of kick-ass singles. Michael Nesmith went on to prove he was an odd genius with his First National Band and his pioneering work in music videos [...]
The Devil and Ken Russell
A flamboyant director whose early career as a pioneering creator of television programming foreshadowed a controversial foray into feature films, Ken Russell died last November at the age of 84. Russell had a penchant for taking sexual and religious themes head-on and he courted controversy with every film. His over-the-top production style was declared pretentious [...]
New Phone Books You'll Actually Read
What up, peeps? Telephone booths are obsolete and ubiquitous. While I think it’s a good idea to have land lines I can operate with a quarter sprinkled throughout urban environments, few people agree. What if my phone dies? What if it was stolen? What if I couldn’t afford a cell phone? In many towns and [...]
Joy Division – Lost and Found
Hey Peeps, Just recorded Episode the 13th for Coincidence Control Network today! If you haven’t followed the podcast you have some catching up to do! CCN features Joseph Matheney, Kim Monaghan, Ken Eakins and yours truly in weekly round table discussions about current counterculture. It’s really a blast and we’ve been getting amazing feedback. If [...]
Bus Poem #2
Good day, As promised, here is another poem I wrote on the bus on my way downtown this morning: Camouflage Everyone is in camouflage and I’m in blaze orange. On this morning bus a devil’s food cupcake in a tigerstripe parka says, “It needs one more paint o’ coat” into a phone with no name. [...]
A Verse for a Kentucky Cemetery
What up, world? I’ve had a busy Monday after a relaxing weekend that included a trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky with my partner-in-crime, AP. Bowling Green is about an hour north of Nashville – just far enough to feel like you’re getting out of town without logging a ton of miles. The longest road trip [...]
Inside Look at Outdoor Art
Dearest Dear ones, I have been so busy working on other creative projects and responding to requests for art/book/movie reviews that I’ve been neglecting this little bright blinking space where we seldom – if ever – bother to sleep. With that said, I’ve decided to fill you in on some of my latest doings by [...]
Add it Up
What up, yo? A good friend of mine recently suggested my teaching a course on writing and William Burroughs came to mind. Although it might seem strange to think of El Hombre Invisible standing in front of a room of eager students, teaching them the fine art of writing (“I’m not sure I really believe [...]
Merry Christmas from Insomnia and William S. Burroughs
Merry Christmas, dear reader. As is our tradition here at Insomnia, we proudly present this year’s presentation of William S. Burrough’s A Junky’s Christmas… Joe Nolan <3 Listen to two of my CD’s – Blue Turns Black and Plain Jane! Download your free songs, stream both discs and find both projects at your favorite digital music [...]
