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May Day (In hope of Spring)
Gracias, muchachos. Another vintage verse vrooms from the vault. May Day (by Joe Nolan) The White Hand marks the countenance of the mind soldier. Digital rifle shoulders grim determination. Calls of EVACUATION! mark the midnight’s jaundiced malaise. Propagandography in the coding of the symbol. The bug chaser licks a leg razor and swallows his sallow [...]
From a Makeshift Bed
Bon soir mes amis. This is a poem I was reminded of today. Check out more poems here. From a Makeshift Bed (by Joe Nolan) The Ghost haunts my Autumn mind on the morning after All Hallows’ Eve. New-born thoughts marked with the symbols of their own demise. A graveyard in the groin. A murder [...]
Heroes in the Seaweed
Ciao lovelies, I am drinking a bit of the blood and bleeding a bit of the luminous ink in this here fine hour of the evening. I am posting this as I watch the video of the Isle of Wight festival. This 1970 fest was the biggest – and last – of its kind. Wight [...]
The First to Know
What up? Just a quick word and a promise-keeping on my last post. Here is the brand new short film The First to Know. Directed by Chris Rubin de la Borbolla, this enigmatic video stars Jen Rieger as Anna Karina as the Mystery Girl. Where is she going? What is she saying? Who is the [...]
Thirteen Chinese Brothers
Hey y’all. Just a quick update and a word of thanks. This is a rather extensive site, and as those of you who have explored it know, there is a lot of info up here including: poetry, blog posts, lyrics, free downloadable and streaming music, music videos, CD sales, press and bio information, links to [...]
George Ike John Joey Ringo Phil Tina Paul
Buenos Noches, Amigos, Rock ‘n Roll high school. The Ramones – Pet Semetary Under the arc of a weather stain boards, Ancient goblins, and warlords, Come out of the ground, not making a sound, The smell of death is all around, And the night when the cold wind blows, No one cares, nobody knows. [CHORUS] [...]
Love You Deerly
God bless us every one, What, and What Up? Here we go again – up the down ramp, in the out door, showing our faces without an invite. Might as well pour a drink and hit the buffet, we’re here now… So I woke up from disturbing dreams last night. I had been wandering through [...]
The Sleepless Film Festival Presents – Children of the Night: The Films of Tod Browning
Just in time for Halloween, this edition of the Sleepless Film Festival highlights two feature films by horror master Tod Browning! Pull the shades, turn down the lights, and prepare to watch The Mark of Dracula followed by the masterpiece Freaks. As a special bonus, we are also including a fascinating biography on Browning’s greatest [...]
The Sleepless Film Festival Presents – Tea and Oranges: Leonard Cohen on Film
To most readers of this blog, Leonard Cohen is no exotic commodity. An award-winning poet, recognized as a national hero in his native Canada, Cohen was a young man with the world on a string when he decided to return to his original love and try his hand at music. On his way to Nashville, [...]
The Sleepless Film Festival Presents – Once Upon a Time: The Films of Jean Cocteau
The Sleepless Film Festival Presents – Once Upon a Time: The Films of Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau was a poet, novelist, visual artist, screenwriter, actor and film maker. An early pioneer of surrealist film, Cocteau’s work as a writer/director left an indelible impression on cinema, and continues to confound and inspire film makers and audiences [...]