May 2012
50 posts
“Murder me baby,your words bring an ice age. Murder me, darling; put a pen to...”
– —Picture Perfect
Picture Perfect Very loose. I recorded this in my...
Irish Skin (song lyric)
Baby, did I ever tell you you’re amazing? Maybe that’s a cliche I hope you can look the other way You know I’m crazy Even in your moments of weakness You strike at my defenses It’s a challenge to keep it secret Maybe I’m a half-wit I love your Irish skin The way it reflects the light I crave your Irish skin Like a diabetic craves insulin You sweep through...
“Because I believe that reaffirming this every couple of weeks is important: I...”
– —sba
Low-die the mini-series--Chapter Two: The canal,...
I love walking and hiking. I grew up, in part, out in the country and it has been a part of my life since I was a small child. Consequently, wherever I live I end up doing a lot of exploring on foot. Lodi is no different. If you don’t feel like exploring the small old town area, there are two places to go: The canal and the nature preserve.
The canal is in the western part of town and forms a...
Low-Die the mini-series--Chapter One: Faggot
PART ONE: FAGGOT
I got my first “faggot” today in years. I was walking to the store down Hutchins—
Faggot!
Five young guys in a fifteen-year-old Nissan Sentra, all of them in white shirts. It has probably been over ten years since a bunch of guys in a car yelled that at me—never happened in Sacramento or Portland or Phoenix, but it happened here, in Lodi.
They were stopped at a light. Most...
Hurt so Good: John Mellencamp's paean to man on...
John “Cougar” Mellencamp: Heartland rocker. Co-founder of Farm Aid. Painter. Father and grandfather. Proponent of man on man love? This side of Mr. Mellencamp has never been explored, but reading the lyrics to his classic song “Hurt So Good” it is clear such an examination may be overdue.
“Now that I’m gettin’ older, so much older, I long for those young boy days”
This line,...
Watch: Bill Moyers Discusses "Life on the Border"... →
Bill Moyer, always an amazing journalist. This is about life on the border of the United States and Mexico.
“After being in Portland and not having a car it’s not that big a deal as...”
– —sba
Big Star's Third: 'It's hard to nail the chaos' →
Good article on Big Star’s most compelling and hardest to listen to album
“I don’t get all these leaders of various groups spending so much energy...”
– sba
March 2012
22 posts
The Science and Soul of Charlie Amerika (an...
PRESENTING THE SOUL AND SCIENCE OF CHARLIE AMERIKA (an unofficial chapter of the Big Adventure) ==Saturday== Last night—oy vey. Drank a 40 of Old English and then walked back to the Foster Market for a beast know as a Steel Reserve 211 (also a 40). Why did I do that? Read on. Friday night I wrote the lyrics to six songs. See, this was not random drunken abandon; this was an art...
The Big Adventure: 3478
=Wednesday 21 March== This is life heightened. You have next month’s rent and the money to refill your phone one more time. Beyond that you have $34.78. For groceries, to ride the bus, for everything. You have enough food to last one to weeks if you are careful. 34.78. This is neither good nor bad, this is simply a number. But it is a number highly relevent to your life. Your transit...
Would you work fast food? Would you *really*?
WOULD YOU WORK FAST FOOD—WOULD YOU *REALLY*? In the course of this round of unemployment, I have applied to fast food restaurants.* Let me tell you something, it is depressing. It is depressing and the idea of working at a fast food restaurant is kind of humiliating, but we do what we have to in order to survive. It is also weird; I worked fast food when I was around...
The reality of being unemployed these days
I lost my last job in April of ‘10. Basically, I was an admin. also doing accounts payable, some HR, some customer service, and I was the notary for the company. They fired me, didn’t give a reason, whatever. It was the best job I had ever had. I made $17 per hour and got a quarterly bonus anywhere from $1000 to $2000 after tax.
Arizona got ugly in a political fashion and we were...
Rubberbandits--I Wanna Fight Your Father →
“This swing to the right in this country does not surprise me. The prejudice...”
– —sba 