I got a hard on for the bass line in Talk Talk’s song “Its My Life.” Oh, and I dig the song too. I’ve been on an 80s music kick for a while now, and discover a few more songs that I didn’t even know I liked. I guess it took hearing the No Doubt […]

I missed this the first time around:
“Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy.”

I don’t know what it is, but the planets have reversed their orbits in the last few years for me. I’ve been digging a range of things in literature or film that I have known about for years but have pushed aside for whatever reason. Tonight I just watched the Gary Sinise version of […]

I want to be a song.
I want to be a song by the band Japan.
Or one by Kevin Gilbert.
Or a Robert Fripp soundscape.
Or maybe a Miles Davis solo.
Or perhaps a complex chord with altered tones.
I want to be a polyrhythm.
I want to be poor and humble, enlightened but modest. […]

I’ve come to the conclusion that civilization is just one big tail-chasing exercise, and one day the old dog is going to lay down, tired, and won’t get back up for some time to come.

Well, as I said, I am not a book reviewer, or even an avid reader. However, in preparation for the time when the lights, CD players, computers, and other electronic artifacts become superfluous luxury items for working stiffs such as myself, I have been putting my head in books more often, and getting more from […]

To “celebrate” my 32nd birthday today, I awoke bright and early at 6:45 and did my usual morning routine in the dark as always, and in total silence as always. I eschew TV, radio, and other input in the morning because that short period before work is the only time I ever get in a […]