Site Updates
Oh, yeah! I’ve tweaked loudpoet.com somewhat over the past couple of weeks, among other things, improving navigation between it and this journal – check it out over on the right. I’m still too lazy to figure out how to post this thing directly into my web site and kind of like the blogspot address. I’ve
Still recovering from a long weekend… -> My new favorite song: Harder to Breathe, Maroon 5. Also, I bought the Nappy Roots’ new CD, Wooden Leather, and, after the first listen, it sounds like another winner. -> Taylor’s Teacher, Teacher was a lot of fun. A little unfocused and uneven in its tone but I
It’s felt like an unusually long week and I’m tired as hell. Might have something to do with letting myself get dragged back onto the poetry_slam listserve yet again! Grrrrr… Went to Urbana last night for Cristin’s surprise tribute and send-off to Australia for her six-week trip. Hadn’t been there in a while and it
Thought for the day: Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change. -Frank Lloyd Wright I have something of a reputation for being both stubborn and contentious. While it’s true that I will debate most anything with a passion
Nothing representing Latinos
Tonight is Acentos and the cluttered attic that is my brain has been toying with an idea that Rich Villar mentioned last month, a couple of weeks after their show with Louis Reyes Rivera. When I heard they had a disappointing turnout for it – including my stupid hungover ass among the missing! – I
From the Things I never thought I’d say file: 1. I like Rush Limbaugh. Of course, I’m referring to the Rush Limbaugh currently appearing on ESPN’s NFL Countdown and ONLY in that context! His input on the show – “Rush Challenge” – has been refreshing and provocative, forcing the regular commentators to dig a little
You are The Cap’n! Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some slit the throats of any man that stands between them and the mantle of power. You never met a man you couldn’t eviscerate. Not that mindless violence is the only avenue open to you – but why take an avenue when
Just wanted to elaborate on a little something I touched on in the previous entry which was initially sparked by a discussion on Phil West’s LiveJournal earlier this week: the question of emotion vs. polish or, a bit more esoterically, authentic vs. reflexive. In the simpler of the two debates, emotion vs. polish, I typically
Like slipping the medicine in with the ice cream
Oneonta turned out to be a lot of fun. It was weird in the beginning as I realized about 20 minutes before the show started that it was my first solo college appearance and I was all alone! Other than Robb Thibault, who was busy getting things organized, I had no one there with me.
Today’s going to be a good one.
Mr. Lawnge’s remix of Queen’s Flash Gordon Theme is playing on my Launch station as I start writing this. 🙂 A busy week ahead as I’m taking two days off work to head up to SUNY-Oneonta for a feature on Wednesday night. Robb Thibault – Fargo, 1998 – runs the Student Union and invited me