Category Archives: Personal
Imagination
I’m rereading Henry Miller’s The Rosy Crucifixion for the umpteenth time. Each time I come across the following passage, like I did tonight, my mind sparkles and I become wide awake, exalted. Thanks Henry, again. The prisoner is not the … Continue reading
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Digging…
It’s Friday morning and I’m doing my thing. This. The dust has settled now from the shakeup of my relocation, and here I am, feeling a bit lost, wondering if this whole narrative I’ve created about my life, this so-called … Continue reading
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Ten more days
Ten days left before becoming officially “not young anymore.” Yikes. I’m not happy about it, but a man has to keep moving along. Ten more bowls of cereal. Ten more walks around town. Ten thousand more thoughts bouncing around my … Continue reading
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Good sane fun
“If you want to catch a falling leaf, you have to be where the leaves are falling.” That’s what a little birdie told me, so I intentionally changed my route to work this past week so that I walked under … Continue reading
Weary hearts
A song that descended from the Great Unknown on January 2, 2008, while I was living in Mexico. I finally got around to singing it: Go Beth, go catch your breath Just slow things down a little bit One day … Continue reading
Megalopolitan Maniac
Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company is a blog devoted to my very favorite author, Henry Miller, and yesterday’s post reminded me how much I love Miller’s Black Spring. The final chapter is called “Megalopolitan Maniac”, a riff on Miller’s struggle to find … Continue reading
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Broken shoulder blues
I went out to have a beer with Eric on Friday night and we spent some time reminiscing about our years together in My Dear Ella and Minor Stars. I was jogging home the two blocks from the Orange County … Continue reading
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Who knows…
“Just when I think I’m out, they keep pulling me back in.” I’m trying to recall how many “last shows” I’ve played now. I’m pretty sure tomorrow will be my fourth. I remember like it was last month (it was … Continue reading
Wide awake at 3am
I had already been at the office for two hours when my buddy Matt sent me this “Death Metal Rooster” video via email. The subject heading read “WAKE UP!!!” I watched it with the volume muted, to keep up the … Continue reading
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