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snow. cats' footprints. their paths bending like snakes. i can see no need for that. but they probably do. i asked my cat about it yesterday evening. he laughed at me. directly to my face. i think he sometimes despises me.

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My Mother's Suicide

My Mother's Suicide.

There is moss that covers the lawn and it cradles my toes gentler then the grass
I witness my mother's suicide
As the grass claims it's fate from the mower
I know we are not alone
I know we are not gods
But I stand at the swings and declare myself the saltine cracker in earth's finer soups
I feel a plunge in my stomach as the plane I am on in the reality I have made shifts to adjust for the wind
And the wind howls as nothing before has torn through it
I own the pilot
This is my testimony to art
If only I could drive myself home
I know I am not alone
I know I am not god
But I am as yet no one known.

She used the scissors
To curl ribbons
Columns of red gushed
The pressure in my ears builds
And a sharp searing pain doubles me over
I hear her scream
The ants on the sidewalk build a boardwalk of practicality
I swallow a cherry
I wear lace underwear
The ambulance arrives and I wilt into the carpet
I know we are not alone
I know we are not gods
The hospital looms like a villain in the night.
I collapse.

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A Fair Warning.

A Fair Warning.

Don't drink the koolaid or step on the glass
This is a fair warning my little lass
The hunter is out and his Dalmatian is searching for another victim
Is it ever enough?
I can see there are pools forming at your eyes
I know it is me that you despise
The bearer of foul news
But I can't help but swim in those eyes
There's frost on the carpet
You left the door wide
And open mouthed you breathe
Like a shark on the scent of blood
I am ready for you my little lass
Hook line and summertime
We'll meet at the bottom of a river's end
In the forest of cancer's blame
And with one final kiss we shall fight
To the death
Your cheek is cold
My fist limp
I am the first to fail you
There is a winter coming
To bury my corpse
As you have no strength to lift the shovel
I'll see you in hell.

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Live Improvisational Art #2....

Another little example of my approach to visual art created "Johnny-On-The-Spot" style...relying on my music collection to assist with making "live art" possible. Fusing audio inspirations with visual results is so incredibly enjoyable for me....and hope you enjoy as well.This footage is taken from a night in downtown San Francisco in late November 2013 at the Minna Gallery. The song selected is called "A Different Drum" composed by Peter Gabriel off of "Passion: The Last Temptation of Christ" soundtrack.....Cheers and thank you, my fellow music heads.... :)http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kFMAmg27EkM
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Where are you?

11010993062?profile=originalI still want you. I still need you. I still love you. Come back to me. I'm begging you please. Come back to me. I want you to come back......... >^..^<

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11011000659?profile=originalhttp://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_holladay_to_hear_this_music_you_have_to_be_there_literally.html The music industry has sometimes struggled to find its feet in the digital world. In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby. (Filmed at TED@BCG.)

With his brother, Hays, Ryan Holladay creates site-specific sound installations, interactive concerts and GPS-based compositions for sites across the United States

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Neil Young blasts tar sands & Harper government

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Canadian rock icon Neil Young launched a blistering attack on the Harper government and Alberta's tar sands prior to his show at Massey Hall (the proceeds of the tour are for the Athabasca Chipeyan First Nation Legal Fund) -- January 12th, 2014
Donate: http://www.honourtheacfn.ca
Learn more about the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) legal challenge: http://www.drawtheline.ca
"It's the greediest, most destructive and disrespectful demonstration of just something run amok that you could ever see," he said.

More details: http://globalnews.ca/news/1077245/neil-young-blasts-alberta-oilsands-and-ottawa/

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Something that is really irritating me lately is the debate, especially in the U.S., regarding who deserves what, and what has occurred to me is that with regard to human rights the idea of deserving is completely irrelevant. The second amendment in the U.S. Constitution grants freedom of speech, there is no clause on their stating that you can't say what you want if you are a bigot, or insane, or just an awful person etc... etc...

While his name escapes me at the moment, the fellow from Duck Dynasty has been the latest magnet for this topic, I really don't care about what he has to say anymore than anyone else I disagree with on such a fundamental level, but I'm glad he can freely speak his mind. That way I know that such foolishness, in my opinion, exists and don't have to wonder about what hateful things people believe. Frankly I think Christian conservatives are perverts, not that there is really anything wrong with that, but it is the hypocrisy of their perversion. Christian conservatives believe that it is okay to be concerned with the sexual interactions of others for the purpose of condemnation, but that to be interested in the sexual activities of other because what they are doing might be pleasurable, and something you might also want to join in on, is not acceptable. WTF????

There is also the right to healthcare, in the U.S. we have the obligation to pay for health insurance, but there is no guarantee of uniformity or quality of coverage. Most people are unaware of how few choices we have for healthcare in the U.S. because we are all too busy passing judgment about who should have access to healthcare. We in the U.S. have the obligation to pay private industry for insurance but few guarantees of the level benefits we will receive.

In general here in the U.S. we are all in support of other people rights as long as the rights of others don't cost anything monetarily or conflict with our own personal brand of superstition. Put simply if you are Christian and rich, life is just peachy, but if you are poor and or not prone to the Judea Christian brand of superstition then you are going to have problems. The right to espouse about your Christian beliefs and the right to make money at the expense of others is king in the United States, and you are a stupid socialist/communist if you believe anything else. I guess that is what makes me out-of-place.

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Office chart

without an Umbrella .. or an Ark ... yet

1. Manny Pacquiao by Kool A.D.
2. Weed by Dj Nigga Fox
3. Stylised & Desensitised by Eomac
4. She looks like Marisa Tomei by Nic TVG
6. Lean Manufacturing by 400ppm
7. Dat Soca Boat by Mighty Shadow
8. Running Out of Time by Cliff Lothar
9. Gunshotta by Machinedrum
10. Accidents/Harmoniques by Bernard Parmegiani

 

Thom
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Into Grace

in a world of neverending neverstranding ways

down the streets with everchoosing everlosing strays

under sun's everblinding neverminding rays

on the ocean's everpounding everhounding waves

show me how the wind blows, where the sailboats go

throw me all their ropes, all the hobos' hopes

from the demons fallen into - carried into grace 

every angel walking with us with a lonesome face 

to the speeches truly loving to the ending phrase

for the noise all these nights bring, to the silent days

tell me how your heart sings, how your bells ring high

tell the rays in the waves, fallen from their sky

 

in a world of neverending neverstranding ways

https://soundcloud.com/tidebreakers/into-grace-with-mick-whelan-work-in-progress

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