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Genius in Our Midst: Hunter
David Bowie’s death was such a loss because he was an artist who was still at the top of his game. Black Star was one of last year’s best musical collections. What happened to John Lennon is a wound that doesn’t heal, made even more painful by the fact that he’d just released Double… Read more
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It’s No Game
The year is 1980. There has been a swing to the right across the free world. Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister of England and Ronald Reagan is elected President of the United States. At the Republican Convention in July the party’s platform has changed since their last gathering. Gone is support for an Equal Rights… Read more
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CitySketch: Empire State
The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world from its completion in 1931 until it was surpassed by the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1970. It is currently the 34th tallest building in the world, the fifth tallest in the US and from September 11, 2001 until the Freedom… Read more
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My Amputated Love
My amputated loveStill makes small animal noises but now They’re an unpleasant kind That wake me up before the sun Perforate my eardrums Then whispers words that I can’t hear My amputated love Puts on war paint and drinks too much Of everything, not only booze Pulls up a barstool next to mine Asks me… Read more
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Down with power, justice, history!
“I’m now making myself as scummy as I can. Why? I want to be a poet, and I’m working at turning myself into a seer. You won’t understand any of this, and I’m almost incapable of explaining it to you. The idea is to reach the unknown by the derangement of all the senses. It… Read more
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Solstice
At 12:24 this morning local time in NYC the sun reached it’s highest point over the north pole, and its lowest over the south pole, then stood still in the sky. It didn’t actually stand still but, according to Wikipedia, “the word solstice is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still),… Read more
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