In the hills of Gary, West Virginia, McDowell County. Typing from a cot in an abandoned school. Been doing construction work with some friends for some friends. And it’s all been my joy. I had some time in the evenings to describe some of it in song. Sorry for the absence. The ipoet is back. […]
Category: people
12 Angry Men
My apologies to Nancy Grace. This ain’t her fault. I didn’t watch a minute of the Casey Anthony trial. Literally, not one. I know the sparest about it. This song blog is not some considered opinion on its outcome. It appears reasonably perceived as wrong. But, it seems a collective sin that we so consistently […]
My bologna has a first name . . .
Man, I didn’t want to touch this with a ten foot pole. But the story just kept growing. (Too easy.) It’s embarrassing. It’s awkward. It’s not any sort of real news. But Weinergate has persisted for over a week now. For those that don’t know, Representative Anthony Weiner was exposed for ironically sharing indiscreet photos […]
What Does It Profit a Man? – The Death of Osama Bin Laden
I was driving to Charleston last night when a friend texted the news. The network on my phone was suspiciously not loading CNN. I was about an hour from any major city and I was panning the Amplitude Modulation frequency in a panic for detail. I would get 30 seconds of information that would rapidly […]
Open Eyes
A difficult story in the first U.S. face transplant, performed on a Dallas Wiens. 25 years old and a father, Dallas lost nearly the entire topography of his face in a work related accident involving a high voltage line. The generosity of a donor has given him a miraculous shot at some semblance of human […]
Long Beach Brothers
Long Beach, California had a rough day. A small-engine plane crash killed five and critically injured a sixth. Also, Long Beach native and rap legend, Nate Dogg, died of complications from a previous stroke at the age of 41. For better and worse, he was a part of the soundtrack of my youth. He remained […]
Live Request Thursday: La Jefa
I had a request from Christian Latimer to cover today’s story in song, which I was thrilled to oblige. One of the benefits of song blogging is the collaborative opportunities between the artist and the audience, which traditional musical composition has not largely allowed for. I think there is a lot more in this […]
Kid Fears
Of all the unrest in the Middle East, Libya’s has been the strangest. Momar Gadhafi was for me, as a child, the face of terrorism in the world. I remember the allegations of state-sponsored terror, including Pan Am Flight 1973, and our later air strikes against the dictator. In large measure, he disappeared from my […]
And the winner is . . .
pretty disappointed, to say the least. This is the song I had prepared to perform at the Grammy’s last night. But, no call — again. Embarrassing. I did get to see Lady Gaga emerge from an enormous costume egg, in which she had been incubating, though, and pretty much the most freaking awesome group ever, […]
Personals: man seeking dignity
Man, I hate this. Hate it. I hate the public shame of it all. A congressman resigned his post last night for having been ostensibly caught advertising himself on Craigslist, the infamous online and localized classifieds. I hesitate to even cover it but for the opportunity to make sure we keep some perspective. His acts […]
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