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Lonesome Skeeter and the Corndogs of Love

About Me

"Darkness and doubt just follow me about." Mekons"In life, there are rhymes. Disjoin them, and it trembles." Marina Tsvetaeva"They say I got brains, but they ain't doin' me no good." Brian Wilson"There are blows in life. So hard. I just don't know." Cesar Vallejo"It is time it were time." Paul Celan"And where does this sadness come from, and why do I love it more than you?" Lonesome Skeeter

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/01/2007
Band Members: Scott Aldrich (electric guitar), Dann Baker (acoustic guitar), Ed Castillo (bass, acoustic guitar), Pamela Laws (vocals), Tyler Keith (acoustic and electric guitars, vocals), Brad Hayden (acoustic guitar, vocals), Lonesome Skeeter (vocals, keyboards, mandolin, banjo-mandolin, ukulele, accordion)
Influences: Bill Fay, Robert Wyatt, Brendan Kennelly, Ricky Nelson, Ed Askew, Fred Neil, Merle Haggard, Panda Bear, L'Affaire Louis Trio, Vladimir Vysotsky, Frankie Vallie, Ethel Merman, Delmore Brothers, Billy Nicholls, Isaac Hayes, Vinicius Cantuaria, Vashti Bunyan, Emitt Rhodes, Serge Gainsbourg, Tiny Tim, Johnny Rivers, Love Camp 7, Nick Garrie, Linda Perhacs, Steve Goodman, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Arto Lindsay, Rheinallt H. Rowlands, Harry Nilsson, Richard Hawley, Michael Nesmith, Dewi Evans, The Trees Community, Anne Briggs, Reynols, Anthony Newley, Whisperin' Bill Anderson, Mieskuoro Huutajat, Pet Sounds, Chad & Jeremy, Kid Twist, Paddy McAloon, Kip Hanrahan, Skip Spence, Jonboy Langford, Ray Davies, Ray Wiley Hubbard, Harry Partch, Tom Jobim, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Pierre Klossowski, Cesar Vallejo, Robert Bresson, Bela Tarr, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Vladimir Holan, Arnulf Rainer, Gregory Gillespie and, of course, Jack Smith!
Sounds Like: To be perfectly honest, it sounds pretty bad. Like Ricky Nelson with a sore throat and a hangover, with Harry Partch replacing James Burton on guitar. It made me happy to make it, though, and maybe it'll make you happy too.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Swoom (a poem for Jack Smith)

Swoon Only frightened people punish.Jack Smith   They let you live, Jack.  That was their mistake.& mine was not to brave your pleasure space,to track your sad profile close up in caseyou faltered.  S...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:59:00 GMT

Rheinallt Redux (and why the hell not?)

Rheinallt H. Rowlands(for Dewi & Oz)Yet hae I Silence left, the croon o a.Hugh MacDiarmid, "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle"Every good gift & every perfect giftbegins in sin.  (& farce.)  MacDiarm...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Scott Barretta in Paris

Scott Barretta in ParisA bulging bag of garbage on the Passerelle des Arts:a casualty of form(Don't blink or you'll miss it)casually deformed by dusk.The dull light shatters silentlyabove the Grand Pa...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:22:00 GMT

Miss Bishop in Brazil

Picture Postcards from Miss Bishop in Brazil"Brazil is hopeless."Elizabeth Bishop1She lacks imagination.  Even here.  She hops the trolley car & braves the avenues of Rio, searching for ...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:19:00 GMT

The Pirates of Etrusca

If Cicero and Aristotle can be trusted, the Etruscan pirates were a bunch of bad asses.  Between the 6th and 5th centuries BC, they laid waste to most of the Mediterranean coast, burning and/or k...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:07:00 GMT

Pessoa Non Grata (for Scott Barretta)

Pessoa Non Grata(for Scott Barretta)I'm me, and what the hell can I do about it?Alvaro de CamposHe's been working onthis godforsaken thingfor years & years.So long, in fact,that he could writea th...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:55:00 GMT

A Poem for Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Old Rugged Cross(for Rahsaan Roland Kirk)A lot of people say, he says, that thingsis fine.  The organ fakes a muted moan.Their fast cars, their under pars, their aeroplanes.They smile & claim...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:49:00 GMT

Francis Bacon Contemplates a Bust of Scott Barretta

Francis Bacon Contemplates a Bust of Scott BarrettaI could do this better.  I could bake thisyeast-less batter into something almostbread.  Remember this -- flesh matters! -- as youcircle r...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:17:00 GMT

Anthology (a poem for Harry Smith)

AnthologyI was looking for exotic records.Harry SmithHarry keeps his semen in the freezer,vialed & corked & calibrated.  He prowlsthrough tilting tunnels of his records & rare booksun...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:40:00 GMT

Terms of Service (a poem)

Terms of ServiceThe worst times,I swear to God,are the last 30 days& the first 30 days.The first 30 days,you just know you're gonna die.& the knowing eats at youin tiny little bites.& the ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:03:00 GMT