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william ross

true love waits

About Me

(photo by william clark)

My Interests

acoustic guitars in intimate settings
band practices in the music room
pianos
good folk albums on the record player
good books in dim places
good friends
being on tour
singing along
poetry
art
long walks alone
small venues
real love

Music:

This is my record collection.

This is music i play.

This is what i've been listening to.

Movies:

Spend an Evening With Saddle Creek
Pan's Labyrinth
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Meeting People is Easy

Books:

I recently read:
A Man Walks Into A Room, by Nicole Krauss.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
Enduring Love, by Ian McEwan
Men Without Women, by Ernest Hemingway
Tales of the Unexpected, by Roald Dahl
The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss
In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway
Women, by Charles Bukowski
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath
The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

My Blog

speculation

you opened your mouth andgave it away. five minutes: a song about falling in lovebut that is all it is.just a song. not anything more.and all you have in return ispencil drawings left in pages until t...
Posted by william ross on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:15:00 PST

success

i promise, it will not be long before i get another job. i am going in to a temp agency tomorrow to see what openings are available. i want to make money while still having the freedom to tour (as iam...
Posted by william ross on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:06:00 PST

car accident

suddenly i am very confused and unsure about everything.i drove to los angeles yesterday to play to an empty venue. on the way home, cresting a hill and rounding a corner in the far left lane, i saw a...
Posted by william ross on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:55:00 PST

the match

at the bar i am waiting for the music to play and they arefightinggoing at each other like mad dogsor over-passionate loversthey were ugly and beautiful, these menwith slack jaws and loose teeththe on...
Posted by william ross on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:51:00 PST

what she found

She kicked off her shoes, taking a primordial pleasure in the mud squeezing upward between her toes.  Natalie was 13 years old and precocious, though not a very social girl. This was where she of...
Posted by william ross on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:00:00 PST

my favorite days

are the days when i just can't seem to get enough music.there are times when i become exanimate and apathetic towards it, and those are the worst times. today is a good day, and yesterday was too. cla...
Posted by william ross on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:36:00 PST

Stories

"I have a wife at home," Dan said. He was showing off. "Actually, we aren't married yet. But I bought her a damn fine ring. It cost about as much as both of us would make together in a month. I asked ...
Posted by william ross on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:05:00 PST

amplifier hum

It is an anxious, impatient sound that will remain omnipresent until we start.It is as if the instruments themselves are irritated with us for not playing them; an occasional rise in volume climaxing ...
Posted by william ross on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:43:00 PST

Let it be known

Paul and I have declared this month Furry February.NO, not THIS kind of furry:THIS kind of furry:That's right. We're holding out as long as we can. Just you wait and see how disgusting we look by the ...
Posted by william ross on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:51:00 PST

one afternoon

there was an afternoon we lay side by side i thought you were asleep your face composed like angels' your face, so near to mine i whispered in your ear remember what i said? you didn't say it back. a...
Posted by william ross on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:52:00 PST