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Amanda Bloom

Everything is maybe

About Me

"I love the world so much, it moves me deeply, even the ordinary world, the daily world, even the bar table, the tinkling ice in the glasses, the waiter, the dog tied in the coat room."

-Anaïs Nin

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/14/2008
Influences: Jeff Buckley, Jewel, Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Tori Amos, Nina Simone, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, the Danbury area musicians, high school chorus, my brother, the sky the stars the ocean the wind, all that enters my ears, all that swirls inside this clunky old heart of mine.
Sounds Like: Strawberry cream cheese melting on a toasted berry berry bagel.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Generation Y will save us

"Things are getting unconventional,"said prom king to the queen,"I am a midget and you are a dweeb.We bought our outfits at Salvation Armyand attended a concertin lieu of the after party.Although we a...
Posted by Amanda Bloom on Tue, 20 May 2008 06:16:00 PST

Blood from a stone

I strained to open you,fingering your smooth sidesfor a seamand my own body split,slicking the groundwith marvelous organs,dripping warm and red on your skinyour skinshrank to keep the insides inand y...
Posted by Amanda Bloom on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:35:00 PST

Black sleeves

He wore black sleevesand he sang so sweet.Black sleeves.Wore a black ribbon 'round his hatand black below his eyes,black inside his eyes.Oh my friend, my dear friendplease come back.Oh my friend, dear...
Posted by Amanda Bloom on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:47:00 PST

Where am I?

Where am I?Just following this ladder up’cause I’ve already been down.All these factsand we, the underground river,feeding trees.We are and so am I.We, the daylight alienswho cry and pulse...
Posted by Amanda Bloom on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:29:00 PST

'Tis a song

GoodbyeIf we ever said "hello"GoodbyeGoodbyeIf we ever said "good day" GoodbyeThough we moved a dead thing to music,though that broken song still playsI could not move you.GoodbyeSend in the clowns, s...
Posted by Amanda Bloom on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:44:00 PST

A Ten-Day Deer Slay and Vanity Fair

"There are just too many deers" in northern New Jersey, so officials have scheduled a ten-day free-for all hunt in attempts to lower the count. A few facts to put the spiking deer population in persp...
Posted by Amanda Bloom on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:00:00 PST

To the moon

In the day she is a polished cloud,a meteor the sky has pearled.In the dark she isa mouth of cheesy teethand our words float up like mothsto kiss her.We sew a quilt of silver speech balloonswith the t...
Posted by Amanda Bloom on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:52:00 PST