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Hank

THE NIGHTLY VIGIL-VISIT WWW.MYTOWN.CA/outsiders/beukema

About Me

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My Interests

Welcome to The Nightly Vigil where my Altar ego, Rev Buckman and the Hudson River Bi-Polar bear Ralph represent the two other sides of my mixed up persona... My Son, Jesse died at 18 in 1992 and my Barbara, died in 2003...So, I kinda wear my heart out on my sleeve and hang my dirty laundry out for all the world to see.... Unfortunately, sometimes, but it can't be helped. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ******** MY WEBSITES:http://mytown.ca/outsiders/beukema/**************** ************************************************http://mytow n.ca/beukema/*********************************************** *****************http://members.tripod.com/buckmaniac/index. htm

Music:

Everything, all things musical from YoYoMa to Springsteen from Josh Groban to Disturbed. Van Morrison, Ellis Paul, Allison Kraus, Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Santana, Matchbox 20, Counting Crows, Dar Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Tom Russell, Jesse Winchester, The Band, John Stewart, Lightfoot, Dylan, Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Vince Bell, Doug Lang, Polk, McNeely....So many, too many,,,, Most of all, my friend, the late, great, greatest songwriter of all time, Mickey Newbury... He's not gone.... Just Late...

Movies:

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Maltese Falcon, Lonesome Dove, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, Local Hero, Love, Actually, Finding Neverland, Camelot, Blade Runner

Television:

Baseball, Football...Deadwood...American Idol

Books:

All of Robert B Parker, all of Ludlum, All of John D MacDonald, Michener, Simenon, Elmore Leonard, Clive Cussler, Kinky Friedman, McMurtry, Kerouac, Cormac McCarthy, Robert Crais... Most Especially John Irving

Heroes:

Dad, Mom, Mickey Mantle, Jack Kerouac, Neal Casady, Ken Kesey, Mickey Newbury, Rick Danko, Jesse Beukema, Barbara Willis,Andrew Polk, Doug Lang,Rudy...

My Blog

HOW SOON IS LATER - Take Two

[After discussions with Andrew Polk who has written the melody and will record this song, I have made some changes... One was from Andrew's feedback, the others just made more sense....]It's been mont...
Posted by Hank on Mon, 07 May 2007 05:45:00 PST

HOW SOON IS LATER

It's been months since I've seen youThere's some things I need to sayWe were lovers we were friendsThen we went our separate ways.You said you loved me darlinBut there were things that you hatedWe hug...
Posted by Hank on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:16:00 PST

SHUT THE DAMN THING DOWN

[Hard rock beat]SHUT THE DAMN THING DOWNThere was a give up side to meJust yearning to be freeOf the trials and the griefNot tryingto stay afloatNot even working on the boatClimbing mountains just to ...
Posted by Hank on Sat, 05 May 2007 05:38:00 PST

THE ROAD TO MOBILE

Sometimes at the startWe give away a bit too muchShe talked about her pastI talked about my dreams and suchWe lived so far apartJust couldn't find that middle groundBut this old world keeps spinninAnd...
Posted by Hank on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:16:00 PST

WAS A TIME

Was a time  I was young and strongMy dreams were big My time was longHad a woman Who loved me onlyJust for livin And bein me...Was a time We had a babyGrew up tall, He grew up freeWas a timeHe ra...
Posted by Hank on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:59:00 PST

JUST WHISKEY UNDER THE BRIDGE

Last time I saw her it was at the airportAll those weeks agoShe was laughing, watching me waveEv'rything moved so slow...She headed back to her own lifeThe one that didn't include meI'd asked her to b...
Posted by Hank on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:05:00 PST

NIGHTLY VIGIL 3.31.07

The Gypsy woman has me in her grip...I put Melinda on a pedestal she never asked to be onand have spent months trying toprove that I can make her fall off...I say again:I woke up inside a dreamI never...
Posted by Hank on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:53:00 PST

NIGHTLY VIGIL 3.24.07

Middle of the night.Melinda rolls over, asleep...She mumbles,I'll never leave you again, Rev...Christ, she even lies in her sleep...Rev Buckman
Posted by Hank on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:30:00 PST

NIGHTLY VIGIL - DANCE HALL GIRL

Melinda said to me, once again,I was a dance hall girlNot a whore...I did it with who and whenI wanted...I said, is that supposed to make me or you feel better?She said, I just want you to get it...
Posted by Hank on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:28:00 PST

NIGHTLY VIGIL 3.23.07 Melinda

Melinda came back late last nite...She said, Let me ask you something,Did you think that I used to be a whore?Carmelita used to be a whore,I was a dance hall girl...I said, what's the difference?Melin...
Posted by Hank on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:56:00 PST