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Steve ☮~alapoet~☠

alapoet

About Me


I'm a 47-year-old writer, editor, ex-musician, dreamer, reality catcher, ex-con, and father of three.
I was born in Alabama and spent the first 38 years of my life there and in Mississippi.In the 1970s and 1980s, I was a drummer in various hard rock bar bands in Alabama and Mississippi.
Since 1985, I've worked for newspapers, ad agencies and magazines. I've also taken inventory, indulged in independent entrepreneurship, run a newspaper route and served time.
I've been on the West Coast, L.A. or Seattle, since 1999.
Visit my YouTube channel for video you can't see anywhere else: alapoet on YouTube
Check out my "real" blog: Reality Catcher
I'm married to the lovely and talented poet Viki Oak Elliott:Victoria's Poem "Poulsbeat Bohemian"
I host the Music forum at The Town. It's called WestEnd.Concert Hall and you're invited! Let's talk about music. Registration is quick, FREE, and easy. Click here to register: The Town
Once you're registered (remember, quick, easy, and FREE), you can come in through this door directly to the music forum:
Music Forum at The Town

My Interests


Reality Catcher

I'd like to meet:



Bring it AWN!



Pass the 'dro...


Music:

Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, The Doors, The Tubes, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Big Star, Badfinger, Be Bop Deluxe, Belle & Sebastian, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Oak Arkansas, Bloodrock, Bill Lloyd, Allman Brothers Band, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Traffic, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Ian Matthews, Hawkwind, Yes, Gentle Giant, Tom Petty, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Kool Keith, Robyn Hitchcock.


Rock & ROLL!


My music
(publish yours!)
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Movies:

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Make Your Movie Wall Flixster . At Play In The Fields Of The Lord, Kalifornia, Natural Born Killers, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, American Beauty, Purple Haze, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Clerks, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle


Nugga Nooch!

Television:

Trailer Park Boys, Tripping The Rift, King Of The Hill, Cheers, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Tales From The Crypt, My Name Is Earl, Psych, Medium, Two And A Half Men

Eli's Coming

Books:

Carl Elliott Wins First Profile In Courage Award, 1990



Former Congressman Carl Elliott (D-Ala.) accepts the first John F. Kennedy Profile In Courage Award, Boston, Mass., 1990. The award is presented by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) Caroline Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis are also onstage.

The Cost Of Courage (Cong. Carl Elliott); True Hallucinations (Terence McKenna); Flashbacks (Timothy Leary); Cosmic Trigger: Secrets of the Illuminati (Robert Anton Wilson); On The Road (Jack Kerouac); Howl (Allen Ginsberg); At Play In The Fields of the Lord (Peter Matthiessen); Look Homeward Angel (Thomas Wolfe); Ringworld (Larry Niven); Glory Road (Robert A. Heinlein); Telempath (Spider Robinson); Lord Valentine's Castle (Robert Silverberg); Martian Time Slip (Philip K. Dick); Sheep Look Up (John Brunner); Amazing Dope Tales and Haight Street Flashbacks (Stephen Gaskin)

Heroes:



Fight Terrorism Buy Domestic
Carl Elliott, Timothy Leary, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Terence McKenna, Alan Watts, Robert Anton Wilson, Ram Dass, Bo Lozoff, Peter Matthiessen, Lester Grinspoon, Stephen Gaskin, Jack Herer, Russ Feingold.“Don't hate the media. Become the media." ~ Jello Biafra

My Blog

Seattle Marijuana March 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCvabPs4GFY The Seattle Liberate Marijuana March was quite a success, especially considering the rainy weather, with an initial turnou...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Sun, 04 May 2008 12:49:00 PST

Global March For Marijuana Freedom - May 3, 2008

I'm gonna be there! So should you!If you live in the Seattle area:Marijuana patients are leading the protests on May 3.See you at: Seattle's Volunteer Park, Noon to 1 PM, Saturday, May 3, 2008.March: ...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Sat, 03 May 2008 04:15:00 PST

R.I.P., Tim Garon. You Wont Be Forgotten.

In the days since I started writing about Tim Garon, who was denied a liver transplant because of his doctor-recommended use of legal medical marijuana, I've received a lot of messages from a lot of p...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:39:00 PST

Medical Marijuana Wont Kill You, But Misguided Policies Will

Tim Garon and his guitarThe national outrage continues at the treatment of Tim Garon, who was denied a liver transplant largely because, at the advice of his physician, he used medical marijuana, whic...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:03:00 PST

Fax, Email, Call: Dont Deny Liver Transplants To Medical Marijuana Patients!

Tim Garon and his girlfriend, Leisa Bueno, who leans over to give him a kiss while they wait to hear if he will be put on a transplant list to receive a new liver on Thursday in Seattle. Garon was ref...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:33:00 PST

This Amounts To A Death Sentence For Using Legal Medical Marijuana

Tim Garon lies in his hospital bed, Thursday, April 17, 2008, in Seattle. Garon was refused a spot on the transplant list for a new liver, largely because he has used marijuana, even though it was leg...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:05:00 PST

Apparently, Im A Freak For Speaking Out Against Rob McKenna And For Medical Marijuana Patients

A Republican zealot and Rob McKenna apologist I'll call "Kitsap Bob" has circulated some inanities attempting to repair the irreparable damage Attorney General McKenna has done to himself by prosecuti...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:19:00 PST

Seattles Chickenshit Mainstream Media Drop The Ball On Operation Green Reaper Pot Busts

Bartlett: "...And, and, it's toxic! Yeah, that's it! TOXIC!"Ah, Seattle. How often you delight me, but how sadly your mainstream media disappoint me.Case in point: Yesterday's "Operation Green Reaper"...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:56:00 PST

Angry Senator Murray Blasts V.A. For Lying About Number Of Veteran Suicide Attempts

By LES BLUMENTHALTacoma [email protected]: April 24th, 2008WASHINGTON  The Department of Veterans Affairs lied about the number of veterans who have tried to kill thems...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:00 PST

Washington Atty. Gen. Rob McKenna Likes Playing Doctor

Artwork by Jim Wheeler [email protected] General Rob McKenna isn't a physician. When it comes to medicine, he is no more qualified than any other layman. Yet he feels qualified to second-gu...
Posted by Steve .~alapoet~ on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:05:00 PST