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Sandalwood Fog

and this desert turns to ocean over me

About Me



Nationally published poet from Arizona, whose poetry has appeared in dozens of literary journals, including Georgetown Review, The Peralta Press, and Stylus Poetry Journal. First chapbook, The Infernal Gaze, was recently published by Red Booth Review.

The Infernal Gaze reviewed in Gin Bender Poetry Review

The Infernal Gaze reviewed in Pebble Lake Review

My Interests

Film, music, poetry... ideas!

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Mark Lanegan, Swervedriver, Soundgarden, Wolf Parade, The Oktober People, Flaming Lips, Frank Black/Pixies, Jeff Buckley, Dead Kennedys, System of a Down, Screaming Trees, J Mascis/Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Colorstore, White Stripes, Bob Dylan, Fugazi, Fiona Apple, Minutemen/Mike Watt, Minibosses, Necronauts

Movies:

Yes, especially ones by Antonioni (Blow-Up, L'Avventura), Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Ran, Ikiru, Kagemusha, Rashomon), David Lynch (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet), Tim Burton, Ingmar Bergman (Seventh Seal, Persona), Jean Cocteau (Le Sang D'Un Poet), Richard Linklater (Slacker, Waking Life), Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind), Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich), Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys)

Television:

The Daily Show

Books:

Galapagos (Vonnegut), The Adding Machine (William S. Burroughs), and several by Zecharia Sitchin and Julio Cortazar

Heroes:



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My Blog

new poem in the latest issue of Red Rock Review

We are always joking about "poet time."Usually, that term is thrown around at local poetry readings, when people straggle in and ask if they have missed anything, only to learn that the event has not ...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:03:00 PST

2007 Bands On Grand fest

  Saturday was the 2nd annual Bands On Grand music festival. The event has about 40 or 50 local bands playing at every possible venue along a stretch of Grand Avenue. Some of these venues ar...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:25:00 PST

synthetic immortality and nanoscience

I normally try to use plain language, that won't distract from whatever I am trying to write about.So I have inserted some relevant links, for the one below.-196ยบ C Frozen in the desert until science ...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:40:00 PST

pics from Rocky's welcome-back Show with Andrew Jackson Jihad, myself, and The Whorchatas

Tuesday was Rocky's Welcome-Back show, at Casa Blanca. I was very happy to be a part of this. In his own way, Rocky supports the scene more than anyone I know. He has such a genuine love for a lot of ...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:22:00 PST

stealing The Paper Heart Haiku title

Tuesday night was the end of Kevin Patterson's reign... Some of the haikus that I read, were ones that I already POSTED HERE, but here are a few of the new ones:   Hunting with CheneyH...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:08:00 PST

what my poetry looks like...

  Some asked about the artwork on the flyer for my last reading. It was from last year's feature reading at the Willow House. During my entire reading, a man in the front was scribblin...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:54:00 PST

three Poems

  Discord   Harmony becomes tedious with the sacrifice of sound defined, peace is a state of quiet (silence) I prefer noise   Sleeping across the piano is harmonious, but music is only...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:17:00 PST

Phx Rising show at The Trunk Space (Andrew Jackson Jihad, Treasure Mammal pics)

.. I was in a bad mood, because I was invited to do a poetry reading up in Prescott but I couldn't get the day off from my work. Fascist! Fortunately, I was quickly distracted. Someone decided to film...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:03:00 PST

Ravens, Necronauts, and Jihads

Now Drinking: Chamomile Tea with lots of honey   Last night, I was working on my piece for the upcoming Poe Show   http://anthology.org/Event_Poe.html with Rocky. We were having fun and...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:51:00 PST

possible new DALI painting??

from the Surprise Independent Arizona man believed to have found authentic Salvador Dali painting purchased for $10 at an estate sale with a potential value of close to $1 million Phoenix, AZ  March ...
Posted by Sandalwood Fog on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:59:00 PST