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James Barker

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It's really difficult to not be miserable sometimes, to live and let live and just keep your head down and work on things like chapbooks and music and poetry and art. So this place is a hub, a reminder if you will, that there is a reason to keep going. Write a couple thousand words a day, record a track, draw or colour a picture.You don't need to check this space every day, updates don't happen that fast, no matter how much is done behind the scenes.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/15/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/kumahouse
Band Members: S.J.C.
Influences: Arab Strap, Joy Division, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Decemberists, The Arcade Fire, Cyndi Lauper, The Magnetic Fields, Flare, Stars, Metric, Maggie Estep, Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers, Placebo, Iron and Wine, Team Sleep, Mazzy Star, The Go! Team, Pinback, Team Sleep, Orson Welles...
Sounds Like: The memories that come to you when you listen.
Record Label: Dusty Owl
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A New Beginning

Allright kids, let's get physical!Yeah I know, this coming from the one lazy man on earth who still hasn't physically bonded with his couch, but hey, I've made valiant efforts before, right? i mean, I...
Posted by James Barker on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:07:00 PST

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits

George Carlin is dead.Goddamnit.
Posted by James Barker on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:16:00 PST

Uselessness

Right, so I'm all maudlin and shit tonight. I have officially been out of work for 2 months and the realization that a year has gone by since Liam and Vanessa's wedding shows how much faster time seem...
Posted by James Barker on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:41:00 PST

The worst pies in London

Okay, so I've been sick the past couple of weeks and looking like mad for a job. I'm hoping for a couple, came this close to slaving away in a call center again and am waiting on EI to kick in, if it ...
Posted by James Barker on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:08:00 PST

Think Good Thoughts

This deserves a separate entry.Please think good thoughts for my friend Tom's hubby Drew who was hit by a car and is currently in hospital with a lot of broken things :(*crosses fingers*...
Posted by James Barker on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:28:00 PST

Best. Boyfriend. Ever.

Corey and I have been here in London for almost two weeks, mostly good, mostly happy but there's been something nagging the both of us.We are both dreadfully homesick.Sadly, he can't really do anythin...
Posted by James Barker on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:21:00 PST

City Of Mine

Aside from tomorrow's Butch Mary entry, this is probably going to be my last blog entry written in Peterborough. Honestly, it's heart wrenching to leave the city of my birth. My mom lives here about 6...
Posted by James Barker on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:56:00 PST

Important Announcement: The Butch Mary Chronicles

I am pleased to announced the beginnings of a new online serial writing project. Kumahouse Publishing in conjunction with Dusty Owl Press are proud to present:The Butch Mary ChroniclesMeet Brian "Butc...
Posted by James Barker on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

Pick up the threads.

Writers can be an arrogant bunch sometimes, it comes with the whole creating new worlds just by jotting down a few notes thing. We have the power and we are not afraid to use it. I could create a wort...
Posted by James Barker on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:06:00 PST

Happily Unemployed/Travelling

Yesterday was my last day as a tech monkey. I showed up late, had cake, wandered around, changed my answering machine message reminding people that being polite gets you a lot more in life, and left, ...
Posted by James Barker on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:59:00 PST