tantra....astrology... arts ...politics ... history etc ad nauseum.... totally eclectic about everything......oh & i was just reminded that i used to be a major gardener & rose breeder(i still have a proverbial 57 varieties including 1 that is considered extinct that i resurrected) but i haven't had any time since i started working authoring my cdroms etc........
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"The Internet is an elite organization ; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call"....Naom Chomsky
"The true measure of any man is the way he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good at all".....Samuel Johnson
& ALL WRITERS...TAKE HEART
George Orwell's Animal Farm was rejected by Knopf.The rejection slip stated "the american audience just doesn't read animal stories"!!!!
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AN END TO THE BLOODSHED IN BURMA.
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MAY OUR SPIRITS BE UNITED THROUGH OUR VOICES TO WALK ALONGSIDE THE GENTLE BUDDHIST MONKS OF BURMA IN PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST THIS OPPRESSION.
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i've just completed the (for me ) herculean task ( given my ultra,mega,lowspeed,unreliable dialup connection ) of adding 2 albums on my view my pics section
with the first selections of images from the cdrom series Imagic : the magic image oddysey of jjblack
The 1st additions are from Imagic Book 2 : temps perdus
cave canem
lords of the ring
i'll add more as i can
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Song (CO2)
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CHALICE
HABIT
Johanna - Visions Revisited - Part The Last
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TAGGED by LOVE AND DEATH
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SONNET SONATA IN B
A POET A DAY (may offend some writers)
AUTUMN DUET WITH VIRGO POETS
GOGO A GOGO
POETRY CALL
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TAKE AWAY THE NIGHT
IN HER PHOTOS
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A CHILDHOOD RAIN
GALWAY BUSKER
BOIRINS
SUNDAY MORNING REVERIE.........on Time
PAST PRESENT & FUTURE
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FOTOHAIKU #X+1
THE HOUR OF THE WOLF
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN........
STRANDED
Resurrections
EASTER LILY
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LILIES IN DECEMBER
i Am Shrödinger’s Cat
3 POEMS
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(image preview)
GHOSTS
MATTHEW STREET
i MOURN
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phoenix (waiting)
Chaos & Roses
Images from Illusory Landscapes : a tourist's view of an imaginary garden
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bilingual hexagram haiku
Inside A Virtual Reality Cube .............. Tableaux & Variations a la Fin de l'Epoque de Poisson
Paintings & Variations at the End of the Age of Pisces
(preview): Elma's Secret Garden
mindscapes
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images & poetry love is
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Can't Judge a Book....
Crystal Clear
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racoon zen
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the diamond way
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rock jazz world blues r&B/soul reggae c&w classical hiphop/rap electronic space
totally eclectic anything good & challenging....
I have a collection of several thousand cds & vinyl albums...
among the pantheon
-john cage/ elvis(p&c)/chuck berry/little richard/ray charles/james brown/p-funk/bo didley/howlin wolf/slim harpo/sonny boy williamson
..1&2/buddyguy/miles/mingus/monk/mjq/'trane/billevans/di
nahwashington/ladyday/bach/beethoven/bartok/mozart/mahler/st
ravinsky/
varese/glass/johnny cash/hank williams/ferlin husky/bill munroe/joe ely/patsy cline/lucinda williams/kdlaing/bob marley/toots/big youth/beatles/stones/zombies/dining with attila/
fish & linoleum/dylan/leonard cohen/tom waits/hamza el din/khaled/ustad ali akbar khan/gabby pahinui/sonny chillingworth/thomas mpfumo/cole porter/gershwin/soul coughing/beck/blur/supergrass/longpigs/sex pistols/ramones/green day & too many more to ennumerate.
Soundtrack to the Day..........today
Cunts Are Still Running The World Jarvis Cocker jarvis Indie
Antennas To Heaven Godspeed You Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists...
Pipedown Babyshambles Down in Albion Indie
Ticket To Immorality The Dears Gang Of Losers Pop
505 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare Indie Rock
Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies Repo Man Soundtrack
High Blood Pressure Joe Louis Walker Great Guitars Blues
Any Old Time Of Day Stan Getz What The World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Bacharach & David Jazz
Magic Bus The Who Live At Leeds Rock
Dreamworld Midnight Oil Scream In Blue [Live] Alternative & Punk
Bird Calls Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um Jazz
Walk Right Back The Everly Brothers Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers On Warner Bros. 1960-1969 (Disc 1) Rock
Track 18 Les Voix mysteres de bulgarie
Foxy Lady Jimi Hendrix Live At Winterland Rock
Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground The Best Of The Velvet Underground Alternative & Punk
Sonata XII John Cage - John Tilbury Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano Classical
Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf 16 Greatest Hits Rock
Track 12 pulp different class britpop
Oh Lonesome Me Don Gibson Classic Country - 1950-1959 Country
Glass: String Quartet #5 - 3. III Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass Classical
Found A Job Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings And Food Rock
Derelict Beck Odelay Alternative & Punk
autumn leaves rose mundy sing me a little blues
DJangology Django Reinhardt Verve Jazz Masters 38 Jazz
Cito Soleil The Afghan Whigs 1965 Alternative & Punk
I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Anthology Volume I R&B
She Makes Me Feel So Good Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth Country
Still Too Soon To Know Elvis Costello Brutal Youth Pop
Cold, Cold Heart Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits (Disc 1) Country
I Am the Walrus The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Rock
Track 56 Jjblack Inmprov 1
Scenery Bootsy Collins Back In The Day: The Best Of Bootsy R&B
Oboe Concerto C Major, K. 314 (285d) - I. Allegro Aperto Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy, Thomas Crawford, Conductor; Marc Schachman Complete Mozart Wind Concerti: Volume 1 - Woodwind Classical
Kansas City (Take 1) Little Richard Little Richard - The Specialty Sessions (Disc 1) Rock
The Bucket Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak
Ali G - Jungle Is Massive Ali G Ali G Other
Big Girls Don't Cry Four Seasons Oldies Rock
How do You Do It Gerry & the Pacemakers British Invasion Rock Classics
Snafu Louis Armstrong More Greatest Hits Easy Listening
House of the Rising Sun The Animals British Invasion Britsh Invasion
Into The Divine (Live) Lou Reed Perfect Night Live In London Alternative & Punk
Without You (My World Is Lonely) Marvin Gaye The Master 1961-1984 (Disc 2) R&B
Waiting For A Train Jimmie Rodgers The Essential Jimmie Rodgers Country
( Love Is Like A ) Heatwave Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Live Wire!: The Singles 1962 - 1972 R&B
Domeniconci: Sonatina Mexicana: Andante Susan Hoeppner - Rachel Gauk Histoire Du Tango Folk
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding Folk
Peel Me A Grape Diana Krall Love Scenes [Europe] Jazz
Heart With No Companion Leonard Cohen Various Positions Rock
Come On The Verve Urban Hymns Alternative & Punk
Caravan Blur Think Tank Alternative & Punk
Minnie The Moocher Cab Calloway Are You Hep To The Jive? Jazz
Constipation Blues Screamin' Jay Hawkins Alligator Wine - The Best Of Screamin' Jay Hawkins R&B
Tired Of Waiting For You The Kinks Classic Rock
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) Kim Weston Hitsville U.S.A., The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (Disc 2) R&B
The adoration of earth Zubin Mehta Le Sacre du Printemps Classical
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations - 9. Variation 8 Glenn Gould J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations Classical
05 Your Mother Should Know The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Rock
Shake Your Mother's Hand For Me Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers Country
Blue Angel Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison Rock
Awakening in Australia (Réveil en Australie) Zap Mama Sabsylma World
You And Your Friend Dire Straits On The Night (LIVE) Rock
Song Of Sadness Rheostatics Music From The Motion Picture Whale Music Soundtrack
Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy (single version) Manfred Mann Best of Manfred Mann - The Definitive Collection Rock
The Last Time I Saw Richard Joni Mitchell Blue Folk
Con Fuoco (Five Impromptus) Craig Ogden Tippett-The Blue Guitar Classical
J.S. Bach: Suite For Cello Solo #1 In G, BWV 1007 - 1. Prelude Andrés Segovia The Baroque Guitar Classical
Pimpers Paradise Bob Marley & The Wailers Uprising Reggae
Raga Chandranandan Ali Akbar Khan Legacy - 16th-18th Century Music From India World
all genres..the good bad & ugly.....
relatively recent movies enjoyed.....volver/notes on a scandal/keeping mum/death of a president/shottas/borat/the departed/the illusionist/black dahlia/transamerica/broken flowers/hustle & flow/devil's rejects/harry potter & the goblet of fire/the life aquatic/sin city/sean of the dead/layer cake/white noise/batman begins...i see a lot but there are so few really good flicks these days they become a blur
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recent books read : Castle In The Forest-N.Mailer/Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows /The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana-Umberto Eco/Chronicles- Bob Dylan/City Of Falling Angels-John Berendt/Are Men Necessary-Maureen Dowd/Cell-Stephen King/The Historian-Elizabeth Kostova/The World Is Flat-Tom Friedman/Dreamer of Dune(bio of Frank Herbert)/The Traveler-John 12 Hawkes/Collapse-Jared Diamond/Alexander Hamilton(bio)-Ron Chertow/Room Full of Mirrors(new bio of Jimi Hendrix)-Charles Cross
my son Sean,fellow bandmember,brilliant bassist & intellectual in the best sense of the word,who died in our arms. of leukemia,after a 4 year battle with the disease.
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john winston lennon
image "in memoriam : jwl" made Dec8/1980 copyright jjblack