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About Me

Good Day. My name is Oso Simple. Really. I'm a wanderer and wonderer. I live on a little island off the coast of BC where I can walk in the beautiful wilderness and be near lovely bodies of water (including people!). I love writing songs and singing, dancing and generally horsing around. I don't like wearing shoes unless I have to. I am married to my muse: music - it's as important as water to me. It fills me up and keeps me afloat. I have some songs and poetry posted here. Since I am putting together an album right now I'm posting some late-night recordings of a few tunes here as they grow. ... My Layouts Creator

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Member Since: 02/04/2006
Band Website: www.squishybanana.com
Band Members: jus' me
Influences: moonlight, forests, water and laughter... :::...the following artists have found a place in my life and my heart: nick drake, neil young, led zeppelin, U2, mark knopfler, cary shields, jordan beblow, diederik van dijk, beth orton, jenny makepeace, pink floyd, eric clapton, bruce cockburn, david francey, alice in chains, pearl jam, soul coughing, raffi, jon prine, sara mclaughlin, tori amos, fiona apple, be good tanyas, jeff buckley, rage against the machine, smashing pumpkins, jethro tull, kila, finley quaye, the who, hendrix and bob marley. Authors like tom robbins, j.r.r.tolkein, t.s. elliot, douglas adams, barbara kingsolver, sam keen, salman rushdie, terrence mckenna, tom spanbauer, benjamin hoff and lao tzu. ....................................................
Sounds Like: Nick Drake, Neil Young, Iron and Wine, John Prine, Ron Sexsmith, Bruce Cockburn, Brighteyes, Jack Johnson, Damian Rice, Dan Managan...
Record Label: We don't need no stinking record label!

My Blog

Happy Again

I'm happy, even for no reason at all somedays. Ahhh. I have a new home nestled between big old trees and the Pacific Ocean (THANK YOU EA!). I just came inside from a hot bath at 2am from an outdoor tu...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:34:00 GMT

Back To The Mountains (for a bit anyway)

I am just about to put new strings on my guitar, something I do reluctantly every two or three months. I am getting ready to go out to BC for a couple of weeks to visit some lovely friends, some famil...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:14:00 GMT

november passes over me

sometimes one is apt to say they feel like they've been hit by a truck. i feel like i've been crushed, more than struck. november has been like a tractor.the giagantic, heavy, tires have been crawling...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:58:00 GMT

its a rare, rare thing...

i am in love. it's fabulous. i highly reccomend it. i've been on this planet for quite some time and this is a completely new expereince. andréa, I love you. i feel so fortunate to have met you and to...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:03:00 GMT

the rebirth of magic

I wrote this poem after watching the second 'Lord of the Rings' where the giant tree Ents kick the crap out of Isengard and wreak havoc on it's war machinery.---the rebirth of magickali is comingthe d...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:46:00 GMT

How I love watching the snow fall

The silence that falls with the snowIs interrupted onlyBy the crunch, squeak, Of my clumsy footfall.I walk along, Watching with fascinationAs the snow parades out of a dark sky.I remark to myself Just...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:46:00 GMT

Estar

Where do you choose to be impermanent?How do you choose to while away your fear?Do you sometimes increase your burden of obligationsAnd forget the friendship of your heart?Dragging around your house o...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:36:00 GMT

Estar II

Good looks are an obsessionBut really, they are marginalAnd temporary.Every moment you are honing an objectInsideThat shows more strongly, on every levelWhat you are made of, and for.Though invisible ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:28:00 GMT

Loving Uphill

love is a verban actionnot so much a thing asan 'ing'love is not static waiting on the shelf,just like fun is not a thingto be stored or kept.let's say love is a bicycleit is no good hidden in the bas...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:13:00 GMT

my turn to do the dishes

headsinkmy head is a sink,full of dirty dishes.most aren't minesome of them are relics,throwbacks from some pre-historic tupperware partywith petrified bits of god-knows-what-kind-of-extinct-animalstu...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:35:00 GMT