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UrPal

That is the longing, this is the book...

About Me

My name in the real world is Paul. I work. I read. I take an interest in music. I go to quite a lot of gigs. I play guitar a bit, but I'm no Segovia. I think a lot, but not about very much. I have an addictive personality, and smoke more than I should. I am a dreamer and retain a sense of wonder... width="425" height="350" .. .. width="425" height="350" ..

My Interests

Music, books and the stuff of life in between

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with an open mind, an open smile, an open heart (and an open wallet if they're lining up the drinks ;-)).

Music:

The Triffids; The Saints; Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds; Jacques Brel; Leonard Cohen; The Doors; The Velvet Underground; Pixies; Kurt Weill; Hans Eisler; Buddy Holly; Johnny Cash; Roy Orbison; Otis Redding; Serge Gainsbourg; Lou Reed; Jonathan Richman; Buzzcocks; Joy Division; Gang Of Four; Echo & The Bunnymen; The Smiths; REM; Violent Femmes; Sisters Of Mercy; Gun Club; Cramps; Violent Femmes; Hal Willner; John Zorn; Angelo Badalamenti/David Lynch; Michael Nyman; Blackeyed Susans; Dagmar Krause; Tindersticks; Radiohead; David McComb; Dirty Three; Einstürzende Neubauten; Death In Vegas; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; The Kills; Electrelane; Raveonettes; Polyphonic Spree; Blanche; Bright Eyes; Duke Spirit; The National; Willard Grant Conspiracy; The Stream; Conway Savage; Dresden Dolls; Arcade Fire; Calla; Devastations; The Drones; Archie Bronson Outfit; Josh Pearson; Micah P Hinson; Benjy Ferree and a whole lot more besides

Movies:

Wings Of Desire (Himmel Uber Berlin); Come & See (Idi i smotri); Jean De Florette/Manon Des Sources; Dekalog; Burnt By The Sun; Cyrano De Bergerac (Depardieu); Romeo & Juliet (Luhrmann's & Zeffirelli's); The Proposition; Blue Velvet; Apocalypse Now; Doctor Zhivago; It's A Wonderful Life; The Red Balloon; Playing For Time; Schindler's List; Shoah; End Of Empire; Fiddler On The Roof; Breakfast at Tiffanys; American Beauty; Pulp Fiction; Saving Private Ryan; Jaws; Star Wars; Close Encounters Of The Third Kind; Toy Story; Shrek

Television:

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Heroes:

Leonard Cohen; David McComb; Nick Cave; Jim Morrison; Lou Reed; Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels; William Morris; Edward Palmer Thompson; Truman Capote; Norman Mailer; My parents; my Grandpa Jimmy and Grandma Dora.

My Blog

Settlement and Drift

  I am the sand and broken sea set washing at your feet The lone hawk with its wings adrift in the margin of sky's heat I am the barking dog at night That sends your soul to sleep The pounding ...
Posted by UrPal on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:42:00 PST

American Prayer 21C

  May God preserve me From the wild eyed man His tongue at last worked loose Intent on delivering The heat seeking final word
Posted by UrPal on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:28:00 PST

Same old song

Here are a few bits and pieces I wrote a few months ago: My Heart For someone with a respectable vocabulary My heart is shamefully unsophisticated It hangs in the breeze A dishevelled nest, branch cli...
Posted by UrPal on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:03:00 PST

Doggerel

Some bits and pieces lying around on my work PC for a year or two that might as well be sitting around here Doggerel 1 I'm sick as a dog But not as good looking You're sleek as a cat And equ...
Posted by UrPal on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:14:00 PST

Marina

I spoke to my friends in Ukraine shortly before Christmas. Tamara relayed the news that Marina had died. Marina was the wife of Nikolai, my friend Peter's business partner and best friend. Marina...
Posted by UrPal on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:48:00 PST

Spades

Here's a poem I wrote last year:   Spades     A mind massaged in monochrome. Man made spades upended Stretch towards a twisted sun. Silent staring summons a new harvest In cropped langu...
Posted by UrPal on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:41:00 PST