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joshua james

gentle hearts united

About Me

Though just a blade of grass, I will grow the greenest and tallest that I can.
"this is our tree and we're not coming down"

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

kindred folks + hopeful spirits

Books:

currently reading: the letters of john

Heroes:

Music stole my soul, and gave it to the Lord. SOUND TRACK to BEDROOM:idaho, sparkle horse, tobias froberg, thao nguyen, page france, the browns, appleseed cast, silver mount zion, iron and wine, four-tet, the microphones, built to spill, sufjan stevens, anathello, psalters, dosh, cloud cult, the beatles, joanna newsom, mum, prefuse, do make say think, unwed sailor, the decemberists, green tea leaf, bela fleck, minus the bear, rococo rot, benevento russo, robert johnson, lali puna, sound tribe, broken social scene, the books, josh garrels, interpol, animal collective, wilco, jazz mandolin project, radiohead, madlib, words, the dead, the radical face, godspeed you! black emperor, mt. analog, gustov Mahler, boards of canada, the album leaf, notwist, bob dylan, bernstein on vinyl. I like the sounds of the highway, nite’ time. cicadas, book flipping, socket wrenches, type writers, leaf crinkles, most things under the water, tuning orchestrial sounds, pop rocks n' rice crispies, gusts of breeze, furious pencil scribbles.h u s h

My Blog

clock time glass hands girl

Nimblest Lady FingerShes lives in the grandest of clocks,           and sits upon a sprocket. Gazing through the glass, she would love to leave but who ...
Posted by joshua james on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:44:00 PST

listening wall

 If These Walls Had Ears The walls of the venue wore band-aidsThe sounds of mediocre rock n' roll incessantly smash against himNo one ever asked if he enjoyed the music.  Raised...
Posted by joshua james on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:01:00 PST

shoes

They Say You Can Tell A Man By His Shoes.   But I am not sure I would tell them anything.                  &...
Posted by joshua james on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST

tinged

Moments Tinge  Eager and Captivating   Synoptic Quadra Fission   In an instant time combusts into meaning, like a star bursting into a nebulous wreath of shards and dust. Culminatin...
Posted by joshua james on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:15:00 PST

planting violets

    I woke up agrump. But I saw out the curtains that the city was wearing a dress of sunlight, she was silent and still. My pockets still had rocks in them. So I put my fresh old trous...
Posted by joshua james on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:58:00 PST

sounds in my heart

a tattered paper skitches down a road,               desperate.  every fiber resisting the wind.distant trains rolling the tracks. slow....
Posted by joshua james on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:39:00 PST

Come Kindred

    Ravens of the field fly away    Wishes delve as deep as the well     Destiny winds steal my cap    We ly in dirt amidst lunas shade    Come...
Posted by joshua james on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:20:00 PST

slumbering masquerade

      Guitars resting gently         camera takes a nap           sleeping books      &nb...
Posted by joshua james on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:30:00 PST

resonance of soul

Playing the upright outside, im standing, bow from my quiver. eloquent stride. vibrancy and resonance of soul, Playing pc's and moogs on roofs and city swoop low rises. The notes float through the met...
Posted by joshua james on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:07:00 PST

color

 Last night I drempt in colors crayola shant ever think of.
Posted by joshua james on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:25:00 PST