The Scarlet Market--Let me Repeat, I am on a RAMPAGE! |
I just wrote this last week, and performed it last night at the 'Ella Street Social Club'--formerly the 'Towne Lounge.' It was one of the best performances of my life, and I hate to tell you all, but ... Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 18:18:00 GMT |
Hipsters With BAD Attitudes, BEGONE! Or, I am Really Getting Old Now. |
This is a threat! Tiny's Coffee--your unwashed Frankensteinian Valley Boys are no longer going to have the chance to sneer at me over their beard-druff as they pass me small black cups of ulcer-juice!... Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:10:00 GMT |
The Children's Book Ban: Friends Felled on a Battlefield So Murky With Consequences So Dire |
In the past week, millions of my closest friends have been murdered. Oh, who pray tell am I talking about? I am talking about the BOOKS--the small portable works of art printed before the year 1984---... Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:40:00 GMT |
'WHAT IF' is just a fantasy |
How often do any of us sit in a mire of self-pity or run-of-the-mill angst and say, 'I almost starred in this BBC movie...' 'I almost wrote cutting-edge political commentaries for Rolling Stone Magazi... Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:45:00 GMT |
Are you still alive, or are you just glad to see me? |
Forget about those senses for a moment. I'll will engage the putty-like clam matter behind your viscid fiendish orbs...Following that fanfare I am now reading:R. A. Lafferty. Fourth Mansions, and Does... Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:58:00 GMT |
Authors |
Yes, tomorrow is my birthday, but I am going to give you the gifts!
This will be short but sweet. My favorite books I have been reading recently:
Lolita by Nabokov
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynch... Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:42:00 GMT |
Old Men from the Vague but Pulpy Environs of the East |
I just got back from my annual trip to the East Coast, and I can tell you, Oregon usually seems grim and colorless on my return. I am at home in the deciduous forests on fire in high autumn; the swamp... Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:23:00 GMT |
It IS better to go in a blaze of glory and STICK IT TO THE MAN! |
Do you know what? I did make the right decision. My original 'blaze' was justified. Why get 'sad' about leaving fearful personalities in the first place! It is like watching a bunch of ants trying to ... Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:39:00 GMT |
The End of the Radio Show, The Whole Truth and Nothing But... |
I have to do something about this. I just woke up from Nightmares about it. Nightmares! I have to wonder if this is important enough to give nightmares, but I realize that (speaking of limbs being cut... Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:08:00 GMT |
The Letter that ended the show-- |
Following is the letter I sent to Chris Merrick, the Program Director at KBOO, who had on many occasions previously defended the show. But this time, the gig was up. So I forwarded my letter to HIM to... Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:30:00 GMT |