In no specific order:
1. Glen Campbell--RHINESTONE COWBOY (40th Anniversary Reissue)
2. Wilco--STAR WARS
3. Kirsty MacColl--ALL I EVER WANTED: THE ANTHOLOGY
4. The Rolling Stones--MARQUEE CLUB 1971 (CD/Blu-ray/DVD)
5. Leonard Cohen--"Nevermind" from POPULAR PROBLEMS; Season 2 theme song
for TRUE DETECTIVE
6. Giorgio Moroder and Kylie Minogue--"Right Here, Right Now" from DEJA VU
7. Janet Jackson--"No Sleeeep"
8. Beck--"Dreams"
9. Best Coast--"Feelin' OK" from CALIFORNIA DREAM
10. The Kinks--THE ANTHOLOGY 1964-1971 boxset
11. Robin Gibb--SAVED BY THE BELL: THE COLLECTED WORKS 1968-1970 (boxset)
12. Britney Spears/Iggy Azaelea--"Pretty Girls"
13. Madonna--"Ghosttown" from REBEL HEART
14. Tina Turner/David Bowie--"Tonight" (Live) from PRIVATE DANCER 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
15. Leon Bridges--"Coming Home" from COMING HOME
16. Amy Winehouse--"All My Loving" (Beatles cover available on YouTube)
17. Florence + The Machine--"Ship To Wreck"
18. Ben Folds--"Phone In A Pool"
19. Elle King--"Exes and Ohs"
20. Blur--THE MAGIC WHIP
21. Franz Ferdinand/Sparks--FFS
Monday, July 20, 2015
More information about upcoming chapbook ONE VERSION OF THE SKY.
Here are the poems to be included in ONE VERSION OF THE SKY. Some have appeared on this blog and/or Facebook in earlier versions prior to revisions/edits.
1. Prodigal Child
2 Albuquerque
3. Downtown Metropolis
4. Poem of Clubs
5. Texas Rain and its Aftermath
6. Oklahoma
7. If You Don't Like It, Leave
8. You Get So Alone, Indeed
9. Remembering Dallas
10. Charleston
11. RIP Dukes of Hazzard
12. Still Sad
13. No One Moves
14. Splintered
15. Not Quite Reconciled
16. Forgiveness
17. One Small Step
18. The View From 55
Print copies and e-book downloads will both debut in September.
1. Prodigal Child
2 Albuquerque
3. Downtown Metropolis
4. Poem of Clubs
5. Texas Rain and its Aftermath
6. Oklahoma
7. If You Don't Like It, Leave
8. You Get So Alone, Indeed
9. Remembering Dallas
10. Charleston
11. RIP Dukes of Hazzard
12. Still Sad
13. No One Moves
14. Splintered
15. Not Quite Reconciled
16. Forgiveness
17. One Small Step
18. The View From 55
Print copies and e-book downloads will both debut in September.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Public comments on Bill Cosby's alleged sexual assaults or "philandering ."
ATLANTIC Magazine commenters (link to article will be printed at end)
spudwhisperer wrote:
spudwhisperer wrote:
Cosby, once one of America’s most beloved actors and comedians, of sexual misbehavior...".
I notice that the MSM is for some reason now trying to mitigate Cosby's crimes and muddy the waters.
The guy had a modus operandi, according to victims' stories. He invited them to his hotel room or home, gave them a drink laced with some kind of powerful knockout drug, he raped them while unconscious, and when they woke up he was getting them dressed and out the door.
On ABC news yesterday, alternative MSM narrative emerging is that they were trying to paint was that Cosby was having "affairs and doing drugs" and somehow this was detrimental to his wholesome TV image.
They absolutely do not want people to focus on the actual facts, but rather on a much milder narrative.
OrchidLady replied :
They were in at least one case an "extra marital" affair. News agencies have to be cautious as to their wording because he's never been charged with a crime or admitted to one, nor has he lost in civil court. I think they're all trying to step lightly and paint it for what it appears to be, without coming out and calling him a serial rapist "allegedly." This is from today:
Spudwhisperer replied:
Exactly- thank you. "Womanizing".
That's how ABC News is portraying slipping a knock-out drug into somebody's drink and raping them while they are unconscious and possibly in need of medical assistance.
ATLANTIC article "The Ugly Behavior of Bill Cosby" link:
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
What Nicolle Wallace's firing as day-to-day panelist on THE VIEW teaches us.
Headline from the DEADLINE.com site:
Nicolle Wallace Axed As ‘The View’ Regular After Proving Herself Insufficiently Shrill And Kardashian Illiterate
Whether or not one shares Wallace's conservatism (I don't), it's educational about how the morning show THE VIEW programs viewers to accept comic-book Sort-Of-Left/Right confrontationalism about "Hot Topics" ("good television" over thoughtful discussion) and why Elisabeth Hasselbeck proved to be a hit on the show as a Loyal Opposition caricature--which propelled her to the Big Time of Fox News.
Now, Nicolle Wallace can decide whether or not to take a demotion to recurring status.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
HOLLYWOOD POETRY: 2001-2013 Playlist Volume Two.
More music that resonated with me during the 1988-1997 period when I was on the edges of the film/TV business.
1. Down To The Wire--Little Caesar
2. Downtown--Neil Young/Pearl Jam
3. Jeremy--Pearl Jam
4. You Learn--Alanis Morissette
5. Hand In My Pocket--Alanis Morissette
6. Valerie Loves Me--Material Issue
7. Cannonball--The Breeders
8. Serve The Servants--Nirvana
9. All Apologies--Nirvana
10. First Glimmer--Paul Westerberg
11. World Class Fad--Paul Westerberg
12. Black Hole Sun--Soundgarden
13. Ty Cobb--Soundgarden
14. Change Your Mind--Neil Young and Crazy Horse
15. F---in' Up--Neil Young and Crazy Horse
1. Down To The Wire--Little Caesar
2. Downtown--Neil Young/Pearl Jam
3. Jeremy--Pearl Jam
4. You Learn--Alanis Morissette
5. Hand In My Pocket--Alanis Morissette
6. Valerie Loves Me--Material Issue
7. Cannonball--The Breeders
8. Serve The Servants--Nirvana
9. All Apologies--Nirvana
10. First Glimmer--Paul Westerberg
11. World Class Fad--Paul Westerberg
12. Black Hole Sun--Soundgarden
13. Ty Cobb--Soundgarden
14. Change Your Mind--Neil Young and Crazy Horse
15. F---in' Up--Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Fifteen years of self-publishing and pay-to-publish coming to an end.
First, here's an excerpt from a blog post I wrote over five years ago:
Earlier today (March 24th), I picked up copies of my latest chapbook NEVER MET BUKOWSKI from PIP Printing (have done business with them since 2000) at their Sun Valley, CA location.
I'm still a holdout from the period where poets self-published their own chapbooks (either through the former Kinkos or places like PIP) and sold them to each other at readings. This is not a popular avenue anymore, since a lot of local poets would rather have their books published by small presses instead.
There's a lot of erosion-through-change of the local poetry scene since 2000. Once upon a time, there were quite a few more independent bookstores in LA/OC--and, in several cases, the stores would support local poetry and purchase chapbooks that were self-published and non-barcoded.
Now, there are far fewer independents--and some of those stores mimic the conformity of the local scene in only wanting local poets "established" with small press credits (it can't be just any small poetry press, it has to be the "right" press).
And sometimes, even those local poets don't always make it into these local independent stores with "high standards."
In the past few months, I've put a handful of chapbooks onto Amazon to sell as Kindle e-books. Almost no response unless I did free promotions. As coincidence would have it, NEVER MET BUKOWSKI moved the most free copies.
Money was spent to make HOLLYWOOD POETRY: 2001-2013 happen with Xlibris after it was rejected twice over the years by two different small presses.
With regards to the chapbooks I've self-published, 20 GREATEST HITS: 1997-2004 and the original edition of WICHITA FALLS were the best sellers.
I've had some mild success with free e-books via Smashwords (POEMS BELOW THE LINE) and Scribd (CONSPICUOUS PRESUMPTIONS).
And, locally, I had a few pay-to-get-print-copies chapbooks published with Don Kingfisher Campbell's Palabra Productions imprint.
But it's time for me to be realistic, limit further monetary loss and unsold inventory, and stop the (at times, too-prolific) habit of self-publishing books by various means which began in late 2000.
I'm currently working on the final chapbook titled ONE VERSION OF THE SKY. It should be available in print form by September.
Thanks to all the people who have bought copies of my chapbooks/books in person, in stores or online.
And thanks to PIP Printing (particularly former employee Sabine Steinmetz for teaching me about formatting) and Don Campbell for delivering quality product.
Hoping future poems of mine will find acceptance by print/online anthologies.
Earlier today (March 24th), I picked up copies of my latest chapbook NEVER MET BUKOWSKI from PIP Printing (have done business with them since 2000) at their Sun Valley, CA location.
I'm still a holdout from the period where poets self-published their own chapbooks (either through the former Kinkos or places like PIP) and sold them to each other at readings. This is not a popular avenue anymore, since a lot of local poets would rather have their books published by small presses instead.
There's a lot of erosion-through-change of the local poetry scene since 2000. Once upon a time, there were quite a few more independent bookstores in LA/OC--and, in several cases, the stores would support local poetry and purchase chapbooks that were self-published and non-barcoded.
Now, there are far fewer independents--and some of those stores mimic the conformity of the local scene in only wanting local poets "established" with small press credits (it can't be just any small poetry press, it has to be the "right" press).
And sometimes, even those local poets don't always make it into these local independent stores with "high standards."
In the past few months, I've put a handful of chapbooks onto Amazon to sell as Kindle e-books. Almost no response unless I did free promotions. As coincidence would have it, NEVER MET BUKOWSKI moved the most free copies.
Money was spent to make HOLLYWOOD POETRY: 2001-2013 happen with Xlibris after it was rejected twice over the years by two different small presses.
With regards to the chapbooks I've self-published, 20 GREATEST HITS: 1997-2004 and the original edition of WICHITA FALLS were the best sellers.
I've had some mild success with free e-books via Smashwords (POEMS BELOW THE LINE) and Scribd (CONSPICUOUS PRESUMPTIONS).
And, locally, I had a few pay-to-get-print-copies chapbooks published with Don Kingfisher Campbell's Palabra Productions imprint.
But it's time for me to be realistic, limit further monetary loss and unsold inventory, and stop the (at times, too-prolific) habit of self-publishing books by various means which began in late 2000.
I'm currently working on the final chapbook titled ONE VERSION OF THE SKY. It should be available in print form by September.
Thanks to all the people who have bought copies of my chapbooks/books in person, in stores or online.
And thanks to PIP Printing (particularly former employee Sabine Steinmetz for teaching me about formatting) and Don Campbell for delivering quality product.
Hoping future poems of mine will find acceptance by print/online anthologies.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
New poem: POEM WRITTEN AFTER SEEING THE DOCUMENTARY AMY.
before the tattoos
the tabloids
the bad-for-her husband/muse
the record company and management
saying go where we send you
the father bringing his reality show
to the island where she hoped to rest
there was the brash charismatic teenager
who wanted to make music
and get it to an audience
without being a star
which proved to be
an impossibility
the tabloids
the bad-for-her husband/muse
the record company and management
saying go where we send you
the father bringing his reality show
to the island where she hoped to rest
there was the brash charismatic teenager
who wanted to make music
and get it to an audience
without being a star
which proved to be
an impossibility
Thursday, July 2, 2015
New poem: RIP DUKES OF HAZZARD
the South of the 70s
as filmed on the Warner Brothers backlot
with Waylon Jennings narration
and Catherine Bach wearing shorts
plus stockings to satisfy CBS censors
who didn't want America to see her
with bare legs
>
the Good Old Boy myth
with orange car named General Lee
Confederate Battle Flag on top
no one at Warner Brothers and CBS
thinking about the Civil War and what came after
just that the car's flag and name displays
were decorations
like the corporate endorsements
one sees today
on NASCAR drivers
>
Viacom pulls Bo and Luke
and Uncle Jesse and Daisy
and Boss Hogg and Roscoe and Cooter
from basic cable airwaves
while someone at Warner Brothers TV
wonders if it will be worth the cost
to spray CGI orange paint
covering up the flag
and the name of the Confederate general
or to lock the show in a vault or a salt mine
like many other now-toxic artifacts
as filmed on the Warner Brothers backlot
with Waylon Jennings narration
and Catherine Bach wearing shorts
plus stockings to satisfy CBS censors
who didn't want America to see her
with bare legs
>
the Good Old Boy myth
with orange car named General Lee
Confederate Battle Flag on top
no one at Warner Brothers and CBS
thinking about the Civil War and what came after
just that the car's flag and name displays
were decorations
like the corporate endorsements
one sees today
on NASCAR drivers
>
Viacom pulls Bo and Luke
and Uncle Jesse and Daisy
and Boss Hogg and Roscoe and Cooter
from basic cable airwaves
while someone at Warner Brothers TV
wonders if it will be worth the cost
to spray CGI orange paint
covering up the flag
and the name of the Confederate general
or to lock the show in a vault or a salt mine
like many other now-toxic artifacts
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