parts of speech

Mr. Murphy

2012-01-07T01:33:00.000-04:00

Billy Murphy

It’s an honor as well a huge responsibility to attempt to commemorate Billy Murphy.

There are many, many people who could rightfully and righteously speak of this great guy.

There are those who:

· Went to Corpus Christi with Billy

· Went to Roman with Billy

· Played football with Billy

· Rented Shore places with Billy

· Worked with Billy

· Knew Billy all of their lives

· Hung out with Billy

· Loved his warmth,

· Enjoyed his hospitality, his hilarity

· Experienced his generosity,

· The thousands who have been touched by Billy,

· AND that’s not even counting the hundreds of thousands who BILLY actually kissed, ON THE LIPS

For all of those innumerable masses, in the interest of time, “Allow me to serve as your humble spokes person.”

In the years ahead, we will continue to tell our Billy Murphy stories because he was one of those rare individuals who actually became a legend in his own time.

I am only one of the thousands who can heartfully say Billy was my friend.

Patty and Bill were my neighbors many years ago, my 3^rd baby had just come along and I was out of work. Billy heard about my situation and made room for me as a relief bartender and Saturday man.

I never had a job that I loved more.

Working for Billy has spoiled me for any other employment for the rest of my life.

I loved him more than any other boss I ever had. That’s saying something since I have been self employed for many years .

I was never the greatest bartender but Billy’s only direction to me EVER was, “ Put some BOOZE in that drink. “

His management style was unique in the annals of American business. His persistent record of success through all of the ups and downs of the economy, must rightfully be attributed to the fact that he put his shoulder to the wheel along with everybody else and worked at it every day. He and Patty were in there scrubbing the place every Sunday.

It’s fitting that he was on his way to work last Thursday morning.

By any measure, Billy’s life is a great American success story.

By what yardstick do you measure success?

· FAMILY: Billy’s family always came first. Patty was the love of his life, and their three wonderful, successful children made Billy pleased and proud every day . Mother Murphy and Marge and Tom were always there for him.

· FAITH: Have you practiced your faith? Billy was a devout Catholic who professed his faith as well as he practiced it. As some of you know he even performed baptisms in his ad hoc sanctuary and inscribed JMJ at the top of the daily menu.

· MATERIAL SUCCESS: How far have you come in your life? Well, let’s just say that the kid from Corpus Christi ended up here in Blue Bell, with some pretty nice stops in Flourtown and Militia Hill along the way.

· ADVERSITY: Have you handled obstacles and adversity? Well, after escaping from a fire with only the shirt on his back, Billy went on to give away enough t-shirts, sweat shirts, sweaters, jackets, pullovers, golf shirts, and windbreakers to cover most of the backs in Philadelphia.

· FRIENDSHIP: Have you maintained your friendships? Through the years Billy always made time to keep up with so many of his old friends. Nothing pleased him more than for one of his old friends to pop into the kitchen while Billy was cooking and pass on some scurrilous gossip.

· WORK: Have you found something useful to do? Billy put his personal stamp on the bar that bears his name and in the grand old tradition of the great Irish publicans the world over. Billy’s bar became an institution, a gathering place, a welcoming retreat, a place to eat, drink, celebrate, and join in the great conversations of the day.

From the very first customer who walked into the bar all those years ago, to the first timer who walked into the place last Wednesday afternoon, Billy made them all feel welcomed and happy that they came.

I feel lucky to have known Billy through the years and though we had grown older, whenever we laughed we grew a little younger. While it’s true you can’t turn back the clock, Billy always knew it could be a whole lot of fun winding it up again.

G.K. Chesterton pointed out that the reason angels could fly was because they took themselves so lightly.

By that measure, the big fella is winging around the streets of heaven this morning… that’ll be a sight for certain, Billy fitted out in a tunic the size of a tepee with his new wings flapping like a spastic 747.

HUBBA HUBBA til we all meet again.

Christmas List

2011-12-06T16:32:00.001-04:00

Nephew and Nieces' actual Christmas List:

My name is Michael Margaret and Joanie
We would like for Christmas
2 Dirt Bikes
Huge Dollhouse
Dsi XL
Nail Polish
A real Dad (for the dollhouse)
Polly Pocket
Toy Cole from INFAMOUS II
Private television
Cup of Joe
Pretty Bike because her bike has no prettiness on it
A pretend Big Foot to climb on (like a gigantic plastic foot)

30 - for Hannah

2011-12-02T00:54:00.003-04:00

30 - moovit

2011-11-23T02:06:00.001-04:00

Update

2011-09-27T13:29:00.002-03:00

I'm looking for more work and I'm seeing someone right now.

She's awesome.

So this isn't a top priority.

Peace bitches.

30 - Summer's Over

2011-09-19T18:56:00.000-03:00

The Lumberman

2011-09-17T12:25:00.001-03:00

30 - I'm Dead Fucking Tired

2011-09-17T01:00:00.001-03:00

That's it.

Panel#1:

Standing

Panel#2:

Knees Bent. Wobble.

Panel#3:

Collapse.

The End.

30 - Almost There

2011-09-14T15:29:00.001-03:00

30 - Finnegan's Wake

2011-09-12T11:00:00.000-03:00

No Comic Today, bitches.

But if you're reading this then come to Finnegan's Wake tonight at 5.

537 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123

We Should be done around 10.

30 - So Tired

2011-09-09T13:00:00.002-03:00

30 - forever alone guy

2011-09-07T13:00:00.001-03:00

30 - My Days

2011-09-05T13:00:00.001-03:00

Knee Deep

2011-09-02T13:00:00.001-03:00

30 - Come on, Irene

2011-08-31T13:00:00.001-03:00

30 - First Day of Production

2011-08-29T13:00:00.000-03:00

30 - Draught

2011-08-26T13:00:00.002-03:00

30 - Moviething

2011-08-24T00:21:00.002-03:00

30 - Optometrist

2011-08-22T13:00:00.001-03:00

30 - Laundry

2011-08-19T13:00:00.002-03:00

30 - Draw Dogs with Your Eyes Closed

2011-08-17T13:00:00.003-03:00

30 - Can you tell me how to get...

2011-08-15T13:00:00.000-03:00

30 - TRY

2011-08-12T13:00:00.001-03:00

30 - Raining Again

2011-08-10T00:26:00.002-03:00

30 - 8/5/2011

2011-08-08T15:00:00.003-03:00

Panel #1

Towers of Quarters stacked like shiny poker chips.

Panel #2

My 5 year old nephew.

Panel #3

A rich Turner-esque watercolor of the Ocean City, N.J. boardwalk at dusk. A row of bright shops, amusement parks and arcades as viewed from seventh street looking down the low horizon at an angle towards 12th street.

I can't tell you the last time I had this much fun.

The boardwalk at night is fun.

But it's even more fun when seen through the eyes of an indefatigable, exuberant, totally cool 5 year old.

We played pinball. Went on rides. Played air hockey. Ski-ball. The best.

30 - Paul in Athens

2011-08-05T21:34:00.003-03:00

Los Comicos avec Niente Comicos, papi? Bien?

Panel 1

Homeboy, looking tired and dejected filled with instant coffee, ennui and cheap whiskey walks past an open air cafe. The atmosphere is warm, inviting and filled with the summer time kiss of fantastic promise and ridiculous possibility. For those who can afford it. He quickens his step to keep the wolves of desire from the door of his heart.

Panel 2

Homeboy compares his blown out Chuck Taylors with Guido Sarducci's patent leather power/money chaussures. Guido and not he will be getting all of the ladies tonight. He barely even remembers them.

Panel 3

Our man averts his gaze from a lovely young couple in a passionate embrace. Oh for fuck's sake. The loneliness twists in his right ventricle like some kind of vengeful hessian's hell-blade. Then He remembers all of the shitty stuff from his last two relationships and feels better. A little.

Panel 4

Homeboy screws his courage to the sticking post as his eyes find a reprieve from the garden of earthly Olde City Delights when they resolve, restfully on a vacant lot replete with overgrown flora and detritus. "Christ" he says with a sigh. He then buys a can at Mulberry Market and meets Sean for beer.

30 - Randy Pepper Cock

2011-08-03T21:15:00.004-03:00

Oh ho, ho, ho Dear Readers.

It is yet another installment of "L'Opposite des Comiques Sans Mot Justes!"

All Right werds. No Drerrings.

Imagine if you will Gentle Reader a tired song that keeps playing on a tired radio. Imagine if you will that I won't tell no one your name.

Now Imagine Matthew Sweet.

Ploughing ahead.

In the first panel we read see a picture of Pikachu.

In the second panel we see a picture of Some stupid ass Yu-Gi-Oh shit.

you get the idea...

3rd panel: a Picture of Optimus Prime.

4th panel: a Go-Bot.

(You may at this point, make your own analogues, dear readers)

5th Panel: Our hero is in the aisles of a drab utilitarian supermarchet; little man holds two jars of peanut butter and asks our guy

"What's the difference?"

Our hero replies

"No difference: same shit different cans."

30 - 'Tito Crunch

2011-08-01T17:46:00.004-03:00

I don't have any drerring implements today and maybe, for the rest of this week, for reasons I can't get into. So instead I'm going to describe, using only the power of words, a 3 panel strip that you can reconstruct and view in your mind, dear reader.

Panel 1.

A half eaten, semi-pulverized bag of lime-zest Tostitos.

Panel 2.

A 2 year old jar of Skippy Peanut Butter.

Panel 3.

I'm sitting at the kitchen table with a plastic fork in a bowl of Peanut Butter and crushed up lime-zest Tostitos. I'm enjoying these tangy, peanutty shards of joy when Sean walks in and asks me what I'm eating. I reply "'Tito Crunch."

30 - Gracias Por Todo

2011-07-29T00:00:00.005-03:00

30 - O What Men Dare Do...

2011-07-27T01:16:00.000-03:00

30 - Not With a Bang...

2011-07-25T00:11:00.001-03:00

30 - Ghosts of '91

2011-07-21T20:30:00.002-03:00

30 - Learn to Learn

2011-07-20T01:44:00.001-03:00

30 - In One Word.

2011-07-18T00:06:00.002-03:00

Sweetgrass

2011-07-17T00:16:00.001-03:00

An unsentimental elegy to the American West, “Sweetgrass” follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana’s breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.

The Website

30 - Always Greener

2011-07-14T20:44:00.002-03:00

30 - Profitable

2011-07-13T15:08:00.001-03:00

30 - Employee of the Month

2011-07-11T03:13:00.003-03:00

30 - the last men

2011-07-08T01:40:00.000-03:00

30 - Malaise

2011-07-06T00:09:00.002-03:00

30 - Independents' day

2011-07-04T01:40:00.002-03:00

30 - Audi Alteram Partem

2011-06-30T23:14:00.001-03:00

30 - Salad Days

2011-06-29T00:32:00.002-03:00

30

2011-06-26T20:43:00.002-03:00

Sunday in Receipts

2011-06-26T20:00:00.002-03:00

Tee's Golf Center

Medium Bucket 6.00$

14:59 6/26/11

ACME # 07731

S.O.S. Pads 2.49$

Scotch Brite Spnge 1.69$

18:42 6/26/11

30

2011-06-24T00:58:00.000-03:00

A note on the Comics.

2011-06-22T02:42:00.002-03:00

None of the characters are meant to blah, blah, blah, go fuck yourselves.

Click on the image of the comic to enlarge and read, Geniuses.

30

2011-06-22T02:12:00.000-03:00

30

2011-06-20T21:34:00.001-03:00

Everybody Dies

2011-06-20T18:03:00.001-03:00

This game is the shit.

PM me and we'll nuke each other.

30

2011-06-17T21:10:00.001-03:00

I'm turning 30 tomorrow.

I googled this phenomenon of turning 30 and found this shit.

It's the vertical pedal on the right, ladies.

Looking forward to it.

I wouldn't do my twenties again for any amount of money.

July 1914

2011-05-23T20:40:00.000-03:00

or August 1939.

Forever Alone Bunny

2011-04-24T13:36:00.000-03:00

Cash 4 Gold

2011-02-27T20:41:00.001-04:00

My Dinner with Andre

2010-12-18T21:37:00.000-04:00

ANDRE: Okay! Yes! We're bored! We're all bored now! But has it ever occurred to you, Wally, that the process that creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating, unconscious form of brain-washing, created by a world totalitarian government based on money? And that all of this is much more dangerous than one thinks? And it's not just a question of individual survival, Wally, but that somebody who's bored is asleep, and somebody who's asleep will not say "no"? See, I keep meeting these people, I mean, uh, just a few days ago I met this man whom I greatly admire, he's a Swedish physicist, Gustav Björnstrand? And he told me that he no longer watches television, he doesn't read newspapers and he doesn't read magazines. He's completely cut them out of his life, because he really does feel that we're living in some kind of Orwellian nightmare now, and that everything that you hear now contributes to turning you into a robot!

You see, actually, for two or three years now Chiquita and I have had this very unpleasant feeling that we really should get out. No, we really should feel like Jews in Germany in the late thirties? Get out of here! Of course, the problem is where to go, 'cause it seems quite obvious that the whole world is going in the same direction. You see, I think it's quite possible that the nineteen-sixties represented the last burst of the human being before he was extinguished. And that this is the beginning of the rest of the future now, and that from now on there'll simply be all these robots walking around, feeling nothing, thinking nothing. And there'll be nobody left almost to remind them that there once was a species called a human being, with feelings and thoughts. And that history and memory are right now being erased, and soon nobody will really remember that life existed on the planet!

Al Gore and Tiger Woods Exchange Pleasantries in a Club

2010-12-16T23:32:00.000-04:00

Time Fcuk

2010-12-16T19:10:00.000-04:00

He's watching you right now.

Corporation Inc.

2010-12-14T13:22:00.000-04:00

Build an office. Hire Staff. Dream Big.

GFW Radio Archive

2010-12-13T14:09:00.000-04:00

97.5 the Brodeo. In all of its brodiosity.

Here.

Ray Ardent, Science Ninja

2010-12-13T14:08:00.000-04:00

He'll science the shit out of you.

The Whiskey Nerd Manifesto by Shawn Elliot

2010-12-05T16:17:00.000-04:00

The bottom of my computer desk feels like braille to the finger--a cave ceiling, stalactites and such, but all boogers.

I stick em there while waiting for maps to load and while watching cutscenes, so blame the game, not the player.

I swish my legs through Taco Bell wrappers, leg high, and some stick to my soles like toilet tissue on a shoe.

I suppose I have myself to blame for that, however, hygiene's never been my strong suit.

There's not a dish in sight, though, and that being because while I can ratatou a ratatouille and souffle a souffle like nobody's business—all with limp-wristed Wiimote gestures--I can't actually cook.

I take out and order in.

Damn it, I need a USB powered hot pocket heater. Slash-pizza ain't a punchline, it's a lifeline.

Throw me a chicken bone here, as long as there's meat left on it. And don't go feedin' em to the dog: they splinter and the sharp ends hurt something fierce on the outbound and damn it, I don't need the howling in the background as I talk to buddies in Teamspeak.

In the future scientists will prove my Zboard made me 16.2 percent faster. It's luxury it's lightning it's been signed by Fatality. In pizza grease no less. Problem is its a Guild Wars Zboard brand Zboard so when I press the cast spell key I throw a grenade or hit a handbrake or throw a Hail Mary pass or make some other hot shit move that isn't casting a spell.

And I type on it, I'm typing this on it. And I know that when I press “items” then “mini map” then “skills” it comes out F T W and that way the message board champions know I'm a message board champion, too. I script whole words to single keystrokes. I hit “call target” and it comes out “confirmed”. With those four keys alone I can pretty much contribute to any conversation you can have. That is unless you're a lady.

If your FPS screenname is Princess PMS you better believe I'm asking A S L (no hot key makes me hotter). I might not know you but I already love you. Let me buy you nachos bel grande, baby. Or better yet, a 7 layer crunchwrap supreme and baja blast. We'll attack it from either end until our mouths meet in the middle like Lady and the Tramp only remade for today's brandscape. Living the good life of El Presidente. Make it mild or hot or fire, no matter to me. We'll lay in the wrappers and make snow angels maybe.

Just don't look up at the bottom of my computer desk.

Touch the Bad

2010-11-20T14:05:00.000-04:00

Here's a nifty game on the [adult swim] website called Haunt the House.

It's fun, try it.

And I have to admit that I'm looking forward to this.

wut wut.

lastly, check out my new favorite artist "4 Poundz"

I can be your email, you can be my ice cream girl.

Half Baked Mess

2010-09-11T22:46:00.000-03:00

sup. these are songs that aren't really songs. i guess in theological terms you could say it's a coincidence of opposites.

they're really rough, the quality is bad, most of them don't have lyrics, and they tend to repeat.

I'm working on putting some new shit, some better shit together, in the meantime here's some plain old shit.

this is really a half baked mess.

Me and Mario

2010-09-11T19:58:00.000-03:00

Get ready for a show about an idiot college student and a magical dragon.

Seriously.

Me and Mario

Jesus + Death Metal

2010-08-10T15:57:00.000-03:00

Slayer Goes to Church

vNES

2010-08-07T18:23:00.000-03:00

Hey Guys, know that I haven't posted much this summer, sorry. I've gotten some emails about the Podcasts and, I'm sorry to say, it is finished for the time being, I had one that was finished called "PA Roads & Highways" but my MAC crashed yo - if you want all six you can email me and I can get you a CD hard copy which you can burn, share, enjoy, whatever. In the meantime if your PC or Mac has Java and you're as interested in classic video games as I am then you can go here and play them for free online. All the NES classics baby.

Markets of Britain

2010-08-03T16:31:00.000-03:00

Watch this.

Trust me.

Little Wheel

2010-07-28T19:13:00.000-03:00

Another super cool indie game.

great art direction, takes about 5 minutes.

Coma

2010-07-20T18:25:00.000-03:00

check out this charming little indie game here.

Oh and I'm writing a book called "The Piss-Wild Horses of Madness"

Vote for my Bro.

2010-07-16T18:28:00.000-03:00

John is travelling cross country. He won some sort of a contest with Sears. Anyway - go this website and vote for him.

Vote Here

Pods of Speech #7: Philadelphia Theater

2010-05-11T14:51:00.000-03:00

Pods of Speech #7: Philadelphia Theater

This week I talk with actress Grace Gonglewski and Actor/Radio Host Chris Morse about the Philadelphia Theater scene.

Grace will be appearing at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival this summer.

Chris hosts REP Radio.

More information about Rep Radio can be found at www.repradio.org

Pods of Speech #6: Comic Books

2010-05-02T13:24:00.000-03:00

Pods of Speech #6: Comic Books

This week we take a look at the uniquely american literary tradition known as comic books.

I discuss the history of Comic Books and speak with Anthony Casaldi of Comics and More in the Plymouth Meeting Mall and Eric Loyack of Brave New Worlds in Willow Grove.

More information about Brave New Worlds and Comics and More can be found at:

http://www.kingofprussia.com/comicsandmore/

and

http://bravenewworldscomics.com/

Pods of Speech #5: Poetry

2010-04-26T10:54:00.000-03:00

Pods of Speech #5: Poetry

This week we talk to some poets and authors about the aesthetic literary art known as Poetry.

I talk to some members of the RLPA or The Roxborough Lyric Poetry Association.

You can find out more about the RLPA here.

Pods of Speech #4: "Guitars & Guitarists"

2010-04-20T13:49:00.000-03:00

Pods of Speech #4: "Guitars & Guitarists"

This week we talk about Guitars with the Guitarists that play them. We also ask the question "What is it about the Guitar that fascinates us so much?" For more information about the bands and people that are featured on this episode, just follow the links below.

Dan Kelly

www.myspace.com/thetelluriccurrents

Surgeon

SurgeonMusic.com

Dan McGlaughlin

www.myspace.com/danmcglaughlin

podsofspeech@gmail.com

Pods of Speech #3 - "Video Games"

2010-04-13T10:44:00.001-03:00

Pods of Speech #3 - "Video Games"

This week we take a look at some old school games with some old friends.

It's all here.

Pods of Speech #3 - "Video Games" Discography

2010-04-12T10:52:00.000-03:00

ARTIST - ALBUM

Brad Smith/Pink Floyd - Moon 8

Carl Sagan's Ghost - At The End of It All

Cornbeast - Chip Hero

Da Chip - The music of Daft Punk revisted on vintage Game Systems

glomag - Roland and Lamprey

IAYD - SuperGalactic

minusbaby - Left

pornophonique - 8-bit lagerfeuer

Receptors - USER Deluxe

Simon Curtis - 8Bit Heart

Super Barrio Bros. - Super Barrio Bros.

Western Homes - Are Empty

8 Bit Weapon - Reset Generation Soundtrack

8bM - Nintendo Remixes

All albums are available for free at Synthtopia and 8bitpeoples

Happy Listening.

Sleep is Death

2010-04-06T17:37:00.000-03:00

Buy this game now.

Pods of Speech #2 - "Philosophy"

2010-04-05T13:21:00.000-03:00

Pods of Speech #2 - "Philosophy"

This week we ask the question: What is Philosophy and Why does it Matter?

This program includes special guest interviews, including an extended segment with authors and researchers Paul and Phillip Collins.

The Collins brothers are the authors of "The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship"

The book is available at Amazon.com

Radical Empiricism. Anthropocentric Soteriology. Sociopolitical Utopianism.

It's all here.

in my, but

2010-04-04T20:47:00.000-03:00

for fun:

take any movie title.

add the phrase "in my butt"

switch, repeat.

for example:

Grease in my butt.

Jaws in my butt.

Psycho in my butt.

Shaft in my butt.

Wonderland in my butt.

HEAT in my butt.

Always in my butt.

email me some good ones:

podsofspeech@gmail.com

Pods of Speech #1

2010-03-29T15:38:00.000-03:00

New Pods of Speech is here.

Subscribe in iTunes or log in to Podomatic.

This Week:

Mike and Dan.

Rambling in a Van.

Ex-Girlfriends.

The Lumberman.

Memories.

Storytime.

Conspiracy theory.

Old bars & New bars.

Comic books and Witch Hunts.

In response to your emails

2010-03-25T15:59:00.000-03:00

yes, Gcast is done.

no, I haven't posted anything on Podbean or Podomatic yet.

no, the old Podcasts aren't available anymore, I don't know what happened to them.

yes, I do plan on posting things in the near future.

check back on Monday March 29th.

I'm really trying to have it ready by then, the run time is already over an hour and a half.

i went to california

2010-03-24T12:00:00.000-03:00

Pods of Speech, Star Wars Fans.

2010-02-27T17:35:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone, I hope that you've been doing well since the start of 2010.

How about all of this snow.

If you live in the Philadelphia region then you know what the fuck I'm talking about. You know the beginning of Empire Strikes Back when the Rebels are on the ice planet Hoth and Luke's Tauntaun gets killed by that ice monster and Han and Leia and C-3PO and R2-D2 are in the hangar and growing increasingly worried because Luke is missing and C-3PO says "R2 says that the chances of survival are 725 to 1" because it's so cold outside. It's been like that here.

Moving on.

I found a new podcast hosting site here

and as soon as I figure it out, I'll be posting again.

I'm thinking about a new format too.

anyway.

Talk to you soon.

Indy City

2010-02-19T13:48:00.000-04:00

Snuggle up to the fire with some free Indy Games.

Plants vs. Zombies

It's like undead flora and fauna crack.

Spelunky!

8-Bit Indiana Jones

VVVVVV

Explore Deep Space. Save your crew. Defy Gravity. Collect unemployment.

Tetraform

Use the mouse, blah blah blah.

Canabalt

Press X or C to begin your daring escape.

Captain Forever

Designation: Nemesis. Captain: Forever.

Every Day the Same Dream

Baudrillard, eat your heart out.

Robot Unicorn Attack

"Always I want to be with you. And Make Believe with you."

Cave Story, or Doukutsu Monogatari

if you haven't played this you suck

REDDER

welcome to Mars, collect your crystals

Infectonator World Dominator

come to the international house of horrors!

Windhawk

shoot stuff

Hippolyta

her father is Ares, she has a magical girdle and she apparently rides a horse

Desktop Dungeons

also know as your cubicle, wokka wokka.

Fish Face

you are a fish, you have a face

Robot Wants Kitty

every robots dream, sorry Phil Dick, it's not electric sheep.

Pods of Speech No.28

2010-01-14T13:26:00.001-04:00

Pods of Speech No.28

Pods of Speech No.27 Substitute

2010-01-09T17:33:00.000-04:00

A Life Well Wasted.

Pods of Speech No.26 Substitute.

2010-01-05T00:08:00.000-04:00

Stop bitchin' with all of the emails.

I lost my voice when I was screaming like a shithead in North Carolina.

Listen to this instead.

This guy is much smarter than me.

Peter Kreeft: Identity.

10 Poems in 10 Minutes.

2010-01-04T18:01:00.000-04:00

DreamSong #46 (Driving home from North Carolina)

the road is chewed up like a #2 pencil that that girl from gradeschool with pigtails always had in her mouth.

the sound of passing Peterbilts and tires turns my thoughts into the color of sleet and I start thinking about the Sherlock Holmes trailer from the T.V. at the bar the night before.

Why is he bare-chested bare knuckle boxing?

King Henry VIII fought the ninjas at the Battle of Waterloo and married Jamie Lee Curtis.

There's something sad about things.

That Girl with pigtails was always so nervous.

Bottles

i was told once that beer bottles have colored glass because direct sunlight would ruin the beer.

sounds like bullshit.

like losing weight while you sleep, or the Roswell alien treaty, the Mayan long-count calender, alligators in the sewer

- seeing things through a colored bottle.

Miller High Life is in a clear bottle, maybe that's why it tastes like piss.

Hat Music

I'm naming my album "Hat Music"

It doesn't exist. There's no such thing. It doesn't remind you of anything.

You ask for more details, you say things like

"Is the hat playing the music? Like in a band of other hats?" or

"Are you playing songs and singing to your hat? It's so fucking stupid, it's the stupidest title I have ever heard."

It's the stupidest title and now you're pretty sure I'm the stupidest person ever.

I say "Ok"

Good, now we can stop talking.

Barack Obama

i don't know where he stands on things.

and i don't care.

i like how he doesn't wear a tie all of the time. at the podium, grinning like the charming fucker that he is.

i read that he smokes sometimes too.

"Where's the President?"

"He's catching a smoke."

"Cool."

I'm gonna go see if I can bum one.

Poem #5

Let's get real.

Did Wordsworth try to write something pretty? I bet he did. That's what he was trying for.

He didn't write about pissing his name in cursive on the wall and raising his fist in the air, cackling like a madman "Wordsworth will feel your blood on his hands tonight!"

Nope.

He wrote a few lines about something else.

And the words are as nice as a snootfull from a potpourri basket.

They make a satisfying snap like the buttons on a starter jacket.

I had a Chicago Bulls starter jacket that only had buttons.

The wind would whistle in through the slits and slap my chest like a cold willow switch.

A Dream I had on New Year's Eve

There are three temples.

Each with their own light.

The first temple has bright light but you will die if you stand in this temple.

This temple is for no one.

People go in and die.

The second temple has the right light but you must stand at a certain angle.

You really can't lean forwards or backwards, you'll get plunged into darkness and it's very hard to get your bearings back.

You can however live your whole life in this temple.

The thirds temple has all of the light.

People go in and out all the time.

Look at the stainedglass.

Buy souvenirs.

My friend said to me "Dan, I'm not selling out, I'm buying in." I didn't quite know how he felt about what he just said so I said "Nice, man. I never heard it put quite like that...Do you want another beer?"

He did.

I don't know HOW

my older brothers have houses, families, and things like that.

I've cracked under laundry.

The Christmas tree came down today. I guess that means it's game time.

My Answer to Tinturn Abbey

I peed my name in cursive in the snow on the blue ridge mountains. It was my mountain.

The wind snapped my bare hands like a cold willow switch.

I sat in the halo of my computer screen and flickering light would cast small amber phantasms on the wall through the prism of a colored beer bottle.

I made my words dance like a drunk in a tux and white gyms socks on a shiny dance floor at somebody's wedding.

I sang songs to my hat and old starter jacket.

I ran out of smokes while watching youtube videos of the president.

I thumbed through old literary anthologies and started to feel sorry for myself.

Depression would creep in through the slits because I didn't have a zipper.

New Years Asheville

2010-01-02T11:53:00.000-04:00

What's up guys?!
Happy New Years blah blah blah.

I'm in Asheville right now, and I've got an 11 hour drive in front of me.

We went to see Larry Keel and Natural Bridge at the Grey Eagle again.
It was pretty sweet.
John met a Sarah Lawrence graduate.
I talked to an old smelly hippy.
Good times were had.
I lost my voice.

In the meantime check this out.

I can't believe it's been a year.

In 2010 I'm gonna do a fucking handplant on the edge of the goddamn grand canyon people.

Oh, and we won 10 bucks in quizzo last night. Here's the question that took us from 7th place to 2nd place.

Q: Can you put the following Kurt Russell films in chronological order, in terms of release date.

Tango and Cash
Stargate
Tombstone
3000 Miles to Graceland

Good Luck!

Murray Christmas

2009-12-25T20:01:00.001-04:00

Pods of Speech No.25

2009-12-23T17:21:00.000-04:00

Pods of Speech No.25

Stuff I'm getting into

2009-12-22T03:48:00.000-04:00

Every day the same Dream.

Someone has to kick the Mickey Mouse out of our heads.

Brad Pitt: God Substitute

Culture Wars

Canabalt

Writing Songs

Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No

#24

2009-12-19T00:26:00.000-04:00

#24

Pods of Speech No.23

2009-12-05T21:52:00.001-04:00

Numero Twenty Three

Two Stone Fist.

2009-12-01T01:28:00.000-04:00

For those of you who are interested in the music from the podcast, I'm putting together an album from all of the assorted crap that I've accumulated over the past couple of months. There are alot of ideas, and very few whole songs - so it's gonna take a while, but rest assured I'm working on it.

I'm calling the album "Two Stone Fist"

That should link through to the myspace page where you can find some rough cuts of some of the songs you might have heard before.

Pods of Speech No.22

2009-11-28T00:31:00.000-04:00

Pods of Speech No.22

Thanksgiving Day.

2009-11-27T18:14:00.001-04:00

Pods of Speech No.21

2009-11-23T12:14:00.000-04:00

Podcast #21

Pods of Speech No.20

2009-11-14T18:35:00.000-04:00

Pods of Speech No.20

The City

2009-11-11T05:50:00.000-04:00

The City

this was a bridging sequence that didn't make the final cut. I like this b-roll of philly though, and I think this riff sounds like a riff The Edge might play. The delay is set at 6/10th of a second.