Edwin Starr (sp?) died yesterday at age 61, of a heart attack, according to Amy Goodman. He was most famous for the song “War”, which Yahoo quoted yesterday in explaining the sudden rally of the stock markets…
RIP Edwin Starr.
A poem from the late 80s by me, read it on my website with groovy graphics if you want.
three for the seesaw
Crumpling the faces
who live in the folds
they
dare gaze
Wood grain
determines a
structure don’t
depend on the
fixative in my
tears. Said the
pitiable but
sympathetic
eponymous hero.
(I want the eye
of the public to
see)
Two simultaneous
time lines, each
in a different
country, it’s
pointed up like
the rain, but
we’re all lazy
now: dishes
boxes husbands
grey cool sky
messages tricky
raining out
saying “we shall
be released”
CIA soviets
siren on down to
the juke box,
pick out some
jingles and
seppuku. Put
them in prism
where they’ll
have time to
refract.
By *concrete*
he meant the LCD
display that
kept yelling
Silliman Watten
Hejinian. A curd
sat beside her and
she spotted with
mold.
(I want the eyes
of the public disease)
Anthony comes
home, drinks a
beer. Claire
calls to say
“I’ve been
putting names in
my writing” Ben
says we’re
desperate, we
put our friends’
names in, we
recognize
something.
(I want the eyes of
the puppet to see)
Better than the
deliberate rectangles
Herbert Hoover
pretended, or
the reverse type
manifestoes, a hill
of blueberries
threatening to
collapse on those
who dare climb
it, meaning
the sexual threat
of just leaving
the house.
(I want the eyes of
the poppet disease)
Your name may be
death’s head,
well, mine’s
made up.
(I want the eyes
of the puppy to
seal)
a: confusion is artifice. wipe off that paint.
b: I did and saw bland shapes (I ached to be beheld)
An out-of-context [!] quote from an interview with Ron Silliman on Sandra Simonds’ blog:
I never have had an “abstain”-oriented approach to policies, whether political or market oriented. I’ll leave that to those who think wearing a black turtleneck is a political position.
It may not be a political position, but it sure can be a magnet for bohemian chicks. I go WILD for a man in a black turtleneck. If he has a goatee and…and… and a pendant, so much the better. When Gary dons such paraphernalia, believe me, abstaining is the last thing on my mind, especially in regards to… how shall I say, “domestic policy.”
OK, I’m ‘fessing up. I have a warlock fetish.
I’m sure everyone and their sister will post this bit from the latest New Yorker’s article on the Kurdish reponse to the US invasion, but here it is anyway:
It is virtually impossible to find anyone in Kurdistan who is opposed to the war against Saddam’s regime. People on street corners ask for american flags or photographs of George Bush; the appreciation of the United States extends to the intellectual class. sherko Bekas, who was described to me as Kurdistan’s unofficial poet laureate, was particularly upset by the well-publicized efforts of American poets to stop the war. “Saddam is the god of war,” Bekas said, when I saw him at his office at a publishing firn in Sulaimaniya. “He is the killer of poetry.” He went on, “I say to thse poets that if they lived for two weeks under Saddam’s rule they would write verse in reverse. They would write poems asking Bush to attack Saddam sooner.”
As they used to say in Japan, “So many men, so many minds.”
Jordan, when was I proscriptive about the blog form? I’ve said what I like, but I’ve never been proscriptive. And by the way I don’t think it’s fair that your book has been reviewed in Rain Taxi (although, congratulations!) and NOT ONE of mine has despite gentle prods at the Rain Taxi editorial staff from my manager Gary Sullivan. That’s OK, literary establishment, erase me, see if I care. Then I can be unearthed by graduate students 100 years hence — as a “feminist discovery” — and they can lament all the anthologies I was never included in. Not that any of this matters in the least. (sniffing)
Or maybe it’s just that I’ve never had a sense of myself as a “public” writer.
Exhibitionist, but not public.
Maybe that’s why I’m so unpopular.
I think I’ve lost any sense of this – this lilypad, I mean — being public.
Why I am So Obnoxious or A Real Generational Agon
Here is an excerpt from my mother’s Hypnotherapy Newsletter, which she sends out as a mass e-mail. If you are curious, have a look at her website, replete with lotuses and Kwan Yins:
There is a powerful planetary transformation taking place, which is ultimately opening us to greater and more expanded dimensions of understanding. No matter what your persuasion, you can attune to the vibration of compassion, as exemplifed by such great ones as Quan Yin, Mary, Mother Teresa, and other awakened beings.
When we look at events in our world from a spiritual perspective, we can see that great lessons are being learned, karma is being played out, and transformation is taking place on the deepest levels. We feel our deepest emotional responses and take any actions we feel called to take, and we can also move into compassion for all beings who are suffering. We are being shifted and moved; a metamorphosis is taking place. Everything is an opportunity.
As one downhome philosopher once said, “Things have a way of working themselves out.”
As always, we pray for the peace and open- heartedness of all beings on earth.
You see, people, what I have to contend with? The use of the passive voice in the excerpt above is enough to make me retch.
Don’t misunderstand me. I love her, and she’s a very nice woman who helps a lot of people in need… but I can’t deal with this sort of lingo-ideology.
Funny. The obnoxious section I excised from yesterday’s rant is on David Hess’ blog. Quelle medium this is!
WHY AMERICA SUCKS
Why America Sucks. Corporate Pigs.
It’s not going to work anymore. …
(made possible by Loquacious)
america sucks dick! america sucks dick!
Bank of America Sucks Ass
anger management is a punch in the face
Corporate America Sucks!! … I work at a desk
and no one sees me all day! Once again for the record…
“Corporate America Sucks!!”. grrrr. I like big butts
and I can not Lie Corporate America Sucks!!.
Actually … America Sucks The United States of America
is currently engaged in an illegal war against Iraq. America
SUCKS – Anarchy dirtworld/ community/sucks/ Corporate America sucks
no play this game so I can get a few cents.
due to the rules and regulations we’re not actually allowed
to say that america sucks.
Can’t Stand Being With You ANTI-SYSTEM:
No Laughing Matter. Spank! Youth Culture
SIX FLAGS AMERICA SUCKS! America Survives …
Missing People Spit on America! America sucks shit!!!!! …
RE: Spit on America! America sucks shit!!!!!
Funny, Satirical and Nerdy America Sucks
America Sucks (pudding) America Sucks Cock
biggoat Poodle Destroyka Punk Vitaminepillen
FIGHT THE STATE NOT ITS WARS!!
Chase Bank Sucks. Circuit City Lawsuit.
Coke Spotlight. Corporate America Sucks.
Discover Card Sucks. E-toys Sucks.
FedExGroundBeef.com. Home Depot Sucks.
I Hate Ikea. … America Sucks By: Mr. Fucko.
It’s never made … a bitch. America sucks,
and I’m not afraid to say that I am ashamed to be
an American. I … america aka “the land of the free”
isnt all that it seems. … death by ignorace. Comments:
America sucks. America can rot for all i care. Japan can shine.
India is good, america sucks, but still, job opportunity
is more important to me than culture and family,
even though those are the most important things in …
YAWHO???! HOT OFF THE PRESSES FROM
CHUNGASPANKS GAYASS COCK- AMERICA SUCKS!
(Associated Mess). MORE AMERICA SUCKS!! Hi America sucks,
I’m George W. Bush, the president of the United States.
You can call me Dubya. … assholes … In the parlance of our time,
Geek America ‘sucks’ geek america sucks. steve, hamster lover. brent,
last action hero. melissa, where is my home? word, and you can’t tell
people to rise up and slice the monarch’s head off–
but you can talk about how much America sucks …
America Sucks! … “God Bless America” Sucks on Many Levels.
After the Destruction Comes More Evil. … … i wish i was gay.
you are all halfway retarded, sheep, just pieces of the system.
america sucks. children rule, most adults suck. i hate everyone.
