Category: Commentary
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‘O Mare E Tu
An older piece, but still one of my favorites, performed by Dulce Pontes and Andrea Bocelli https://youtu.be/gGyeuCEAyWU?si=kdc2uqr6IyPDPiXy ‘O mare e tuby Dulce Pontes / Ignacio Ballesteros / Vincenzo Gragnaniello Feel in usSentir em nós Feel in usSentir em nós One reasonUma razão So that we won’t be alonePara não ficarmos sós And in that strong…
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21st Century TV Zeitgeist
21st Century TV Zeitgeist Light-emitting diode screens colorful images with sound that screamsor lulls the passionately roving thumb and remotethat quite blinds, hour upon wasted hour,or just footage of someone’s cat and its imaginary crown. Quickly, spit out this hopefully humorous vision of yourself, or our collective selves,before it becomes our only view –too late.…
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Barcelona
Barcelonaby Ed Sheeran Well get up up on the dancefloor tonightI’ve got two left feet and a bottle of red wineMaking me feel like the beat and the basslineAre in my blood, both hands upon her waistlineGet on up baby dance to the rhythm of the musicDon’t care what the DJ choosesGet lost in the…
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Stream of Consciousness
Stream of Consciousness Here, there, everywhere, and nowhere – in my mind –and out, I’m thinking, dreaming, scheming – and learning to enrage everyone, perhaps even myself. I am not going to proceed with this because I’m not goingto deal in negatives – especially about myself.I leave that nitpicky shit to everyone else! I will…
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The Kent State Massacre – A Memoir Memory
4 Dead in Ohio – The Kent State Massacre The Ohio National Guard had killed four students at Kent State on May 4th ‘70. LC3 (the community college I was attending at the time) organized an assembly in the school’s outdoor mall area to discuss the event. I was on the stage as one of…
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Anniversary of the Kent State Massacre
Anniversary of the May 4, 1970 Kent State Massacre —Four Dead in Ohio— And they’re at it again, all over this country, governors, university admins, and cynical politicians are calling in police and national guards to arrest protestors and put down demonstrations, which are our civil rights, guaranteed by our constitution. There are laws currently…
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Down Under
Down Under by Men at Work Travelling in a fried-out KombiOn a hippie trail, head full of zombieI met a strange lady, she made me nervousShe took me in and gave me breakfastAnd she said: “Do you come from a land down underWhere women glow and men plunderCan’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunderYou…
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April’s Last Morning on the Loop Tucson
April’s Last Morning on the Loop Tucson horizon to horizon, a cerulean domenot a cloud in the skySol’s long, warm morning rayscast another perfect day a slight breeze bobs the heavyOleander blossoms up and downside to side on their long green stemsarching toward the ground all around Silverbell Lake is placid and stillfishermen snoozing in…
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Feeling the Need for a Little Magic
The Color of Musical Magic Spells Strumming colors into woven spells,intricate patterns of color,where pulling a single threadunravels the whole illusion. Chords, where each note vibrates in its ownhue, making physical structures in the air,floating on the soothing, smooth,intricate work of musical magic. Close your eyes and drift along.Hear the colors building the spell.Open your…
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After the Gold Rush
After the Gold Rushby Neil Young Well, I dreamed I saw the knightsIn armor comingSaying something about a queenThere were peasants singing andDrummers drummingAnd the archer split the tree There was a fanfare blowingTo the sunThat was floating on the breezeLook at Mother Nature on the runIn the 1970sLook at Mother Nature on the runIn…
CynOp 