The Doors

Watched the movie the Doors this morning with Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison. I never really liked Jim Morrison - he was too tough for me, never really seemed like a hippie that was into nature and stuff. I liked his album LA Woman, which was the only one I ever owned. The movie and his life was a nightmare of drugs and alcohol. He had actually developed some kind of psychosis through it all and according to the movie some kind of god complex. What was the whole witchcraft thing? I graduated from high school in '71, so I really missed the sixties thing, but very interesting to see what life was like for Jim Morrison and the Doors. Kinda took away some of my fantasy ideas of his life.

in reference to: The Doors (1991) (view on Google Sidewiki)

Prophet by Carl Dennis

I like this poem Prophet which makes you wonder about the comparison of Jonah to a modern day prophet, which is all too true. The other point was Jonah's dismay that his prophecy of destruction for the city did not occur. Interesting!

in reference to: POETRY MOUNTAIN: Carl Dennis (view on Google Sidewiki)

Poem Friendly by Carl Dennis

I will have to find some more poetry by Carl Dennis. I am impressed with his poem Friendly that was in the Atlantic magazine. I am always looking for a great poet!

in reference to: Friendly - Magazine - The Atlantic (view on Google Sidewiki)

The Silence by T.C. Boyle

I haven't read the whole article, but if all I read was the first paragraph that would be enough!

"What a dragonfly was doing out here in the desert, he couldn’t say. It was a creature of water, a sluggish slime-coated nymph that had metamorphosed into an electric needle of light, designed to hover and dart over pond and ditch in order to feed on the insects that rose from the surface in soft moist clouds. But here it was, as red as blood if blood could shine like metal, hovering in front of his face as if it had come to impart some message. And what would that message be? I am the karmic representative of the insect world, here to tell you that all is well amongst us. Hooray! Jabba-jabba-jabba! For a long while, long after the creature had hurtled away in shearing splinters of radiance, he sat there, legs folded under him in the blaze of 118-degree heat, thinking alternately: This is working, and I am losing my mind.

And this was only the first day." - TC Boyle

That is great writing I am so impressed with the description of the needle-of-light dragonfly!

in reference to: The Silence - Magazine - The Atlantic (view on Google Sidewiki)

Mute Math at the Howlin Wolf

I was at this benefit concert in New Orleans and these guys are great. I love all their music and the concert was great. Howlin Wolf is a small venue so everyone was close to the stage. They have so much energy - this is their slowest song.

in reference to: MUTEMATH - THE FIGHT (view on Google Sidewiki)

Trip to France

This is one of my favorite places in France! Mont Saint-Michel is a beautiful and historic site on the Normandy Beaches.  Click on the picture to the right to see more of our trip.  I have some great photos!