a sad day

RIP Greg Lake #KingCrimson #ELP https://t.co/UI9uWZCxw2 pic.twitter.com/QgrJL6AOTm

— Brian Eno (@dark_shark) December 8, 2016

I knew Greg, met him on a tour, and he introduced me to his carrot juice machine - that was my first time - didn't like carrot juice then but I did like him A LOT. We went to buy him some serious winter gloves somewhere in Duluth, MN and he took me to dinner. I got to stand on the stage and underneath the stage, too. I wish I'd had more time with him. He was gorgeous and talented. Now I'm sad.

What is the Shortest Poem?

IllumiBowl Toilet Night Light

I think this WILL be good for me... BOOM + stocking stuffer, anyone?

judy judy judy

Judy, Judy, Judy

Judy, Judy, Judy... Judy Konos is the one I mean
Not the famous Cary Grant quote, he uttered on the screen
In “Only Angels Have Wings”
His famous quote still rings
But Judy Konos is the one who makes my old heart sing


© Jack Ellison 2015

Lizz Wright - Get Together

Narwhal Song!

“Weapon of Mass Instruction"

Bob Eckstein, “Weapon of Mass Instruction, Argentina,” a mobile bookstore tank (courtesy the artist)

Kevin Brown

His wonderful blog

wednesday word: patti

Patti Smith on How She Writes a Song

Patti::: Because I had so much responsibility to others. If I was writing lyrics to someone’s music, I had responsibility to that musician. I had to project beyond myself and beyond my world out into the greater world. Allen Ginsberg told me, “If you have trouble writing, just write what you mean.” [Laughs] And that’s a good lesson when you’re trying to write a song.

READ 

From More Songwriters on Songwriting by Paul Zollo. Available from Da Capo Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC.

 

MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE IN PUBLIC PRANK (On Strangers)

I'm ready! BOOM!

that assh*le

As if John Wayne had a brain... BOOM

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bumper cars? Monster car accident decembre 5th 2016 Montreal, Canada

Poet Leonard Cohen

We're very inspired by Folkways Records’ 1957 collection Six Montreal Poets, an album whose collectibility has grown over the years... along with Canadian Leonard Cohen’s fame. 
As poet, novelist and most influentially as a late-starting singer-songwriter, Montreal’s most celebrated son left an indelible mark on the past five-plus decades. 

Rest in Peace, dear soul... OBIT

Tuesday Terrific Thought

Read about Vine Deloria, who was a genius HERE

dedicated to Vine - and it's on Amazon and in book stores (i was co-editor)... BOOM

In an interview with Deloria at the Library of Congress at the 2002 National Book Festival, he opened his talk with a story about giving expert witness testimony. He said the U.S. attorney questioning Deloria said that he knew Indians were called Indians because Columbus was seeking India when he stumbled on North America.

“Yeah,” Deloria shot back, “We’ve always been happy he wasn’t looking for Turkey.”