Hello dear readers (even if you are hypothetical), I am a bad scholar. I am a slacker…Wait…maybe I’m a forward thinking hemi-visionary? NO!! A SLACKER! But perhaps…(shifty eyes direct shifty hands to type in the web page for Dragon Age: Origins) *link not provided because, dammit, they have enough publicity, and i’m not being...
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I called the 800-number to inquire about the signage for sale. Could I purchase the letter K in exchange for a story? No, said the woman on the phone. They were all about to be sold. What kind of person was the buyer? Did he own a Blockbuster? What were his intentions with the...
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“An artist’s duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.” Nick Cave Hello theoretical readers, I’m back after a loooong delay, apologies to those teeming masses of you that were waiting with baited breath,...
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Muhal Richard Abrams is to jazz like Ché Guevera was to revolution. He never stops moving and he never stops imagining and striving towards the impossible. It’s no wonder then that Abrams life work will be celebrated at this years Vision Festival. For the last 15 years the Vision Festival has celebrated jazz greats...
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The train of thought moves recklessly down the tracks. It’s no wonder Einstein used a train to describe his theory of relativity. By the time you get to the point you want to examine, the entire thing has found a new space and the present is no longer what is present. I’ll spend hours...
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Look into his eyes. He often called himself a little dark poet, but what he did with words was not exactly poetry. The theme this week, Pick up the gun, was taken from one of Hicks’ performances. Every time Hicks got on stage, he knew he was picking up the gun, the gun that...
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Earlier this week on April 7 marked the one-year anniversary of a landmark moment: the City of New York announced that it would host the Rainbow Pilgrimage, a year-long celebration of the impact of the LGBT community on the history and culture of the city. Gay and lesbian travelers were urged to consider New York...
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Here in these dawning days of spring, one sometimes gets an itch to wander. Or to unwind reflecting on dark wintry days. So, blues poems for this week. To start things off, Sonia Sanchez, with “Blues”: “in the night in my half hour negro dreams i hear voices knocking at the door i see...
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What I love most about poetry is that it can happen anywhere. José Martí wrote poetry in exile from New York, Paris, Mexico City, and even from the battlefield on which he was killed. And while his oeuvre spans three continents, Cuba is the theme that winds through all of it like a never-ending thread,...
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Everyone likes Jose Martí. It’s taken me a long time to figure out why. You would think it would be easy, growing up in Miami, where you can find Martí tchotchkes, parks, monuments, etc., galore. But the thing is, Cuban exiles in Miami are pretty partisan, and so I couldn’t quite get my head...
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