50 concerts

50 best concerts- makes me realize how much i still need to see.......
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1) Porno for Pyros- 93, SF warfield backstage because a friend knew rock med. Flaming Lips opened.
2. elvis costello-04-just him and steve nieve
3)james first american concert ever-sf outside, then later warfield b.stage
4)rancid/ offspring-91 berkeley coop bought 7inch off of tim a.
5)green day-92? the phoenix in nor cal right when they got signed so the punkers were picketing. Nuisance opened up the show.
6) Primal Scream- 92 i think, Warfield backstage, interviewed them for school paper. Not Bobby though- he wanted to stare at the ground instead. Screamadelica tour.
7) Fishbone-92-backstage, met angelo.
8) midnight oil - Sf 93- bill graham civic. earth and sun and moon tour.
9) Bob Dylan- traded my beany +ten bucks for a ticket @ the sonoma county fairgrounds, 92.
10) nirvana, L7, disposable heroes, breeders. 93 cow palace sf, no words.
11) spritualized @ the palace 97
12) Janes addiction 97 univ. amp. w/ flea goldie opened
13) janes addiction 08 w/ e. avery on bass el cid best show eva remember christine? Ben Levine waited with me in line how many hours?
14) janes addiction 08 echoplex
15) grant lee buffalo @ bimbos sf 98
16) u2 zootv tour oakland coliseum 92 w/ public enemy, sugarcubes
17) bb king concord pavilion 92?
18) bluchunks crazy band from sf 92? phoenix theater
20) eric johnson. hey i was like fourteen. santa rosa. luther burbank center
21) patti smith 96 same place as above.
22) beck, pavement 97 univ. amp.
23) rem, wilco @shoreline 03?
24) the pogues three times the wiltern 07 08 oh my lord.
25) david bowie, macy gray 03? san jose
26) rancid afi the greek, 98
27) Grateful dead 92? oakland coliseum
28) bill graham tribute 91 or 2? csny, dead, robin williams, etc. golden gate
26)free tibet @ golden gate beasties, sm pumpkins. cibo matto
27) Pearljam / sonic youth both shows forum 06 summer
28) rhcp/ flaming lips 03 oakland
29) Joshua Path- 92- the roxy come on alonimers, this one was truly exciting.
30) Devendra Banhart-05-bimbos sf
31) grant lee phillips- several solo shows in 99-00 @ largos
32) 7 seconds- trocadero 98
33) charlatans/ dandy warhols @palace 97
34) supechunk/cornershop chapel hill nc 95
35) commodores @ disneyland i was like 4
36) temptations @ sonoma county fairgrounds i was like ten
37) banyan @ the mint 09
38) hellride ac lounge 09
39) Damien rice great american music hall 04
40) jj72 the olympia dublin ireland fantastically underrated band
41) ozomatli house of blues, 08
42)X house of blues, 99
43)pato banton, house of blues, 09
44) beck, mazzy star, failure, cake, republica, etc. 96 cow palace sf
45)sinead o'connor, 02 vicar st. w/ damien dempsey holy moly intensified
46)u2 pop mart 97 missed rage against the machine cuz i went with yuppies that wanted to hang out first.
47)spaceship martini @ kibitz room 09
48) ric veda @ unknown theater 09
49)killing casanova @ obriens
50) mather louth @ taix

I

always thought it would be cool to be an actor but didn't like the idea of lugging pictures of myself from audition to audition.

I

think the modern music industry is funny. i imagine that many of my favorite artists weren't 'tech savvy.' Can you imagine Tom Waits trying to figure out how to best 'promote' himself? Probably a lot of great artists out there who don't use a computer- my next song i write will be for them. a lot of great music came out of irresponsibility. I think a lot of that great abstractness gets lost with efficiency.

Emerson

It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.
- -- Emerson

changing

Watching and waiting for your bones
to desecrate his name.
Life is like a coin-
you can spend it anyway you like,
but you can only
spend it once.

PERILS OF A BOOKSTORE EDUCATION

blessed be
the bookstores that offer the public
comfy cushioned couches to sit on and read
to our heart's content.
There have been times when i stayed in warehouses
of pleasure such as these from the moment of opening
until closing time
In Bukowski's day the literary guys were at the bar
with their faces falling into their drink
now they're down at borders kneeling in uncomfortable
positions for hours on end.
With a book on their thighs you think i have money
enough to actually spend on buying all of these books?
And there's
no cheaper date then a free book signing, assuming you just go for the lecure.

China Migraine written 2/12/02

Chagrined chesire cat
with fire placed hot heart
i tap the walls to pulse
my thought and stray from the world
of the rational
i sink into the depths to bungy
above them desperately flinging myself
into the outer space, out of time
and space continuum
i still watch & wait
desire and try not to hate
These stale ceilings dare not to
bring me down-
nevertheless..........

han ji dance

han ji dance

What were the words to the song
that you never wrote
but wore them on your heart
as if covered by the white blanket
of grace

how did you know what to show me?
If you hadn't been there
i would have submitted to the gods
on bended knee,
but how to rise again without your guidance?

You showed me a road emblazed in silver
sprinkled in gold star
alight like turquoise locusts
showing us the way toward heaven.

And once again you're too humble
to realize:
i needed you more then you need me.

digitizing my old journals in case i lose them........

maybe the

meteor

maybe the meteor
will wipe us all out
the flood or the fire
there ain't no doubt
maybe the
stars will drop we'll be wondering why
there was no warning
they just fell from the sky
we'd live forever if i had my way
at least we had today

perchance
the planets will just peter out
from all of spinning and weaving around
then we will all look up
at the same time to see
a tidal wave
and a hankering to flea
this is what i'll be thinking as i'm running away, at least we had today

isn't it strange we gotta sa y goodbye?
don't you think it's weird that noone wonders why?

Comatose lyrics

been living in a coma for a long long time

thought i heard you whisper

are you still alive?

Been sleeping with the angels

and the devils too

can't get them out of my head

unless i am with you

drive your spies

in the middle of the night

i'll meet you at the end of the light.

Because i want it and i want it now.

There's snakes in my head

a holy ghost too

i shed my skin just like i'm chaning my shoes

gladly pass this moment onto you if you want me to, if you want me to.

Visit Dolce cafe @ 1440 s. robertson.

Mario's cafe, Dolce, located @ 1440 S. Robertson is suffering from the recession. He is one of the friendliest business owners in L.A. and I do not want his shop closing down! It's not quite a block south of pico/roberton. I want to start a mellow jam night there, maybe bring in musicians- only problem is we can't be too loud or play too late because it's downstairs from residences. I was also thinking of hosting Artists or whatever. Mario is pretty opened to ideas.

Landis Smithers spoke at Sarah Gavigan's U.C.L.A. class.

Sarah Gavigan's class at U.C.L.A. is fantastic. I can't afford it though! I was turned down for the extension scholarship but I'm not giving up. Yesterday Landis Smithers, a commercial director came and spoke to the class. One thing that stuck out in my mind that he talked about was how when he was looking for work out of college when there was a really bad recession. After not hearing back, he decided to send out his resume in large red envelopes with silver calligraphy written on it. He was soon offered many interviews. I guess the key is to key to think outside the box.
He also discussed the importance of visuals for demos, because when has a stack of hundreds of CD that's the first thing that grabs his attention. Anyways, loved the class but probably won't be able to take it...............

Album List

sit in the silence

talk talk talk
all the people talk talk talk
and we just

sit in the silence
moonbeams and violins
waiting upon a star
only takes you so far.

smile lonely soldier
you've got a little
money left over
D-day is coming
so go find somebody
an hour a century
better believe
what you cannot see

wash my face in an empty elevated place
only to
sit in the silence
sing in defiance
rishis and
avatars only take you so far.

inner travel

i used to have such wanderlust
looking for a land that i can trust
till a friend told me
instead of taking to the skies
concentrate on what is going on between your eyes.

learning how to travel by going within and finding the light
is worth even more then a first class flight
it's better then sitting out on a yacht out by the sea
because wherever you are now is where you are meant to be.

Radio Caracas

Whatever happened to Radio Caracas?
venezuelan government told us we better stop
listening to the songs
that told us bout what went wrong
so they put up the network station
told us what we didn't want to hear
hoping looney tunes and pretty woman
would help to vanquish our fear.
you've been walking barefoot all your life
and now they're gonna buy you shoes
you've been walking barefoot all your life
lord knows
we've paid some dues
he's a
genius
and an idiot
just like
me
somebody
tell him
it's the only way to break free.
poetry is the most important
art don't you know that it's the science of my heart?
you can keep your philosophies
took you 20 years to start your life
as you knew it
you knew it and you blew it.

day out with joey the dog.

So for lunch we had some indian food with Brian. Then we walked into beverly hills, and stopped off at the healthy bean. Cody is a really cool cat who works there, from minnesota. Had some of their great coffee and hung out with Joey upstairs, listening to the mellow music of matt costa and others, reading chogyam trungpa. Then we went to the Bodhi Tree to listen to Robert Tennyson Stevens talk about 'conscious language, sacred body language, translations, and bio optic holography. It was very interesting and Joey got passed around to about half a dozen females, which is good because he misses his mommy. Then afterwards he met 4 more as i walked past urth cafe and a lady took a pic. of him and sent it to my facebook. We didn't get home until almost midnight. He took a nice poop near robertson, and i picked it up with a plastic bag and threw it away.
What are we going to do tomorrow?

video revived the internet star.

the new album: wasabi croissants: konichi wa, Rick Rubin.

disengage (featuring Peter Distefano)
Comatose (eno dainou)
Hemingway, Robert Evans, and the bullfighter
One kiss at a time (seppun)
radio caracas
Isn't it strange (vivid valley version)
Isn't it strange (radio tokyo)
rosetta stone (past life pyramid builder's club)
rishis and avatars
Work my way around the world (Galway to Dublin by Pushbike)
Salaam Seraphim (Shibuya)
walk on wires, faxenmacher
grande homme avec no coeur
loco perro, gato bonita
tu es mi luz
sexy waitress- la chatte
i can see the land-auschwitz to cypress
pomegranita cabeza
pomegranita cabeza live at the unurban
wanted and the given, beggars and brides
lavender evening (slumming it at the emirates palace hotel)
drinking cups of coffee at the espionage cafe
todo heros muertos, che.
give gimel
give gimel (gaza)
perdant belle
perdant beau
Hemingway Robert Evans, and the bullfighter
running away, lament of a hitman
running away, lucky day
disengage, rue de rosiers
work my way around the world, galway to dublin by pushbike
spider is an ancient guru
petite parcel
rue de redemption
Inner in schmutz (mingei movement)
Across the Canals (Praha)
Bang and a shout (culver city mama)
Niisan, mon frere vieux
clever girl from melbourne
Salaam Seraphim (Hong Kong)
Quelle heure est-il? (Clarence Hotel)
Beautiful World! (Bethlehem to Chinatown)
Bang and a shout (tel aviv beauty)
Crazy (chitsu version)
Drink eagerly the moment (nyuuken)
Slowly but surely, Sasuke
You're here until the end (projection hors du corps)
Gonna wait right here for you, soba ni.
Neko Rosuto, my black cat is found.
Mr. Leave it to me, the Serious Samurai.
You're gonna be the one, my son (Guetary in Sacre Coeur)
French drinking song. elvis in the latin quarter
Got no reason at all to be unhappy, amadeus in salzurg with electroshock hairdo. (this must be the last song)
Hemingway (utada hikaru)
moonrise over madness st. RIP Zard
dead town
dry spot (for masato shimon)
hannah senesh
happy again medley
Covers:
swing low, sweet chariot
amazing grace
la bamba
caro mio ben
a man you don't meet every day
moscow nights

From Idolization to admiration. New thoughts for a new Music business paradigm.

I have undergone a paradigm shift that is quite a relief. Instead of say, worshipping Mick Jagger, or whoever, I merely admire people now. And I'm talking about people like Derek Sivers, Seth Godin, Tim Ferris. People with ideas. People with tangible, workable plans that you can follow and improve upon their patterns for success. And people who you can actually get in touch with! Like my teacher at UCLA Extension's Practical aspects of the music business, Dina Lapolt, who has got to be the most dynamic Music Lawyer in this city. Or Jordan Berliant, or Steve Winogradsky, some of the people she's had speaking in the class.
See, I fought in my head for years, the whole idea of itunes, of record labels going under. But now I understand that it's a good thing. We can be 'blue collar songwriters.' We can work at our craft and churn out our own art at our own rate. We don't have to be slowed down by slothful record label executives who waste too much money and time. Let's compare some possibilities here. Say I'm one of the few bands who actually 'makes it' and sells, say 500,000 records. First of all, even to get to that point is virtually an impossibility. Anyways, let's say I get to that point. I'm on a major label, my album went gold. So we're getting like a dime back per album- so I got like 50 grand. But then I got to pay them back for all the money spent on recording, whatever, etc. Plus pay the whole band. Well, If I'm putting my CD out by myself, making 10 bucks a pop, I only have to sell 1% of that to make the same amount. And I can just go straight for pleasing my own target market. Instead of wasting my time and energy on trying to kiss everyone's butt! I've finally realized that I'm going to stop giving out CD's to people that don't want to listen to them. I've wasted so much energy giving CD's to people who usually end up probably using them for coasters for their coffee or whatever. Never again. If you want my music you can go get it online and pay for it! I'm going to be releasing plenty of it, so even if each tune sells a fraction of what it would if I were on national radio, it'll still make me something.
So, I consider myself a blue collar songwriter. Say I'm putting out itunes, touring here and there, and making 50 grand a year.
A lot of people would think that's not a lot of money, but I've lived on 5-10 grand a year the last, say, decade and a half. So I can stretch 50 grand a year. That is my goal, because i want to have a family soon. Actually, in my head I was hoping for 100 grand a year by the time I'm 40, in seven years. I do think it's quite possible I'll get some of my songwriting licensed, etc. for music and films. My epiphany I had in class yesterday after listening to Jordan Berliant speak, was that I wanted to master the business end music- then I would be free to continue working on the creative aspect. What a lot of people don't understand,
including a very intelligent young lawyer who I was recently conversing with, is that it IS an artist's job to take care of the Practical aspects of the music business. People think that we the songwriters are just supposed to lay about helplessly waiting for inspiration to strike and then shovel up our art into some waiting millionaire's headphones, and "that guy" is finally going to make all of our dreams come true. Sorry, but it very rarely happens anymore!

The new business music paradigm.

This is dedicated particularly to the struggling musicians out there. The ones that dream of playing and recording their music for a living. It doesn't have to be millions of dollars. In fact, it can be equal to a blue collar wage. But it comes from doing what we love to do best. It's about beating the laziness out of our bones. Ending the pity party, the resentment of others who have more then we do. who's folks sponsor their careers while we work our fingers to the bone. It's about rising up and determining to take our creative future into our own hands. Because we can do it.
The music business, as it stands now has changed so much. It is a sea of limitless possibilities. Yet most stand around waiting for somebody to 'get' us. We don't even realize that we're a sitting duck on top of a golden egg. The more I learn about the new business of music, the less I feel I know. If this is an intellectual gold rush, I feel like I have a speck of dust in my hands. All I need to do is devote more time to realizing the creative possibilities that exist. Don't wait for somebody to discover you! Discover yourself! Record those songs and get them Itunes! Don't wait around for your perfect band to come along! Record them now and collect it, and pay you and yourself alone some royalties! The band will come in time. Just keep going. I have decided to become my own guinea pig. I am the Artist and the business man. And believe it or not they do go together! The misconception I've had for so long was that they didn't!
The song's identity. Something to realize: you have your song. You do not need to name it the obvious name. You can have several different versions of a similar song, and call them different things, market them to different parts of the world.

I always flip back and forth between

thinking I need more education and yet not wanting to waste any more time.

Fell in love with A girl from Melborne.

I was singing her Movers and Shakers, and she was the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen.

I know it's good to think positively

but it just doesn't feel like I'm ever gonna get my next album out! there i said it.

Stone rose.

Last night me, Aron Cowen, and Suzie jammed out a bunch of Hebrew songs. Then me and A. went to the Stone Rose. We met a manager, Linda Singer, and she bought us drinks and doled out music advice to me. Then I talked to a lawyer, Jeffrey Bennett, and some people from Australia, who also bought us drinks and a girl named Vanessa Castro from New York. Linda said if I'm ever in Montreal to try out a restaurant called "Macaroni."

From Lymelife trailer:

you're either chasing something or you're running away from something, me I chase!

poppoppoppop

boomerang, its gonna all come back right to you, just do your thing don't stop to worry bout if they want you

Tooth brush invention.

Travel tooth brush, where the bristles contain a toothpaste powder, so all you need is to wet the brush and you're ready to go.

Ghost pop.

It's music for ghosts. Conjuring spirits, etc.

This music has no potential for hits. It's only for the ghosts.

my new album

Catacomb Dancers

As I walked about in Salzburg in the year 2005, I spied many merry street vendors and musicians. One of the musicians was a man dressed like Mozart who played symphonies by tapping on wineglasses that had varying levels of water in them, each one resembling notes on a musical scale. It had to be the most otherworldly talent I had ever seen. It made me think of ghosts. Was Amadeus's spirit walking the streets? Dancing the streets perhaps? I walked past a giant cathedral to where the ancient catacombs stood and began to dance to the music in my head. I believe that there were spirits dancing with me that day. They were muses who understand that I needed a new song. They begged me to give into Silence. If I listened long enough to the silence, they would give me a song. A few days later, while hiking through the mountains of St. Gilgen, all that I heard were the sound of bells swinging from the necks of cows and rivers washing over the valleys. I came up with a song. This song, Sit in the silence, was the cornerstone of what would be my next album. I decided that 4 years from that time i would release an album, and that song would be on it. Here we are 4 years later. It is time for this song to come and join the living.
The first time I recorded that song, it was with Chris Mayrena, founder of Hyperraje records in December of 2005. It was live, just me on guitar and vox, him on drums. We hit record and we went for it. Honestly, as raw as this song is, it's one of my favorite things I've ever recorded. It's so unproduced, and the song was still in it's early stages, not having yet been flogged to death.
I write a lot of songs, but wanted to reserve the songs for this particular album that spoke to the spirits. The other ones could languish for periods unknown. This batch if for the Catacomb Dancers. Comatose, I wrote and recorded 2 years later. It was to be produced with Michael Vail Blum who has worked with everyone from Suicidal Tendencies to Madonna to Eric Avery. He also produced a song of mine, Maybe the meteor. I also did a version of that song with Jeremy Black on Drums, and produced by Jaime Sol Black. I feel that both versions are so different, and have decided to include both of those on the album. The latter part of the song is about death. The fact that I feel that ,"isn't it strange we gotta say goodbye? Don't you think it's strange that noone wonders why? Isn't it strange?" We should all treat each other better then we do. That's really what I'm talking about. The ghosts get it. Dance along with the Catacomb Dancers! Sleepwalking Angel is another song that Jaime Sol Black produced of mine, and he now plays it in the Dirty Suits! This is a song I wrote in 2001, and has drifted and danced into different versions. Jeremy Black also plays drums on this version.
Disengage is a song of the past. If songs could be ghosts, this would be one. And a very patient one at that. A forgotten song, laid to rest and resurrected by My brother Joey who insisted over and over again that I should record a version of this song that I've written half a life ago. Yes, this song was written in 1993. Way back in the day. It didn't get a proper recording until 16 years later, when Peter Distefano, brilliant guitar player of Porno for Pyros produced it and played some of his magical leads over it as well. Andy Troy of Eric Avery's band Polar Bear laid down some bass tracks. I felt it was appropriate for the spirit of this album.

Catch 22 of the music industry:

"We got into the record industry to give unknown artists a chance, however, we do not accept unsolicited submissions."

Even though life keeps going on, it's never ever exactly the same from moment to moment

hard to say

hard to say what i mean
without sounding crazy.
But theres a
sound in the air
you can hear it
in your
inner ear.
Have to
listen to
the whisper
block out the
shout
have to
shut your
eyes to
really see
what it's
all about.
keep your ear to the ground
for that unstuck sound
keep your ear to the ground
for that unstuck sound
i was 19 years old
it was
a long time
ago.
the ghost of
kabir
was
dancing in the astral snow.
You were playing
with my delicate
I thought I was oh so strong
but I was just blind:
blind!
so now I
keep my ear to the ground
for the infinite sound
keep my eyes

Guitar Research AC60R 2x8" Acoustic Guitar Combo Amplifier

is the perfect amp for me because i can use it as a quasi pa and it's affordable.

Guitar Research AC60R 2x8" Acoustic Guitar Combo Amplifier

is the perfect amp for me because i can use it as a quasi pa and it's affordable.

Jay Rosenthal.

I went to my class at UCLA. It's legal and practical aspects of the music biz. There was a guy speaking named Jay Rosenthal. Basically, the music biz is hard to crack. It's not that I want to throw in the towel, but I need to think of a realistic way to make green. This living on pennies ain't working any more. Somehow I always thought I'd be able to make a living in music.

"People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most."

I don't smoke

weed because I'm about to get my cheese.

Happiness

Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.
- William Bennett

the new industry

maybe the ultimate is something you haven't tried yet.

karaoke last night

at Damon's in glendale w/ suzie and mystery dave. Great time. did mysterious ways, crazy for you, welome to the jungle, ruby tuesday, people are strange and my way.

william trabold voice teacher

must study w/

quotes and monologues

people may not remember what you did or said, but they’ll remember how you made them feel

ikedasays:

The goal is not to eliminate desires, it is what one desires that is important. Earthly desires are enlightenment. The desire for supreme enlightenment, the search for enlightenment, is enlightenment. Satisfaction with one's accomplishments might seem like humility, but to underestimate life's potential is actually great arrogance.

J&M's band practice sheet

Yesterday: first lesson: 2 hours

Today: lesson and first jam/recording: 4hours

album title: sweet treats

macy gray ucla april 1st.

hotwire

A band I want to start inspired by quirky 80's like eddie grant, gogo's pil:
cover 'rise', 'electric avenue,' etc.

want to go

to this:

On March 11, 13, & 16, MI’s Voice Program (VIT) presents a series of special Artist Showcase Performances in MI’s main concert hall. For the past six months, AA Degree students have been selecting and arranging their material and rehearsing with a professional band. Each student will perform five songs to be judged by a panel of MI instructors including Department Head Mike Campbell, Masta Edwards, Carol Rogers, and Tita Hutchison.

This final, open-to-the-public performance is the highlight of these singers' MI experience and a can’t-miss event for fans of extraordinary vocal talent.

When
Wednesday, March 11: 6:00pm
Friday, March 13: 7:00pm
Monday, March 16: 7:00pm

Talked

to a woman from TX last night. She hates it here: says Men don't treat women right here. Is that true?

New album.

Was thinking of titling it 'buy this so i can eat.' but didn't want to play the starving artist card. was also thinking of :

amazing juju
under the radar
disengage
JEREMY FERRICK
songs:
disengage
comatose
maybe the meteor
sit in the silence (SF version)
you'd better move on (cover)
sleepwalking angel
life on mars (cover)
brother older
give!

bwitti

new musique

bats for lashes q tipw. norah jones, bliss

My guitar.

It's Electric, with a Swamp Ash Body, built by John Carruthers in 2005. The front of the neck is made with Madagascar Rosewod, and the Back of the neck is made with Rock Maple. The bridge is hardtail. Dimarzio pick ups have been installed.

Lonn Friend quotes about my music.

Goat's Head era Stones, angry, you're a vocal chameleon my friend. I
love that documentary. Thanks for the listen..xL.

regarding
disengage:

Hearkens early Velvet Underground era in hollow guitar and and haunting vocal. Excellent wordplay in final verse

New Quote

THE WEAK CAN NEVER FORGIVE. FORGIVENESS IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF THE STRONG. MAHATMA GANDHI.

name

for an album: buy this so I can eat.

Have I been passive agressively searching the divine?

Have I been waiting for god to wake me from my slumber? Why has my soul been tired so long? So tired that I feel like I need a sign, something of significance to show me that I'm on the right path. Even when they're right in my face, in fact, the stronger they get, it seems to be the weaker I am in acting. There is evidence of something out there that is just waiting for me to take note.

lucknow

Name for a band.

Holocaust revisionists.

I want this guy who doesn't believe the holocaust happened http://bradleysmithsblog.blogspot.com to meet my grandmother.

In the face of rejection, you must learn to be courageous. It is important to believe in yourself. Be like the sun, which shines on serenely even though not all the heavenly bodies reflect back its life and even though some of its brilliance seems to radiate only into empty space. While those who reject your friendship may sometimes fade out of your life, the more you shine your light, the more brilliant your life will become

The Numan (new human) has no time to argue.

Jeremy Ferrick does not want to waste any more time.

don't give chimps

xanax.

prawo jazdy

don't forget!

The key to life

isn't just working hard: it's working hard at what you love to do.

I've decided to

get in the best shape of my entire life.

Recording with Peter Distefano.

So on Wednesday I went into the studio with Peter Distefano, the guitar player from Porno for Pyros. Half a life ago, in 1993, I saw him perform with the band in San Francisco at the Warfield. Now he's recording me and playing some leads for me as well. I'm very happy with how the song came out but am not posting it yet. We may be doing a whole album, not quite sure yet- just taking it one song at a time, but I'm very happy with it so far. Andy Troy from Eric Avery's band PolarBear contributed bass lines as well. Will keep you posted...........

Money is the new G-D.

I always prided myself on not taking money seriously. Seriously, I've lived on less money in a decade then many live on in a year. I scrimped by like a little mouse eating shards and scraps of cheese that came my way. Living in abandoned hovels digging ditches with a rusty shovel. But now I'd snort money. I'd smoke it, eat, stick it up my arm. Give it to the creditor before they do me harm. If it'll keep the phone from ringing. If it'll keep me off my guard. give me money dirty, money, god. I thought there was more to life then this.
I always wanted to eat healthy and wondered what the rich guy was doing with a big mac. I guess life is unlucky and unfair if you look at things like that. And I want to believe the "secret" but apparently it is this: get a fistful of the green and it'll buy you happiness. It may not buy you love, but it will satisfy your lust. And guarantee your bed to be full from dawn to dusk. I wanted to believe that there was more to life then this, but I finally figured out poverty doesn't buy you happiness.

(archangel) michael, please help me.

new song? we'll see.

Disengage

This is a song I wrote half a life ago.............. chords: E,G#,A,B - Verse BAE- Chorus GAE- Bridge

Disengage
At the point of a plateau's rage
Unencumbered
mountains of heat
Shut down the sage
before it grows into a weed
Before touched incomplete
incompetent, gratified
impotence Over
Stimulation
Alarmed
heightened
sense fiending.
Over
indulgence!
Chorus:
Yellow minutes, television
speed my radiate incision
cut me like an open wound.
Closed beneath the southern
noon.
Atmospheric time bomb lost
feed the apetite at all cost
you're trapped inside of your
lost piece of soul
when there is noone to confide in,
at least I have you,
looking for the truth
You search it through and through.
bridge
nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah
Verse 2
Before growing to maximum potential
realize the disguise, it grows so exponential
anonymous ambiguous and with such great potential
like a flower at a time of blossoming
supple like a baby bear in a brand new reality.
chorus.
bridge.
Verse 3
Blistered Red sunlight heat
mister everything told me
nothing's complete
everything awaits a climax gentle splendor
stretched forever feels my emotions
return engage and surrender.
Chorus chords-
don't believe in coincidence or circumstance
everything is everything, nothing ever happened
by chance
was it a game of good and band
right and wrong
did you challenge your composers
live your life out like a song
See you again, my friend
when the mountains turn to sand.
nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah. Whoa, whoa.

Life is about strategically feeling as much ecstasy as possible.

Interesting quote: the spirit of do it yourself:

"If a young man gets married, starts a family, and spends the rest of his life working at a soul-destroying job, he is held up as an example of virtue and responsibility. The other type of man, living only for himself, working only for himself, doing first one thing and then another simply because he enjoys it and because he has to keep only himself, sleeping where and when he wants, and facing woman when he meets her, on equal terms and not as one of a million slaves, is rejected by society. The free, unshackled man has no place in its midst."

"Nothing unpleasant lasts beyond its essential usefulness" - Wellesley Tudor Pole.

I don't care about my own race I care about justice for all people.

something I just thought of.

"I'd rather be a poor artist then a consumate critic."

ego

your ego extends so far beyond yourself
quit shutting us out you'll end
up in hell

earthquake at the beach.

Rockin
my rollin
soul

ramones like chorus.

skip the day

skip the day
i'm waiting for the night
SONG

I did every single that I could
to help you.
Believe me, I thought you would
but now it's over
these terrible dreams
it suddenly seems
as if there's nothing left.
You've had the priviledge of an education.
You've had the gift of motivation.
Don't you believe I can do something?
If you stick around here you'll see how helpful they can be
they don't necessarily want you to succeed
give a pound of flesh
and they'll watch you bleed
but there are angels wherever you go
before you ask they already know
you found a sign on the ground
they're watching you,
they're all around.

Remedies 4 Hairloss

Hair Loss Remedy: Vitamin Products

Capsaicin. This hair loss vitamin product is concentrated red pepper which is believed to stimulate follicle growth.
Cayenne Pepper. Similar to Capsaicin.Many believe that cayenne pepper, when applied to the scalp in paste form, can remedy hair loss.
Nettle. This particular vitamin hair loss product is made from an extract that is responsible for hair growth in affected areas.
Proanthocyanidin. Collected from pine bark and grape seed, this hair loss vitamin has been referred to as Nature’s Minoxidil.
Pygeum Bark. Preventing and treating male pattern baldness is the specialty of this tree bark extract.
Saw Palmetto. Referred to as natural Propecia, this hair loss vitamin remedy is a product that is derived from a deep red fruit.
Soy Extract. This soy extract hair loss remedy boasts a 30% increase in hair follicles in test studies.

Jeremy is right now

chasing the bitch godess

disengage

disengage
at the point
of the plateau's rage
unencumbered mountains of heat
shut down the sage before it turns into a weed
before touched incomplete, incompetent
gratified impotence
over stimulation alarmed heightened
sense fiending over indulgence
Yellow minutes
television, speed my radiate incision
cut me like an open wound
closed beneath the southern noon
atmospheric timebomb lost
feed the appetite at all cost
you're trapped inside of your
lost piece of soul when there's noone to confide in
at least I have you, seeker of the truth
you seek it through and through.

Postcards from everywhere. by Jeremy Ferrick.

Old as the hills
young as the days.
Impossible
to love
but that's the way it goes, I guess.
Tattoo of a figure eight
You'll what that that means
at a later date
Packed my gear, we're going to war