redub76
Gingerband7

if its all

if its all
a gamble
if its all
a game
i'll throw
my money
on the line
i will not
play it safe
if you got no reason
to remember my name
comes down
to treason
only me
left to
blame
yeah i've got a martyr complex
because i'm really not that high
and even though this life is killing me
I never want to die
if its all
a business
than let me just cash out
and find
something more
worthwhile
to make my
life about
what made my dreams so empty
to chase them down in greed
bloodlust hate and envy
is there ever such a need
if it's all a gamble
if it's all a game
i roll the dice
and take the blame

cuzco poncho and golden pants

she got green makeup on so perfectly
like a film with madonna
in the 80's
he's got the golden pants
and doc martens
a tattoo on his arm
of a rose garden
how many photos are you gonna take
now it's a movie not a picture

think of
all the money that we could make
she don't care about that kind
of thing at all

she can't hear the music
but she's having a ball
anyways

and i'm
amazed.

they're on
the bus
and it's
getting dark
gonna go see a band
down
in echo park
we can't
hear a thing
but we can dance
can barely see
but lets take a
chance
what do you do she say
to make all these boys just go away
do they know i can't hear a single word they say
we'll laugh about it later
with the misfits and the skaters
whAt does it matter
if we're having fun
she's got a poncho think she bought it down in cuzco
where the water runs wild through
her
lover's hair.

shes got a
a tattoo
of the
mountain
that they
hiked
across and
a beautiful
necklace
that she
almost lost

Her
attitude is that
it doesn't matter what it costs
they beat their chests and laugh / hands like hammers/ lips are clasped across a dozen dreams
from long
ago

Pleasure

I don't really feel that life is all about pleasure or "having a good time." Real art comes from suffering and work, not from partying and pouring champagne. Everybody wants to "party like a rock star." Where does that really lead to?

be. nice

don't hate on my friend
she's having a hard time
we don't follow trends
depression is not a crime

yin and yang
pleasure and pain
nobody does things
exactly the same

my thumbprint is a hypocrite
looks like yours
with a dagger in it
i love too much if i love at all
i guess that i'm not hip

don't hate on my friend
because he's doing time
this isn't the end
weed shouldn't be a crime

don't throw
the baby out with the bathwater
you say
you gotta
judge
but why
bother

ragecage

put down your cellphone
No texting please
Look in my eyes
so i can feel your disease
What are you rebelling against
What do you
Got?
What do you want to be
When you grow up
Whatever
You’re not
Kings of complaceny
Queen of the pout
Lets kick out the jams
Or get
The fuck out
Your boredom
Is boring me
Your apathy
Kills
You’re trying
To watch tv
I’m looking
For thrills

Them girls

The girls on beverly drive
are so high maintenance
but it makes me feel so alive
and (!) confident
she's such a pretty girl
don't make it obvious
you gotta let her know
it ain't serious

sweet sugar for my rotting teeth amen!
Be like an eagle flying into the rain, again
sweet sugar for my rotting teeth ahem
she's like a beetle swimming into the drain again

did he come on to you
already bored you
(to tears)
I could make
la la love
to you
for oh
about 100
years
leave him baby, come along with me
i'm gonna show you how to break free
he read every book on pickup
he's a real slick man
a real life
showboat
flash in the
pan
sweet sugar for my rotting teeth, ahem
be like an eagle coming out from the rain again
sweet sugar for my rotting teeth, again
unique like everyone else gainst the grain

bridge
if you're dancing at the club don't stay on the floor if you're looking for love
jump and down and swing from the pipes grab the first one you see on a saturday night
swinging like a monkey in the broad daylight

Bridge

4 SNAPSHOTS
lax to cdg there's a bike waiting for me i don't know how far i go pedal till ireachsnow

Where'd you go Danny KnighT?

I remember meeting you
in san pedro 99
@ sacred grounds
you answered an add of mine
looking for a bassist
looking for drums
we were almost in a band
and we did become friends and
we partied at your house
met a lot of folks
long beach
do you remember
or am i just a ghost
a year later you visited me
in waimea town
the big island
with your surfboard
waipio bound
then i saw you 8 years later
you came to one of my shows
it's been 4 years since then
and heaven only knows

Muy Loco

broken hearts
black eyes
don't you know it happens
all the time
so sit down
calm your bones
realize you're not alone
i can't help but seeing what you mean
i didn't fit into the scene
if you'd help me move along
figure out where we belong
muy loco
in la cabeza
un pequito
crazy
please help me get it right
i do not want to get it wrong
been playing at this game for much too long
must be a scheme a recipe just waiting to explode
help me find myself today i'm feeling kind of old
muy loco
en la cabeza
un pequito
crazy
thank you thank you
for the treats
and the love of yesterday
now i won't look at the future
with disregard and dismay
who else looks forward to
getting older getting grey
getting full of the wisdom
comes along with decay

pity the humble bureaucrat

I PITY THE HUMBLE BUROCRAT
white collared workers suffer too
How would you feel to have at work at
What you don’t want to
Their parents told them hurry up and get a job
We don’t want our son to be a poor slob
Go to school and get a degree
In something
Doesn’t matter if it sets you free
I don’t have a problem with education
But when you’re 18
Maybe you should take a vacation
Figure out what you really want to do
Don’t always listen to what they tell you to do
I pity the humble burocrat
Unless they’re happy doing what they do
But i sincerely doubt that
A life not filled with meaning
Is really no life at all
You can be rich and have nothing
Or be bohemian
And 10 ft
Tall

Believe

Takes a lot of belief
to believe in nothing
give me your hand
I'll show you something
we're all on our way
to the a great big party in the sky

we may be crawling on the ground
but we will not
bat our eye.

prechorus

why's your body want to tell me
exactly what is on your mind
why's your eyes light up when i see you
seein' the sign

seein' the signs

I believe in you, angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
So won't you sing along?

I believe in you, angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
so won't you sing along?

You were there when I had
nothing but my heart
to give
You took it
baby, paid me back in spades
if me and you could live together forever
maybe we'd finally have it made

prechorus
you are so much more than kind
you forever read my mind
surprised
your eyes light up
when I see you
seein' the signs

I believe in you, angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
so won't you sing along?

I believe in you , angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
so won't you sing along?

Critics

So, I don't really like critics that much. But that doesn't mean I can't learn from them. A friend of mine attached a link of my music on her facebook wall and one of her "friends" said I have a great future in moving highway cones.
I am not a perfectionist. I don't wait until my material is shiny, polished, and waxed up in a professional studio. In fact I can't count on one hand the amount of times I've actually paid to record in one. Mainly because, I spend what little I have money on things like eating and riding the bus. If you don't like that, don't listen to my music! I tend to just listen to what I like, ignore what I don't, unless it's a personal attack on me.

heidi girl

haven't met you yet in the flesh but i've known you for years
you're beautiful you're kind and so sincere
and when i talk to you, you soothe my fears
oh, oh my Heidi girl!
u love to listen u love to dance to the music
we like the same bands
and she is a muse yeah
she lives in cleveland ohio
haven't been there yet but i want to go go
she so classic with a heart of gold gold
everybody loves her like they love a song
yeah you feel you've known her all along
she's my heidi heidi heidi heidi girl
and she belongs in my world
she's my heidi heidi heidi girl oh yeah!

Re duB

Re`dub´ (rė`dŭb´)
v. t. 1. To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.
It shall be good that you redub that negligence.
- Wyatt.
God shall give power to redub it with some like requital to the French.
- Grafton.
2. To dub again.

snapshots

cobblestone ancient alleyways
and the sun kisses a cafe
you will know you can find me there
after i've had too much of here

and i take these snapshots.....

Bashar:

"The momentum of the universe is slightly bending towards the positive, and that is the urge you feel to be in alignment with love"- Bashar

shotgun jane

shotgun jane
is a bartender
named after a song
she said write another one about me

stood by you

I stood by you for a long long time
too bad you didn't make it worth it
now i must get back the years gone by
the ones that the locusts have eaten
you call me names you should be calling yourself
i will not be defeated

praying to forgive
so i can move on and live
because you're not worth my time
you can't seem to rememeber what i can't forget
how i wasted every dime
thats to your lack of gratitude
i've developed quite and attitude
it's your fault that from now on
i will take longer to get to know

all the fires i p'ut out and the years filled with doubt
i should have listened to my heart.
sometimes when you're counting on your intellect
Is when you're not smart
you're a useless eater i should have known
just like all the rest with your contradictions

and thats when
you're at
your best

repressed nobility

REPRESSED NOBILITY IS A TERM I DESIGNATE TO MY BRETHREN THAT SECRETLY OR NOT SO SECRETLY BELIEVE, IN A RIGHTEOUS MANNER, THAT THEY DESERVE A MORE GRACIOUS BOUNTY THAN LIFE HAS OFFERED THEM. THOSE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD HIGHER EDUCATION AND DID NOT WANT TO GO INTO DEBT GETTING IT. THOSE WHO GOT IT AND STILL FOUND IT DIDN’T SATISFY THE NEEDS OF A SEVERE JOB MARKET.
Some of these people have gone to live off the grid. Unable to be force fed the nightmares of the american dream, which tells you that if you work hard you can have whatever you like. That you can keep what you earned for you and yours.

passionrap

i'd walk to timbuktu for you
down the ether with a honeysuckle rose for two
proclaim my love in a waterfall lake to you
sleep on the ground or a straw hut built for 2
go river rafting
down the sunkissed
shores for you
touch himalaya with my pinkie and kiss it for you
hitchike to mexico
tell the angels when to go
sleep in a hammock in the desert
get a tan
in the snow

today's the day

today's the day
the day i said
she took my my pain away
you're still in the picture
gonna have to find a way
right now baby i ain't got a place to stay
no time to waste.
TRIED to wait
devils
chasing tails atleast gods in the
jails today
sun moon so sorry
but get get get away i've
got cause to go on anyway
yeah, work makes free
that's what you told us in another century
and 1 and 1 and 1 and 1 make 3
we did what you told us but where's our self
esteem
we did what you told us but now we're libertine.
you may hate me
but i've got cause to on anyway
hands in my pocket
gonna have to find a way
take your clothes off and waste the day away with me

so much more then decent

you are so much more then decent
above and beyond what words could ever say
and i don't meant to sound supermental
but some they say i'm a bit sentimental

he is a better man then me
that's hard to say
but honesty
sets you free

i'm trying to learn what for you comes naturally
my shortcomings are my own fault karmically

you are so much more then decent
harder then stones and shaper then glass
if i ain't great you gonna kick my ass
you picked me up when i was about to fall-
everyone should have someone like you to call

treasures without a map

i need a heart that matches
up with mine
i am not looking to turn
water into wine
i'm looking
for the place that should be here when i get back
i'm looking for the treasure without a map
i've done many things wrong and some good things too
with these righteous deeds as rags and my love for you
I will hug the cactus
long enough
for a comeback
and someday find the treasure without a map
you were then when i had nothing but my heart to offer
you took that baby and you gave it back in spades
if me and you could live forever together
we would finally have it made
for thos who say
"you can't do that"
tell them you're digging
for
treasure
without a map
And that
others before you have done the same thing
and if you'd just hold tight and trust i will give you everything.

Natalie said

natalie said
i don't know if he still loves me
you shouldn't place noone above me
don't you know what's good?
and then she said
we're going to the beach right now
meditate on waves,
show me what i should do
she's unafraid to speak her mind
i tell her to quit pressing rewind
She said she knows but isn't always that easy
and i should let you know that she also loves to tease me
natalie said
we should just be friends
and i said of course, but then again, or course, that depends.
let's go pick up coco sometime in the afternoon
maybe by then you'll have changed your tune
and we'd be somewhere else by now
maybe we can drive out to las osos for the day
and even take a hike around the rock on morro bay
natalie said
i know there's something more
and i don't even know what i've been waiting for
you know what they say about the closed door
to look away-
But i got a feeling it will be ok
natalie said
it will be ok

snapshots

Inishmore you're so fine to me
waipio you're my destiny
Dharamsala mountain luxury
nighttrain to skopje but a memory

and i keep these snapshots in my mind
on a camera noone can find
and when i want to dissapear
i zap myself to over there

Cobblestone
streets, and the alleyways
sun water lake kiss an old cafe
An island, you will mind me there
when i have had enough of here

Fish Murals

Written on Waikiki Beach December//2011 sea eneneme why are you hiding beneath a rock? and black prickly porcupine fish why do you behave like a beautiful girl who doesn't want to know my name i love ms. punk rock fish with her yellow and black striped mohawk she's too cool to eat and nyc mural art fish with your turquois purple orange green eminence when i am under water with snorkel/ mask i fee like a new man i want to know what the green moss on the rock protects and what the smiling electric eel who blinks slyly at me as I swim by is thinking these beautiful creatures in their own community, what do they communicate to each other?

I'm trying really hard to change my life.

That whole adage of doing the same thing just gets the same results, I fully agree. That is why I'm trying some new things. My relationship with money must change! I currently have .02 cents in the bank account! I am constantly in a state of worry over my finances. All the dreams I want to accomplish can not even be worked on in this state. And I've figured out the bandaid approach doesn't work, like somebody lending me some money. I need to figure out a way to have money rolling in. Because music is my profession of choice, for now I must work. I have decided I want to work in the health food industry. Hopefully I can get a job somewhere like Cafe gratitude.

some places i've worked

A few places i've worked. the gov., hilton waikaloa hawaii, united airlines@LAX, skywest airlines,state farm auto insurance, bob dylan's coffee shop, metro cab, eurotaxi, dolce cafe, papa's taverna, outrigger waikaloa, raleigh whole foods, salsa fresh, domino's pizza,optimum health institute, central casting (extra), explore talent,starbucks, holiday fair, juice stand on promenade, book store in ireland, superbalife, intl visa and passport of beverly hills, health food store near lax, health food store in venice, radio shack in san francisco and santa rosa, bike messenger in ireland, security at marin general hospital, security at shopping center in sonoma county,tons of temp jobs for nelson staffing, manpower in honolulu,Production Assistant on a horror film at LucasFilm, now time to be a musician!

some places i've worked

A few places i've worked. the gov., hilton waikaloa hawaii, united airlines@LAX, skywest airlines,state farm auto insurance, bob dylan's coffee shop, metro cab, eurotaxi, dolce cafe, papa's taverna, outrigger waikaloa, raleigh whole foods, salsa fresh, domino's pizza,optimum health institute, central casting (extra), explore talent,starbucks, holiday fair, juice stand on promenade, book store in ireland, superbalife, intl visa and passport of beverly hills, health food store near lax, health food store in venice, radio shack in san francisco and santa rosa, bike messenger in ireland, security at marin general hospital, security at shopping center in sonoma county,tons of temp jobs for nelson staffing, manpower in honolulu, now time to be a musician!

I've been making myself go to bed ontime for the first time in years.

So I heard about this guy Dan Mcdonald:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFsBM-PkT5M
He has this video on his youtube page about the importance of sleep, and particularly making yourself go to bed at 10 p.m. to get that circadian slice of pie at about 1030- midnight where we recharge the most. I've been finding myself awake at 2, wanting to bounce up but knowing if I get up I'm not going back to sleep. Today by 6 I was bouncing off the walls. Getting up early has never been easy for me. But I'm on a mission!!

Tom Waits on the bus

Tom Waits was NOT on the bus. But the guy sitting behind me on the 704 sounded like a guy he'd play in the movies. Some lines:
"I won an exacta at the horseraces, came in two to one. It's better then the slots they fleece you at the slots." and
"Why I'd take him into the ocean and make the sharks eat em for what he done."
and
"you can stay at them hotels but DON'T play them slots."

Pesach Weekend.

I had a nice weekend! Friday night was a big Passover dinner at my aunt and uncle's house. My mom and dad flew in from Santa Rosa, cousin Elana Bell and her husband Jai came in from NYC. Also attending were my friends Suzie, Marshaune, and Nadine France Ellman. Also, Elana's awesome friend Pamela Samuelson, an extremely intelligent and talented aerialist and all around renaissance woman. Elana read some of her poems from her new book Eyes, Stones- http://www.poets.org/sponsor-book-profile.php/prmSponsorID/198/prmBookID/1229
Nadine played two songs from her new album, "Sailor on the highway", and "Funny love". I accompanied her on guitar and then played 3 of my songs.
The next night was a smaller dinner at my aunt and uncle's with mainly just the family. The next day, Sunday, I went with my parents and aunt and uncle to a french restaurant in playa del rey, then to the melrose/ fairfax flea market to see my cousin mike's Crystal/ rock sales set up. I bought a few pieces for my collection. Then we went to a jam at Eli Lester's house. After that, we all went to Destini cafe in Playa del Rey then I went with my cousins to Pamela's place in Echo park- I wished i was more hungry because the food was so delicious- i did eat a little bit, but had to give my stomach a rest. We played music, it was a great night.
Today, i woke up and made my way back home via a few buses. The #3 was extremely crowded- i got off and got the number 1- where a guy was telling me that you could get work at the truckstops in downtown l.a. at santa fe and alameda. A guy laughed when I responded "that's a good idea" after he was talking about how people get work hanging out by home depot.

Day review

Finished the rough draft of my screenplay that i'm writing! Went with Suzie to the mac store, they gave me a new cord. My old one broke! That was awesome that they did that for me. She bought a flashdrive because we thought we were going to have to power the computer up at the store , transfer the script on the drive then work on it on her computer- but because they gave me the cord I was able to work. So we finished the screenplay after a few hours, working with a scene that I had lost and then rewritten, melding both versions into one scene. The script has tons of dialogue, maybe like a play more then a movie. We finished the night with youtube videos, i was trying to get her into janes, the clash and pogues, and she wanted to see tori amos- then we watched part of the commentary for the dvd about bettie page. I can't wait to watch the doc about the clash.
Tomorrow I am buying a bus pass for 42 dollars off of Janete, Dave's roommate. I have 25 bucks in my chase account and 8 in my b of a account so i need another 9 bucks.....yikes i'm broke. The manager here says that when this building passes escrow i may be able to get hired as asst. manager so my rent will be taken care of!

April 1 weekend review.

3/31- Went to Suzie's house, we worked on our screenplay. Spent the night there. The next day, 4/1 we went to whole foods and had lunch, then to Emile's Swiss Pastry to work more on the script. We are now in a revision process. We ended up renting Notorious Bettie Page at Cinefile, and I got the making of London Calling which I will watch later. We're now still up at 1 A.M. 4/2.

End of day review

Paid rent for last week and this week, good till next weds.
Went with Marshaune to the unurban- had some coffee and talked.
We were going to play paddle tennis but he was tired from work so went home to sleep.
Possibly I may go over there to work out later.
I read the Lefsetz letter, made me consider retiring from music, or at least take a hiatus long enough to figure out a way to make a living.

cheap hotel

rather be out on a fancy boat
instead i gotta listen to ya clearin' ya throat

end of day review

tried out for film in hollywood
bought mangos bananas trail mix apple at sunset / vine t joes
veggie burger at fatburger sm blvd
whole foods sm/ fairfax
bus back

I remember her caring

I remember her caring
about me, about the others
and adventure
she always
used words
thinking and then speaking.
I remember her diving in the cold cold water
and coming up with crawdads
that we later ate!
enthusiasm
a voice never stifled
i remember her caring
now she is
a poet.

THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IS NOT LORD OF THE COSMOS

In reality
There are no rules
But consequences come
For those that act like fools
There is an energetic wall
We are allowed to tap into.
A source
For all who hunger.
The god of the bible hints at this
Then steps away from grace
Leaving a punk rock tale of confusion
And developmentally delayed prophets chasing tails.
To fare well in the game
Is not to obey every single commandment
Without thought
Blindly stumbling on down a deceiving isle
And spitting against the winds
Sometimes life is all about contradictions
And the only laws to follow
Are the laws of the heart.

Beginner's mind

POETRY FROM A BEGINNING MIND
THE INABILITY TO ASK
Has become
The monster
In my closet
Gazing at the wall
Hoping and dreaming
That she will read my thoughts
That they will hear my cries
And interrupt with me with a dollar
Or a kiss
This poverty engulfs my soul
And it’s worse then yours
Or so it feels
Worse then anyones
The starving
Infidels
Bandits
At least have a weapon
They shall not hesitate to use
My weapon is belief
That is all but dried up
Like clothes hanging naked
In the overwhelming sun

Work!!

I LONG TO BE A GOOD WORKER
When you’re a good worker
Nobody cares what your resume looks like
Or what is on your social media sites
Or how many months you’ve been unemployed
I long to work like the mexican man in my building
Drilling holes in the wall
With a smile on his face
Is he seeing something
Us heavy hearted gringos are missing
I saw two garbagemen in amsterdam
Jogging down the street
Picking up
Trashbags and slinging them over their shoulder
Hopping onto the truck
And back into the street again
My favorite job was working at an airport
Hoisting baggage into planes
Why did that feel so useful?
Chopping tomatoes and onions at a restaurant
Manual labor wouldn’t be so bad
If you didn’t have to do it full time to survive

pennies

A PENNY FOR MY THOUGHTS
Everybody wants to be paid for their brilliance.
Including me, I’m no different.
Because money is nothing but colors anyway.
Light and sound
Why must i do anything but have a great time to get paid?
But according to many the world is not that way.
We must suffer in sorrow
For a better tomorrow
I’ve been an unemployed bum for almost 2 years now.
Living on 133 bucks a week
In this city of camera angles
I have been told i should write a book
Would anyone buy it?
I’ll write the book if i get a guarantee.
No more working for nothing, not me.
We should all be paid for talent
We should all just sing for our supper
“if it was that easy everyone would be doing it.”
Nobody said it was easy
But anything that’s been done before
Can be done again.

I could live on nothing

if i didn't need to eat
i could live on nothing
if i didn't need to sleep
if i didn't need to love
forgive
to have something to give

zakarah and ocean

ZAKARAH AND OCEAN LIVE OUT BY THE OCEAN
Santa monica a mile away from the promenade
He wants to be a detective!
She thinks he could be a star?
He listens to led zeppelin
Thinking about learnin’ to play........
She blinks at me and she says
She’s just a good girl
She turn around and says
“I don’t do that anymore”
She doesn’t want her little baby to know
She had too much fun.
Too much!
Fun!
“we’re gonna go back to london town
Where we’re originally from!
But then we’ll come back in a little while
Sit and soak up the warm santa monica sun.”
Solo
zakarAh and ocean
are staying out out by the ocean
three blocks or maybe 4 out in goa
the arabian shore! the arabian shore! the arabian shore! the arabian shore!
PEOPLE ARE BETTING THE GOLD’S WHAT YOUR WORTH
and you still look pretty young
And only you know why you are on this earth
Instant karma
From the moment
You popped out of your .........mom!

Yes, even if we

break up,
we'll never be broken apart.

Why I am boycotting the Santa Monica Blue Bus.

I can promise you, I am usually somebody who goes out of my way to avoid trouble. Many times I don't complain when I could. But today I nearly lost it on the bus.
The arrogance of the drivers of the Santa Monica Blue Bus is out of control. Is it impossible for them to get fired? If you behaved the way this driver behaved to me anywhere else she would be out of a job. I asked her how much it would be for a transfer. She said, "50 cents." So I put in 6 quarters. That's one dollar for the regular fare, then 50 cents for the transfer. She must not have noticed that I put in a dollar 50 into the slot. She said, "you need to put in 50 cents." Was she joking? "But I just put in a dollar 50." She repeated herself robotically. "You need to put in 50 cents." She refused to give me a transfer. Honestly, I don't know if she doesn't like dudes, doesn't like dudes in leather jackets, doesn't like white dudes, or what her problem was. But she would not let up. I called and complained. I also emailed them that if I don't get a formal apology I will take legal action. Guess what? My grandparents didn't survive the holocaust so that I could smile at people that want to discriminate against me.

This city doesn't deserve me.

album title

run on sentences

won't stop me from dreaming

Don't say she's too high you see
that's worse then goodbye to me
when you got what you want was it
ever enough
the world
is still yearning
we'll always be scheming
forever falling short
but that
won't stop me from dreaming
please say how do you do
because we're never so much better
then skin
this hook is a sin
the further into the sky you get
it gets too hard to forget
but i have a lifetime of need
to sustain
me.
all these webs that their weaving
kept you back from believing in yourself
you thought you had to put your life
in hands of someone else
life is a
game
we are all tag teaming
and i'm not in the club
it doen't stop me from dreaming.

zakarah and ocean, time of day, sit in the silence, give, brother older

Sinead O'Connor live at the El Rey . 2/21/12

So, I went to see Sinead O'Connor the other night at the El Rey. It was her second night, and not having gone the night before I would have kicked myself for not going. My lack of funds being what it is I don't go to shows very often lately. But my pal Tony got me a ticket for 20 bucks and I had to go. She doesn't come around that often. Last time I saw her was in Dublin at Vicar Street in October 02. Still thinking back to her version of the old Irish Standards "Paddy's Lament" and "Molly Malone" gives me chills.
There is something about that voice. She is like a relic of purity- a timeless eternal expression of humanity. I feel there is something ageless about her. She will still be punk rock in 20 more years, I'm sure.
I, like many, enjoy hearing many of her standards, "Last days of our Acquaintance," for instance strikes a chord deep within me and always makes me think of that certain person who is no longer in my life. "Three Babies," "Emperor's new clothes," always great to hear those songs, all of which she played. "Stretched at your grave" was especially stirring after a dedication to the late Whitney Houston. But the thing about Sinead is that I never tire hearing the new material. Her new album is as important as "Nevermind" was in '92, which blasted through the tripe of hair metal, giving a home to the angry musings of a lost generation raging against the plastic emotions of a superficial era.
She has not gone away quiet into the night. She is still ripping up the Pope, MTV, and supporters of those institutions. In her song "What is a real VIP?" she protests the current love of bling, questioning the importance of material success, stating that "a face that never was nor will be kissed" is the real VIP, not those modern demigods who can't help their "sisters or brothers." If you read out the lyrics on paper you may be reminded of Bob Dylan's "Gates of Eden" or many other such diatribes against our modern society.
Her song "4th and Vine" is a rocking little number about dressing up for her lover, and going to put eyeliner on, going down to the church to marry her man. It's positive, optimistic, and lusty. A side of Sinead I always like to see. She wrapped up the set with an acapella prayer inspired by Irish Monks and left a cheering crowd wanting more. I don't expect more live shows from her for a while so will have to settle for the new album, which has a lot of great new gems.

My Anti- marketing campaign.

So........
in this age of Spam, and random invites on facebook, etc. It's time to think about a new paradigm in the realm of marketing. One that puts your "product," whether it's music, movies, personal use bric a brac, etc., out there in a guerilla, yet mysterious fashion. What if you had a CD that was wrapped in red tape, with warning labels, etc. "Don't go to the following website" is bound to get people more curious then you spamming them with pleas. Selling CDs for ridiculous amounts and putting the label prada on it as a joke, i don't know. I don't exactly have the ideas yet just the germination of a new idea.

Why

why does the love we want more than anything else in the world frequently feel so unattainable?

REDUB

My band is called Redub Orchestra. What the word redub means to me, is a constant reminder that whenever I play a song, to try to play it better then I played it last time. To never take playing music for granted. The orchestra part is because i imagine something vast and surreal.

I wasn't eavesdropping
you were talking too loud
and i'm tell you simply
that your mother is proud
you did what you needed
and you showed them the way
ignored what was heeded
chastised what was safe.

What if.........

We start just pretending that things are perfect?

A song i like from chariots of fire.

(capo 2nd)

C Am F C
And did those feet in ancient time
F C Dm Am F
walk upon England's mountains green?
C Am Em Am
And was the Holy Lamb of God
Em Am Em D G
on England's pleasant pastures seen?

G Dm Gm Dm
And did the countenance divine
F Bb F
shine forth upon our clouded hills?
Dm G G7 C
And was Jerusalem builded here
Am F C F C G C
among these dark satanic mills.

C Am F C
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
F C Dm Am F
Bring me my arrows of de-sire!
C Am Em Am
Bring me my spear! O Clouds unfold!
Em Am Em D G
Bring me my chariot of fire!

G Dm Gm Dm
I will not cease from mental fight,
F Bb F
nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Dm G7 C
'til we have built Jerusalem
Am F C F C G C
in England's green and pleasant land!

A song i like from chariots of fire.

(capo 2nd)

C Am F C
And did those feet in ancient time
F C Dm Am F
walk upon England's mountains green?
C Am Em Am
And was the Holy Lamb of God
Em Am Em D G
on England's pleasant pastures seen?

G Dm Gm Dm
And did the countenance divine
F Bb F
shine forth upon our clouded hills?
Dm G G7 C
And was Jerusalem builded here
Am F C F C G C
among these dark satanic mills.

C Am F C
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
F C Dm Am F
Bring me my arrows of de-sire!
C Am Em Am
Bring me my spear! O Clouds unfold!
Em Am Em D G
Bring me my chariot of fire!

G Dm Gm Dm
I will not cease from mental fight,
F Bb F
nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Dm G7 C
'til we have built Jerusalem
Am F C F C G C
in England's green and pleasant land!

The girls on beverly drive

The girls on Beverly Drive
are so high maintenance
But it makes me feel so alive
I've got to improve my self confidence
Pretty girls always think you make it obvious
You have to let her know
it's nothing too serious
Chorus
Sweet Sugar for my rotting teeth, AMEN!
She's like a needle going into yintang, again.
Sweet Sugar for my rotting teeth again
another bedbug crawling into my sheets again
V2
Did he come on to you and already bore you tears?
I could make love to you
for just about 100 years
Leave him baby come along with me
i'm gonna show you how to break free
He read all the games on pickup got a real slick hand
but honey, i sing for a rock and roll band!