Thursday, May 12, 2011

Berdache Boy




Berdache Boy



He may throw like a girl,

But he fucks like a man. Wild, stroking



Hands, coarse with callous, through

Disheveled strands of black stallion



Mane; the sweat, wayward pearls

Pouring from crown to cheeks to chest, down



To the cathedral carved

Into the contours of rigid hips.



His kiss is mist, gentle.

Berdache, holy man who makes love



To men, primal and sweet,

An old indigenous tradition,



Cloaked in the French word for

Faggot and reframed into broken



Dichotomy. Two-spirit

Boys born to be shamans; now, shadowed



With shame, exiles outcast

To closets, to caves, to empty deserts.



He has been wandering,

His eyes closed, his hands tightly folded,



And he opens to my

touch, to the sensation of warm, moist



Breath that condenses and

Beads wet necklaces around his nape.



The sweat transforms his skin

To slick, mossy slabs of granite: strong,



Solid and slippery;

And his thighs taste of the tides. Thrusting,




The torque of his torso

Is taut bowstring tense with pointed length



Of an arrow flèched with

Feathers. Within him is the ocean.



The sweat is salty spray;

And, I am swimming him, breathing his



Water, whirlpool of flesh,

Without shame, diving into deep, dark



Mysterious seas, wild

With waves of swirling black hair shining



Obsidian in bright

Moonlight. There is sugar in his step,



They say, his wrist is limp,

Soft like his shy lisp. His kiss whispers



Hidden strength and his posture speaks shame.

Berdache boy stand up!



Answer faggot with fearlessness. Howl

Windstorm songs from your heart.



Warrior! Teach us your wisdom as we welcome

You into the tribe that has always been yours.



Berdache boy! We are waiting for you to leap,

To swell with courage and immerse yourself within



Water.

Moonlight.

Tribe.

Your own sacred nature.



May the full moon lift your undulating body into the harbor of my open arms

Until you fully become the ebb and the flow of your pulsating heart,

Until you fully become who it is that you were truly born to be.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Ten Stages of Drunkenness

1. Witty & Charming
2. Rich and Powerful
3. Benevolent
4. Clairvoyant
5. Fuck Dinner
6. Patriotic
7. Crank up the David Bowie
8. Witty & Charming, Part II
9. Invisible
10. Bulletproof

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Peaking Lights mixtape

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aswad – hey jah children
mandril – kofijam
gabor szabo – krishna
bridget st. john – yep
dick schory – typee
the firebirds – reflections
the chieftones – i wonder
cappy lewis – bull fight
donald austin – crazy legs
david axelrod – the leading citizen pt.1
asiko – drums of asiko
seguida – afro rican suite
supergrupo magia – magico
paris – i choose you
ronnie mcneir – summertime
mel + tim – that’s the way i want to live my life
delegation – oh honey
rose royce – sunrise
sylvester – i need somebody to love tonight
alexander robotnik – problems d’amour
beetlejuice – version
tanto + devonte – version
L. smart – version
negus roots players – lost sheep dub
willy williams – armigedon time
third world all stars – version
janet kay – loving you

Take this gin and juice...

All Tomorrow's Parties



All Tomorrow’s Parties is a 2009 documentary film directed by All Tomorrow’s People and Jonathan Caouette covering the history of the long running All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival. Described as a “post-punk DIY bricolage”, the film was created using footage generated by the fans and musicians attending the events themselves, on a multitude of formats including Super8, camcorder and mobile phone. All Tomorrow’s People is a name representing the contributions of these attendees.

The film features music and performance from Belle And Sebastian, Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth, Battles, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, Grinderman, Lightning Bolt, David Cross, Animal Collective, The Boredoms, Les Savy Fav, Mogwai, Octopus Project, Slint, The Dirty Three, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Gossip, GZA, Roscoe Mitchell, Seasick Steve, Iggy and the Stooges, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Fuck Buttons, Micah P Hinson, Two Gallants, The Mars Volta, Akron/Family, Jah Shaka, Saul Williams, Shellac, Patti Smith and John Cooper Clark. […]

Reviews have been positive, with LA Weekly making it their Critics Pick and calling it “Part concert film, part rebel manifesto…[it] pleasurably embodies the interactive generosity of talents whose confluence it describes.” Drew McWeeney (Moriarty) of Hitfix.com wrote that it was “A cascade of sound and fury…the range of what this movie covers exhausts me…The highest compliment I can pay the film is that it made me want to attend the festival for real…not just your average concert film, [it's] in a class by itself…One of the singular film experiences i’ve had so far this year.”

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

We’ll brick your soul apart!

His Holy Visage

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!

1. This is it.
2. There are no hidden meanings.
3. You can’t get there from here, and besides there is no place to go.
4. We are already dying, and we’ll be dead a long time.
5. Nothing lasts!
6. There is no way of getting all you want.
7. You can’t have anything unless you let go of it.
8. You only get to keep what you give away.
9. There is no particular reason why you lost out on some things.
10. The world is not necessarily just. Being good often does not pay off and there’s no compensation for misfortune.
11. You have the responsibility to do your best nonetheless.
12. It’s a random universe to which we bring meaning.
13. You really don’t control anything.
14. You can’t make anyone love you.
15. No one is any stronger or any weaker than anyone else.
16. Everyone is, in his own way, vulnerable.
17. There are no great men.
18. If you have a hero, look again; you have diminished yourself in some way.
19. Everyone lies, cheats, pretends. (yes, you too, and most certainly myself.)
20. All evil is potentially vitality in need of transformation.
21. All of you is worth something if you will only own it.
22. Progress is an illusion.
23. Evil can be displaced but never eradicated, as all solutions breed new problems.
24. Yet it is necessary to keep struggling toward solution.
25. Childhood is a nightmare.
26. But it is so very hard to be an on-your-own, take-care-of-yourself-cause-there-is-no-one-else-to-do-it-for-you grown-up.
27. Each of us is ultimately alone.
28. The most important things each man must do for himself.
29. Love is not enough, but it sure helps.
30. We have only ourselves, and one another. That may not be much, but that’s all there is.
31. How strange, that so often, it all seems worth it.
32. We must live within the ambiguity of partial freedom, partial power, and partial knowledge.
33. All important decisions must be made on the basis of insufficient data.
34. Yet we are responsible for everything we do.
35. No excuses will be accepted.
36. You can run, but you can’t hide.
37. It is most important to run out of scapegoats.
38. We must learn the power of living with our helplessness.
39. The only victory lies is in surrender to oneself.
40. All of the significant battles are waged within the self.
41. You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences.
42. What do you know for sure…anyway?
43. Learn to forgive yourself, again and again and again and again.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Punk In England



Filmed in 1980 as punk was fading, Punk In England captures the scene at a point of transition from a revolution to the pop mainstream. With dynamite performances by The Jam, Ian Dury, The Clash, The Specials, Madness, The Pretenders and many more.

Punk in London




Re-mastered from the original negative featuring The Clash and some of punks most important bands. Directed by German filmmaker Wolfgang Buld, this is a unique visual record of London punk life in the late seventies. Filled with unseen live footage and some incredibly naive comments. Punk in London is so loaded with history and brilliance that you can almost smell the energy!
Tracklist:
1. The Adverts – Gary Gilmore’s Eyes
2. Jimmy Pursey Interview
3. Chelsea Interview 1
4. Chelsea – Right To Work
5. Chelsea Interview 2
6. X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage: Up Yours!
7. Poly-Styrene Interview Part 1
8. X-Ray Spex – Identity
9. Poly-Styrene Interview Part 2
10. Lurkers Interview
11. The Lurkers – Shadow
12. The Red Cow Club
13. The Jolt- Unknown
14. Jolt Interview
15. The Jolt – You’re Cold
16. Miles Copeland Interview
17. The Electric Chairs – (You Make Me) Cream In My Jeans
18. The Killjoys – It Could Be Me 1
19. The Killjoys – It Could Be Me 2
20. Kevin Rowland Interview
21. The Killjoys – At Night
22. The Rough Trade Record Shop
23. The Adverts – One Chord Wonders
24. Subway Sect – Ambition
25. Subway Sect – Out Of Touch
26. Subway Sect Interview
27. Rat (Damned Roadie) Interview 1
28. Sounds Newspaper
29. Teddy Boys Interview
30. The Jam – Carnaby Street
31. The Jam – In The City
32. Jean Jaques Burnell Interview And A Cynics View Of Punk
33. The Boomtown Rats – Do The Rat
34. Rat (Condemned Roadie) Interview 2
35. The Clash – Complete Control
36. The Clash – Hate And War
37. The Clash – Police And Thieves
38. The Clash – Garageland

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