Free Association

For your profound amusement,here are the first 20 tracks of my involuntary inner DJ this morning in semi chronological order.Don’t ask me to explain them, I just report the news: Nine Inch Nails:”Head Like A Hole”Nick Lowe:”Cruel To Be Kind”The Cure:”Killing An Arab”Bowie:”Sons of the Silent Age”The English Beat:”Save It For Later”Duran Duran: “Planet Earth”John … Read more

River

Sometimes she’s Persephone Or just another Ophelia floating in the river And she falls like morale While he rises like dissent All intent becomes meaningless as war and laughable as justice Everything given is a prayer left unanswered And the only words left are empty metaphors Every morning the Promethean heart regenerates Lays poised on … Read more

Bibliomancy

A man deep in crisis turns to his bible for answers.“Oh Lord.” he intones “please bless me with your divine guidance, for I amtroubled and in need of your righteous counsel.Please show me a sign.”Impatiently, he opens to a random passage and reads aloud.“Judas hanged himself.”Grimly he laughs and kneels again in prayer.“Oh, wise and … Read more

Virtual Fortune Cookies Of The Day

Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by moving from where you left them to where you can’t find them. Temptation usually comes in through a door that has deliberately been left open. (They also have brainteasers on this site…) (detritus)(dream)(poetica)(myth)(opinion)(divination)

It smells like a jam…

There’s a Ceilidh brewing in a week or so. The 22nd to be more exact. Most of you know when and where. Otherwise, contact Lizzie or myself for details. They’ve been a blast so far, and everyone says third time’s the charm…Plus we’re thinking of adding a visual and interactive arts table for art and … Read more