Corbid Ravenous

There’s brain candy for thwarted English Majors atJollyroger.com. All manner of classical literary and philosophical geekdom resides in this “portal of the open source online renaissance.” Still, there’s always going to be a bad egg or two. For example, in the Greek Mythology forum, somebody posted “I need pictures of Uranus for my project, does … Read more

John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten:punk iconoclast, or big f&$*ing baby?

A postmortem shall appear whence I’ve had a chance to fully digest it all. But in a nutshell, I saw the Reality tour and it was a quasireligious experience, to say the least. For now, a Friday Five, even though it’s cheesy and you guys almost never answer them… 1. What’s the most daring thing … Read more

Margaret Cho on Bowie

…between poetry and fiction is that no one finds you odd if you write poetry as a second person narrative.

A trove of vintage liquor posters…

Can’t remember the rest of this dream, but at some point I returned to my childhood home and was given a “Sandman” painting by my parents…

The Jersey Devil…

It is my contention that the web is an artist’s commune to the nth degree. The biggest Salon ever frequented. Cafe Society with optional caffeine. Look to history for examples. The English Romantics,the Preraphealites, the Beat Poets,the Lost Generation,the writers and artists of the Irish Rennaissance, all examples of communities of thinking, creative people who … Read more

**************************************************************************************************************************************** Man of Science: Being submerged in thought. A time of intense mental focus. Perfectionism. Personal detachment and self-possession. Working on your own, or in isolation. In the creative process: Scrutinize and test every aspect of your work so as to refine and perfect it. Reason: Using your head to get through a situation. A … Read more