The Problem With the Idea of Freedom in the U.S. The problem with freedom – the idea of freedom – is that no one wants it. That is to say, no one wants to put in the work necessary to achieve it. The sort of concerted effort needed may be currently beyond our reach. We don’t even really know what… Read more →
Lamebook.com is a site of anonymously posted unintentionally funny facebook wall posts and statuses. I just had to blog about it :))
Update 05/03/2012: Apparently, a lot of the direct download links were broken. I updated the post with fresh ones. Back in 94-95, DJ Mister Cee dropped his Best of Biggie Mixtape. Those rap fans who remember know that at the time, it was THEE mixtape. It was full of unreleased and live material such as freestyles and some of his… Read more →
Note: If you are looking for the song played at the end of Repeaters, check this post – Breakneck Speed, the song at the end of Repeaters Repeaters DVD More about this product Repeaters aka Groundhog Day Redux A gritty mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the… Read more →
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:12 — 5.0MB) | Embed Note: Below you will find an exercise and an explanation on iambic heptameter. You will see three different versions of the same poem, with changes highlighted – enjoy:) This warning was suggested by a fellow poet on facebook I want to preface this with the fact that… Read more →
In the spirit of finishing all the old stuff and not starting new stuff, I have been working on a fiction story I started and then abandoned previously. It’s a piece of contemporary urban fantasy that I started for NaNoWriMo last year and then put to the side after only a few thousand words. http://www.facebook.com/SilenciosPage/posts/10150367400516951 I spent years thinking about… Read more →
Pickup Lines My thoughts have been murdered, killed by your eyes Flame of lust kindled when I saw you walking by I want to learn your name, and the depths of your mind A crime if you’re kept, leave your ring where it hides You make me feel alive in a way undenied Flower of a woman, I the beach… Read more →
Ever since I wrote my post about the movie Repeaters some time ago, there has been a LOT of traffic to my site from people looking for the song at the end of the movie. Apparently, it was also featured on the show Shameless, which has led a lot of people to look for it as well. The song at… Read more →
Here are 3 poems, written quickly and posted to either to my facebook page, or twitter stream. It seems that since I wrote my post on iambic heptameter, I’ve been stuck writing most my poetry in a sorta semi-rhyming, faux-blank verse version of it (I don’t know the term for it:)) I also learned that I naturally tend towards heavy… Read more →
A Scanner Darkly A Scanner Darkly is a movie based on the novel of the same name, by Philip K. Dick. I have never read the novel (or anything by Philip for that matter), but being a fan of science fiction and fantasy, I know that this author’s name rings bells in the science fiction community (think Asimov, Bear, Clark,… Read more →
Skippy Snack Bar Commercial With the Elephants I have no idea how people didn’t like this commercial…I mean, really…It’s SKIPPY!!!! That’s what’s in the jar, the very same Skippy that’s what’s in the bar!!!! Honestly, I thought they caught a legitimate reggae vibe with this one. The song has been stuck in my head for years now. To this day… Read more →
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