trash

At every gas stop along the way, he pulls out trash with his wallet. A scrunched up sheet of off-white paper and a smaller one – a post-it. Out, up for air and then he bends over to close a hand on them and pull them back up off the shadow stained concrete where they … Read more

From out of the whispering past: Mac Davis

Back in high school I was lucky enough to have two excellent friends who were also great musicians — Heroic Imp and SKP. They’d jam, and I’d make up some words — insta-tunes, written and recorded in one night. And that right there was my introduction to the idear that writing and recording music is … Read more

x-post: and the Wetumpka. Sweet Wetumpka. Of it all.

It’s Monkey Vortex Monday. In today’s installment, Croatian malcontent Rodney K. puts our longstanding feud aside for one minute and 45 seconds — just barely enough time to bust it Poet-Makes-a-House-Call style with: Welcome to the City of Wetumpka — another all-new, all-free, all-MP3 MVRT experience, brought to you by the good people at BackMan. … Read more

Doorway conversation

Talking with her about her brother’s death years back now. And it’s the first time we talked. She just had a kid first kid last month my son’s almost four good guy big boy. Their house looks the same even the table even the carpet and I tell her that. The house even smells the … Read more