Skip to content

Cecil Vortex

"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"

x-post: East Bay Exhortation Sensation

October 30, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

I’ve had a great time phone banking for moveon.org in their Oakland office the last two nights. Read all about it, and get yerself good and exhorted over on edgewise.

Categories x-posts Leave a comment

The Middle Ages

October 29, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

I’m 39 and convinced that I’m middle aged.
Which is fine by me. In fact, I like it. It’s kind of like I’m floating around in the middle of a lake in an inflatable tube. There’s lots of water on … Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that 10 Comments

If I had a coffeehouse

October 27, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

If I had a coffeehouse, this would be my motto:
“A frightened clientele is an obedient clientele.”
Or perhaps:
“A nervous clientele is a loyal clientele.”
I’d spray my customers with hormones as they
walked through the door.
To mark … Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that 2 Comments

The Deathmarch to the Lighthouse, Week 2

October 25, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

Welcome to Week 2…. Looks like we’ve got an excellent bunch of ‘marchers onboard. And yes, a part of me fears I’ll be bankrupted by all them magnets. But then I’m reminded of that old wax devil math. Good old … Read on Macduff...

Categories Archived DMs 19 Comments

Nibble groove

October 24, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

Crickly crack.
Warm mice
pop spin slice.
Crickle.
Are
eating
my crickly.
Eating my
crickly
music.
music.
music.

Categories This; And also that Leave a comment

Lego my Torah

October 23, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

My 6-year-old son’s having a playdate right now. There are clinking noises and murmurs coming through the open door to his room. And then I hear my son say this: “I’ll trade you a Jewish Bible.” A what?!
You heard … Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that 2 Comments

A little wahoo

July 21, 2025October 22, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

Shampoo was nice enough to publish/post one of my poems this week in Issue 28 (under my so-called “real name”). It’s an excellent issue, including a poem by Rodney Koeneke, one of my favorite living Americans. If ya get a … Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that, xx-temp-files 4 Comments

My One-Word Review of Dav Pilken’s “Captain Underpants”

October 19, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

Effulgent.

Categories One-Word Reviews Leave a comment

The Deathmarch To the Lighthouse, Week 1

October 18, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

Welcome to “The Deathmarch to the Lighthouse” — a group read of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse.
I think we have something like 15 or 20 people planning to read this go-around — a nice solid number. Simple math, however, … Read on Macduff...

Categories Archived DMs 29 Comments

Stalin’s Sexy Man-Apes: Ivan!

July 21, 2025October 17, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

Last week we proudly launched our exclusive look at Stalin’s Sexy Man-Apes — the enigmatic ape/human hybrids who’ve set tongues a-wagging from Manhattan to Monaco. Our first stop was Denver, for some q-time with Sergei. Next up: Louisville, Kentucky … Read on Macduff...

Categories Stalin's Sexy Man-Apes, xx-temp-files 7 Comments
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page47 Page48 Page49 … Page89 Next →

Subscribe

 About-Creativity.com
 CecilVortex.com

About-Creativity is a series of interviews with artists about their creative process.
Cecil Vortex has those interviews along with my own writing and tunes plus the occasional group-read of a challenging tome.

Shmategories

Conversations About Creativity

Archives

Recent Comments

  • Z on The Crying of Lot 49, Week 5
  • Nutella HC on The Crying of Lot 49, Week 5
  • Abe Cedarian on The Crying of Lot 49, Week 5
  • KatieofCassel on The Crying of Lot 49, Week 5
  • George on The Crying of Lot 49, Week 5

T R B p o t d

I run a lil' mailing list featuring short poems by a variety of fantastic poets. For example: Richard Brautigan. To join or learn more, just drop me a line.

Linkety Links

X-POLLEN
Radio Free Blogistan
Blacksmith Cellars
Brautigania
Brendan and Emma Walk the Great Wall of China
Cards by Laura
Computilo!
In Her Own Write
Modern Muse
Monkey Vortex Radio Theater
RaptorMagic
So-called "'So-called' Bill"
Storybook Strings
True Dirt
Tucker Nichols
You Gotta Listen What the Kim Said
Arts Blogs - Blog Top Sites

The Bands-I’ve-Seen Project

Air
Baez, Joan
Bauhaus
Beach Boys, The
Bears, The
Beastie Boys, The
Beat Rodeo
Beck
Beirut
Belew, Adrian
Belly
Ben Folds Five
Berlin
Beulah
Big Star
Billy Nayer Show, The
Black Flag
Black Uhuru
Black, Frank
Bottle Rockets
Bowie, David
Bragg, Billy
Brannigan, Laura
Breeders, The
Burrell, Kenny
Butthole Surfers
Buzzcocks
Camper Van Beethoven
Cake
Chilton, Alex
Cleary, Jon
Clinton, George
Costello, Elvis
Coulton, Jonathan
Court and Spark, The
Cracker
Dawn, Nataly
Dead Kennedys, The
Dead Milkmen, The
Death Cab for Cutie
Decemberists, The
Dickies, The
DiFranco, Ani
Doe, John
Dr. John
Eskimo
Field Report
fIREHOSE
Flaming Lips, The
Fountains of Wayne
Franti, Michael (with Charlie Hunter)
Funky Meters, The
Gabriel, Peter
George, Inara
Glaspby, Margaret
Gone
Grass Roots, The
Grateful Dead, The
Grizzly Bear
Guthrie, Arlo
Harding, John Wesley
Heat, Reverend Horton
Heron, Gil Scott
Hitchcock, Robyn
Hopalong
Husker Du
Iguanas, The
Jarreau, Al
JayHawks, The
Jazz Butcher, The
Kelly Jones
LAXes
Living Colour
Lobos, Los
Love and Rockets
Lovett, Lyle
Lowery, David
Mann, Aimee
Marsalis, Wynton
Marley, Ziggy
Mastersons, The
McMurray, Alex
Mike Viola
Minus Five, The
Mitski
Morphine
Movie Stars, The
negativland
Newsom, Joanna
Old 97s, The
Oranger
Osborne, Anders
Overwhelming Colorfast
Pavement
Paul and Storm
Pecknold, Robin
Pee
Pere Ubu
Pixies, The
Plays Monk
Polyphonic Spree
Prince
Prophet, Chuck
Ramones, The
Redman, Joshua
Reed, Lou
Replacements, The
Residents, The
Richman, Jonathan
Rollins, Sonny
Roy Hargrove
Seagal, Jonathan
Seeger, Pete
Semisonic
Shocked, Michele
Shriekback
Silver Spun Pickups
Sioux, Siouxsie
Sippy Cups, The
Sisters of Mercy, The
Snappin’ Box, A
Squeeze
Stone Temple Pilots
Sugar
Sutton, Tierney
Television
They Might Be Giants
Thinking Fellers Local Union 282
Throwing Muses
Trip Shakespeare
Tyner, McCoy
Uncalled For, The
Uncle Tupelo
Vega, Suzanne
Violent Femmes
Voice Farm
Wailers, The
Wainwright, Loudin III
Waits, Tom
Wilson, Dan
Wilson, Matt
Wilco
Wolfgang Press, The
Wood Brothers, The
X
Yellow Man
Yo La Tengo
Youth Lagoon
Young, Neil
Zircus
© 2026 Cecil Vortex • Built with GeneratePress