tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.comments2023-03-23T05:24:52.024-07:00More Words For Songs Never WrittenWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04274281298691796300noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-88163947352821454232017-06-10T10:27:34.975-07:002017-06-10T10:27:34.975-07:00Just as there's only 2 positions for a light s...Just as there's only 2 positions for a light switch, UP or DOWN,<br />the 'on' position is pointing skyward...<br />while the 'off' position is pointing toward our demise, to the whorizontal; so only 2 eternities...<br />and 1 of em aint too cool.<br /><br />Many analogies we might surmise<br />of that proposition... yet,<br />only 1 belief in the King of Hearts<br />who gives U.S. His Magnificent Light.<br />If that's too difficult 4u2c,<br />here's what I suggest:<br />I suggest you getta pair of GodSpex<br />from the Divine Physician, mortal.<br />God bless your indelible soul.<br />Yes, earthling, I was an NDE...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161116712679365281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-82422869773483048672017-06-10T10:26:05.124-07:002017-06-10T10:26:05.124-07:00Greetings, earthling! Need summore new-fangled-tho...Greetings, earthling! Need summore new-fangled-thots N ideers? Look no firdr, brudda. Can't stay long. Done gotta git, Paw... yet, if Im a sower, we plant the Seed; if Im an artist, we RITE the Word:<br /><br />Would U please help a plethora of King Size, wildchild, rawkuss poetry/wordz which are lookin 4 a home in thy novelty?? Thx. Whew. They're pretty insane. They're bereft of reason. Oi! Blimey! They're bloody PINK spiders!!<br /><br />Gotta gobba lotta shrewd, surreal, supersonic, sardonic satires, sassy N savvy elixers N electronic elegance (...and palpable nuance) on our YOUTHwitheTRUTH blogs. Wannum? Have'm. N'joym. Gettm outta my hair!!!<br /><br />How mucha wanna betcha our sugar-high-mojo, pleasure-beyond-measure, fuse-blowin-exploits R a copious madhouse of one lavish bookay D.O.A.? Our proFUSE NRGod who leads U.S. to explosive fairy-tales in the 'one-stop-shop' symphony Upstairs? God's the BigDude, the Owner of ElysianFields, the Grand Prize, the Austere Overdrive, NoPurchaseNecessary: our bombastic tenaCITY on a Hill which'll plant the Seeds 4u2 grow-up to new N greater heights!! Mama mia! Thatsa good pasta!!<br /><br />CAUTION: our 22ish, avant-guard, accurately-atrocious, offa-the-reservation-like-Jimmy-Hoffa, metal breadcrumms R sooo out-of-order, toots, they're an intimate wealth of bottomless sophistication. And dats da lethal fak, Jak. Go ahead. Sue me. Yawn. But, yet, here's the perennial KOO D'TAH: who else has actually SEEN the Great Beyond in spirit & lived to tella youse bout the bionic, bloated, brevity-like-earth we're living on?? Yes, earthling, I had an NDE, almost salivating4salvation. So gain altitude, never attitude: death has no intrinsick favorites.<br /><br />If Mr. abSUREditty's an ultra-great-reward, and not everyone enters, Q: why is it an excruciating deluge of epic-.357-caliber where the quality's a limitless bulldozer plowin, pushin-your-power-cord with eternal goodies? A: the Prize-A+-TheEnd just gives U.S. moe-curley-graphix 2 VitSee: an explosion-of-extravagance which few R asking 4 anymore! Grrr. They're too concerned withe grotesque sanity of ambivilant piss-ants which swiftly crawl like lemmings to their scorecard destruction. C'est la guerre.<br /><br />THANK GAWWWD!!! the Don has the ebullient BAWLS!!! to do the Manifest Destiny!!! To lead U.S. forward to the White House Upstairs with his SQUARES!!!<br /><br />So, break-free, earthling; be like a contraversial outgrowth of incredibly-intoxicating-effusiveness in your zeitgeist to give the ultimate, stunning, backknuckle potency: Wiseabove. Wanna join this useFULL idiot Upstairs 4 the most zany, kooky, X-acto-knife antidotes? Extremely exquisite, explicit endorphins in abundance? Puh-lenty of pulverizingly-tantalizing psychopathic psychosomatics with eXtras? i2i-kick-velocity's-ass-ultra-maximum-rocket-fuel-party-hardy at my pad ya ever encountered without d'New Joisey accent 4 an eternal slew of precarious, magnanimous & primeval absurdities indelibly etched in the granite corridors of eternity with a total-barrage-of-melt-in-thy-mouth 'depth-of-undenial'???<br /><br />Make Your Choice -SAW<br />...cuzz nobody gitts outta here alive, earthling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161116712679365281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-28853628490280977922013-07-26T17:11:57.325-07:002013-07-26T17:11:57.325-07:00"an age of monsters" is a brilliant, spo..."an age of monsters" is a brilliant, spot-on evocation of a part of San Francisco that stuff like 7 x 7 magazine tries to ignore but in reality feeds off of. TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079821961572590935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-33788907673233756392010-08-25T15:53:00.739-07:002010-08-25T15:53:00.739-07:00oooh I want that broadside
...gonna check out reco...oooh I want that broadside<br />...gonna check out record store in space now!!!Misti Rainwater-Liteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016470057610078384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-87544564894406698612010-07-22T02:19:34.431-07:002010-07-22T02:19:34.431-07:00“Here is a book of important truths,” you say, “su...“Here is a book of important truths,” you say, “surely these words are as important as food, cigarettes and beer.”<br /><br />That's exactly what I thought, first reading "Words For Songs Never Written" and then "Hunger Season". Can't wait for the next one.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255717550786482134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-88679003765026674832010-05-20T21:32:37.973-07:002010-05-20T21:32:37.973-07:00Buk! I love this piece--great lil' literary m...Buk! I love this piece--great lil' literary musing! I also am loving the whole blog...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129756869319444238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-14634134715831070832010-05-11T13:35:08.649-07:002010-05-11T13:35:08.649-07:00Thanks for all the comments on this piece. Thanks...Thanks for all the comments on this piece. Thanks to the folks at Rumpus for linking to it. And thanks to Jeremy for the link to the entire story. I didn't know it was available online!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274281298691796300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-77964132300800635572010-05-10T01:19:11.707-07:002010-05-10T01:19:11.707-07:00Complete story here: http://bit.ly/dtlU7HComplete story here: http://bit.ly/dtlU7HAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14659139836157085473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-34409609024311961812010-05-07T14:39:47.193-07:002010-05-07T14:39:47.193-07:00This is the most moving blog post and excerpt I ca...This is the most moving blog post and excerpt I can remember reading. We're in an age of veneers (the ironic age of Vico's three, I think), but postmodernism will post itself soon, we can hope.<br /><br />Thank you for this. My eyes did not make it to the end without misting.Christopher Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13207420900529457600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-40198313722223432612010-04-23T12:09:11.682-07:002010-04-23T12:09:11.682-07:00makes perfect sense my man. that feeling is the W...makes perfect sense my man. that feeling is the WHY of writing. the magic...christopher cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678349609549813704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-69302776383412850642010-04-22T06:27:34.355-07:002010-04-22T06:27:34.355-07:00Makes a lot of sense, Bill. Saroyan is great. Neve...Makes a lot of sense, Bill. Saroyan is great. Never before read this piece, either. That ending is spectacular.<br /><br />Great thought on the greats being critiqued in modern-day workshops. Imagine Faulkner. My god. Even Hem would be sent packing.<br /><br />Great post!j.bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133650639072258521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-44094189995153812672010-02-24T11:48:48.994-08:002010-02-24T11:48:48.994-08:00Fantastic Taylor! I look forward to seeing you gra...Fantastic Taylor! I look forward to seeing you grace my ears at one or both of these events.Michael L Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915454739517342226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-63859239357924726752010-02-04T14:01:16.455-08:002010-02-04T14:01:16.455-08:00Have another glass, maybe the words'll loosen ...Have another glass, maybe the words'll loosen up. This post makes perfect sense to me. I feel the same way about not wanting to misuse words and thereby contribute to the slumber of people rather than helping them see.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-86516293024636175052009-12-30T13:58:53.314-08:002009-12-30T13:58:53.314-08:00Thanks for the kind words, Chinaski...yeah, I figg...Thanks for the kind words, Chinaski...yeah, I figger there's maybe about 5 of us here in the US who love the Apartments as they should be loved...such is life, I suppose. A happy new year to ya.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274281298691796300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-12693154243241462562009-12-30T05:42:55.281-08:002009-12-30T05:42:55.281-08:00I hail thee kind sir! I first came to Sf a year ag...I hail thee kind sir! I first came to Sf a year ago, stumbled into the Beat Museum (didn't dare to go to the stripbar next door, did I?) and found WFSNW...and was blown away. And then! u fucker, you even love the apartments! Now, there's about seventeen people in the whole world who really love the apatments!! Or probably (and hopefully) 154795 people who give the band the time they deserve..he rambled on...drunkenly into the night...hell, yeah! Ye shal all live to see the power of The Apartments best song, ie. the single AllYou Wanted (1987) or something..<br />boy ,am I drunk..chinaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270332317888466872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-22944281837939923842009-12-25T07:52:48.897-08:002009-12-25T07:52:48.897-08:00Merry Christmas, William.Merry Christmas, William.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-58179798723783812402009-12-18T14:35:23.128-08:002009-12-18T14:35:23.128-08:00Now how can I follow that? (see comment above)
Al...Now how can I follow that? (see comment above)<br /><br />Always nice to hear a few words, Bill. Hope life is kind there in the fog and the hills.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06367036395902881331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-76983909110302674562009-10-08T12:08:00.494-07:002009-10-08T12:08:00.494-07:00Mather: Was it a deliberate decision to put more p...Mather: Was it a deliberate decision to put more pages of fewer poets in the book, rather than more poets with fewer pages each?<br /><br />Raindog: It was totally on Will.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-12088190347523119972009-10-05T09:58:02.592-07:002009-10-05T09:58:02.592-07:00Lot of "o"s in this too:
notesofatroll....Lot of "o"s in this too:<br /><br />notesofatroll.blogspot.commatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-16630616307502229502009-10-04T11:07:16.960-07:002009-10-04T11:07:16.960-07:00And the letter "o" appears like seven ti...And the letter "o" appears like seven times. Holy shit.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274281298691796300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-6174018270748562242009-10-04T09:42:37.118-07:002009-10-04T09:42:37.118-07:00The word "road" appears twice in the tit...The word "road" appears twice in the title. What's that, alliteration?matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-20659493353456407322009-09-03T20:36:58.265-07:002009-09-03T20:36:58.265-07:00Here is me holding my copy:
http://fatherluke.or...Here is me holding my copy:<br /><br /><a href="http://fatherluke.org/william-taylor-jr-the-hunger-season/" rel="nofollow"> http://fatherluke.org/william-taylor-jr-the-hunger-season/</a><br /><br />I'm reading it in Portland Oregon.<br /><br />Both Portland, and William Taylor Jr.<br />are richly rewarding.<br /><br />- -<br />Okay,<br />Father LukeFather Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378189031999548125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-66975884519925947862009-09-03T20:35:37.075-07:002009-09-03T20:35:37.075-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Father Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378189031999548125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-9575809273088312482009-08-31T05:42:19.018-07:002009-08-31T05:42:19.018-07:00I was actually at the gig in Melbourne that Bob ha...I was actually at the gig in Melbourne that Bob has a copy of and you can still download at his site...it is in the comments of the Apartments post. I think I still have some photos I took that night so I shall see if I can find them and maybe Bob can put it all up because as you so rightly point out they do deserve to be heard by more people!<br />Regards/exilestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097089555295137255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843342201199978759.post-78882083720004851732009-08-31T05:35:34.728-07:002009-08-31T05:35:34.728-07:00Just discovered yr blog thru an old comment that y...Just discovered yr blog thru an old comment that you left at a friends blog. What I have seen so far is really enjoyable and I shall delve further later...I do like these drawings.<br />Regards/exilestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097089555295137255noreply@blogger.com