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Simple Twist of Fate (Cover Bob Dylan)

https://youtu.be/RlM5z7HrJ5g Acoustic instrumental guitar loop

Mormon Mountain

A typical late summer sunset in northern AZ

Secret Spot

Moments of solitude and peace on a late May morning, somewhere near the Verde Valley. Somewhere near Sedona Looking south into the Verde Valley Public Lands Desert silence Morning Thunder

the rainstorm performed in syncopated chants and gyrated like fans in exaggerated dance it raged and calmed in brakes and waves maintained its pace gained momentum and remained in place poured its passion with fingers splayed pleasure and pain elated and tame waited then faded and played it again then pounded the pavement a sonicContinue reading "the rainstorm performed"

Universal Understanding

https://youtu.be/wKUsGOsA7nU Video made from Stanford Campus, pictures from the Rodin Sculpture Garden in Palo Alto, CA. Samples featuring Terence Mckenna, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Erykah Badu. Original music and video by me.

Echo

The echo of a train horn subdivides time it syncopates rhythm in whistles and whines ricochets wisdom in harmonized strides repeated revision, reflected, aligned, transcribed and applied in a minor key sustained and suspended playing rhythm and lead released inhibition relentless, resigned to rebellious resistance, respected, refined a chorus of anguish standing silent, sequestered, severed,Continue reading "Echo"

Be Freer

https://youtu.be/l9hWLLLvTII Emma Watson speech to the United Nations on gender equality and human rights-chopped and sampled. Additional samples featuring Joss Stone, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu. Original music and video by me.

Walken on the Wild Side

https://youtu.be/2pILflHwlLI Wild Thing Christopher Walken reads Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Chopped and sampled, then set to original music and video by me.

Be Free

https://youtu.be/dNGt2Uheyms Remix of "Be Freer" with added samples from Sandra Bland's arrest video. Featuring samples from Emma Watson's UN speech, Joss Stone, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu. Music and video by me.

Over Elden

Mt. Elden from Bear Paw April 2019

spot light

Ctar

Tars and cars

May Day 2019

San Francisco Peaks The Flagpole Francis Short Pond 5/1/19 Thorpe Park Ballfield

Control

They're losing control so they're losing their minds they cling to old tools cause they're broken and blind and repeating the lies in whispers and echoes in wind, waves, and tides flooded with effort and drowning the mind like a fool on a slide through the cosmic divide grown men will cry and kids tryContinue reading "Control"

Wasn’t Joseph the original cuck?

An artist's completely unrealistic depiction of the family Warning: The opinion expressed in this post may be offensive to Christians who do not like to consider the roots of their religious tradition from a contemporary perspective. Is it ironic that the right wing Republicans use the word "Cuck" to insult liberals? Do you know aboutContinue reading "Wasn’t Joseph the original cuck?"

saw soft summer

saw soft summer storms simmer in the sky and cumulonimbus wisps in the distance whisper whimper and whine woke winded and wild eyed hot heavy and hopped high baked burned and blind sided dripped drowsy and dried pickled pulled and primed taught tight and tongue tied shielded shook and shy elevated and elated shelled shockedContinue reading "saw soft summer"