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J.M. Baule – Compositor, letrista, adaptador de canciones
It's true that no translation is identical to the original. But no reading of a poem is identical to any other, even when read by the same person... The poem must move from reader to reader, reading to reading, in perpetual transformation. -- Eliot Weinberger, Oranges...
Guest Post by Travis Carroll: Bomethius – Seasons of Limbo
Seasons of Limbo is, as the name suggests, a collection of stories of liminal spaces. The first half of the record focuses on Earthly liminality: rubbernecking along the highway, trying to make things work with our mother on the cusp of independence, enduring a...
Six Songs for a Subjangley Sunday
Music downloads now bring in less revenue than physical products, and CDs are all but dead... CDs are now worth less to the industry than every category of music distribution other than tiny ones like ringtones and music video downloads. -- Forbes, September 2020 The...
Guest Post by Fluffy the Cat: Three Songs Involving Greg Jarrow
Hi, it's me again. Fluffy the Cat. Sometimes when the Food Guy is busy he lets me write his log post and put it on the Winternet. Today the Food Guy has a pre-existing condition to mulch a garden bed. Last Monday he announced a Master Plan to weed and mulch one bed...
Guest Post by Matthew Barton: A Postcard from Quarantine
Back in March, in England, along with the rest of the country, I went into lockdown. No visits outside, no socialising, no face-to-face contact with friends -- a transformation of our daily life. It's now August, and I am releasing a project, Queen of England, made in...
Christopher James – Mount Kisco Moon, the Musical
Christopher James, a resident of Mount Kisco, New York, is a superhero. I'm not sure what powers he possesses, but I believe they include Songwriting, Playing the Ukulele, and The Ability to Stand in One Place. Someday, a musical entitled Mount Kisco Moon will be...
Through the Year Backwards with Bacon Hammer
We mark the progression of our lives by the holidays. The day you enter this world becomes an instant holiday - your birthday - which your friends and family are obligated to celebrate even if they don't really like you. If you positively impact the lives of enough...
Feral Conservatives – Here’s To Almost
"Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." - The almost-last words of Union General John Sedgwick before getting shot in the head Everyone can use a little Almost. The bullet almost missed General Sedgwick (probably not, but you’d...
Mike Herz and Emily Barnes – Closer to Home
“Each one of the tunes is really special to us like all of you, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We hope we’ve made you as happy as the start of this journey has made us.” - Mike and Emily, Closer to Home Listening to the debut album from Closer to Home did...
Steven Lipsticks and his Magic Band: Why Isn’t This Guy Famous?
Eons ago, in the Cretaceous Era of my youth, I washed ashore against the rocky substrate of Spearfish, South Dakota. The town had little to recommend it, save a view of red sandstone hills and a bar called Bernie’s that served cheap 3.2 beer at happy hour....
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The Book about Jack Corbett (and a lot of other stuff) – Part 1
The Name on the Base Jack Corbett's best friend is Jack Corbett; his ideal, Jack Corbett; his criterion, Jack Corbett; and his hero, Jack Corbett… It has been said that we must judge a man by the enemies he makes. Corbett has plenty of them, but it is safe to say that...
The Semi-Pro: The Baseball Life of Walter Ancker (Chapter Two)
Chapter 1:The Kid Flinger (1915) Chapter 2:Look Homeward, Angel (1916) ---- The names of five students in the Connie Mack School of Baseball Knowledge were erased from the rolls of the Athletics. The quintet disposed of and their new places of abode are: Pitcher...
The Semi-Pro: The Baseball Life of Walter Ancker (Chapter One)
Chapter 1:The Kid Flinger Walter Ancker, the star pitcher of the Tenafly, N.J., team of the North Jersey league, is the latest kid flinger to be caught in Cornelius McGillicuddy's dragnet. Ancker, who is a Closter, N.J., lad, yesterday signed a two-year contract with...
Aunt Edith’s House
The old woman we called Granny was my great grandmother, and Aunt Edith was her oldest child. Edith was born in Minnesota in 1894, probably near Lower Red Lake or Leech Lake. Granny's husband, Dr. George Davidson, was a physician with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and...
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