Midnight in Paris: The Music of the Night

December 20, 2011

Metaphorical Themes It’s a common theme, maybe the most important theme, of Fairy Tales and Mythological stories: when the Hero or Heroin answers the “Call” to adventure,” magical helpers show up seemingly out of nowhere. What is that a metaphor for? Similarly in this story, when Gil answers his own inner call to walk the [...]

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Song in No Strings Attached Christmas party scene

December 17, 2011

It’s “Girlfriend” by the French band “Phoenix” off their album “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.” What’s weird is that it’s not listed on the ‘official’ soundtrack, so I used the app “Shazam” on the iPhone to detect the right song. Pretty cool.  

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New Poem: “Something Spins Around”

December 15, 2011

Something spins around I still think the Genie must spin. What is happening now? Why are we in the shape we’re in? The Goat sucks at the root. I walk miles in the snow. There’s nothing we can do. I’m kept warm by your eyes glow. It’s not about me, nor not about me But [...]

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Today is Emily Dickinson’s Birthday. So, I Should Write a Poem

December 10, 2011

Everything points your way; You can see the golden eye. What the Queen has bequeathed to stay home runs and apple pies loft back into your sky. Each ruinous nation rejects finally even the fallen tree; Above the skies stares salvation where still the angels sing. Where were you when she was born? You were [...]

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New Song Demo: “South By West”

December 5, 2011

This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written. Actually it just came to me in a flash as I was struggling with a Christmas Song cover (“God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen”) It almost came kind of as a subconscious relief to my conscious suffering with the other song. So maybe that’s one secret [...]

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Deepak Chopra Quotes

December 4, 2011

“…the Scientific discoveries show that the laws of physics themselves preclude us from intellectually getting in touch with the source.” “The more we understand the nature of the Universe, through ‘Science,’ the more we understand there is the ‘Unknown’ and there’s the “Unknowable.’ The ‘Unknowable’ because the Scientific discoveries show that the laws of physics themselves preclude [...]

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