Month: November 2012

we are so predictable by andy derryberry

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the last pacifist died of old age
only, i guess, because he had
top notch security

is the ‘big guy’ upstairs amused
or entertained?

i doubt it because the second sin
was anger/hatred and cain was warned
directly

but he ignored it, and today we do the same..
amused or entertained? more likely bored.

we are so predictable

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Obsession Poem by Rochelle Hope Mehr

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Passepied

Obsession will haunt you.
You fear the thing you want.
You want the thing you fear.
You slink back to your old haunt —
A red bandanna,
Blood red disrupting the white light of day.

Why can’t you stay away,
Let the waters flow gently,
Let the sands nuzzle you into oblivion?

Pass, pass, let it all pass,
Let it while itself away.
Pass, pass, like a passepied:
Eloquent and haunting,
Spirited and daunting,
Daunting and passé

Rochelle Hope Mehr
rochellemehr@hotmail.com

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Feline Audition Poem by Scott Easton

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Feline Audition

Old fat rhythm and blues
sing your purr
rattled out, until our next quick love affair
wink at me temporary

Carry on
sentry, still trophy
indeed appreciated
so safe so sound
our nest

And you
before me awake await
sweet charmer, green eyes
powder room
good morning

Infinity trace
round feet i stand
win the part but still
each day
audition

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UNDER AFRICAN SKIES at DOC NYC

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Under_African_Skies
Please join us for a screening of
UNDER AFRICAN SKIES
at DOC NYC

Under_African_Skies

“Unmissable … a cultural lightning bolt that soars on its music and an unshakeable belief in the transcendence of art.” – Rolling Stone
“Brilliant! Required viewing! Not to be missed! … One of the best rock-docs ever made!” – Access Hollywood

Nominated for 3 Emmy® Awards  • Winner, Primetime Emmy® Awards 2012
Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming

DATE:     Wednesday, November 14th  2012
TIME:      9:15pm
VENUE:  IFC Center
323 6th Avenue at West 3rd Street
New York, NY 10014
Director Joe Berlinger in person for Q&A

 

Under African Skies
Joe Berlinger’s UNDER AFRICAN SKIES begins with Paul Simon’s 2011 emotional journey back to South Africa and the roots of his seminal album Graceland – but it unfolds into a kaleidoscopic portrait of the turbulent birth and ever-shifting life of a work of art.

25 years ago, Simon released Graceland to equal parts acclaim and controversy. The album broke open musical boundaries and brought together diverse cultures, but it split public opinion as Simon was accused of breaking the United Nations’ cultural boycott of South Africa, then a linchpin in the strategy to fight the nation’s intolerable system of apartheid. While the album went on to be widely celebrated for its revolutionary fusion of musical styles, for bringing the extraordinary gifts of under-exposed South African musicians to the fore, and for sparking a brave new musical world of mixes, mash-ups and globe-hopping collaborations to come, the questions Graceland raised in 1986 remain.

Director: Joe Berlinger
Producers: Jon Kamen, Justin Wilkes & Joe Berlinger
Running Time: 101 min

Courtesy of A&E IndieFilms