Poem of the day

Broken Flower

She was sitting at the bar

Sipping her mojito

Eyes wide open     

Open but emotionless

The inner light

Was shut down a long time ago

She was sitting alone

A broken flower

She experienced things in life

That no human being

Should ever experience

In their lifetime

A broken flower

Her inner sensibility

Keeps shining through

So beautiful

Yet so fragile…

 

homemade postcards of the day

Hiroshima Yeah! # 126 August 2015 (zine)

Man I love this monthly zine. I like the lowbrow cut and paste aesthetic of it all. Barbara Windsor and Sid James are the cover stars of this issue. There`s `ugly, useless and over-inflated `poetry. Favorite pieces this time around are:

Drop

Sometimes I can see

Why people drop out

Of society.

Everything about it

Becomes disgusting

After a while.

And

Like

Listen to young people talking

And count how many times

They use the world `like`

It will, like, drive you mad.

Damned this is some good writing, wish I was that talented. I think that Gary Simons is a free man nowadays. He started a new monthly installment `13.82 billion years of hell `. Insane ramblings with obscure references = feed me more (sorry Ryback). There`s a couple of music, books and DVD reviews. We end it all with our usual writing threesome: `four cats and a kitten `(texting gozungus nonsense with Mark Ritchie + Gary Simons). `socks `(good short story from da man himself Mark Ritchie) and `doctor Thornaby`(what else is there to say). Have no fear, get a beer, contact`s here: 

Mark Ritchie

94 Main street

Forth

Lanark

ML11 8AB

UK

 

 

Hiroshima Yeah! # 125 July 2015 (zine)

After coming home from tired and thirsty, there`s a small parcel in my mailbox. Lo and behold it`s Mark Ritchie`s bimonthly package with the two latest issues of HY!. Hiroshima Yeah! is a monthly, black and white, cut and paste, five pager zine. Cover star features Joni Mitchell (famous Canadian folk singer and painter). Now let`s begin with poems `aborted plans and sudden hopes`. Standout pieces are:

Blank page

And so it begins again:

Another day,

Another week,

Another blank page.

Some see it as

A fresh new start,

While some consider it

To be terrifying.

I am firmly

In the latter camp.

And

Cool becomes eccentric

Cool becomes eccentric

At the age of forty.

Last but not least

Antisocial media

At the Taj Mahal

You took a selfie

To put on Instagram;

At the Grand Canyon

You sent tweets;

At Niagara Falls

You updated your Facebook status.

On your deathbed

You realized

You hadn`t seen anything at all.

Beautiful isn`t it. Gary Simmons writes his monthly installment of `1.5 years out on probation`. I love senior Simmons weird personal writing style, which seems to make more sense after my fourth beer. We have a couple of music, concert (The Replacements, Roundhouse, 3<sup>rd</sup> June 2015), film and book reviews. The zine ends with a trio of misfit writings: `how we love our mums`(back and forth texting madness from Gary Simmons and Mark Rithchie), `buzz`(nice little shorty about flies from Mark Ritchie) and `doctor Thornaby`(words fail me here). Contact address: 

Mark Ritchie

94 Main street

Forth

Lanark

ML11 8AB

UK

 

Painful Defecation – commomération du centenaire de l`art des bruits de Luigi Russolo (mp3)

This mini album (4 tracks = 17.05 minutes) was released in 2013 and is a tribute to the centenary of `the art of noise `manifesto. I read TAON manifesto about four years ago. I decided to download it here: http://www.ubu.com/historical/russolo/index.  and read it a second time around. This manuscript was written in 1913. If you manage to read between the lines, it talks about sound processing, layering, sampling and sequencing. The electric guitar came out in 1931. This manifesto was way ahead of it`s time. Luigi Russolo was part of an avant-garde Italian art movement `The Futurists`. They did some noise concerts, free mp3`s available here: http://www.ubu.com/sound/russolo_l. (I confess, I didn`t have time to check it out but I will, believe that). Which means, noise existed before Merzbow. You think that Brian Eno`s `music for airports`(1978) was the first ever ambient album? Do a little research and check out Erik Satie`s `gymnopedies ` (circa 1888).Now I`m getting carried away, again, which is pretty easy in my case. Anyways, what were we talking about here? The music on this mini EP offers various styles here: meditative minimal ambient noise (glouglouteur and scatalogue de gauche vargas), lo-fi experimental electronics (track # three) and the last piece which is a joyous cacophony mix of: percussions + samples + found sounds + tight sequencing = good stuff. Free download here: http://painfuldefecation.bandcamp.com/album/comm-moration-du-centenaire-de-lart-des-bruits-de-luigi-russolo 

Node Pajomo, summer 2015, final issue (zine + CD)

Node Pajomo was a half sized, black and white, cut and paste, 24 pages long zine. Sadly, this is the last issue. I understand his reasons. Been there, lived that, done that (anybody remembers `Mastock – the experimental music zine?). Personally, I lacked the time, the passion, the energy and the money. Printing Mastock was not that bad. The thing that was monetarily killing me was that damned nearly obsolete, not that reliable and highly expensive postal system. I wanted to spend more time recording solo music and noise projects. Anyways, NP`s divided in two parts reviews and contact addresses. There`s lots of music and zine reviews crammed in there (48). You have a good quantity of contact for various postal friendly independent, fringe projects: time sensitive mail art projects, ongoing mail art projects, mail art exchange, postcard exchange, tape traders, zine exchange, zine seeking submissions and some events to attend. Last but not least, the `piece the résistance`, which is The Audio Mail Art Project 4 – intoxication compilation CD. There`s 12 bands / artist here: Minimal Frank, Galactic Dream Club, Pedro Bericat, Animals Like Earthquakes, Serse Luigetti, Armadillo Ricochet, Dull VS Letterfounder, Breadwinter, Eberhard Janke, Dan Susnara, Lost Trail and Sonic Disorder. The zine might be dead but he`s seeking submissions for the `Audio Mail Art Project 5 – sculpting the audio space`compilation CD, by 31^st December 2015. More information here: 

Node Pajomo

P.O. Box 2632

Bellingham

WA

98227-2632

USA

The Dandelion Council – dream homes (mp3)

After listening and reviewing `The Dandelion Council – essa misteriosa estrela ` album, I have to admit it. I was hooked. A little googling later, and I discover more freebies from Pip Craighead`s solo electronic music project (The Dandelion Council). I decide to download `dream homes `his most recent mini album (16 tracks = 35.02 minutes), released on `Archaic Horizon Records`(a netlabel which releases experimental, ambient, downtempo material, they focus on thoughtful melancholic and nostalgic themes). When I have time, damned I shouldn`t say that. When I find some spare time, I will download a couple releases and see what it sounds like. I`ve been listening to this album all week long and I can`t get it out of my mp3 player. Yes, it`s that good. The music is a mixture of: light ambient techno, IDM, and instrumental electronic music. I love this album as a whole, here`s a small list of my standout tracks, at present time:

2 – starry nights at the geodome (2.19 minutes): relaxing, chill-out electronica.

5 – work and days (4.11 minutes): warm song oriented  electropop / synthpop, pretty funky if you ask me.

15 – gemstones (2.59 minutes): amazing melancholic, brooding, yet peaceful, relaxing, dare I say chill-out? Well I just did. This mini album gives you a small idea of what dreams are made off, music with strong emotional values: warm, soothing, meditative, mellow, melancholic, peaceful, chill-out, relaxing and ethereal at times. Don`t be a lemon, get it here: https://archive.org/details/DandelionCouncil-DreamHomes