pickin my nose

to PJ (1992-2007)

2008-07-28T18:04:00.000-07:00

Hanging out in my backyard I usually say a few words and whistles to my bird PJ. I buried him in a biscuits box under a dogwood tree in my backyard last fall. my sister watched from her window as I put dirt on top of the tin. My mom put a small winged angel made out of concrete at the head of the grave.

"Come over Darling.

We can play cards."

"Don't get a paper cut."

"Don't get red hearts.

"We can go outside

and hold hands--

look into the robin-shelled sky

to soften romance.

"I lost my bird

somewhere out here.

He's under the dirt

somewhere out here.

"Let's listen to

his little song.

I think you'll like it.

It isn't very long."

Singing as the roots

crush his wings.

Singing as the worms

eat his heart.

Whistling along

with the Earth's song.

stratocaster the catocatster

2008-07-07T08:24:00.000-07:00

Stratocaster's favorite sleepytime album.

I'm Elyse's cat's dad and it feels probably a little bit close to being a real dad-- maybe even better.

Watching his little body delicately be squashed by mere gravity into the soft blankets on the windowsill.

Watching him curiously react to the newness of life reflects my curiosity of the completely different perspective he has on life.

Is a human baby as aware as a kitten?

Does a human accept the world too quickly?

How is it not too much of a shock to go from not being into being?

A cat's curiosity seems to be wholly justified-- each tiny thing deserves tireless interest.

Observing Strato (my kitten son) causes me to reimagine the ways in which I observe.

How many different lenses is a single reality capable of?

The breath inside the kitten's body--

how is it different from the spirit within us.

Church recommended

2008-07-06T18:21:00.000-07:00

51st and Park is the byzantine beauty St. Barts Cathedral.

I think going to church on a sunday is a good idea even if youre not a christian.

this summer st. barts will have choirs and orchestras performing great classical works.

it was a real treat to hear today the Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein (man behind West Side Story's music)

a continuing list of the best albums for summer

2008-06-27T16:17:00.000-07:00

1. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

2. Neil Young - Trans

3. Velvet Underground - Loaded

4. Grateful Dead - American Beauty

5. Bob Dylan & the Band

6. Flipper - Sex Bomb Baby

7. Little Wings - Light Green Leaves

8. Mt. Eerie - Black Wooden Ceiling Opening

9. Popol Vuh - Einjäger & Siebenjäger

10.Black Mountain- In the Future

11. mutantsounds.blogspot.com

a.michele federigotti & danilo lorenzini - "i fiori del sole"

b.angel rada - "upadesa"

ideas for books (and movies?)

2008-06-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

books of poems are more enjoyable to novels because you don't have to read it from cover to cover.

this disallows you from thinking- "i'm halfway through this book," " i'm almost done," " uh-oh! here comes the climax!" etc.,etc.

therefore novels should either be of the "choose your own adventure" variety or the author/editor should purposely put the numbered chapters out of order so you have to flip through to find them

books should also have illustrations no matter what

rockwell kent illustrations or block print/etchings of more abstract images are preferred

and thunderstorms and reading and cookies

2008-06-18T16:48:00.000-07:00

summertime is reading and cookies

2008-06-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

born too late

2008-06-02T19:00:00.001-07:00

delicious hors d'hoevre

2008-05-23T09:22:00.001-07:00

english muffin pizzas

jar full of weird shit

2008-05-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

"There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends."

---Mark Twain

when was the last time ya had one of these? keebler called them sweetspots. i have a collection of the cardboard sleeves they came in. i've kept them for well over 15 years in a glass bear-shaped jar that used to contain Skippy peanut butter.

Roy Rogers

2008-05-19T16:43:00.000-07:00

something that will always stick with me (literally).

BUY FROM rsteviemoore.com NOW!

2008-05-19T16:11:00.000-07:00

rsm
http://rsteviemoore.com

http://youtube.com/user/autosam

marty

http://myspace.com/beautyfeast

r. stevie lends himself incredibly well to vhs tape quality so if you're interested in vhs aesthetic

choose from his dozens of tapes/dvds(you can choose format) and receive a beautiful feast for your eyes (a BEAUTY FEAST--marty's newest band).

when i got my package in the mail (rsm tape 7 and his double album NEXT) it came with a personalized note, hand-labeled everything, and half an empty Lorna Doone box. this man is the most amazing artist alive today! support him now. you must!

catch r stevie's shows at the cake shop (every tuesday this may).

sappy

2008-05-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

i'm sorry i've started this out to be a really sappy over-enthused, loving-life-type thing. if it's too much maybe you should try:

elysecarroll.blogspot.com

rsteviemoore.com

know what is also good?

2008-05-08T10:15:00.001-07:00

a page from a King-Cat comic (now on sale at Strand)

keeping a journal! it's weird how ideas, dreams, and memories sneak their way into your conscious mind, isn't it? well write em down! that's what they want you to do! draw a little picture for each thing so as to make referring back to it easier and more fun. great examples of this are in James Kochalka's "American Elf Vol. 1 & 2" as well as in John Porcellino's "King-Cat Comix." Both are available in a store near you and are begging to inspire you to follow suit! and plus, when you get famous, or just old/senile, it will be there to humble and enlighten you. it is not hard, once you start you cannot stop.

2008-05-08T10:15:00.000-07:00

Jared is a blogger today

2008-05-08T08:24:00.000-07:00

i can't tell you why i've done this. maybe to tell you (if there is one of you) all of the great stuff i have discovered in this crazy world!

like Goddess salad dressing