As a seemingly surface simplicity [*], I’m guessing this is all more complex and of use in computing practicalities, but it appeared to me – if not too obviously – a perfect representation of the degree of sense in most aspects of Donald Trump’s various articulations, especially about himself. Thanks to RL for the toy, and I may play again at some point with something else.
[Translation for those who don’t read binary: I’m also honored to have the greatest temperament that anybody has. I alone can fix it. I think I am, actually humble. I think I’m much more humble than you would understand. The beauty of me is that I’m very rich. I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created. All of the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me—consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected. Let me tell you, I’m a really smart guy. Sorry losers and haters, but my IQ is one of the highest—and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure. It’s not your fault.]
*What I mean is only using two digits!
Very pleased to have three found prose poems here at X-Peri. Thank you Daniel.
This is writing still found, but selected on themes/ideas/explorations featured on X-Peri.
[for Andy]
I do
smiles;
I take care
and keep well
in this
palliative noir:
the balance
between
sun and shadow
and you
in my life.
I managed
to hunt out
wild ones
in the hospice;
in these words
you reorganise.
I will
keep in touch
and it is me
finding ways to
reorganise
past words,
thin, watery,
good timing
from yesterdays.
Slowly
the balance
is recovering,
an uplift
to have known.
His and my
words.
To live, eh?
Thank you.
[6th March, 1969 – 7th October, 2016]
[Originally posted May 2011]
I was in the States in ’92 and first heard of Pearl Jam when Jeremy was playing on MTV, the third single from the album Ten released in 1991. I was hooked immediately, blown away by Eddie Vedder’s vocals – it is one of the most distinctive and dominant rock vocals of all time [and it does well on current Ukulele Songs to just about stay superb above the incessant strings of the title and whole album’s unusual star instrument!].
Apart from the brilliance of the vocals, songwriting and instant rock credibility, it was the ‘new’ grunge sound that finally put the eighties back to the nowhere from which they sprang musically. I know it was – and still is – a nostalgic sound in reality, but the 70s rock roots were always going to be what I wanted to hear again and again, and Pearl Jam pushed all of those time-shift buttons brilliantly. At some stage I might write about all of the other retro-rock bands that emerged in the 90s to kickstart my aural awakening.
Other classics from the album are Even Flow, Alive and Release, though all the songs are outstanding. It’s a polished rock/grunge sound in fact and I can imagine those who revere the 80s for its punk creations would be less enthusiastic about this album in particular. Pearl Jam’s rawer sound was and is always in performance and of course in albums like Binaural, Yield and Riot Act.
I have only seen Pearl Jam twice, once at Wembley Arena and once in Cardiff, and I missed a more recent gig in Birmingham with a bad back that prevented my travelling: getting on and fragility fighting the pursuit of rock longevity, the latter of which Pearl Jam and Vedder in particular have certainly nailed.
[NB I did manage to see the band once more in Manchester]
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