Category Archives: Check this out

a few short bits with little Einstein on the side.

Posted on December 2, 2015 by randomyriad

I 2 sentence story inspired by Edgar Allan Poe Persistent furtive tapping, echoing up from the eternally dark basement, drew me down into the abyssal dankness. Now I wander lost in this subterranean vault, haunted by the unceasing touch of … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter and Dinosaurs

Posted on November 21, 2015 by randomyriad

I am fascinated by the way scientifically minded people approach the world as well as the things they discover and ponder. Krista Tippett asks some very insightful questions which produces a stimulating discussion about what goes on in Lisa Randall’s mind when … Continue reading →

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Dead Man: Death, Poetry, and Music in the old west.

Posted on November 19, 2015 by randomyriad

Jim Jarmusch’s movie Dead Man is a blending of surreal scenes, beautifully understated acting, and the haunting music of Neil Young’s solo guitar, and it tells the story of William Blake, an accountant from Ohio, who comes to the edge … Continue reading →

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Video: How to be Alone

Posted on November 8, 2015 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
A video by fiimmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis. Davis wrote the poem and performed in the video which Dorfman directed, shot, animated by hand and edited. The video was shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia.…

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Tom Waits and Bukowski/ Nirvana

Posted on November 1, 2015 by randomyriad

Waits’ voice and Bukowski’s words make poetry to the second power.

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