Novalis once wisely wrote, “Philosophy is really homesickness: the urge to be at home everywhere.” This same truth is found much more deeply in music and poetry. 2020 – 2021 will be remembered as the homesickness years. We were separated from loved ones and quarantined inside our homes and, during this trauma, some of us …
One of the songs Elvis Presley liked to perform in the ’70s was Joe South’s “Walk a Mile in My Shoes,” its message clearly spelled out in the title. Sometimes he would preface it with the 1951 Hank Williams recitation “Men With Broken Hearts,” which may well have been South’s original inspiration. “You’ve never walked …
Happy Birthday, Gene Clark. Back at the turn of the 20th century (the so-called “American Century”), there was talk of the end of the American frontier, the wild blue yonder that set America apart and impelled everyone to seek their home there. Ever since that moment, there has been a search for the artistic experience …
Walkin’ in the park just the other day, baby What do you what do you think I saw? Crowds of people sittin’ on the grass with flowers in their hair said Hey Boy do you want to score? Back in those days, we all gathered at the Red House in Butcher Park. Five, ten, sometimes as many as …
After my first magic mushroom psilocybin psychedelic experience at the age of nineteen, I decided that my screen name should be Graveyard Poet. There were three inspirations for this name at the end of my teenage years: 1.) the poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” by Thomas Gray (whose birthday was the day before …
„If you don’t like The Supersuckers, you don’t like rock’n’roll“ Lemmy Ron Heathman of the Supersuckers passed away on August 18th. An obituary by Glen Clarke, with exclusive statements by The Dwarves, New Bomb Turks, and others… (Photo credit: Jim Hucks) *** Mr. Rontrose Heathman, the man who changed the way we look at life-most …
Townes Van Zandt has been nicknamed the “Texas troubadour” and this is an apt description of the tragic singer-songwriter. Similar to John Keats and Dylan Thomas, Townes Van Zandt experienced a creative explosion between the ages of 24 – 25. His lyrics are inspired by the extremes in the landscapes of his home state of …
