Oct 16 2006

The Precursors and The Preface

Category: Uncategorized — dryvetyme @ 3:17 pm

“I am the man that G-d has created me to be and I deserve everything that G-d has for me.”

I’ve never done this before, especially not at this level, so in many ways, to actually put the figurative “pen to paper” in regards to my present and future is quite a daunting prospect. Oh, I’m a planner – to a fault – but I’ve never truly set out to make them visible to myself or to others. Even when planning to attend seminary, I found it hard to talk about myself in the future tense, because I’m afraid of what that really means – stability, growing up, leaving behind the blissful transience and perpetual floating that I had come to know. I enjoyed being Peter Pan, since I wasn’t beholden to any of the responsibilities that my Dad, former pastors, John Eldridge, and other American Alpha Males told me that I had to take up as an adult. I wasn’t like them, so I chose to eschew anything that remotely looked like they did, no matter what it may have been – jobs, relationships, dressing up, owning a house, or leisure activities – and I enjoyed doing so. Continue reading “The Precursors and The Preface”

Oct 12 2006

Furrows & Straight Lines

Category: Uncategorized — dryvetyme @ 5:10 pm

There are days when
I long for the merest
bend in the road.

Hoping beyond hope
that somehow the
scenery will change.

This monotony is like
a creeping contagion
that I can’t elude.
The wheels are stuck in the same direction.

I know that I must keep
moving, even though
I don’t know where this road goes.

And I know, I understand
that I’m moving forward,
but OH! I question the rate.

This monotony is like
a creeping contagion
that I can’t elude.
The wheels are stuck in the same direction.

A little shift would be nice
Could I stop and maybe re-roll the dice?
Perpetual motion can be such a drag…

APN
Copyright, 09/24/2006 Continue reading “Furrows & Straight Lines”

Oct 08 2006

Cleaning House

Category: Uncategorized — dryvetyme @ 7:49 pm

Set those ideas upon the shelves
where they’ve always been.
The dust they’ve collected is to be
venerated & studied, but never stirred.

Don’t disturb that sleeping dog there,
even if he’s been toothless for quite some time now.
He’s lying in the bed he’s made
& shouldn’t be disturbed.

Stillness & silence reign.
So let our errant thoughts take the blame.
But when our system begins to break down,
why is it the status quo that’s still around?

700 lb donkeys & elephants should be permitted
to linger in any room, even though they tend to
squash all the smaller animals.
Their tempers mustn’t be perturbed.

Disruption can be easier than it seems.
Just forget what they’ve told you and follow your dreams.
Passion should never grow cold.

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Copyright, 09/24/2006 Continue reading “Cleaning House”

Oct 05 2006

TV On The Radio — Return To Cookie Mountain

Category: Uncategorized — dryvetyme @ 12:34 pm

TV On The Radio
Return To Cookie Mountain
Touch & Go/Interscope
Rating: 8.9

There are great many ways to poorly compose and disseminate one’s thoughts, and, aside from the constant streams of hateful vitriol spewing from AM radio across this nation that is America, few mediums are as rife with the abuse of language as that of “The Review.” The reviewing world is full of descriptive language; sadly, most of the phraseology that is commonly used has tragically fallen into the pantheon of cliché. Now, there’s nothing truly wrong with a good cliché; however, the problem is that the various ways & means of talking about a certain book, album, movie, or other form of media have come to be overly, cheaply, and loosely used. Some are used to bombastically inflate & extol the virtues of whatever is being examined, while others are employed to criticize with a great too much ease. Sloppy writing kills language and we’re all to blame – Rolling Stone, Spin, NME, my site, and even the vaunted Pitchfork.

Nevertheless, there come the times when hyperbole and unbridled enthusiasm are appropriate reactions and, with the US release of Return To Cookie Mountain from TV On The Radio, that time has now arrived. Continue reading “TV On The Radio — Return To Cookie Mountain”

Oct 03 2006

The Middle

Category: Poetry — dryvetyme @ 1:13 pm

Sticks & stones
It takes more than that
to make him feel a thing.

All alone.
She prefers the false solace
that her lonely heart brings.

All that was held out is crushed.
All that was held back is withered.
The middle has disappeared.

Heart so hard Continue reading “The Middle”

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