What now? Are you speaking to me?

"Hello, Pittsburgh, hello! How you sleepin'?"

Look at that prompt flickering still..

"Everything you do bears a will and a why and a wherefore.."

Projecting thoughts...and creation itself.

Yeah. I do miss it sometimes.

Static..static...transmission commencing..

We don't hear much about new releases from our dusty vault---certainly not anything of late..but...

Two 'new' episodes of Balderdash coming soon.

Yes.


You heard correct.



Just when you think there's nothing left, no further magic to be reaped from this series...













...watch this space--

Consider..

Often we're swept up in getting things out, trying to speak as we feel..but. ... It can be about silence. Maybe it's about what we don't say..

A quick one before it starts again..

Is it merely the end of another year..or the start of a new journey? Think I'm going with the latter. May yours be a bright one-

Zoom went the clock.

Remember when I wrote about November? Yeah. It's December. Where does the time go? I'm sorta scared of 2014, and I'm not really sure why.

Peering around the corner..

And just like that, it's November.. I'm just as shocked as you are. Maybe even moreso.

Here goes an ehhhh.

More and more lately I've been feeling disillusioned by the online presence that I present. It's hard to find meaning in things in the digital sense, and the urgency that once made projects worthwhile have been either halted or given to the "archives" mentality. In that, I mean that yes, these things exist, but until I find some connection to them again, they become old films that no-one watches.

Casual interest is a murder of passion. At one point, it could have been the actual kindling(That first interest could well spark a full blown obsession) of said things ..but at this juncture, it's the lack of fire burns the most.

In other news, tooth-aches are nothing to sneeze at. Some days I wish I could have a talk with 2001-2007 me. Tell him that his teeth are vitally important. Clue him into the idea that bottle openers are a clever invention, and less a novelty than a toothsaver for idiots. Seriously. What an ignorant jerk I was. "I have the strongest teeth ever. Nothing can affect me. Me! Impervious to such things as cracks and cavities. Ha!" You'll have to imagine a pompous heroic voice declaring these spouts of stupidity. Shouldn't be too tough, huh? Pfft.


That about sums up my life lately. I get brief periods of muse whispering and have here and there been having     glimpses of nostalgia in terms of written word. At work, I count the hours...Cartoons are watched, cooking shows studied. Anything to keep my head stimming.

And now and again, I visit my fictionpress...not necessarily through the lenses of sadness and regret...but more through a pair of longing spectacles. Of wanting to recapture the ease of some of those days.



Effortless is one of the most beautiful words in the English tongue.


There's such joy in it..

Ins, Outs, & Roundabouts

Been having a "different lenses,new day" type of second look at my blog, and have noticed just how much of a joy it used to be creating special weekly content on here...

In addition to regular posts, there were times when I'd would rhapsodize about a particular event, movie,tune, or whatever tomfoolery that struck my fancy.

I like that type of silly knockoff investigative reporting..

Got to thinking that I would probably dig getting back into the saddle of doing some of those..

For instance, I haven't done a weekend confection...in years. Same for time out for cool peeps.And it doesn't even have to be as involved as those. I also used to introduce music/bands that amused or surprised me mostly because...

1. They were modern.
..and
2. They didn't suck.

With that in mind, I'd like to take a little sentimental trip back and do a quick one for this week.

Our featured tune timer out-er?

Shiny Toy Guns- Wait For Me..

If you're not familiar(and really why should you be..unless you're just really up with obscure modern tunes..or you happen to know modern music at all..eh..nevermind..I see that I'm alone in this..end of rant.),these folks did a cover of "Major Tom", which admittedly was an obsession of mine for a few(maybe longer than a few perhaps..).

Their version didn't really hold a candle to the original(Really though how would that even be possible?), instead was a curious yet altogether unnecessary alternative.

"Wait For Me" came up randomly on my Google Play...as I had managed,on one of my many music raiding sojourns to the local library, to rip/upload one of their albums with the lily white legality of a sidewalk merchant turning a quick buck selling tasty snickerdoodles.

......


The song turns out to be surprisingly earwormy after you get past some awful crap at the very beginning of the tune.

A little known fact about me:

I really don't care for singers whispering nonsense in my ear or some weird dude shouting.

Normally this sort of tune wouldn't appeal to me whatsoever(probably elicit some creative profanities and get thrown somewhere..truth be told.)...especially with it being something modern as I have so little respect for the current medium...more on that some other time (but careful, I tend to be very thorough on that point..understatement coughcough.)

So..by a level of indifference to the background noise of the moment, I managed to get past the creepy vocal nonwords and emo guy yelling...after that, not too bad.

Almost.. catchy.

Give it a go if you're feeling brave-

And if not, you can go drifting.. falling..floating.. weightless with the original "Major Tom"...which never fails to impress.

Thank you, Peter Schilling, for having the foresight to rip off an abandoned character and crafting that sexy synth chorus.

Bravo, sir.

Seriously..what a wonder that one hit is-