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- RT @ChelseaMiller: Murray A. Lightburn from the @thedears has a solo album Mass:Light. Here's the first track! Awesome! @Live885fm http://t… 1 day ago
- Free MP3 and video from Murray: eepurl.com/A5Y09 2 days ago
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Tag Archives: Writing
Literary Death Match: Less Slam and More Smack-Down
I shall be guest judging at Montreal’s upcoming Literary Death Match, where poets try to, uh, out-read each other. I like the competitive angle — there’s a lot of tongue-in-cheek here, too — poetry readings should be fun, less “slam” … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Writing
Tagged entertainment, literary death match, literature, montreal, poetry readings, poetry slam, pop montreal, smack-down, Writing
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Coming Soon: Morrissey Fan Fiction
Inspired partly by the faux-nnouncement that Morrissey would be retiring from show biz in two years (a statement he later said was “wishful thinking” on the media’s part), I decided to write a piece of fan fiction. I’ve never written … Continue reading
Posted in Feelings, Life, Writing
Tagged creative writing, fan fiction, hype, literature, memoir, Morrissey, morrissey fan fiction, mozzer, retirement, Writing
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FLASH FICTION (1)
As I was writing this piece of fiction, I was in tears. It was meant to me the culmination of a short story, the tender moment that ends it all. But in the meanwhile, that short story (d)evolved into something … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Writing
Tagged creative writing, flash fiction, micro-story, microfiction, postcard fiction, science fiction, scribd, short short, short short story, sudden fiction, Writing
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Me Party
I spent the latter half of 2011 with my head out of the music industry cloud. I’ve been luxuriating in a stress-free world of science fiction and artificial intelligence. I’ve been reading and writing more than anything else. But then … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged marketing, music, popular music, rant, reading, recording, science fiction, Writing
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From The Airplane
Since we left California its been raining non-stop. My jacket is perpetually soaked – things just don’t dry out on the bus, even though when I wake up every morning in my bunk I am completely parched. The humidity doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Canada, Kids, Life, The Dears, Touring, Travel
Tagged California, montreal, portland, Seattle, Secret Machines, Writing
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Another Driving Blog
Driving has made me consider the world in a different way, and that not having driven for the first third of my life has allowed me unreserved psycho-spatial perception. My surroundings as a driver, now, are definite and rigid: thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Life, Travel
Tagged consciousness, dream job, Driving, thinking, video treatment, Writing
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