Saturday, April 30, 2011

Poem: The Touching of Eve

THE TOUCHING OF EVE

You,
The soul,
The spirit
Of all that is beautiful.

Strength.

Radiant
In the sight of God
And all creation.

You,
The persona,
The inspiration
Of love and life.

Love.

Sensitive to the world around
And the heavens above.

There is cleansing
In your fingertips.

Objectively treated,
You are so much more.

Humanity dwells within you.

If I dance with you,
My inspiration,
Show me how to tempt
My fate
And change this time.

You,
The lyric
The song
Of the tortured beloved.

You are distant
From my grasp.
As I slip
Into this coma,
Forever.

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©1998, 2009 Torrence King. All rights reserved.


from Dead Artists Symmetry - To view and order go to:

http://torrenceking.blogspot.com/2011/08/dead-artists-symmetry-poetry-art.html


Profile: William Blake (1757-1827) – Visionary Artist and Poet

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Although he lived in London his entire life except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "Human existence itself".

Considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterized as part of both the Romantic movement and "Pre-Romantic", for its large appearance in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the Church of England - indeed, to all forms of organized religion - Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Jakob Böhme and Emanuel Swedenborg.

Despite these known influences, the singularity of Blake's work makes him difficult to classify. The 19th century scholar William Rossetti characterized Blake as a "glorious luminary," and as "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmizable successors."


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VIDEO: William Blake - Images and Art


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VIDEO: William Blake by Daniel Amos from the album “Vox Humana”



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THE TYGER (from Songs Of Experience)

By William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

1794

Friday, April 29, 2011

PlayList: The British Invasion 1965-2011

Music Playlist: The British Invasion 1965-2011 Set 1

A list of favorite British/English/U.K. Bands and Solo Artists - Apologies to the groups and artists I didn't include this time around. 

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.  
-Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) British historian and essayist.

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service..." - Ian Fleming


The Beatles - Help!



The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black



The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again



Dusty Springfield - What's It Gonna Be



Pink Floyd – Time



Elton John - Bennie and the Jets (with lyrics)



David Bowie – Fame



The Police – Roxanne




The Clash - London Calling (Studio Version)



The Cure - A Forest (Album Version)



Rod Stewart – Young Turks



New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle



Duran Duran – The Reflex



The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out 



Morrissey - Everyday is like Sunday



Sade - I Couldn't Love You More



Everything But The Girl – Driving (Todd Terry Remix)



Radiohead – Creep



Oasis - Wonderwall


Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Live 2003)



ADELE 'Rolling In The Deep' (Studio Footage)

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Profile: Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 – 1988)

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27.

In 1976, Basquiat and friends Al Diaz and Shannon Dawson began spray-painting graffiti on buildings in Lower Manhattan, working under the pseudonym SAMO. The designs featured inscribed messages such as "Plush safe he think.. SAMO" and "SAMO as an escape clause." On December 11, 1978, the Village Voice published an article about the graffiti. The SAMO project ended with the epitaph "SAMO IS DEAD," inscribed on the walls of SoHo buildings in 1979.

In 1979, Basquiat appeared on the live public-access cable show TV Party hosted by Glenn O'Brien, and the two started a friendship. Basquiat made regular appearances on the show over the next few years. That same year, Basquiat formed the noise rock band Gray with Shannon Dawson, Michael Holman, Nick Taylor and Wayne Clifford. Gray performed at nightclubs such as Max's Kansas City, CBGB, Hurrah, and the Mudd Club. In 1980, Basquiat starred in the O'Brien's independent film Downtown 81, originally titled New York Beat. That same year, O'Brien introduced Basquiat to Andy Warhol, with whom he later collaborated. The film featured some of Gray's recordings on its soundtrack. He also appeared in the Blondie music video "Rapture" as a nightclub disc jockey.

In June 1980, Basquiat participated in The Times Square Show, a multi-artist exhibition sponsored by Collaborative Projects Incorporated (Colab) and Fashion Moda. In 1981, Rene Ricard published "The Radiant Child" in Artforum magazine, which brought Basquiat to the attention of the art world.

In late 1981, he joined the Annina Nosei gallery in SoHo, Manhattan. By 1982, Basquiat was showing regularly alongside Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Francesco Clemente and Enzo Cucchi, involved with the Neo-expressionist movement. He was represented in Los Angeles, California by the Larry Gagosian gallery, and throughout Europe by Bruno Bischofberger. He briefly dated then-aspiring performer Madonna in late 1982. That same year, Basquiat also worked briefly with musician and artist David Bowie. Basquiat painted in Armani suits, and often appeared in public in the same paint-splattered $1,000 suits.

By 1986, Basquiat had left the Annina Nosei gallery, and was showing in the famous Mary Boone gallery in SoHo. On February 10, 1986, he appeared on the cover of The New York Times Magazine in a feature entitled "New Art, New Money: The Marketing of an American Artist". He was a successful artist in this period, however his growing heroin addiction began to interfere with his personal relationships.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010) - Official Trailer [HD]


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Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, filmed in 1986

WisdomPost: Million Dollar Habits - Brian Tracy

Million Dollar Habits
Written by Brian  Tracy for Success Magazine.com
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Psychologist Abraham Maslow once wrote, “The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.” The average person settles for far less than he or she is truly capable of achieving. The truth is we’re all extraordinary. You came into this world with more talents and abilities than you could ever use. You could not exhaust your full potential if you lived 100 lifetimes.

 Your brain has 20 billion cells, each of which is connected to as many as 20 thousand other cells. The possible combinations and permutations of ideas, thoughts and insights that you can generate are equivalent to the number one followed by eight pages of zeros. According to brain expert Tony Buzan, this number is greater than all the molecules in the known universe.

 In other words, whatever you have accomplished in life to this date is only a small fraction of what you are truly capable of achieving. The challenge is that you come into the world with no instruction manual. As a result, you have to figure it all out for yourself. Most people never do. They go through life doing the very best they can, but they never come within shouting distance of doing, having and being all that is possible for them.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Cure Playlist - 10 Favorite B-Sides & Rarities (1976 – Present)

The Cure - 10 Favorite B-Sides & Rarities 
(1976 – Present)

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Another Journey By Train


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The Exploding Boy


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A Chain Of Flowers


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Sugar Girl


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2 Late


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Halo


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Scared As You


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Burn from the “Crow” Movie Soundtrack


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Home


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More Than This from the “X-Files” Movie Soundtrack

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Profile: William Shakespeare - English Playwright, Poet

William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.

Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.

Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, two of his former theatrical colleagues published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognized as Shakespeare's.


Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the 19th century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians worshiped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry". In the 20th century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Profile Playlist: The Cure – 10 Favorite Modern Cure Songs (1993 – Present)

PLAYLIST: The Cure – 10 Favorite Modern Cure Songs (1993 – Present)












Want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJBHUCT5XFI



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Jupiter Crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dAdIqImoZw



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Mint Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08eGLLM27to



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Treasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXX5NK9jkyI



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Wrong Number
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lH4Bk_9ak



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Watching Me Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcAEIUQmQgI



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Maybe Someday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zcc7DEWRPU



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The Last Day of Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpAYt-LzNWA

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Before Three (Live 2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggP5YDziMSY



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Underneath The Stars
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5RO_1zt8G8




April 20 1999 The Columbine High School Massacre

The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher. They also injured 21 other students directly, and three people were injured while attempting to escape. The pair then committed suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and the 1966 University of Texas massacre, and the deadliest for an American high school.

The massacre provoked debate regarding gun control laws, the availability of firearms in the United States, and gun violence involving youths. Much discussion also centered on the nature of high school cliques, subcultures, and bullying, as well as the role of violent movies and video games in American society. The shooting also resulted in an increased emphasis on school security, and a moral panic aimed at goth culture, social outcasts, the gun culture, the use of pharmaceutical anti-depressants by teenagers, violent films and music, teenage internet use, and violent video games.

READ MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

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Columbine Shooting: The Final Report: Part 1 of 5

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Profile: The Cure - Alternative Rock Pioneers

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with their debut album Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre.

After the release of Pornography (1982), the band's future was uncertain and Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired. With the 1982 single "Let's Go to Bed" Smith began to inject more of a pop sensibility into the band's music. The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world. The band is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004. The Cure have released thirteen studio albums and over thirty singles during the course of their career.

The first incarnation of what became The Cure was The Obelisk, a band formed by students at Notre Dame Middle School in Crawley, Sussex. The band made their public debut in a one-off performance in April 1973, and featured Robert Smith (piano), Michael "Mick" Dempsey (guitar), Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst (percussion), Marc Ceccagno (lead guitar) and Alan Hill (bass guitar). The first real incarnation though came in January 1976 when Ceccagno formed Malice with Smith and Dempsey along with two other classmates from St. Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, with Ceccagno on lead, Smith now also on guitar and Dempsey switching to bass. Ceccagno soon left, however, to form a jazz-rock fusion band called Amulet. Increasingly influenced by the emergence of punk rock, Malice's remaining members became known as Easy Cure in January 1977. By this time, Smith and Dempsey had been joined by Lol Tolhurst from The Obelisk on drums, and new lead guitarist Porl Thompson. Both Malice and Easy Cure also trialled several unsuccessful vocalists before Smith finally assumed the role of Easy Cure's front man in September 1977.

That year, Easy Cure won a talent competition with German label Hansa Records, and received a recording contract. Although the band recorded tracks for the company, none were ever released. Following disagreements in March 1978 over the direction the band should take, the contract with Hansa was dissolved. Smith later recalled, "We were very young. They just thought they could turn us into a teen group. They actually wanted us to do cover versions and we always refused." Thompson was dropped from the band in May, and the remaining trio (Smith/Tolhurst/Dempsey) were soon renamed The Cure by Smith. Later that month the band recorded their first sessions as a trio at Chestnut Studios in Sussex, which were distributed as a demo tape to a dozen major record labels. The demo found its way to Polydor Records scout Chris Parry, who signed The Cure to his newly formed Fiction label—distributed by Polydor—in September 1978. However, as a stopgap while Fiction finalised distribution arrangements with Polydor, in December 1978 The Cure released their debut single "Killing an Arab" on the Small Wonder label. "Killing an Arab" garnered both acclaim and controversy: while the single's provocative title led to accusations of racism, the song is actually based on French existentialist Albert Camus' novel The Stranger. The band placed a sticker label that denied the racist connotations on the single's 1979 reissue on Fiction. An early NME article on the band wrote that The Cure "are like a breath of fresh suburban air on the capital's smog-ridden pub and club circuit" and noted "With a John Peel session and more extensive London gigging on their immediate agenda, it remains to be seen whether or not The Cure can retain their refreshing joie de vivre."


CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE CURE

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The Story of The Cure - Part 2
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The Cure - A Forest (Live in Japan 1984)


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The Cure - 'Boys Don't Cry' Live on Jools Holland


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Monday, April 18, 2011

Half-Full Heart, Half-Empty Mind Poster Art

Half-Full Heart, Half-Empty Mind - from the poetry-art book, "Satellites and Exits"

Size Available: 24 x 36 - Heavy, Gloss Poster Print

Signed and Numbered

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Profile Playlist: The Cure – 10 Favorite Classic Cure Songs – 1976-1992

PLAYLIST: The Cure – 10 Favorite Classic Cure Songs – 1976-1992















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10:15 Saturday Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NERzLlHo-D0



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Boys Don't Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9hOFOgqOds



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Jumping Someone Else's Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZefX8bgEEE



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A Forest
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yfq3_cure-a-forest_music


Cure - A Forest by jpdc11

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The Caterpillar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgMFP9-Jy0



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Push
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH3f39iMhAM



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A Thousand Hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFWLpXnKLs



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Lovesong
Linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpAYt-LzNWA



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Disintegration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggP5YDziMSY



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Trust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjc8WzwDNaE