Amazon Music Playlists with Multiple Genres: #13: “Over-Abduction” from 2007, featuring Beyonce, Fiona Apple, A Perfect Circle, Ludacris, Our Lady Peace, People Under the Stairs, and more!
“The Last Generation of Mankind” from “The Sun WIll Eat You, Too” (2024) about the digital addictions crippling us as a species. Entitle “The Last Man” in the poetry book
Tool is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Does the rock and roll hall of fame discriminate against Metal and Progressive bands? What books were inspired by tool?
Reacting to post-rock improvised instrumental music, ends with cover of Legend of Zelda song. The jam starts with a belch, full of burps. Getting to know your instrument better. Distortion, delay, and reverb.
Originally written in 2006, a philosophical ponderance on humanity’s position in the cosmic hierarchy of existence and whether or not we are doomed to be caught in an endlessly tragic state of affairs, both on an individual and societal scale.
Mixtape from 2011 – featuring Tool, A Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Atmosphere, Eminem, and Rhianna – plus a few more.
“40 Winks” from Pillars of Salt: The Vultures of Orpheus poem written in 2006 about sleep, dreams, and reawakening.
Books to add to your reading list. The top 5 novels and the top 5 non-fiction books that left a strong impression on me – whether it was inspirational for my own writing or just significantly altered my perspective.
Listening and reacting to a jam from January 2024, imagining a bear waking up from hibernation and getting into some trouble… Also discussing potential drummers for Primus. Danny Carey is temporary substitute. Is Portnoy still alive?
A re-write of the first short story I wrote in 2007 while studying creative writing at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. Originally titled “The Orchestra of a Psyche,” the story is about a disturbed individual who has rejected humanity (besides his roommate Bruce) in favor of life in a swamp, where Julius makes jewlery out of pig bones…
