After one of the more chaotic, exciting, and tumultuous times in my (recent) life (May to December 2024), that saw me switch jobs, coach a little league team to the semi-finals, and become more immersed in both art and family… after months of refining, here is the soundtrack mix for that time. On Amazon Music, my 92nd mixtape, “Do you see what happens when you fuck with a poet?”
BWDerge Blog
Poetry Writing
2025 American Poetry: “The Trifecta (Primary Colors)”
New poem by BW Derge, written in 2025 about the primary emotions, Sadness, Joy, and Anger as personified gods. “The Trifecta”
Writing
Albums by the Band Tool – Ranked. Best Tool Albums.
Ranking all six of Tool’s records, including the EP Opiate and the six LPs, not including bonus releases like Salival or Opiate 2.
Jams Music
Spy Movies, Video Games, and Weird Endings (Jam Notes Podcast)
Talking about 2 jams, new positions, and more. Both are from January 2024, 1 is 5 minutes with a weird ending. 2nd jam is less than a minute long, was that intentional? They’re talking spy movies, too.
Fiction Prose Writing
The Goddess of the Oceanic Realm
A weird short story strewn together from two pages of rambling, practically incoherent, nonsense trying to become a tale. Most of this was rewritten recently, and it became a weird story about a shipwrecked World War II pilot, a shark, and a goddess of the sea.
Mix Playlists Music
Amazon Music Playlists with Multiple Genres: #13 ft Beyonce and Fiona Apple
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!
Poetry Writing
Poem from “The Sun Will Eat You, Too” : The Last Generation of Mankind
“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
Music
Hard Rock: Is Tool in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
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?
Jams Music
Jam Notes Podcast: Legend of Zelda Jam Session
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.
Prose Writing
The Cosmic Tragedy of Existence: A Quasi-Philosophical Rambling Essay
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.