Roy Henry Vickers’ The Elders Are Watching
Roy Henry Vickers is quite simply one of the greatest living artists. The web doesn’t do justice to his work, because some of the images are rendered in such a way that the totality of the work cannot...
View ArticleThe Poetry Book of Mormon
Emo Jesus sez it’s okay. He’s still got his poetry. Anybody who’s read the King James version of the Bible knows there’s poetry in it. But is there poetry in the “Other Books” like the Gnostic Gospels,...
View ArticleCypherpoetry
Cypherpunks captured Cypherpunks are a movement, a couple of episodes of Julian Assange’s television show, and a new book which I am going to review for Slate. They are, as well, poets (who don’t know...
View ArticleTwo Christmas Stories
Darwin and Charlie Brown It’s a Christmas Tradition on the ol’ raincoaster blog to re-post this, the greatest Christmas story ever told (sorry, Jesus!): A Christmas Story, by Sarban. It is long, but if...
View ArticleAh Pook is here
William S Burroughs is on target! Who knows why founding Beat poet and professional reprobate William S. Burroughs chose to fixate on the minor Mayan death god Ah Puch (which he spelled “Ah Pook”...
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