March 2011
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WatchVlog #5. yea yea! Revision of previously vlogged poem.
“Anemic ship with bright feathers thick…” (c) James Burton March 2011
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WatchVlog #4… Dating back to a poem I wrote in October while driving through the beautiful country roads of New York State.
Mill (c) James Burton October 2010
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Constant mixed emotions… Feels as if I’m a buoyant stick at the drop of a waterfall. Subject to pushing, held under water, rising to the top, embraced gently by hundreds of bubbles, caught in a spin back under the fall… I need an escape… Sometimes I think I find release, but maybe I’m just hopeful… always… so.. hopeful.
Where is my tropical vacation?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-27) →
Right Away, Great Captain! (11)
Brand New (11)
Original Broadway Cast (7)
A.A. Bondy (5)
Dispatch (3)
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breathing deeply and remembering scraped knees:... →
scaryfragile:
I am not dying just folding paperbacks into my veins 1928 mantras and soft-spoken tragedies, now taught in school for children to connect to a lost generation, generation of bullet holes and blood in soil, American flags and schoolgirl pride, say the anthem louder now, one nation under god, under…
This is wonderful, great poem… Eye-opening. Glad to be following you,...
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Ambition is sexy.
thatshit-tay asked: Idk James, Friday's lyrics are beautiful and definitely have meaning:
"gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal"
--Really touching
"gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal"
--Really touching
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Sylvia Plath
I have a deep fondness for Sylvia Plath’s writing. But, I really can’t read her writing from her later/last years without feeling terribly sad.
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WatchSpoken word #3, written two nights ago. Thank you guys!
Our binding waters had surely frozen… (c) James Burton March 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-20) →
Old Crow Medicine Show (13)
John Mayer (7)
Manchester Orchestra (6)
Simon & Garfunkel (3)
Original Broadway Cast (3)
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New color: trying to think green/Spring!
… As snow steadily falls outside, sick of it.
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WatchTrying another one. As always, any feedback is appreciated. Thanks everyone!
Anemic ship with bright feathers thick… (c) James Burton March 2011
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“Please, help me.” “How are you?”
I don’t know what it is, but these two phrases carry a substantial amount of density that I always recognize. Something generic that we don’t often think twice about. Something that requires us to make a decision to answer honestly, or simply. And yet, though latent, these phrases are a test to us. Opening realms of...
Brutal hangover today, just got back to college concluding a much needed Spring break… Let the work begin…
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WatchMy first vlog.
Towel (c) James Burton March 2011.
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“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of...”
– Jim Morrison (via tanushhka)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-13) →
Billy Joel (11)
Nick Drake (8)
World Music (5)
Bon Iver (4)
City and Colour (2)
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Who am I trying to kid?… how long has it...
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Well then, happy Mardi Gras to you all. Sacrifice is such a novelty, huh?… Make something of it. Look inside and better yourself. If not now, when?
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-6) →
Nirvana (11)
Mumford & Sons (8)
Billy Joel (8)
World Music (6)
Michael Jackson (6)
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Felix Culpa. (fortunate fall)
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Billy Joel’s voice in “She’s Always A Woman” is incredibly soothing.
