CHOICES
BETWEEN THE MEDS AND COLOR TV...THATS A TOUGHIE
I DO BELIEVE WE ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT. JUST FROM A PURELY SUBJECTIVE VIEW POINT, ONE PROBLEM I SEE FROM MY EXPERIENCE...IT IS HARD TO GET ANYBODY TO OPEN UP BEYOND THEIR OWN CIRCLE...WE HAVE BECOME CLOSED OFF TO ONE ANOTHER. HELPING OTHERS IS OUT OF FASHION...WE ARE NOT OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER ANY MORE. THE WAY I HAVE BEEN TREATED PERSONALLY, THAT IS IGNORED WHEN I REACH OUT, IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING...IT'S HARD TO GET ANYONE TO RESPOND TO THE MOST ELEMENTAL REQUEST.
THIS TO ME SHOWS THE LACK OF CIVILITY THAT IS AT THE CORE OF HUMAN RELATIONS WHEN THEY ARE HEALTHY. THIS COUNTRY'S FOCUS ON GETTING WHAT'S MINE AND MY GROUP'S, MY ETHNICITY, AND HOORAY FOR OUR SIDE MENTALITY THAT STARTED IN THE 70'S HAS DEBASED OUR LAND AS MORE AND MORE GROUPS BORROWED THE IDEAS FROM THE LEGITIMATE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS AND DEBASED IT INTO A FREE FOR ALL TO EVERY ONE WITH THE SLIGHTEST CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER.
PSYCHOLOGISTS OF THE DAY ALSO SPREAD THIS MENTALITY FAR AND WIDE. THAT I NEED TO THINK OF MYSELF FIRST. WHICH IS GREAT ADVICE FOR THOSE IN NEED. BUT WHEN IT IS APPLIED TO THE GENERAL HEALTHY POPULATION IT BECOMES VERY DESTRUCTIVE. BLAME IT ON SELF HELP BOOKS. MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO BE MORE GENEROUS BUT THEY ARE ADVISED AGAINST IT. IT'S A WALLED OFF SOCIETY, EACH PERSON IS SHUT OFF TO OUTSIDERS. WE HAVE FORGOTTEN AND FORSAKEN THE LARGER TRUTHS IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT IS TRUTH ON A SMALL SCALE. I.E. THIS IS TRUE FOR ME AND IMPORTANT TO ME, SO IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AND DESERVES JUST AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THIS LARGER TRUTH.
I'VE GOT THIS BLISTER ON MY FINGER AND TO HELL WITH THE CANCER PATIENT. IT IS A CONFUSION OF PRIORITIES SPREAD BY THE PRACTITIONERS OF PSYCHOBABBLE. STRAINING AT A GNAT AND SWALLOWING A CAMEL. THEY HAVE THEIR TRUTH AND ONLY WISH TO ENLIGHTEN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WHO WILL BUY THEIR BOOK, NOW IN PAPERBACK.
AND DID I MENTION THE MEAN PEOPLE ON TALK RADIO? THESE PEOPLE ARE EXCELLENT TALKERS AND THEY ARE GREAT AT BLAMING THE OTHER SIDE FOR WHAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE GUILTY OF. IT'S A VERY OLD SALES GIMMICK...PRESENT YOUR PRODUCTS GREATEST WEAKNESS AS ITS STRENGTH. NO ONE WILL DARE CALL YOU ON IT.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
bombs over appalachia
bombs over appalachia
For someone to be as dispassionate and cool as Don Blankenship is should set off alarm bells. To maintain this facade of impeccable calm and reasonability borders on insanity in the face of the destruction that has been unleashed on our state. There is a reason I call fly over's "cry over's." That reason is that people usually come back from these fly overs with many, many tears flowing from what they have witnessed from the air. What did they see? Was it Hiroshima? No, but the megatonnage is equivalent, just the target is different. I have also said that this is the second time war has been declared on West Virginia. The first was in the 20's during the mine wars, when planes were sent to drop bombs on our people. Think about it, the only state in the union that has been bombed by it's own country...twice.
For someone to be as dispassionate and cool as Don Blankenship is should set off alarm bells. To maintain this facade of impeccable calm and reasonability borders on insanity in the face of the destruction that has been unleashed on our state. There is a reason I call fly over's "cry over's." That reason is that people usually come back from these fly overs with many, many tears flowing from what they have witnessed from the air. What did they see? Was it Hiroshima? No, but the megatonnage is equivalent, just the target is different. I have also said that this is the second time war has been declared on West Virginia. The first was in the 20's during the mine wars, when planes were sent to drop bombs on our people. Think about it, the only state in the union that has been bombed by it's own country...twice.
DON BLANKENSHIP BLATHERS ON
HOPPY KERCHEVAL, 58 WCHS, TALK LINE,
To give coal's top henchman, Don Blankenship a forum for his self deluded views and come off as some kind of reasonable mild mannered clark kent has to be a low point and ironic beyond belief. Finally the national media are asking questions like 'what the hell are they doing to the environment', these mild mannered reasonable businessmen. And yet We are not. Still.
It's a low point in human history. Even the amazon will grow back....nothing will ever grow here again period. Until the end of history. We can thank mild mannered cool, calculating, deluded, people everywhere for that.
Examine the disparity, if you will, between what Clark Kent says and how he acts and what he does. If, every time he speaks, you picture in your mind the devastation he hand his cronies have wreaked upon us, you get the picture. One areial photo of miles and miles of devastated mountains is worth a thousand words of propaganda...
Unfortunately I didn't hear the whole thing...or fortuantely. I did hear Don Blankenship complain about socialist tendencies in government and then 2 minutes later assert that coal to liquids needed govt assistance so that these huge corporate interests could be guaranteed a profit. That's true both sides of the mouth speak capitalism. I guess it's okay for the big boys and the rich boys if they are the ones that get the benefits of socialism....but not if people in need, average citizens get it...outrageous to the point of obscenity.
I wish someone would guarantee me a profit at my songwriting.
Hell, I might become a better businessman. Hell, I might even become a prophet...
HOPPY KERCHEVAL, 58 WCHS, TALK LINE,
To give coal's top henchman, Don Blankenship a forum for his self deluded views and come off as some kind of reasonable mild mannered clark kent has to be a low point and ironic beyond belief. Finally the national media are asking questions like 'what the hell are they doing to the environment', these mild mannered reasonable businessmen. And yet We are not. Still.
It's a low point in human history. Even the amazon will grow back....nothing will ever grow here again period. Until the end of history. We can thank mild mannered cool, calculating, deluded, people everywhere for that.
Examine the disparity, if you will, between what Clark Kent says and how he acts and what he does. If, every time he speaks, you picture in your mind the devastation he hand his cronies have wreaked upon us, you get the picture. One areial photo of miles and miles of devastated mountains is worth a thousand words of propaganda...
Unfortunately I didn't hear the whole thing...or fortuantely. I did hear Don Blankenship complain about socialist tendencies in government and then 2 minutes later assert that coal to liquids needed govt assistance so that these huge corporate interests could be guaranteed a profit. That's true both sides of the mouth speak capitalism. I guess it's okay for the big boys and the rich boys if they are the ones that get the benefits of socialism....but not if people in need, average citizens get it...outrageous to the point of obscenity.
I wish someone would guarantee me a profit at my songwriting.
Hell, I might become a better businessman. Hell, I might even become a prophet...
IF YOU LET ME MAKE ME FAMOUS
IT'S A STRANGE SONG, I MUST ADMIT.
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Famous
If you let me make you famous
If you let me make you famous
I'll take you to my basement.
The secrets I will show to you
The world is mine to give to you.
If you let me make you famous.
If you let me make you famous
the world will hold you blameless
bullets will bounce off of you
all will love the little Jew
If you let me make you famous.
If you let me make you famous
Oh sacred heart of Jesus
They'll see your image everywhere
in mushroom clouds in the air
If you let me make you famous.
If I let you make me famous
Get behind me Satan
Oprah, Barbara Walters, too
Camera lights kiss-kiss, boo-hoo.
If I let you make me famous.
If I let you make me famous
How could you be so brainless
How I love this perfect life
Three kids, a dog and loving wife
If I let you make me famous.
If I let you make me famous.
If you let me make you famous.
(C) 2009 T. Paige
February 6, 2009 - Friday
here's my nifty solution to the problem
February 5, 2009 - Thursday
SUSAN'S SONG
Was thinking of my sister, Susan Dalporto ..
who died March 31, 1990when I wrote this. It doesn't do her justice, of course...just the thought, she was the least critical of me and I'd like to still have her around to talk to her on one of these new fangled cell phones...unfortunately, heaven is still out of range...
Let It Rain
Sittin in the rain tryin to write a song
every little thing I try to write is wrong
Rain drops fallin on my window pane
could it be they're tellin me, 'okay'
everything's gonna be okay
let it rain down on melet it rain.
I wish there was a way to call you on the phone
if heaven had a gate
I'd put you on the throne
Rain drops fallin on my window pane
could it be they're tellin me, 'okay'
everything's gonna be okay
let it rain down on melet it rain.
Suzie she is gone
like a bird that's flown
Lord, I rue the dayI left her all alone
Rain drops fallin on my window pain
could it be you're tellin me, 'okay'
everything's gonna be okay
let it rain down on melet it rain.
(C) 2009 T. Paige..
February 5, 2009 - Thursday
GOT SO MANY HITS THE OTHER DAY
WONDERED WHYthought it might a been this songbein checked out byMASSEY'S SPIESSO HERE YOU ARE LADIES AND GENTS IN ITS ORIGINAL AND ENTIRETY DRUM ROLL PLEASE Massey's Farm I ain't gonna work on Massey's farm no moreI ain't gonna work on Massey's farm no moreHe hands you a nickel, he hands you a dimeHe asks you with a grin, if you're having a good timeThen he builds a silo near the kids next doorI ain't gonna work on Massey's farm no more.I ain't gonna work for Massey's Ma no moreI ain't gonna work for Massey's Ma no moreShe sits down at your table Sticks her fork in your eyeShe's always got her hand out, for a bigger piece of pieShe's the last to leave and the first to ask for moreI ain't gonna work for Massey's Ma no more.I ain't gonna be no Massey Friend no moreI ain't gonna be no Massey Friend no moreHe puts up a billboard says, "coal yesirree!I'm clean and I'm neutral!" and if you disagreeHe'll sue your ass just for sport.I ain't gonna be no Massey Friend no more.I ain't gonna work for Massey's mine no moreI ain't gonna work for Massey's mine no moreHe pollutes the water, he pollutes the streamsHe blows up the mountains and the American dreamA team of lawyers scrubs his floorI ain't gonna work for Massey's mine no more.(C)2009 T. Paige
February 4, 2009 - Wednesday
Protesting Massey is Fun!
I was still jacked up at bed time last night from the protest rally at Massey Coal's mine in Boone County, organized by Coal River Mountain Watch. Judy Bonds asked me to come and do a couple numbers of my own, so I wrote two...Massey's Farm, and Fire and Rain....which I sang along with many others. At the end we all sang Amazing Grace, the time honored/traditional words taking on new meaning in context of all the crap that is going on in the coal fields and our mountains. It was a Woody Guthrie moment for me...these are my people...they are my audience...they are who I write for, sing, protest, whatever...for...I felt blessed to be a part of it, and to be using my music in such a positive way for such a good cause...like the Lord was telling me...THIS is what I had in mind for your music...
February 1, 2009 - Sunday
Boy am I glad
I don't spend all my time on that 'other' place. I'm picking my nose right now and I just don't think that would go over too good from a prospective employer's point of view. Facebook etiquetteMany people have questions about "netiquette," or etiquette while social networking on the World Wide Web. Like every other hot topic, there are groups set up on the Facebook site where users can post suggestions for proper Facebooking.Here are a few of the postings by members of the group:
Online presence profiling, especially online social networking with Facebook, is becoming more common as schools and employers screen potential employees and scholarship recipients in yet one more category in their selection process. Proper etiquette is especially important for teenagers and students who are often too casual in their online social networking, with emphasis on Facebook as a dominant player in the market.
Avoid negativity, especially with feelings and anything about other people.
No swearing.
Learn to say no to invitations ("Friends," "Applications," "Groups," certain events not good to publicize).
Only have "Friends" you've met in person, and purge your list a few times a year as friendships fade.
Have people in front of whom you need to behave among your Facebook friends as "designated monitors."
Do not list personal contact information (address, phone number, birth year, specific job locations like store).
Don't update your status more than a few times a day, avoiding statuses directed at one or few people.
Defend your "Wall" by deleting inappropriate comments or counter with reply if you don't want to delete.
Minimize tagging to let people tag themselves in photos, and don't tag anyone in unflattering ways. Keep tagged photos of yourself under 200; "untag" the less flattering and inappropriate ones.
Be selective where you comment, expecting it to be public, and what you comment for proper manners.
Control privacy setting each time you post something, sharing "Only with Friends" most of the time.
Check details of "Groups" and "Fan Pages" before you join, especially for authenticity.
Don't start, join or invite others to groups or pages with news or names withheld by media or law, until after release.
Occasionally, ask someone for an honest impression they get from your profile and fix it till you're happy.
If you do "inappropriate" things on Facebook, come back and delete them later to minimize visibility and damage. Don't get caught up in other people's inappropriate behavior.
Treat your Facebook profile and activity like an informal résumé or media image of yourself, because it is. Reach Sara Busse at
January 31, 2009 - Saturday
Short poem, writ large
I am many things
but you can call me
The Mirror.
11:34 PM
January 31, 2009 - Saturday
HE
IS A FINE PSYCHOLOGICAL SPECIEMEN...
HOW COME YOU NEVER HEAR THAT?
IT'S A STRANGE SONG, I MUST ADMIT.
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Famous
If you let me make you famous
If you let me make you famous
I'll take you to my basement.
The secrets I will show to you
The world is mine to give to you.
If you let me make you famous.
If you let me make you famous
the world will hold you blameless
bullets will bounce off of you
all will love the little Jew
If you let me make you famous.
If you let me make you famous
Oh sacred heart of Jesus
They'll see your image everywhere
in mushroom clouds in the air
If you let me make you famous.
If I let you make me famous
Get behind me Satan
Oprah, Barbara Walters, too
Camera lights kiss-kiss, boo-hoo.
If I let you make me famous.
If I let you make me famous
How could you be so brainless
How I love this perfect life
Three kids, a dog and loving wife
If I let you make me famous.
If I let you make me famous.
If you let me make you famous.
(C) 2009 T. Paige
February 6, 2009 - Friday
here's my nifty solution to the problem
February 5, 2009 - Thursday
SUSAN'S SONG
Was thinking of my sister, Susan Dalporto ..
who died March 31, 1990when I wrote this. It doesn't do her justice, of course...just the thought, she was the least critical of me and I'd like to still have her around to talk to her on one of these new fangled cell phones...unfortunately, heaven is still out of range...
Let It Rain
Sittin in the rain tryin to write a song
every little thing I try to write is wrong
Rain drops fallin on my window pane
could it be they're tellin me, 'okay'
everything's gonna be okay
let it rain down on melet it rain.
I wish there was a way to call you on the phone
if heaven had a gate
I'd put you on the throne
Rain drops fallin on my window pane
could it be they're tellin me, 'okay'
everything's gonna be okay
let it rain down on melet it rain.
Suzie she is gone
like a bird that's flown
Lord, I rue the dayI left her all alone
Rain drops fallin on my window pain
could it be you're tellin me, 'okay'
everything's gonna be okay
let it rain down on melet it rain.
(C) 2009 T. Paige..
February 5, 2009 - Thursday
GOT SO MANY HITS THE OTHER DAY
WONDERED WHYthought it might a been this songbein checked out byMASSEY'S SPIESSO HERE YOU ARE LADIES AND GENTS IN ITS ORIGINAL AND ENTIRETY DRUM ROLL PLEASE Massey's Farm I ain't gonna work on Massey's farm no moreI ain't gonna work on Massey's farm no moreHe hands you a nickel, he hands you a dimeHe asks you with a grin, if you're having a good timeThen he builds a silo near the kids next doorI ain't gonna work on Massey's farm no more.I ain't gonna work for Massey's Ma no moreI ain't gonna work for Massey's Ma no moreShe sits down at your table Sticks her fork in your eyeShe's always got her hand out, for a bigger piece of pieShe's the last to leave and the first to ask for moreI ain't gonna work for Massey's Ma no more.I ain't gonna be no Massey Friend no moreI ain't gonna be no Massey Friend no moreHe puts up a billboard says, "coal yesirree!I'm clean and I'm neutral!" and if you disagreeHe'll sue your ass just for sport.I ain't gonna be no Massey Friend no more.I ain't gonna work for Massey's mine no moreI ain't gonna work for Massey's mine no moreHe pollutes the water, he pollutes the streamsHe blows up the mountains and the American dreamA team of lawyers scrubs his floorI ain't gonna work for Massey's mine no more.(C)2009 T. Paige
February 4, 2009 - Wednesday
Protesting Massey is Fun!
I was still jacked up at bed time last night from the protest rally at Massey Coal's mine in Boone County, organized by Coal River Mountain Watch. Judy Bonds asked me to come and do a couple numbers of my own, so I wrote two...Massey's Farm, and Fire and Rain....which I sang along with many others. At the end we all sang Amazing Grace, the time honored/traditional words taking on new meaning in context of all the crap that is going on in the coal fields and our mountains. It was a Woody Guthrie moment for me...these are my people...they are my audience...they are who I write for, sing, protest, whatever...for...I felt blessed to be a part of it, and to be using my music in such a positive way for such a good cause...like the Lord was telling me...THIS is what I had in mind for your music...
February 1, 2009 - Sunday
Boy am I glad
I don't spend all my time on that 'other' place. I'm picking my nose right now and I just don't think that would go over too good from a prospective employer's point of view. Facebook etiquetteMany people have questions about "netiquette," or etiquette while social networking on the World Wide Web. Like every other hot topic, there are groups set up on the Facebook site where users can post suggestions for proper Facebooking.Here are a few of the postings by members of the group:
Online presence profiling, especially online social networking with Facebook, is becoming more common as schools and employers screen potential employees and scholarship recipients in yet one more category in their selection process. Proper etiquette is especially important for teenagers and students who are often too casual in their online social networking, with emphasis on Facebook as a dominant player in the market.
Avoid negativity, especially with feelings and anything about other people.
No swearing.
Learn to say no to invitations ("Friends," "Applications," "Groups," certain events not good to publicize).
Only have "Friends" you've met in person, and purge your list a few times a year as friendships fade.
Have people in front of whom you need to behave among your Facebook friends as "designated monitors."
Do not list personal contact information (address, phone number, birth year, specific job locations like store).
Don't update your status more than a few times a day, avoiding statuses directed at one or few people.
Defend your "Wall" by deleting inappropriate comments or counter with reply if you don't want to delete.
Minimize tagging to let people tag themselves in photos, and don't tag anyone in unflattering ways. Keep tagged photos of yourself under 200; "untag" the less flattering and inappropriate ones.
Be selective where you comment, expecting it to be public, and what you comment for proper manners.
Control privacy setting each time you post something, sharing "Only with Friends" most of the time.
Check details of "Groups" and "Fan Pages" before you join, especially for authenticity.
Don't start, join or invite others to groups or pages with news or names withheld by media or law, until after release.
Occasionally, ask someone for an honest impression they get from your profile and fix it till you're happy.
If you do "inappropriate" things on Facebook, come back and delete them later to minimize visibility and damage. Don't get caught up in other people's inappropriate behavior.
Treat your Facebook profile and activity like an informal résumé or media image of yourself, because it is. Reach Sara Busse at
January 31, 2009 - Saturday
Short poem, writ large
I am many things
but you can call me
The Mirror.
11:34 PM
January 31, 2009 - Saturday
HE
IS A FINE PSYCHOLOGICAL SPECIEMEN...
HOW COME YOU NEVER HEAR THAT?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
george bush cheerleader in chief
by now we all know that george bush was a cheerleader. but did you know that sarah mcpalin was one also. and a beauty queen. anyway...bush was cheerleader in a time when girls in tiny little outfits weren't around. so george did his best with what the good lord gave him. he was the best damn cheerleader that he could be. I think he was our first cheerleader/president. think of the boost he has given to the self-esteem of millions of little girls. might not be a girl in the oval office but, by gosh there is a cheerleader. the cheerleader in chief deals with all the top world leaders. He has had to put up with a lot of cracks by wise ass leaders like putin and the lot over the years I am sure. that's why he tries so hard to keep a firm hand. and to do those preemptive cheers, I mean, strikes. Oh well it's too late for a george bush column on cheerleading, but hopefully Sarah will be elected, McCain will kick off and we'll have plenty of time and material to continue in this vein.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
FIRST TIME
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I AM PRAYING FOR THIS COUNTRY
THAT THE RANCOR AND BITTERNESS WILL TAKE A VACATION
Despite Jesus' words, Blessed are the peacemakers, generally peacemakers are a hated lot.
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HAVING FAITH
DOES NOT INCLUDE BLOWING UP MOUNTAINS TO MOVE THEM.
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October 15, 2008 - Wednesday
17 SONGS WITH A W.VA. CONNECTION
I tried to find a connection to W.Va. in my songs recently for a W.Va. musical being created for the Charleston Stage Company. In some the connection is obvious. Like "Poor People". I wrote this when I was 24 and only recently started playing it again. You can tell it was written a long time ago...1974. A lot of songs I have changed over the years, but not this one.
Some not so obvious. Say like, "See My Dog." I figure every one in W.Va. has a dog. Or "Always": It's about befriending the down and out, 'the one out of place." Wouldn't that be West Virginia? So maybe it is more obvious than it appears at first.
And "Rain" That's just a damn good song and one of my most recent and there has to be a connection, I'm just too tired to think about it right now.
"Old Willie" We all know Old Willie.
"Old Joe" A friend that left the state and came back for a visit, and left me wondering still, "I wonder whatever happened to him." After 20 years Joe and I got together again, are best friends again. And now I really know what happened to him. What I only suspected back when I only suspected something HAD happened to him. Yea, abuse.
"The Ballad of Ma Blizzard" is about a (West Virginia) woman with a crowbar.
"Jesco" White or is it Jesico?. Careful here. You might have to invite him to the opening.
"Gubmint Song" I wrote this like 2 weeks ago. It started off to be about my lack of motivation.
"Who Did This" Same vein as Gubmint Song. It's about MTR. I was actually mad about something else in the beginning. That's where I got the chorus.
"Back in Boomer" It's about a mile up the road from me.
"Orchestra on Wheels" About a coal truck driver. I've been debating calling it Hell on Wheels for 20 years. But for now...
"Picture Taker" A jaunty little number about a pyromaniac photographer.
"Church Bells at Sago" Very obvious, unfortunately.
"Counting Crosses" Those crosses!
"Heaven's Kind." Who you callin' "Almost Heaven", Willis?
"The Pearl" I even called my mother "Mamma" in it...so even if I hadn't mentioned West Virginia....
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October 13, 2008 - Monday
Ode to a Shyster
BlankoThere's a guy on tvwith no souland piles of cash.
he's an accountanttalking survival of the fittest
he has risenthrough the ranks
using a fountain pen and accounting skills
to slash costs
he has no problem
with the consequences
of these cuts to
future generations and
those
they hurt the most
as long as he is hurting
someone else
it is not his problem
funneling money to a group
exploiting children for political purposes:
'and for the sake of the
shareholders'
he enters the political scene
and defames the character
of an opponent
through a massive
distortion campaign.
he has gained respect
and admiration from lackeys:
money and power are attractiveeven when it is attached to the face of a phony
people admire
his stealth
his coldness
his lack of conscience
it is the secret of his success.to those affected most by his
accounting skills
and ruthless
reduction of human life
to a decimal point
somewhere in a bank statement
in some boardroom
he says:make my shareholders danceand our wealth willtrickle down to you
a drop of milkfor that child of yours
tattered shoes
flooded homes
toxic water
dead fish floating by
survival of the fittest
his jaws are at your throat right now
don't struggle
no use...there is no fairnessjust fitnessit's all legal
contractual
big business
Blanko
bullshit.
T. Paige Dalporto
Room for the prophet
no room for the prophet of doom
no room for the prophet of gloom
no room at the inn
so take yourself
remake yourself
into a myspace friend
try it all
acupuncture, church, trappist monk
you can find your niche
doesn't have to be
'son of bitch'
too young to be so sure
there's nothing out there
I'm just as sure there is.
nothing is certain
but prophets of doom
you will listen to
cruel world
cruel room
let the sparks fly upward
there's nothing out there
it's all inside
miles of mercy, grace
and stars above
truth and love
and room
for the prophet.
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October 10, 2008 - Friday
I’ve noticed this about myself
I've got a photographic memory but the pictures are all fuzzy.
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October 6, 2008 - Monday
C. O. A. L.
I hesitate to use this wonderful acronym I came up with because, coal been good to me, as a Cuban baseball player once said when talking about baseball.
But coal ain't what it used to be (and neither is baseball for that matter), not since MTR blew up my mountain and hauled my heaven away, so here goes
C. O. A. L. :
CHILD OF ANOTHER LUCIFER
There's more but I'll save it for another day.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I AM PRAYING FOR THIS COUNTRY
THAT THE RANCOR AND BITTERNESS WILL TAKE A VACATION
Despite Jesus' words, Blessed are the peacemakers, generally peacemakers are a hated lot.
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HAVING FAITH
DOES NOT INCLUDE BLOWING UP MOUNTAINS TO MOVE THEM.
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October 15, 2008 - Wednesday
17 SONGS WITH A W.VA. CONNECTION
I tried to find a connection to W.Va. in my songs recently for a W.Va. musical being created for the Charleston Stage Company. In some the connection is obvious. Like "Poor People". I wrote this when I was 24 and only recently started playing it again. You can tell it was written a long time ago...1974. A lot of songs I have changed over the years, but not this one.
Some not so obvious. Say like, "See My Dog." I figure every one in W.Va. has a dog. Or "Always": It's about befriending the down and out, 'the one out of place." Wouldn't that be West Virginia? So maybe it is more obvious than it appears at first.
And "Rain" That's just a damn good song and one of my most recent and there has to be a connection, I'm just too tired to think about it right now.
"Old Willie" We all know Old Willie.
"Old Joe" A friend that left the state and came back for a visit, and left me wondering still, "I wonder whatever happened to him." After 20 years Joe and I got together again, are best friends again. And now I really know what happened to him. What I only suspected back when I only suspected something HAD happened to him. Yea, abuse.
"The Ballad of Ma Blizzard" is about a (West Virginia) woman with a crowbar.
"Jesco" White or is it Jesico?. Careful here. You might have to invite him to the opening.
"Gubmint Song" I wrote this like 2 weeks ago. It started off to be about my lack of motivation.
"Who Did This" Same vein as Gubmint Song. It's about MTR. I was actually mad about something else in the beginning. That's where I got the chorus.
"Back in Boomer" It's about a mile up the road from me.
"Orchestra on Wheels" About a coal truck driver. I've been debating calling it Hell on Wheels for 20 years. But for now...
"Picture Taker" A jaunty little number about a pyromaniac photographer.
"Church Bells at Sago" Very obvious, unfortunately.
"Counting Crosses" Those crosses!
"Heaven's Kind." Who you callin' "Almost Heaven", Willis?
"The Pearl" I even called my mother "Mamma" in it...so even if I hadn't mentioned West Virginia....
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October 13, 2008 - Monday
Ode to a Shyster
BlankoThere's a guy on tvwith no souland piles of cash.
he's an accountanttalking survival of the fittest
he has risenthrough the ranks
using a fountain pen and accounting skills
to slash costs
he has no problem
with the consequences
of these cuts to
future generations and
those
they hurt the most
as long as he is hurting
someone else
it is not his problem
funneling money to a group
exploiting children for political purposes:
'and for the sake of the
shareholders'
he enters the political scene
and defames the character
of an opponent
through a massive
distortion campaign.
he has gained respect
and admiration from lackeys:
money and power are attractiveeven when it is attached to the face of a phony
people admire
his stealth
his coldness
his lack of conscience
it is the secret of his success.to those affected most by his
accounting skills
and ruthless
reduction of human life
to a decimal point
somewhere in a bank statement
in some boardroom
he says:make my shareholders danceand our wealth willtrickle down to you
a drop of milkfor that child of yours
tattered shoes
flooded homes
toxic water
dead fish floating by
survival of the fittest
his jaws are at your throat right now
don't struggle
no use...there is no fairnessjust fitnessit's all legal
contractual
big business
Blanko
bullshit.
T. Paige Dalporto
Room for the prophet
no room for the prophet of doom
no room for the prophet of gloom
no room at the inn
so take yourself
remake yourself
into a myspace friend
try it all
acupuncture, church, trappist monk
you can find your niche
doesn't have to be
'son of bitch'
too young to be so sure
there's nothing out there
I'm just as sure there is.
nothing is certain
but prophets of doom
you will listen to
cruel world
cruel room
let the sparks fly upward
there's nothing out there
it's all inside
miles of mercy, grace
and stars above
truth and love
and room
for the prophet.
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October 10, 2008 - Friday
I’ve noticed this about myself
I've got a photographic memory but the pictures are all fuzzy.
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October 6, 2008 - Monday
C. O. A. L.
I hesitate to use this wonderful acronym I came up with because, coal been good to me, as a Cuban baseball player once said when talking about baseball.
But coal ain't what it used to be (and neither is baseball for that matter), not since MTR blew up my mountain and hauled my heaven away, so here goes
C. O. A. L. :
CHILD OF ANOTHER LUCIFER
There's more but I'll save it for another day.
Fool Me
FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON REAGAN
FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON BUSH/CHENEY
FOOL ME FOUR TIMES SHAME ON KARL ROVE
FOOL ME FIVE TIMES SHAME ON RUSH LIMBAUGH
FOOL ME SIX TIMES SHAME ON FOX
FOOL ME SEVEN TIMES SHAME ON WALL STREET
FOOL ME EIGHT TIMES SHAME ON BLANKENSHIP
FOOL ME NINE TIMES SHAME ON MADISON AVENUE
FOOL ME ELEVEN TIMES SHAME ON GREED
FOOL ME TWELVE TIMES SHAME ON MCCAIN-PALIN
FOOL ME THIRTEEN TIMES SHAME ON ME.
FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON BUSH/CHENEY
FOOL ME FOUR TIMES SHAME ON KARL ROVE
FOOL ME FIVE TIMES SHAME ON RUSH LIMBAUGH
FOOL ME SIX TIMES SHAME ON FOX
FOOL ME SEVEN TIMES SHAME ON WALL STREET
FOOL ME EIGHT TIMES SHAME ON BLANKENSHIP
FOOL ME NINE TIMES SHAME ON MADISON AVENUE
FOOL ME ELEVEN TIMES SHAME ON GREED
FOOL ME TWELVE TIMES SHAME ON MCCAIN-PALIN
FOOL ME THIRTEEN TIMES SHAME ON ME.
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