Word Jams

Love letter to all Rescue Persons

02.22.2013

Gorgeous. Once I was a lonely dog, Just looking for a home. I had no place to go, No one to call my own. I wandered up and down the streets, in rain in heat and snow. I ate what ever I could find, I was always on the go. My skin would itch, my [...]

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8th & Agony book trailer

02.01.2013

Honored to have created the book trailer for 8th & Agony, the new book of poetry by spoken word artist Rich Ferguson. A clinic in lyrical witchery. You’ll love it. Now available at Amazon. PS: Need a trailer of your own? Hit me up. I can use the work.

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The Power of the Dog

01.13.2013

There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. – Kipling Neil Gaiman recently had to [...]

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The work of truly being alive

12.15.2012

An important reminder from my buddy Rich. Sometimes it is not enough for us to simply light a candle within our hearts and expect we can dispel the world’s darkness. Sadly, there are those times when the darkness is so strong it overshadows the light. That’s when it becomes our mission to find our way [...]

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Jimmy Stewart tells us about Beau

09.06.2012

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Jimmy Stewart reads his famous poem about his dog Beau on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ in 1981.

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Reggie Watts at TED 2012

06.30.2012

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Perhaps the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Artist Reggie Watts mashes up language, inflection, melody, absurdly profound truths, humor, and wicked grooves in this captivating piece. Just watch.

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Hipster Ipsum

03.19.2012

Artisanal filler text for your site or project, available in two flavors. Hipster w/ a shot of Latin: PBR marfa enim, carles sartorial cred food truck. DIY ex banksy fap. Laborum cred post-ironic anim, tattooed gastropub gluten-free exercitation aliqua iphone shoreditch. Vero mustache irony high life, tattooed messenger bag do. Nulla id ullamco eiusmod, food [...]

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Find Them All And They’ll Say (For Bukowski)

03.03.2012

A Saturday afternoon jam by my funk soul brother LA poet/spoken-word artist Rich Ferguson. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Another killer piece of Rich’s is featured in the recently released book ‘The Moment‘. I believe I make a cameo appearance as well.

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Allergic to grammatical errors

02.21.2012

Source: Ow.ly via M

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Be Kind

02.16.2012

Be Kind by Henry Charles Bukowski (b. 1920; d. 1994) we are always asked to understand the other person’s viewpoint no matter how out-dated foolish or obnoxious. one is asked to view their total error their life-waste with kindliness, especially if they are aged. but age is the total of our doing. they have aged [...]

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