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Author Archives: German Jones
Revolve
This mix features some hip-hop tracks that move me. I began compiling them a few days ago after this little pre-school student named Andrew confided in me that people “hated” him. This is how the conversation went: “People hate me.” … Continue reading
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Alter
While we drove around in her little bug, Shannon played a mix CD which featured some songs from my youth that, having heard again, I couldn’t get out of my mind. So I downloaded them, threw in some others that … Continue reading
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A slight change, and all patterns alter.
Brick, from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, described the level of peace he found after a certain number of drinks as a click that happened in his head. I hadn’t been drinking when it happened to me the other … Continue reading
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Glass Essay
A tribute to both mood and meaning…. A critical time of pain and catharsis. Enjoy!
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Visions and Revisions
For years my sound-memory has been a library of samples and the songs that use them. It’s always been fun for me to connect the dots over the history of hip-hop that moves me. Here’s an outline.
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Our Basic Platform
Tony insists on running this new religion as if it were a political campaign. Because I am his devoted follower and daydream believer I have no choice but to oblige. So here is our new press release about The Pleiades: … Continue reading
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Origins, myths, and catch-up.
Today is The Pleiades’ “High Holy Day” and the most revered day of my new belief system. It is the day scholars tell me my religion was actually founded. And the day of the “miraculous happening”. Tony refused to disclose … Continue reading
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The Pleiades
Tony has named himself Founder, CEO, and messianic Prophet of a new religion he has called: The Pleiades. He stole the idea right out of a book. Or, I suppose I should say, THE book. A collection of short stories … Continue reading
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Tony says…
“In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed to sea, and he told us of his life…” Stop it, Tony! Those are someone else’s words you are ripping off. Everybody knows them. “Ripping off? Would you … Continue reading
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Getting to Know Me
My memory is faulty about some of my most intimate details. The ritualized reunion of meeting my face in the mirror each morning is a constant reminder of how little I know about the scars on my forehead, the growing … Continue reading
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Me and Mr. Jones 