From the monthly archives:

October 2007

all hallows eve

by johnford on October 31, 2007

I am back in the swamp. Not completely sure how long I can take it. As I arrived I was welcomed by the fringes of a tropical storm. The damn things follow me like the plague trails the rat. Yet, there was something comforting about it. At least it fits. Unlike the latest transplants from pittsburgh and philly playing the part of the local very badly. My god, I almost forgot how how ugly this place can be.

Friday I head to boston to be a part of a TV pilot about baby boomers for PBS. What a strange, strange world. The producers sent me a list of topics that will be explored. The first is…’what are the 10 things you want to do before you die.’ So far I can only come up with 5. Is that sad? Ha. So I’ve been asking a few ’strangers’ the question, the answers are all… ‘travel to (someplace), have sex with (some model or starlet). Makes my answers seem either insanely booring or insanely dimensional. I’ll give you 2.

One: write at least one really good song. Two: live somewhere I can see the stars.

I just asked a man in a wheel chair, he wants to walk.

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Dixie bound.

by johnford on October 30, 2007

Dixie bound.

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Welcome to Florida… now sit on 95 and wait

by johnford on October 30, 2007

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Ahh… An unusual day

by johnford on October 30, 2007

Packed up the truck and watched Manhattan slip behind me in the rear view mirror. One of the strangest moving days. Never moved with a film crew following me around before. More on that later. I knew I passed the Mason Dixon line when I saw my first Waffle House. Nice to see stars again. “Wherever you are, remember the stars.”

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My Beautiful Angel of the Star-Swept Sea

by johnford on October 29, 2007

Wrote this a couple of months ago. A variation on the theme as it were. Figured it wouldn’t see the light of day for public consumption, but, with all the computer issues I’ve been having, I figured I should post it so it doesn’t vanish, like everything else seems to do these days.

mp3–> angel

spears of sunlight shine like diamonds
wake the world from its dream
waves of emeralds dancing around her
a silhouette that sings to me

oh my beautiful angel of the star-swept sea

misty breezes kiss the daybreak
waves caressing at her feet
every color playing before her
this dreamer wakes from his sleep

oh my beautiful angel of the star-swept sea

all my vision all of my longing
all the hopes prayers and strength in me
lights on misha my darling angel
of the star-swept sea

oh my beautiful angel of the star-swept sea
oh my beautiful angel of the star-swept sea
when will its send you home to me

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oh, so that’s what it is

by johnford on October 27, 2007

Saw a sign in an upper east side window today that said “New shoes will make you happy!”

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Goodbye west 4th

by johnford on October 27, 2007

Goodbye west 4th

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If I only had a brain.

by johnford on October 27, 2007

Walking back from getting coffee this morning over on 20th street, there was a middle aged man with a infant strapped to his chest with one of those child carrying framistan’s whistling very loudly, “If I only had a brain” I’m still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing.

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A new song: “My Angel of the Starlit Sea”

by johnford on October 22, 2007

Really more of a poem set to music. Please excuse the really bad recording. I’m in the middle of a move and all my recording gear is packed away. Just recorded directly into the mic of a crappy laptop.

mp3–> mysterious

it’s a hard world
soft with tender tears
we’ll always be a part
You’re the the sunrise
and I’m the dark
and starry night

a silent ocean
divides me from
from your kind saving smile
let me dream a little while
before I fall
back into mystery
my angel of the starlit sea

ku’u anela nani ke kai hoku ao
just let me dream a little longer
while I fall
back into mystery
my angel of the starlit sea

It’s a sweet world
with bitter tears
countless as these stars
you’re the sunrise
and I’m the powder
of the dark

let me dream just a little while
before it’s dawn
back into mystery
my angel of the starlit sea

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New York

by johnford on October 19, 2007

It’s a city
Where everyone comes
To leave their mark on the world.
And
A city rent with scars.

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Making up memories of you.

by johnford on October 15, 2007

Making up memories of you.

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The view down Greenwich tonight.

by johnford on October 15, 2007

The view down Greenwich tonight.

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