Paint it black // mine

your face has changed since december.

round hilled cheeks
have begun to hug bone
two clear pools
have hardened to green glass

how can those same lips
hold their place
steadfast
colored cardinal rose
while planes shift north and south?

your words have stilled into amber.

heartfelt mantras
now glide from left to east
entrails now spill
openly onto pages

how can that same fire
sparks of blue
lightquick
wrapped up in wry laughter
write new lines of memory?

I met a boy once and in three hours he came close to remapping my entire existence. It was like being mesmerized by the blackest mirror. I hope I never see him again.

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1. You’re Gonna Kill That Girl - Ramones

2. The Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth - PJ Harvey

3. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

4. Race Mixing - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks

5. 6” Gold Blade - The Birthday Party

6. Glory Box - Portishead

7. Metal Postcard - Siouxsie and the Banshees

8. III - Shoppers

9. I Want to Kill You Like They Do In The Movies - Marilyn Manson

10. Intro 2009/Liberty Lost - Sick Fix

11. Des Ruines - Sed Non Satiata

12. I Put a Spell on You - Nick Cave

13. Junkhead - Alice in Chains

14. The Beautiful Ones - Prince

15. Johanna - Iggy Pop & James Williamson

16. Scorpio Sword - The Flaming Lips

(This is the final edit of Kiss Me Kill Me)

Kiss Me Kill Me

All one track and part of the “Open” project (it goes in the same section as this.)

Preview what you can on Spotify: Kiss Me Kill Me otherwise, download if you want the full thing.

1. Scorpio Sword | The Flaming Lips

2. Call Me Back | The Strokes

3. White Rabbit | Jefferson Airplane

4. Gimme Danger | The Stooges

5. Rock You Like a Hurricaine | The Scorpions

6. Junkyard | The Birthday Party

7. III | Shoppers

8. I Want To Kill You Like They Do In The Movies | Marilyn Manson

9. Helena | Misfits

10. I Put a Spell On You | Nick Cave

11. Glory Box | Portishead

12. Interlude | Sed Non Satiata

13. Dirt | Alice in Chains

14. Fountain | PJ Harvey

15. So Cold | Rocket From the Tombs

16. Mary Ann | Alice Cooper

(Source: Spotify)

Currently listening (recently picked up at Amoeba):

1. Out of Vogue - Middle Class

2. Helium Bar - The Weridos

3. Bloodstains (orig) - Agent Orange

4. Tearing Me Apart - Agent Orange

5. Amoeba - Adolescents

6. (Illa Zilla) Ladykiller - The Vandals

7. Mohawk Town - The Vandals

8. I Love America - Shattered Faith

9. Sink With California - Youth Brigade

10. Abolish Government/Silent Majority - TSOL

11. Beneath the Shadows - TSOL

12. Oki Dogs - Youth Gone Mad

13. Wild in the Streets - Circle Jerks

14. Fuck Authority - Wasted Youth

15. Young and Bored - Wasted Youth

16. I Love Living in the City - Fear

Jealous? You should be!

Posted 3 months ago

Delilah/Danielle

Lately I’ve been dancing with lions
I observe them at arms’ length
Watch them as they shape-shift

now seeker • now madman • now rock star • now sailor • now prophet • now tyrant • now collector • now brother • now lost boy • now woodsman • now centaur • now hunter • now hunted • now teacher • now master • now cowboy • now god • now lover • now warrior.

My hips in hot-blooded hands
We waltz the threadbare patterns of legend

This Hippomenes seeks Atalanta
This Theseus seeks Hippolyta
This Samson seeks Delilah
This Antony seeks Cleopatra
This Antrobus seeks Sabina
This Hughes seeks Plath

The heartbeat of myth never falters
gold/silver, desert/ocean, dawn/dusk
This Love seeks Love
And my love is not measured in standard time
We breathe new worlds into stanzas
point/counterpoint

|| pause. ||

Clearly this consummation cannot exist without consumption
Consider the evidence
Consider the endings
These are zero-sum games
That make fairytales seem fair
Yet this you/me still seeks “we”

Though I will not be conquered
And you are hell-bent on survival

but…
Until the battle lines are drawn
and the arena seats are filled
Until the only option is combat
and the last thread breaks
…again

I will be your Daniel, your Danielle
And lie here in your arms
warm/safe
Freshly kissed fingers
Curled gently in your mane

Posted 3 months ago

Untitled draft: Thoughts of Cain

I wrote most of this in a meeting yesterday as part of a pretty big personal project I’m working on

(TW: cutting, extreme physical dominance)

Polymer Filling

(download / listen first on 8tracks)

It’s not that I don’t believe in relationships, I just think defined lines are bullshit. December. 2 months late. yes.

1. Dirty Boots • Sonic Youth

2. Bone Machine • The Pixies

3. Sheela-Na-Gig • PJ Harvey

4. Ziggy Stardust • David Bowie

5. The Eton Rifles • The Jam

6. Dead Souls • Joy Division

7. Money Maker • The Black Keys

8. Break It Up • Patti Smith

9. Get Back • The Beatles

10. Black Dog • Led Zeppelin

11. Actor Out of Work • St. Vincent

12. Piece of My Heart • Janis Joplin

13. My Heart Is Yearning • NOFX

14. Ballad of a Thin Man • Bob Dylan

15. Marquee Moon • Television

16. That’s The Way Boys Are • Best Coast

Grr…Rowl (download)

1.Vixen
Totally gorgeous and amazing human female. With the cutest smile and a sweet ass body. Loves partying and drinks a lot but is still incredibly smart. But be warned, can get extremly horny and may jump you unexpectedly. (via Urban Dictionary, of course)

2011 is officially The Year of the Vixen, so let’s start things off with a grrrrrowl: 16 tracks to get your body swayin’, vocals rumblin’ and lips curlin’. Happy New Year!

Tracks

1. Linoleum feat. David Sylvian • Tweaker

2. The Game of Love feat. Tina Turner • Santana

3. The Thrill is Gone • B.B. King

4. Whatever (I Had A Dream) • Butthole Surfers

5. Bombsite Boy • The Adverts

6. #1 Crush • Garbage

7. Superstar • Shinobi Ninja

8. Best of You • Foo Fighters

9. Don’t let Me Be Misunderstood • Nina Simone

10. Penetration • Iggy & The Stooges

11. Evolution is a Rainbow • Evolution Rainbow

12. Cherry Bomb (with L7) • Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

13. Talk Show Host • Radiohead

14. Three Seed • Silversun Pickups

15. My Way • Sex Pistols

Want a preview? Stream it first: http://8tracks.com/cyanyde/grr-rowl

It feels like a growly kind of day. I can’t believe it’s been a year already.

(December “Polymer Filling” & January “Misfit Toys” coming next week. I’ll get better about posting on time again starting in February)

http://ladyfestboston.blogspot.com/

Do you see how fucking fantastic this is going to be?

*BONUS* If you go, we get to hang out in real life!!

(p.s. i made this poster ;D )