So I'm sitting here listening to "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and missing Syd. I always miss Syd when Pink Floyd comes on my iPod. It's worse with "On the Turning away" because I connected with Syd when listening to that song and reading about his days with Pink Floyd ( Read more... )

I fell asleep writing a little earlier, slept for about an hour sitting straight up. Woke up feeling like I'd been struck by a freight train. And now here I am writing here, thinking about Pink Floyd. So they're my theme over on Blip.fm this morning. Yesterday it was a bit more festive, as I featured a series of Klezmer tunes to get whomever ( Read more... )

And they're talking about Syd Barrett, my love, my heartbreak, my mad mad genius. I wrote him a poem 21 years ago. Actually, I wrote him many poems, but this one pretty much says it all for me. May my tortured boy rest in peace. And, yeah, for me he'll always be my sad young man who didn't just stare into the Abyss, he leapt in. What on Earth ( Read more... )

I'm doing this from computer class, so it may come in bits and bobs if I can't save a draft here.  Yes, I'm playing in class because I'm bored out of my thick skull.  This meme come from pamelonian .

Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life. Dig into your soul. Music that brought you to life when you heard it. Then when ( Read more... )

anomali turned me on to these guys. They're fabulicious!

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Thank you to everyone who gave me advice about the whole school funding thing. I filled out my FAFSA today and the 'Net promptly lost it all, but not before I printed it out. I'm not sure if it submitted or not, and won't know for another 24 hours. If it didn't go through, at least I can speed through the submission process tomorrow with all the ( Read more... )

Wouldn't you miss me at all?

Aunt Tudi is yip-yapping on the phone, so I've decided to write about the dream I had this morning ( Read more... )

But, on occasion, I must revisit my beloved Syd and sink helplessly into his phantasmal world.

One of the best articles I've ever read.