Clown burlesque!
Wed, Jun. 17th, 2009, 12:24 pm
What I Did in Kalamazoo (Garden Party Edition)
Mon, Mar. 30th, 2009, 10:34 am
What I Did in Kalamazoo
Fri, Jan. 16th, 2009, 02:06 pm
Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am: Burlesque Saturday
Mon, Dec. 8th, 2008, 07:02 pm
new poem, more experimental than usual
Objective results are the proof of magic, all else is mysticism.
-- Peter J. Carroll
All of the information that appears in this Petition comes from sources in the public domain.
-- Zayn Al Abidin Muhammad Husayn v. Robert M. Gates, Amended Petition for Relief Under the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, and in the Alternative, For Writ of Habeas Corpus
FEAR UP HARSH
I go out dancing on information and belief
twitch my shoulders like fucking, like electricity,
my hips like water, I'm leaning on air, I'm dancing
a charm, an offering
sweating Gitmo, sweating Bagram, Abu Ghraib.
Hip pop and swivel on each syllable,
step firm and plant the boot (fingers crunch like dryrot),
kick hard enough and flesh pulps like newsprint.
NO WARNING SHOTS.
How to do it.
How to feel the sound like water.
TOFELHSUNDIKWA: tough hell son of what
Worship-the-Gods: The detainee is placed on knees
with head and torso arched back, with arms either folded
across the chest or extended to the side or front.
The detainee will not be placed in a position
facing the sun or floodlights.
There, in the very far east,
at the other end of the ocean...there in the east...
The gloves are coming off gentlemen regarding these detainees
The gloves are coming off regarding these gentlemen
How to become another body.
TOBECMANRDY: to become unready
I used to stay awake thirty-six hours at a stretch
(junk food and instant coffee)
used to sleep on the floor, no mattress,
used to take a shot and sweat it off dancing.
Hot sick pinpricks under the skin
like nausea, like shame
alcohol burning out, lights burning out,
my footprints phosphorescent.
1. If bodily harm is to be inflicted.
2. If medical, chemical, or electrical methods or materials
are to be used to induce acquiescence.
3. [REDACTED]
How to hear words in rotor blades.
TOHEARWDSINBL: to hear wind cymbals
How to do it.
Write it down and burn the paper.
Paint it on your skin and sweat it off.
Scratch it in the earth and pace it out.
Sing it until its rhythm becomes your breath.
Lay pebbles and scatter them.
Anything to forget.
Peel off a layer of skin, another.
Can't escape your fingerprints, can't escape your name.
As it turns out, [REDACTED] The failure to obtain usable intelligence
was primarily due to [REDACTED]
How to sink knowledge into cracked skin.
TOSINKWLEDGCR: to sink well edges crack
Take pieces of my death shrouds...take pictures
of my dead body when I am placed in my grave, lonely...
WHEREFORE Petitioner prays for relief as follows
My boots stamp out the incantation:
shake those hips like it's a prayer,
like your ass is something holy.
-- Peter J. Carroll
All of the information that appears in this Petition comes from sources in the public domain.
-- Zayn Al Abidin Muhammad Husayn v. Robert M. Gates, Amended Petition for Relief Under the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, and in the Alternative, For Writ of Habeas Corpus
FEAR UP HARSH
I go out dancing on information and belief
twitch my shoulders like fucking, like electricity,
my hips like water, I'm leaning on air, I'm dancing
a charm, an offering
sweating Gitmo, sweating Bagram, Abu Ghraib.
Hip pop and swivel on each syllable,
step firm and plant the boot (fingers crunch like dryrot),
kick hard enough and flesh pulps like newsprint.
NO WARNING SHOTS.
How to do it.
How to feel the sound like water.
TOFELHSUNDIKWA: tough hell son of what
Worship-the-Gods: The detainee is placed on knees
with head and torso arched back, with arms either folded
across the chest or extended to the side or front.
The detainee will not be placed in a position
facing the sun or floodlights.
There, in the very far east,
at the other end of the ocean...there in the east...
The gloves are coming off gentlemen regarding these detainees
The gloves are coming off regarding these gentlemen
How to become another body.
TOBECMANRDY: to become unready
I used to stay awake thirty-six hours at a stretch
(junk food and instant coffee)
used to sleep on the floor, no mattress,
used to take a shot and sweat it off dancing.
Hot sick pinpricks under the skin
like nausea, like shame
alcohol burning out, lights burning out,
my footprints phosphorescent.
1. If bodily harm is to be inflicted.
2. If medical, chemical, or electrical methods or materials
are to be used to induce acquiescence.
3. [REDACTED]
How to hear words in rotor blades.
TOHEARWDSINBL: to hear wind cymbals
How to do it.
Write it down and burn the paper.
Paint it on your skin and sweat it off.
Scratch it in the earth and pace it out.
Sing it until its rhythm becomes your breath.
Lay pebbles and scatter them.
Anything to forget.
Peel off a layer of skin, another.
Can't escape your fingerprints, can't escape your name.
As it turns out, [REDACTED] The failure to obtain usable intelligence
was primarily due to [REDACTED]
How to sink knowledge into cracked skin.
TOSINKWLEDGCR: to sink well edges crack
Take pieces of my death shrouds...take pictures
of my dead body when I am placed in my grave, lonely...
WHEREFORE Petitioner prays for relief as follows
My boots stamp out the incantation:
shake those hips like it's a prayer,
like your ass is something holy.
Tue, Nov. 25th, 2008, 03:42 pm
TFP/TFCD
Behold a representative Grand Rapids craigslist item. An individual wants a pretty lady to model topless in the snow. No pay. This individual feels confident that the privilege of shooting with him and copies of the resulting mediocre photos will be payment enough.
I read posts like this every day. "Show me your tits for free in the snow" is slightly worse than "show me your tits for free," but not by much.
I read posts like this every day. "Show me your tits for free in the snow" is slightly worse than "show me your tits for free," but not by much.
Wed, Nov. 5th, 2008, 12:24 pm
live with the Devil Dolls
It's not visible from this angle, but I'm kneeling in a tray of broken glass. Photo from WGRD's Halloween Freakshow at the Deltaplex, October 30. I did a zombie dance to "Living Dead Girl" and ripped off chunks of my rotting flesh, then rolled around in glass. Later I heard the show sold out, which means I played to a crowd of 3,000 people. I don't know if I'll have the chance to play any more gigs with the Devil Dolls, but I'm glad to have done this one.
Fri, Oct. 31st, 2008, 01:36 pm
As they campaign, so they will govern.
Pre-emptive ejection: Audience members removed at McCain rally in Cedar Falls (Iowa)
Audience members escorted out of Sen. John McCain’s, R-Ariz., campaign event in Cedar Falls questioned why they were asked to leave Sunday’s rally even though they were not protesting.
David Zarifis, director of public safety for the University of Northern Iowa, said McCain staffers requested UNI police assist in escorting out “about four or five” people from the rally prior to McCain’s speech.
Zarifis said while the people who were taken out weren’t protesting or causing problems, McCain’s staff were worried they would during the speech.
Audience members escorted out of Sen. John McCain’s, R-Ariz., campaign event in Cedar Falls questioned why they were asked to leave Sunday’s rally even though they were not protesting.
David Zarifis, director of public safety for the University of Northern Iowa, said McCain staffers requested UNI police assist in escorting out “about four or five” people from the rally prior to McCain’s speech.
Zarifis said while the people who were taken out weren’t protesting or causing problems, McCain’s staff were worried they would during the speech.
Mon, Sep. 15th, 2008, 01:29 pm
twist of fate
Photo: Terry Johnston
Makeup & hair: Rachel Finan
Ribbons & glamour: Velveeta the Cheetah
Makeup & hair: Rachel Finan
Ribbons & glamour: Velveeta the Cheetah
Thu, May. 8th, 2008, 04:09 pm
by Dear Leader's kind decree
Gummint gib me teh money:
US TREASURY 220 01 Deposit 05/09/08 300.00
US TREASURY 220 01 Deposit 05/09/08 300.00
Mon, Apr. 7th, 2008, 09:22 pm
travelogue
Spotted on I-96 towards Ann Arbor, painted on a barn roof:
SAVE OLD BARNS
517-655-4045
A few internet searches connected this plea to this gentleman. If your barn needs to be repaired or straightened, or has "outgrown its usefulness" (which appears to be code for "is missing an exterior wall and most of its supporting timbers"), David Ciolek can help. If it's too late for that, he will sell you a relocated barn and organize an old-fashioned barn raising.
SAVE OLD BARNS
517-655-4045
A few internet searches connected this plea to this gentleman. If your barn needs to be repaired or straightened, or has "outgrown its usefulness" (which appears to be code for "is missing an exterior wall and most of its supporting timbers"), David Ciolek can help. If it's too late for that, he will sell you a relocated barn and organize an old-fashioned barn raising.