Steely Dan song meaning theories explained: Aja’s one of my favorites….the “dude ranch above the sea” is a rehab facility, the song’s narrative is about someone getting off the junk (all his “dime-dancing is through”)…In verse two the “hardware” he’s “throwing…Read More

when that doctor asked me “son, how’d ya get in this condition?”
I said “hey sawbones, I’m just carryin’ on an old family tradition”

Just received news of Phil Campbell’s passing at the tender age of 64. He and Wurzel were a driving force behind what I like to call the “Orgasmatron sound”, when Lemmy brought another guitarist on board and made it a 4 piece. Motorhead best album imo

Hope you poets enjoyed a little luck on your Friday 13th! Now time for the Ides of March!! Then a little more luck on St, Patty’s Day!!! All at the tail end of a nasty Mercury retrograde that ends on March 20th!!!! It’s made for a wild month so far. Hey Damian, I heard Eddie Van Halen say in an interview the boys would crank this one before they…Read More

Friday 13th, perfect time to stare at the wall and contemplate existence in unwholesome ways.

Good day to you, poets. I’m Benny Scraps. The name was inspired by Paul McCartney’s alter ego name “Billy Shears”. (Benny Scraps…Billy Shears…sounds like a bunch of “BS” either way, right?) Calling myself “Benjamin” Scraps as a form of self-deprecation. My writing is always poetry (no good at prose…tends to read more like a sports article…Read More

What many may or may not know is that I am perfectly comfortable with being what most reputable intelligence agencies label as “compromised”. It’s fun, but it sure ain’t fer everybody…

Some of us have been down a lotta byways & highways and seen a lotta things but never finding that one true human love. Happy Valentine’s Day to all that have (achieved that)!

“what the winner don’t know, a gambler understands”

Happy (and lucky) Friday 13th to all my fellow poets and music lovers. We get another one next month, then another in November. Don’t forget to count your blessings.

Had this one stuck in my head a time or two while shoveling snow and contemplating existence. Jimi was, of course, a genius of the left-handed geetar but I don’t think he gets enough credit for his lyricism. “Up From the Skies”….such unusual phrasing, that title. UP FROM the skies, which are already UPward, no? There’s a bit of Gnosticis…Read More

Been listening to a lot of these Cryo Chamber albums a lot lately.

Happy New Year’s to all the poets at Stars Rite (even though I don’t celebrate the new year until April 1st, the REAL new year, and only fools feel otherwise) Keep on ritin’!!

Nihilistic perfection for All Hallow’s Eve (3AM is when the shit hits the fan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfYlbVcHqlE&list=RDVfYlbVcHqlE&start_radio=1

Favorite time o’ year, fer sure! Happy Halloween to all the Stars