by eyes cast down | Mar 8, 2011 | The Creative Life
On Feb. 26, 2011, StillStream featured the music of Lucette Bourdin in a five-hour edition of Zen Caffeine. This completed a week of tribute programs, which also included Kite Radio and Free Floating. That was my introduction to Lucette’s music. While she was...
by eyes cast down | Mar 5, 2011 | Album Reviews
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Prabhu das’ 2004 album Journey to the Heart lands squarely in the oft-dreaded New Age category, with many of its benefits but – to these ears, at least – none of its drawbacks. Prabhu das’ full-bodied voice is in fine form...
by eyes cast down | Mar 2, 2011 | Poems
A depressing piece, but I thought it one of the better ones. Another female character study; to me the most telling aspect is that she could be of any age. Twilight Child Another glittering frigid April sun Shivering trees and coasting birds prove the wind...
by eyes cast down | Feb 28, 2011 | Album Reviews
Guitarist Bobby Jones, who records as I’ve Lost, has just released Scáth M’anam, his first album on the Relaxed Machinery label. It follows Dissociative Fugue, a two-piece EP released on the Feedback Loop netlabel last year. Scáth M’anam is a Gaelic...
by eyes cast down | Feb 23, 2011 | Poems
Where was I? Musing on impermanence… I wonder if this piece will survive me. Victor Hugo probably had no such doubt about his legendary hunchback character. That novel’s final image birthed and informed my piece, over 160 years later. Jack or Jive named...