13thFloor

Boy, was Spielberg ever wrong. Close Encounters my ass....

Beloved, forgive me, mothers, but money cannot buy love...

In the desolate Martian frontier of Victoriaville, a brave community of settlers faces relentless threats from mercenary bandits working for a powerful Earth...

I used to listen to them for long hours when writing.

Mork : I’m trying to fit in here on Earth because these are a very violent, violent people....

No matter how tired you get, no matter how you feel like you can’t possibly do this, somehow you do....

All we are is dust in the wind, dude....

The Mabinogion (Welsh pronunciation: [mabɪˈnɔɡjɔn] ⓘ) are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, created c. 1350–1410, as well as a few earlier...

In the early nineties (it might have been 1992, but it’s hard to remember when you’re having a good time) I joined a rock-and-roll band composed mostly of writers. The Rock Bottom Remainders were the brainchild of Kathi Kamen Goldmark, a book publicist and musician from San Francisco. The group included Dave Barry on lead...

This goes out to the silent who fight the urge to get violent...

Thank you very much Kalawa for jazzing me up. This ladies and gentlemen is Mr Bouga Two Shoes, in the place to be, and it go a little something like this:...

It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to...

Time for a road trip......

With insight, humor, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skillfully and creatively. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer’s craft: on writing from “first thoughts” (keep your hand moving, don’t cross out,...

Gertrude Stein moved from California to Paris in 1903 with the aspiration of becoming a writer. She is best known for her art collection, plays, and novels, which involve radical experiments in language and the use of “stream-of-consciousness.” Once settled in Paris, she built up an art collection while living with her...

Astrix Bandcamp...

Some of the craziest slide action I've ever seen on a shamisen....

Take this, this Muslim's blood, this Hindu's blood....

Fly straight with perfection...

Don't panic, and bring a towel....

Ride in the shadows, wandering beyond the frame...

Through the mist, out of the corner of your eye, it could be hope, but it's just passin' by. If the apple's really poison, Baby I could make a pie...

It's just gone noon half past monsoon, on the banks of the river Nile. Here comes the boat only half-afloat, oarsman grins a toothless smile....

The Way that can be articulately described is not the Unchanging Way. The name that can be said out loud is not the Unchanging Name. With your mouth unopened, and things left undefined, you stand at the beginning of the universe. Make definitions, and you are the measure of all creation....