Rob Ayling writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
for James Ellroy(O Black Dahlia..
EVERY BODY(of work)HAS A
LOVER
Two or Three things i know about
her(Godard re:Paris
London's Burning.Is Paris
Burning?Amsterdam Moon.
New York,New
York.MANHATTAN.CROOKLYN(Spike Lee)
LA CONFIDENTIAL.CITY OF
ANGELS.CHINATOWN.
Noir based in LA sings dark SIN
CITY blacks and whites police cars
Corruption.Crime.Gangs.Barrio.Terminators.Hollywood
Mixed metaphors oscillate
between slim thin veneers sex industries
and movie fantasies from Disney
to porno-and all in between!
When does a town become a city
become a metaphor?
Paris for love and art,London
for Towers ,Royal Families,History
LA a blank slate for every
Writer Director to draw upon-
From Raymond Chandler (THE BIG
SLEEP)to Raymond Carver(SHORT CUTS)
HOLLYWOODLAND,WONDERLAND,HOLLYWOOD
HOMICIDE,BEVERLY HILLS COP-
Geo-specific SOUTH PARK,GRAND
CANYON,STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON,SOUTHLAND TALES,SUNSET BOULEVARD
,LAUREL CANYON,MULHOLLAND
DRIVE,2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY,VALLEY GIRL
Each community has a filmic
representation-QUINCEANERA,MI FAMILIA,MI VIDA LOCA,LA BAMBA
LOVE&BASKETBALL,LOST
HIGHWAY,DOGTOWN&Z-BOYZ,FRIDAY,CAR WASH
A city without a
center/soul-destroyed cinematically /monumentally over and over
WAR OF THE
WORLDS,2012,EARTHQUAKE,TERMINATOR(s),TRANSFORMERS,ZOMBIELAND
No one book/film/theme
/poem/song can capture the zeitgeist of this heaving METROPOLIS
except,perhaps,Fritz Lang's
mighty opus..
As exciting as it was to catch a screening of something that felt like
audio-visual contraband, the film belongs on shelves and in classrooms; it’s too
good, and...
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