Fun

the playfulness
the giddiness
the child's delight
all have lost it's meaning
I can't use the word fun anymore
the death of a word
thrills seeker
kicks seeker
fun seeker
adulthood
fraught without
this word
meaningless
to a grown man
it's a tragic magic
that has been lost
gone
disappeared
all of what I used to call fun
makes me feel guilty
looking back
so I just won't use the word fun
out grown
getting stoned
out grown
the drink
left now with
sober time to think

George Waldrop- Fun by Texhobart on Mixcloud

djtrish Nov2011

"Turquoise House" By: Jim White

"Turquoise House"

I'll never fit in so why should I try?
How I'm I ever gonna pass for a normal guy?
I can't wear no suit and tie, gotta let my freak flag fly
If I walk the straight and narrow one more day I think I'll die

Because I wanna live in a turquoise house
With a turquoise garden and a turquoise yard
Drive around town in a turquoise car
Find a turquoise girl with a turquoise heart

Now faith is a riddle and love is a dream
Things are seldom what they seem
If you say your prayers at night and comb your hair just right
You might not feel like you're in hell but then again you might

Me, I wanna live in a turquoise house
With a turquoise garden and a turquoise yard
Drive around town in a turquoise car
Find a turquoise girl with a turquoise heart

I want turquoise carpets and turquoise shoes
Turquoise papers with all the turquoise news
Turquoise only, not teal or aquamarine
I've seen my future and it's a shade of blueish green

Now I can't turn back, there ain't no way
(He's going turquoise today)
When word gets out there'll be hell to pay
(He's going turquoise today)

This life's not for the faint
But you can't be what you ain't
I know I'll never truly be myself
Till I get me that turquoise paint

Because I wanna live in a turquoise house
With a turquoise garden and a turquoise yard
Drive around town in a turquoise car
Find a turquoise girl with a turquoise heart

I wanna live in a turquoise house
With a turquoise garden and a turquoise yard
Drive around town in a turquoise car
Find a turquoise girl with a turquoise heart

A turquoise girl with a turquoise heart
A turquoise girl in a turquoise dress
And a skirt and a shirt
That's covering up her turquoise heart

Fantasy Is Reality/Bells Toll For The Blind Faithful

looking for anything to believe in
lonesome blues looking for something to hold on to
alone and so small with delusional philosophy
suffering from paranoia and personal truths
living with a christ-like fantasy
bells toll for the blind but, faithful
a white funk of perverted beliefs of salvation
even when confronted with facts
confusing your pain with truth
beware of the knowers
beware of the preachers
beware of the ones who wear there faith on their sleeve
insanity is a formality
mania,lunacy,madness
the need to be free
I have learned there are many truths
yours & mine when dealing with mankind
the price is high
when knowing what happens when you die
hard to prove if it's the truth or a lie
So,I have to carry on
because,I don't want to be wrong
I am free of the need to be free
I,preserve the mystery
find Jesus on your own
in your own way
live for today
from the experience of living everyday

George Waldrop- Fantasy Is Reality/Bells Toll For The Blind Faithful by Texhobart on Mixcloud

“Mother, the Great Stones Got to Move”

by Lorna Goodison

Mother, one stone is wedged across the hole in our history
and sealed with blood wax.
In this hole is our side of the story, exact figures,
headcounts, burial artifacts, documents, lists, maps
showing our way up through the stars; lockets of brass
containing all textures of hair clippings.
It is the half that has never been told,
and some of us must tell it.

Mother, there is the stone on the hearts of some women and men
something like an onyx, cabochon-cut,
which hung on the wearer seeds bad dreams. Speaking for the small
dreamers of this earth, plagued with nightmares, yearning
for healing dreams
we want the stone to move.

Upon an evening like this, mother, when one year is making way
for another, in a ceremony attended by a show of silver stars,
mothers see moon, milk-fed, herself a nursing mother
and we think of our children and the stones upon their future
and we want these stones to move.

For the year going out came in fat at first
but toward the harvest it grew lean,
and many mouth corners gathered white
and another kind of poison, powdered white
was brought in to replace what was green,
And death sells it with one hand
and with the other death palms a gun
then death gets death’s picture
in the paper’s asking

“where does all this death come from?”
Mother, stones are pillows
for the homeless sleep on concrete sheets.
Stone flavors soup, stone is now meat,
the hard-hearted giving our children
stones to eat.

Mother, the great stones over mankind got to move,
It’s been ten thousand years we’ve been watching them now
from various points in the universe.
From the time of our birth as points of light
in the eternal coiled workings of the cosmos.
Roll away stone of poisoned powders come
to blot out the hope of our young.
Move stones of the sacrificial lives we breed
to feed to suicide god of tribalism.
From across the pathway to mount morning
site of the rose quartz fountain
brimming anise and star water
bright fragrant for our children’s future
Mother these great stones got to move.

Don't Be A Drag,Bee A Queen- Lady Gaga's Brand of Idealism

After watching the Lady Gaga Special on HBO the other night this mix started.As djtrish would say the creative engines revved up.I was not really buying what she was selling but,I have heard that kind of philosophy about being yourself that the young people seem to love.I don't like what she said about not liking the truth.I don't think a person in charge of the minds young people is setting a good example.The truth will always be a salvation in my life.Enjoy!

1. Ween- Mister Richard Smoker
2. Frank Zappa- Bobby Brown Goes Down
3. Marianne Faithfull- Sunny Goodge Street
4. Glee Cast- Candyman
5. Uncle Bonsai- Penis Envy
6. Lou Reed- Take A Walk On The Wild Side
7. Lady Gaga- Born This Way
8. The Rolling Stones- Star Star
9. Sly & The Family Stone- Loose Booty
10. Funkadelic- Loose Booty
11. Funkadelic- Jimmy's Got A Little Bit Of Bitch In Him
12. Willy Wonka- The Candy Man
13. Patrick Sky- Candy Man
14. Gil Scott-Heron- The Subject Was Faggots
15. Erin McKeown- Born to Hum
16. R.E.M- Shiny Happy People
17. The Cure- Boys' Don't Cry
18. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- Somewhere Over The Rainbow
19. Mary Gauthier- Drag Queen In Limousines
20. The Kinks- Lola
21. Kermit- Rainbow Connection

My Life

This is a christmas present for my grandparents.I love them.I can't listen to Hello In There without a tear.It's a long way off but,I know that feeling today.I want to them to know that I know what it means to be lonesome.Learning lessons each day and the teacher is time.I have saved some time to dream.I hope they will too.

Dave Van Ronk's Green,Green Rocky Road is my theme song.Powerful with his delivery.I want to sing and play that song when I get old.Thanks Dave! Wherever your soul may be.You have comforted me for a little while.Enjoy!

My Life

By: Iris Dement

My life, it don't count for nothing.
When I look at this world, I feel so small.
My life, it's only a season:
A passing September that no one will recall.

But I gave joy to my mother.
And I made my lover smile.
And I can give comfort to my friends when they're hurting.
And I can make it seem better for a while.

My life, it's half the way travelled,
And still I have not found my way out of this night.
An' my life, it's tangled in wishes,
And so many things that just never turned out right.

But I gave joy to my mother.
And I made my lover smile.
And I can give comfort to my friends when they're hurting.
And I can make it seem better,
I can make it seem better,
I can make it seem better for a while.

Oh, oh oh.
Oh oh.

1. Iris Dement- My Life
2. Simon & Garfunkel- Old Friends
3. John Prine- Hello in There [Live]
4. Seasick Steve- It's A Long Long Way
5. The Beatles- When I'm Sixty-Four
6. Tom Waits- Martha
7. Mary Gauthier- The Last Of The Hobo Kings [ (10-13-07 BBC4 Loose Ends)]
8. John Prine- Angel from Montgomery [Live]
9. Gillian Welch- Summer Evening
10. John Prine- Paradise [Live]
11. Hazel Dickens- Mama's Hand
12. Iris Dement- Mama's Opry
13. Chatham County Line- WSM (650)
14. Ola Belle Reed- I’ve Endured
15. Dave Van Ronk- Green, Green Rocky Road
16. Peter Case- Beyond The Blues
17. Greg Brown- Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart
18. Earl Scruggs- Passin' Thru
19. Bob Dylan- Sign on the Window
20. Jerry Jeff Walker- One Too Many Mornings

My Life- Iris Dement

My life, it don't count for nothing.
When I look at this world, I feel so small.
My life, it's only a season:
A passing September that no one will recall.

But I gave joy to my mother.
And I made my lover smile.
And I can give comfort to my friends when they're hurting.
And I can make it seem better for a while.

My life, it's half the way travelled,
And still I have not found my way out of this night.
An' my life, it's tangled in wishes,
And so many things that just never turned out right.

But I gave joy to my mother.
And I made my lover smile.
And I can give comfort to my friends when they're hurting.
And I can make it seem better,
I can make it seem better,
I can make it seem better for a while.

Oh, oh oh.
Oh oh.

Iris Dement- My Life by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Cheers- If I Drank,I Would Be Alone

No I don't drink anymore.I miss the idea of going somewhere were everyone knows my name.I miss it sometimes,drinking to have a good time all in the name of good clean fun.The power of positive drinking.As,you may be able to tell from my poem,life is not what it used to be.I changed.My whole idea of freedom means something different to me now.My mental health isn't so good but,I have hope in my abilities,my skills and my truths.Telling strangers personal things.I am free.

I grew up watching Cheers with my mother's boyfriends.I never had a dad.So I ended up working as a dishwasher in the bar and restaurant of my youth.Almost,everyone drank. From the Bartenders to the Waitress' and the Cooks were proud of being social creatures.I am dreadfully shy and was viewed as sullen and quiet.I will always remember the good people I did come in contact with.I always had a childish vision of what heaven was like,it is like working in the bar everyone playing a part.I pictured those people in heaven.Me meeting them again in heaven. Camaraderie was very powerful to a young man's mind.Enjoy!

1. G. Portnoy & J. Hart Angelo- Cheers ('Where Everybody Knows Your Name')
2. Billy Joel- Piano Man
3. John Lee Hooker- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
4. Regina Spektor- Summer In The City
5. Eight To The Bar- Jersey Girl
6. Derroll Adams- 24 Hour Day
7. The Rolling Stones- Country Honk
8. Minor Threat- Out Of Step
9. Pokey LaFarge- Keep Your Hands Off My Gal
10. Tom Waits- Saturday Night Fish Fry/Pasties And A G-String
11. Frank Sinatra- Drinking Again
12. Joe Jackson- 'Round Midnight
13. Dave Van Ronk- Candyman
14. Jack Elliott- Ain't It a Shame
15. Tom Waits- Goin' Down Slow
16. John Prine- Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
17. Simon Joyner- My Life Is Sweet
18. George Waldrop- Suicidal Ideation Blues

Suicidal Ideation Blues

negative affirmations
suicidal ideation
it doesn't help to hide
thoughts of suicide
feelings of crippled inside
out of step with the world
oh,how I've tried to hide
not to let those thoughts gain ground
traumatic stress
psychosis
paranoia
the many deaths I've died
breaking my heart
worrying my mind
out of step with the world
no matter what you think
about suicide
makes my heart sink
because,I have come so far
apartment & car
support from my therapist
listening
when my emotions twist
out of step with the world
only I can tell
when I'm not sleeping well
in a living hell
I am not feeling well
not to let those thoughts gain ground
when my heart pounds
suicidal thoughts
slip and drop down
fight the loneliness
and the pain abounds
left with the post traumatic stress
out of step with the world
when my heart pounds
from thinking those thoughts
not to let those thoughts gain ground
forgetting all of my truths
positive affirmations
the facts I use
when I am talking
in therapy
when I am making the connections
getting under the surface
the exterior boundary
of me
my problems
out of step with the world
trouble is I see to much
only believing in things
I can see & touch
ruled by my feelings
oh,how feelings change
comes the joy
comes the pain
the good don't last as long
believe in god and be strong
creator
ruler
fate unfurled
in this sad
in this beautiful
world

George Waldrop- Suicidal Ideation Blues by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Out Of Step(Crippled Inside)

negative affirmations
suicidal ideation
it doesn't help to hide
thoughts of suicide
feelings of crippled inside
out of step with the world
oh,how I've tried to hide
not to let those thoughts gain ground
traumatic stress
psychosis
paranoia
the many deaths I've died
breaking my heart
worrying my mind
out of step with the world
no matter what you think
about suicide
makes my heart sink
because,I have come so far
apartment & car
support from my therapist
listening
when my emotions twist
out of step with the world
only I can tell
when I'm not sleeping well
in a living hell
I am not feeling well
not to let those thoughts gain ground
when my heart pounds
suicidal thoughts
slip and drop down
fight the loneliness
and the pain abounds
left with the post traumatic stress
out of step with the world
when my heart pounds
from thinking those thoughts
not to let those thoughts gain ground
forgetting all of my truths
positive affirmations
the facts I use
when I am talking
in therapy
when I am making the connections
getting under the surface
the exterior boundary
of me
my problems
out of step with the world
trouble is I see to much
only believing in things
I can see & touch
ruled by my feelings
oh,how feelings change
comes the joy
comes the pain
the good don't last as long
believe in god and be strong
creator
ruler
fate unfurled
in this sad
in this beautiful
world

George Waldrop- Out of Step(Crippled Inside) by Texhobart on Mixcloud

djtrish is a hero

tis the season.A Poem

Tis the season
Be of good Cheer
Each person in my life
is so dear
In my heart you are near
I love my music
The beat within
Let the fun begin
The shiney bright things
and Christmas Cheer
makes me happy to be here
So enjoy these days
don't be a grinch
Be happy
its a cinch!
My poetry maybe lame
its from my heart
just the same
Let the festivities begin
and feel the joy of the season within!

The Stomach

November 24,2011- Thanksgiving Day

No these are not songs about Thanksgiving.I'm not prepared like kmbone.I recently was able to buy a new computer.It's soo nice to have space to make more mixes.So that's what I am thankful for.The abilities to do what makes me happy.Having something new to listen to a lot.So here's to FFF(Family,Food & Football).Happy Thanksgiving to all.Enjoy!

1. Wilco- Handshake Drugs
2. Rufus Wainwright- Chelsea Hotel No 2
3. Shel Silverstein- Father Of A Boy Named Sue
4. Levon Helm- Feelin' Good
5. Simon & Garfunkel- Punky's Dilemma
6. Tomorrow- My White Bicycle
7. Pink Floyd- Scarecrow
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Down On The Corner
9. Dave Van Ronk- Green, Green Rocky Road
10. Tom Waits- Watch Her Disappear
11. Jesca Hoop- City Bird
12. Thelonious Monk- 'Round Midnight
13. Van Morrison- If You And I Could Be As One
14. Jeff Buckley- Lover, You Should've Come Over
15. Everything But The Girl- The Only Living Boy In New York
16. Bright Eyes- Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)
17. Tom Waits- (Meet Me In) Paradise Alley
18. George Harrison- If Not For You
19. Simon Joyner- Three Well-Aimed Arrows
20. Uncle Bonsai- Charlie and Me

Busy Being Born(Like Everyone)

to live
to work
to be
like everyone
to give
to play
to me
like everyone
I am growing
I am learning
I am sharing
like everyone
forlorn of fate
conscious & awake
aware it's my fate I make
like everyone
I am busy being born
I am busy being free
I am busy telling my truth
I can see
like everyone
a sense of normalcy
I can be me
I live free
and do what I must
like everyone
In this big blue world
I control my destiny
using my mental power
skills enforcing will
like everyone
life is sad
life is beautiful
I know the difference
I can share what I've learn
with those with concerns
about sadness
about quietness
that both run deep
I feel it
from my head to my feet
understanding life
what it means to be alive
and how I survived
depression
pain
thinking I am insane
wanting to die
welcoming change
busy dying
conscious
of my own existence
I shed those fears
life is for the living
I want to know
at the end of my row
just how I grow
I can say I lived for today
everyday
like everyone

George Waldrop- Busy Being Born(Like Everyone) by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Soldier's Things- portrait of a soldier

Welcome home,men!

From one dove to all you hawks...

My dad fought in Vietnam with the marines.When he got out he moved to New Orleans to live his life in the shadow of the House of The Rising Sun.This is for his poor drunken soul wherever it may be.Enjoy!

1. Tom Waits- Soldier's Things
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd- All I Can Do Is Write About It [Acoustic Version]
3. Bob Dylan- Sign on the Window
4. Laura Veirs- Soldier's Joy
5. The Rolling Stones- Let It Loose
6. Donovan- To Susan On The West Coast Waiting
7. Jimi Hendrix- Midnight
8. Dave Van Ronk- He Was A Friend Of Mine
9. John Prine- Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues
10. Peter Tosh- Leave My Business Alone
11. Simon & Garfunkel- Cloudy
12. William Elliott Whitmore- Not Feeling Any Pain
13. The Doors- Love Me Two Times
14. Greg Brown- Freak Flag
15. Neil Young- The Needle And The Damage Done
16. Brian Wilson- Bare Necessities (from The Jungle Book)
17. The Pogues- The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
18. Joan Baez- House of the Rising Sun

Conscious(Busy Dying)

I am ready
my life needs to end
it's a cycle
start all over again
it was the way you looked at
me when I tapped you on the shoulder
the way I reached out
to touch
you
because,I am real
I am alive
I love true things
I am ready to die
I am not sad or sullen
I know what it means to die
I know what it means to be alive
so I can die
I can't prolong the inevitable
I am mentally ill
you don't know
my suffering
this talk of death
is in my mind a celebration
of a conscious adult decision
assisted suicide
to give support,aid & a helper
this is my life
this is my freedom
you say it brings on many changes
I say the very nature of the universe
is change
a change is needed
the end
the readiness
the learning
is over

Andrew Rowan Summers- Unquiet Grave

Andrew Rowan Summers- Unquiet Grave by Texhobart on Mixcloud

The Reality of Daytime(Oceans of Hours)

thoughts existing independently
in this space of daytime
a body of thoughts
without interjections
mental powers,thoughts and reflections
today I keep in a collection
thoughtful consideration
the idea how a writer works
drawing interpretation
like knee jerks
things in the mind
bring out meaning of pontification
if the duties call of dictionaries clerks
I understand the records I am keeping
with all the poetry I am recording
in this space of time
deep into my thoughts
nose in the dictionary
hours of the afternoon
a choice to the contrary
the natural opposite to poetry
boring confusion by ugly with the dull
state of mind
the clearness I present
beauty by poetry is my intent
a purpose
a design
a meaning
of mental power
exciting beauty
the blooming of a flower
in the imagination
growing with the hour
yes,the hours of the daytime
I find
in my mind
in the moments that I choose
through
pain & dread
the wet black dog
rears his ugly head
through
depression
ugly truths
untimely hurt
and thoughts about how
I used to live in my youth
the regret
things I can't change
the quiet phonographs
I've taken in my mind
my confusion
how I was mistaken
things I can't change
I need some one to tell me
I need some one to call my name
through these oceans of hours
through these pathways
through these rainy days
how I see myself these days
I mistake my pain for truth
I love true things
I can't stand the pain
magnifying the thoughts
of bitterness
of shame
I've learned not to be so proud
shelter the blame
I've learned how to listen
life is not a game
even in this sandbox world
I don't have to choose sides
mr.middle
hope to bloom
in the imagination
regeneration like the flower in my mind
regeneration of mental power in my daytime
in the imagination
my hope I will not belittle
my hope
my hope
is real
like my thoughts
I am real
how I think
how I feel
sharing
writing
to get it out
to not conceal
reality
stating facts
about me

George Waldrop- The Reality of Daytime(Oceans of Hours) by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Lydia Loveless- Steve Earle

Lydia Loveless- Steve Earle by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Ain't Life Swell

I love my mother
for what she's not
but,for what she is
don't confuse your truth with pain
only one universal truth
as far as I can tell
ain't life swell


I am comfortable when
the heat is on 72
walking home with my belly full
I get quiet when I think of you
day dreaming and driving
clouds are white and the sky is blue
you can't unring a bell
ain't life swell



I've seen this before
over looked it a hundred times or more
I can't feel at ease
always checking my pockets for my keys
I'm conscious of these nervious habits
aware that I must break
what happened to give & take?
negitive as far as I can tell
ain't life swell


Yobo is a hobo that eats from a yuppies table
I get my food from the food bank
or panhandling as long as I am able
tablecloth & stable loft
dopeheads on a mopeds
drop from your feet to you knees
along comes a swarm of bees looking for a hive
I may never get out of this world alive
don't tell me you can't smell that smell
ain't life swell

George Waldrop- Ain't Life Swell by Texhobart on Mixcloud

The Unsullen Thinker

exciting pleasure by beauty with the imagination

Let's try this again.I know which mixes are better than others for different reasons.I also know how much time was put into each mix.Labor is nothing new when I mix.Coming up on 500 mixes makes me feel like I do know a little something about mixing.I still don't know nothing about music but,there is something to say about having just the "right" music to listen to at the "right" space of time.You can trust me when I say this is the best mix I ever made.I say this because,I love true things.I don't make mixes for comments.When days went by and no one chose to not comment it made me think this must be the very best mix I ever made.I make mixes for listening.Listening is worth my effort.Mental power is a exciting pleasure by beauty with the imagination. Enjoy!

1. Tom Waits- After You Die [Bad As Me (Deluxe Version)]
2. A Winged Victory For The Sullen- Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
3. Lucinda Williams- Ugly Truth [Blessed (Deluxe Ed.)]
4. Chris Pureka- 3 a.m. [Driving North]
5. Simon Joyner- Alabaster [Heaven's Gate]
6. Jolie Holland- Tender Mirror [Pint of Blood]
7. Drunk- The Peeled Birch [To Corner Wounds]
8. Gillian Welch- Dark Turn Of Mind [The Harrow & The Harvest]
9. Simon & Garfunkel- 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night [Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme]
10. Steve Earle- God Is God [I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive]
11. Greg Brown- Let The Mystery Be [Freak Flag]
12. Alice In Chains- Rooster [MTV Unplugged]
13. Johnny Cash- Redemption Day [American VI: Ain't No Grave]
14. Tin Hat Trio- The Longest Night [Book Of Silk]
15. John Prine- Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues [The Singing Mailman Delivers: Studio Performance, August 1970]
16. Sly Stone- My World [High On You]
17. Peter Case- Kokomo Prayer Vigil [The Case Files]
18. Lou Reed- Set The Twilight Reeling [Set The Twilight Reeling]
19. The Duhks- It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [Brilliant Bonus Track]

Roy Pilgrim's Playlist- Mixtape=Friendship

Roy Pilgrim is a guy I learned about from watching you tube.He has a nice way of reaching out to people with his performances.I put this together for him.Maybe to turn him on to some great songs.He is a very young man stepping up but,I feel there is a kindred spirit as I am a young man also.From one young person to another with the idea about learning more about all the music out there.Enjoy!

1. Bob Dylan- Boots Of Spanish Leather
2. Texas Hobart- Hill Billie Blues Speak (Uncle Davy Macon Cover)
3. Laura Veirs- Why Oh Why
4. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer- Happytown (All Right with Me)
5. Jolie Holland- Little Birds
6. Dave Van Ronk- Would You Like to Swing on a Star?
7. Simon And Garfunkel- The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
8. Jack Elliott- The Fox
9. Seasick Steve- Whiskey Ballad
10. Texas Hobart- Original Talking Blues
11. Laura Veirs- Little Lap-Dog Lullaby
12. Jack Elliott- Talking Guitar Blues
13. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard- Hello Stranger
14. Lust- Flowers On The Wall
15. Texas Hobart- Liza Up A 'Simmon Tree
16. Elizabeth LaPrelle- Liza Up A 'Simmon Tree
17. Old Crow Medicine Show- Wagon Wheel
18. Dan Hicks- He Dont Care (He's Stoned)
19. Rhubarb Whiskey- We All Come To The Same Place
20. Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell- New Morning
21. Grateful Dead- Scarlet Begonias
22. Laura Veirs- Mama, You've Been on My Mind
23. Doc Watson- Doc's Talking Blues (Live)

No Hassels,No Hustles To Being Real

1. Martin Luther King Jr.- I Have A Dream Speech
   
2. Sly and the Family Stone- Let Me Have It All [Fresh]
3. Sly & The Family Stone- Only One Way Out Of This Mess [A Whole New Thing]
4. Sly and the Family Stone- (You Caught Me) Smilin' [There's A Riot Going On]
5. Sly Stone- My World [High On You]
6. Sly and the Family Stone- If You Want Me To Stay [Fresh]
7. Sly & The Family Stone- What Would I Do [A Whole New Thing]
8. Sly & The Family Stone- Family Affair [There's A Riot Going On]
9. Sly & The Family Stone- Time For Livin' [Small Talk]
10. Sly & The Family Stone- Stand! [Greatest Hits]
11. Sly & The Family Stone- Skin I'm In [Fresh]
12. Sly & The Family Stone- Dance To The Music (Single Version) [Dance To The Music]
13. Sly & The Family Stone- Runnin' Away [There's A Riot Going On]
14. Sly and the Family Stone- que sera sera (whatever will be, will be) [Fresh]
15. Sly & The Family Stone- Everybody Is A Star [Greatest Hits]
16. Sly & The Family Stone- Fun [Greatest Hits]
17. Sly and the Family Stone- In Time [Fresh]
18. Sly & The Family Stone- Brave & Strong [There's A Riot Going On]
19. Sly and the Family Stone- Frisky [Fresh]
20. Sly & The Family Stone- Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey [Stand!]
21. Sly & The Family Stone- Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again [Greatest Hits]
22. Sly & The Family Stone- Everyday People [**Bonus**]

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
"Everyday People"

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha - we got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks

Patterns For Life(I Think of You)

I've awoken
coffee & water
morning token
to indicate anew
by design
I think of you
this day reminds me
morning space of time
I feel like this in the morning
every morning
so beautiful
a new day
refresh
behavior patterns
I have felt this before
familiar
I find
in my mind
anew
but,different
I take a little
add a little to
a new day
so beautiful
I think of you
a tapestry
even when it's just me
weaving in the daytime
day dreaming
pieces of poetry
pieces of a puzzle
pieces of me
I think of you
birth to death
following patterns
regular course
for my morning
another pattern
another cup
another lifetime
to give up
thinking abrupt
over the many lives
and the houses of fire
the many patterns
the people I have been
the games I have played
with people I don't know today
now are people I once knew
it doesn't bother me
if it doesn't bother you
old patterns of life
play no part
of good people
I carry in my heart
I can't be a better person in the past
but,the idea is there
all the hippy things
I find in my conscience
it got into my walk
how I held my head
attitude and the things I said
I turned my back
to the people I once knew
I have only one friend
on one I can depend
I got to be me
yesterday's sorrows can't rob me
of life's beautiful chance of tomorrows
I live for today
I am free of the past
I tell myself
I think of you
in those patterns that don't last
in those well worn pathways
in those patterns that don't matter
pathways of rainy days
I totally live in the now
time has told me how
many times
I have changed
patterns for life
and will continue to
till I get it right
live by the truth
yes,the things that are true
with each day anew
I think of you

George Waldrop- Patterns For Life(I Think of You) by Texhobart on Mixcloud

I Die A Little Every Day(Thanksgiving Luncheon)

apathy
my hunger was not lacking
excitement
passion & gusto
for a planned meal
thanksgiving
seated & served
in the dark
piano
Frank Sinatra
and small talk
real small talk
I feel hurded
I feel neglected
uncomfortable
and not among my peers
I write about what I eat
delicious
thoughtful
thankful
I enjoyed the eats
people let me down
mentally ill in my town
i left quickly
disguising my frown
concealing I was let down
eating has it's purpose
dining with refreshment
assisted suicide
for the mentally ill
was in my thoughts
when I went home
I lived well
I want to die well
It should me my choice
how because it's my life
no one lives my life
free to do anything but, die
I am not sad
not being able to make
a responsible adult decision
about myself
my condition
my constitution
my soul
truth be told

George Waldrop- I Die A Little Every Day(Thanksgiving Luncheon) by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Recovery In Mind

is apart of me
it's plain to see
in my condition
all that I lack
the way god made me
mental illness
nothingness
loneliness
a missing piece
something has been lost
living through life's inbetweens
in pieces of poetry
lately I see myself
in the sound collages
I made years ago
how to listen
to hear clear
the reality of me
instru-mentals
dulcimer music
to share with the world
for all to see
take this trip with me
easy & free-form
I'm busy being born
I'm not trying to get back
I know what I lack
it's living in the moment
living for today
I do know how
to live in the now
each day is a precious chance
to make it better
to show the world I've changed
deep within my center
I have a well of infinite love
through the mirrors of my hands
vibrations of love
I behave and think in a loving way
to all other people & to myself
I am a kind person
I am thinking about you
I know all the things I've been missing
because,I didn't take the time to listen
today it's time
to keep recovery in mind
I find in my mind
beautiful abstract things
that my music brings
take a c.d.
listen to my best
at the recovery fest
maybe you will see
the reality of me

George Waldrop- Recovery In Mind by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Sitting In Therapy

it relieves tension
talking about my thinking
adjusting the extension of my thoughts
talking,making the connections
how I am feeling,how I am living
some one who is listening and interjecting
some one who is getting what I am giving
talking about my thinking
sitting in therapy
I am feeling so good
some one is listening
all I need to feel
to be understood for real
getting something back
is mostly what I lack
listening to input
concerning the positive
human interaction
to hear clear
and contribute to
things that are true
understanding
knowledge of self
the magic that happens with some one else
now when I listen
in touch with my mental health
I am growing with the spirit of self
yes,the human spirit
powerful
and I've been blessed
I've been so many people
I have to tell the truth
a painter
a loner
a poet
a mix-maker
a loser
a prophet
6 years on this journey
I was really sick
I faced it
I didn't like what I see
plenty of changes about me
time has told me
there are many things to be
I like what I see
me in this light
shone bright in the dark of night
me in this light
now,I can be proud of my change
there are many ways to live
busy being free
talking about my thinking
sitting in therapy
thinking about sitting in therapy
biding my time,enjoying the clarity
lucidity of perception
that is so important
I am starting to recover
I am a sight for sore eyes
I saw the light today
finally feel right today
I have a purpose
out in the light of day
being me
being free
in therapy

George Waldrop- Sitting In Therapy by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Patience is a Responsibility

with patience
life is for the learning
sitting in our support group
I found you when you were turning
sitting in our support group
apart of me is listening and yearning
sitting in our support group
to care,pay atention & be a friend
what is a good friend
without taking the responsibility
we are responsible for each other
as we are human beings in this world
what's wrong with being responsible
to be a friend,having a friend,to be a friend
on one you can depend
that reliability that shows you care
humans need care
the mentally ill need care
I need care
it's in the kindness we show to others
it's in the kindness we show to strangers
it's in the kindess that shows us we are humans
life is too short not to love everybody
life is too long to hate
goodness
kindness
friendship
all make us a better community
I am speaking about the community
of the mentally ill in my town
community in recovery
nothing is wrong with sharing the responsiblity
I like being apart of the CSB
I like being in therapy
just listen & read to my poems about
"Sitting In Therapy" or
"Serendipity of Mental Illness"or
"Recovery In Mind"
I have taken the responsibility
to share what I find
in my writing
a spark
igniting
a flame
support groups have purposes
support group have a function
a good support group helps
others
the magic that happens in a group
starts with responsibility
serve as a foundation for
us
the group
talking
sharing
giving
caring

George Waldrop- Patience Is A Responsibility by Texhobart on Mixcloud

November's Wayward Breeze- Classic Rock

Recently on djtrish's blog she was remembering The Steve Miller Band over a few Miller-Lites.She got me thinking about the kind of classic rock I like.Yes,at one time I didn't have a computer and I was stuck listening to the classic rock station in my car all the time.It was a sad time in my life but,this music got me through it so it will always have a place in my heart.I say it was a sad time but, it was a special time because everything was new.I was just getting out on my own moving to the city and living free of parents.Classic Rock reminds me of that sense of freedom.So this mix takes me back and I don't long to go back because,life was a lot harder with no home living in a bad neighborhood and always smoking & drinking.That's what I mean about freedom.Freedom use to be something totally different than it is for me now.I have made a great change but,the songs have remained the same.My ideas about these songs have changed.Like djtrish having a few and thinking about how the music use to feel is why and is the purpose of this mix.I like this mix for those reasons.Enjoy!

1. Jesca Hoop- Silverscreen (acoustic)
2. The Beatles- Old Brown Shoe
3. Donovan- Epistle To Dippy
4. Vashti Bunyan- Wayward Hum
5. Neil Young- Old Man
6. George Harrison- All Things Must Pass
7. James Taylor- You've Got A Friend
8. Tony Joe White- Sidewalk Hobo
9. The Doors- People Are Strange
10. Simon & Garfunkel- The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
11. Led Zeppelin- Hey Hey What Can I Do
12. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- Woodstock
13. Joni Mitchell- Blue
14. Bob Dylan- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
15. Jimi Hendrix- Power To Love (Live)
16. Grateful Dead- Scarlet Begonias
17. Old Crow Medicine Show- Wagon Wheel
18. The Rolling Stones- Sweet Virginia
19. Gillian Welch- Beulah Land
20. Sly and the Family Stone- If You Want Me To Stay

Serendipity of Mental Illness

nothing is so healing as the human touch
even the strongest men are always alone
the emptiness is all in your mind
the space between succession of sensation
I'm not so naive in my thoughts of self destruction
conscious of my existence has touched my soul
I'm surprised to find all that is beautiful in my mind
expression is the meaning of art
refreshing my hope with this art of the mix
I have a disease,incorrectly functioning,without peace of mind
my soul needs the touch,squeezed until it shines
out shine the rain,break free and not easy to be broken
every little soul must shine along,along,soul-shine along
caress in a kiss all the loving that you miss
suffering and in need,my heart does bleed
it's the darkest before the dawn
taint long fo' daylight
yes,the light of day,features of colors,the light in her eyes
I find hope in the serendipity of my mental illness
the way god made me and all the blessings the maker intended
I can't blame or put fault in the great creator,originator of all of this
all of this life,makes me take it slow,I have to wonder why all these challenges
I won't regret all that life has taught me
about what is sadness
about what is beautiful
I lived through all the tears
loneliness and pain
I stayed and faced it
with all the fear and pride in my heart
I am destined to fail
each day I try and try again
I just don't want to make the same mistakes
misunderstand and have to do this all over again
my love has been revealed
I don't pretend not to know
what I'm supposed to be
have mercy on the lonely
be compassionate when you read my heavy heart
my poetry is all I got...

George Waldrop- Serendipity of Mental Illness by Texhobart on Mixcloud

The Unsullen Thinker- exciting pleasure by beauty with the imagination

I started a new blog.11/11/2011 was a common veterans day so I want to start anew and make it meaningful as I can.Every new blog needs a mix to define it.So this little mix defines The Unsullen Thinker.Enjoy!

1. Tom Waits- After You Die [Bad As Me (Deluxe Version)]
2. A Winged Victory For The Sullen- Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
3. Lucinda Williams- Ugly Truth [Blessed (Deluxe Ed.)]
4. Chris Pureka- 3 a.m. [Driving North]
5. Simon Joyner- Alabaster [Heaven's Gate]
6. Jolie Holland- Tender Mirror [Pint of Blood]
7. Drunk- The Peeled Birch [To Corner Wounds]
8. Gillian Welch- Dark Turn Of Mind [The Harrow & The Harvest]
9. Simon & Garfunkel- 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night [Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme]
10. Steve Earle- God Is God [I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive]

sullen- defined

showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.