A private little world for me… a private little world for you. The online musings and journals of singer/songwriter recording artist author and activist Ed Hale. The Transcendence Diaries have been posting regularly online since 2001. Comments are always welcomed. And so are YOU.
Month: April 2005
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Current spin: Francis Cabrel, double tour. I love Francis cabrel. He reminds me of being young in love with Cleopatra. when life was art and art was life and times were simpler. I love his thick southern accent. My French teacher makes fun of it because she is an ignorant bigot from Paris — She…
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Current spin: Elliot smith, from a basement on a hill. Elliot of course just recently passed on from here… very sad. What a talent he was. Don’t know yet about this one. need to listen more. love Elliot’s voice. And sometimes his songwriting. This is… well, lets put it this way… it sounds unfinished. So…
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On a plane. Going to Seattle. French class today started again. third semester for me now and I still feel like I can’t speak a fucking word. Frustrating. But I am entirely committed. I will do it. I will master this language. Will bring down this beast in me that makes it seem so difficult….
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I’m sitting on the steps outside in front of my apt writing on my laptop and the doorman pulls up in his old beater. Parks. Turns to me on his way upstairs, smiles and in his grisly voice says to me, “its spring. Seeing you sitting there again… its official. Spring has arrived.” I hadn’t…
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Today I met a man named Harvey Finkelstein. I’m not making this up. He’s a young guy. a cool guy. a guy you would want to hang with. But after he gave me his card, right there in black and white Finkelstein… this was no joke. This was his name. and he is keeping it……
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The pope is dead. (I don’t like to use the term ‘the pope’ these days – as if everyone is supposed to know what ‘the pope’ means… if we said ‘the doctor’ when speaking about some witch doctor in Zimbabwe would everyone in the world know who that was? no. of course not. so instead…
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At the metropolitan museum of art in central park with a big group of matrix-website community members. I’m serious. Met Nebraska and his wife little Nikki there who were up from Miami for the day to meet a bunch of people from this community who flew in from different countries around the world. they’re all…