Joe Nolan's Insomnia

Goodnight, Captain: The Death of Steve McNair

2009-07-04T15:46:00.008-05:00

In a week of high-profile deaths, none has been as shocking - or as seemingly senseless - as the apparent murder/suicide (hours later being referred to as a double-homicide) of the former Nashville...

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Chicago Breakdown

2009-07-04T09:34:00.004-05:00

All then, and again... Lots of catching up to do. First of all, thanks to all of you who have made it out to the recent shows. If you haven't been following along regarding the latest shows,...

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Neda/Nada

2009-06-24T20:31:00.005-05:00

Hello again, God bless us every one. Inshallah. Love to you all. Just a quick note. And a few shouts. First things first. All my love to the people on their feet in Iran. I...

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Rock 'N Roll

2009-06-02T01:01:00.002-05:00

Dear lovelies, A quick one while he's away. Just wanted to let my Nashville homies know that I will be performing a Short Set at The Family Wash tomorrow night, Tuesday, 6/2/09. I also...

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Reflections on an Aerial Photograph of a City on a River

2009-05-23T13:35:00.000-05:00

Reflections on an Aerial Photograph of a City on a River I've heard it said – and who hasn't – that this city is circles within circles. I've heard it said that a city within a circle is European,...

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Undiscovered Country

2009-05-15T00:46:00.003-05:00

God Bless us every one. I have recently discovered a trove of treasure, a vein really, one full of heroines in the rain, firing arrows into the stars. Moving images move at the speed of...

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Love and Might

2009-05-03T11:50:00.004-05:00

Love and Might She walked through the kitchen on bare feet in the middle of the night searching for the knife in the dark. She touched the blade of the chef's knife and slid it back down into...

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The Sleepless Film Festival Presents - The Tears of a Clown Double Feature: Renaldo and Clara and Les Enfants du Paradis

2009-04-30T13:51:00.003-05:00

Good morning, comrades. Today - for your enjoyment - another chapter in our ongoing programming at The Sleepless Film Festival. Today's pick will be Bob Dylan's 1975 epic, Renaldo and Clara....

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Oh, My My! Oh, Hell Yes! - Observations on a Music City Marathon

2009-04-25T09:29:00.010-05:00

I woke up this morning to the sound of thunderous applause. After a long, hard week of suffering with insufferable allergies to everything green and growing here in this spring in The Old...

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The Sleepless Film Festival Presents - Grindhouse Lotus Venoms: A Shaw Brothers Double Feature

2009-04-21T20:29:00.012-05:00

Hola bueno. Ok, so, It is SPRINGTIME in The Old South. This means I am strolling through a wonderland of tulips and other flowers I don't know the names of. There are these sorta droopy ones...

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Torres v.s. Mizugaki - Round By Round

2009-04-05T21:10:00.005-05:00

Bonjour et bon soir, mes amis. As you may know Miguel "Angel" Torres will be fighting tonight, defending his WEC championship against Takeya Mizugaki. This is how the fight is sized up on the Fox...

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The Last Days of Pompeii

2009-04-01T10:46:00.003-05:00

Hola, Amigos! If you have been enjoying these little stories I am writing here, encourage me with a comment :) If you hate these, I'll understand. Just tell me to stop. THE...

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A Rose Colored Ghost

2009-03-29T11:37:00.007-05:00

La Lumiere Jaune Chapter One - "That's what I do is candles," she spoke loudly and clearly beneath her whitening, widening eyes, beneath her whitening, thinning hair. He gazed at her,...

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A Burning Thing

2009-03-25T22:09:00.004-05:00

Love in the Free World Chapter One - The Free and the Brave He sat on the porch, twirling a wooden match between his fingers like a tiny baton. The cars passed by on The Boulevard with a sweet...

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Lake Not Still

2009-03-24T22:06:00.006-05:00

Down by the Water Chapter 1 - The Stone Skipper The surface of the lake was smooth, but not still. The entire mirror of its green expanse slowly undulated above fast moving contractions and...

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Romeo Has A Raygun

2009-03-23T11:03:00.005-05:00

Bonjour, mes amis Happy Monday! Here's to hopin' you dreamed a little dream in the last 48. Had a quiet weekend myself. Watched the Spartans win a few basketball games. Watched my...

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Grand Grey Lynx

2009-03-18T19:29:00.007-05:00

Bon jour, Comment? Recently asked what my favorite period of visual art was, I had to stop short and address the subject through a broader, more general appeal. For me the best stuff...

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-17T13:28:00.003-05:00

Green! What up one and all...??.. Happy St. Patrick's Day! I remember writing my St. P's post last year and I am having a hard time believing that we have come back around to this verdant fest...

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The King of May

2009-03-16T10:14:00.003-05:00

Happy Monday! How about another old-school poem to set the ol' steps in the right direction... The Straits of Magellan (by Joe Nolan) strange and true and green and huge...

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May Day (In hope of Spring)

2009-03-15T14:45:00.003-05:00

Gracias, muchachos. Another vintage verse vrooms from the vault. May Day (by Joe Nolan) The White Hand marks the countenance of the mind soldier. Digital rifle shoulders grim...

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From a Makeshift Bed

2009-03-13T18:12:00.003-05:00

Bon soir mes amis. This is a poem I was reminded of today. Check out more poems here. From a Makeshift Bed (by Joe Nolan) The Ghost haunts my Autumn mind on the morning after...

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The Old Double Zero

2009-03-07T14:01:00.003-06:00

Hello lovelies, Here is a brand new song. Seriously. Wrote the last line 4 mins ago... The Old Double Zero (Lyrics by Joe Nolan) The Old Double Zero is a shady little bar A waitress with...

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Where Does True Freedom Lie - Consequence and Necessity

2009-03-07T09:07:00.006-06:00

Ahoymatey! Welcome aboard the good ship gollywog! Morning in the Old South. You can smell the smell of people smelling for the smell of the the idea of magnolias in bloom. Not yet...

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Heroes in the Seaweed

2009-03-04T22:47:00.004-06:00

Ciao lovelies, I am drinking a bit of the blood and bleeding a bit of the luminous ink in this here fine hour of the evening. I am posting this as I watch the video of the Isle of Wight...

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Tell Me a Story

2009-02-18T21:18:00.003-06:00

Hey everyone, This one goes out to all y'all in Sunnyvale California. Thanks for hanging out at this questionable corner of the Internet. We are forever attempting to storm the gates of Heaven...

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