The Lucky Man Who Made The Grade

by | Apr 9, 2011 | Audio Podcasts

Well, I have arrived. A total stranger made a fan video of one of my songs and posted it Youtube. I am so flattered, and I love the comments as well. This discovery made my day, week, and probably month. Ah … the inter-tubes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Sz7SPYPAY

Newsletter, Jan. 29, 2010

by | Jan 29, 2010 | Audio Podcasts

Riding The Wild Bubble
Up to the minute news as we ride over strange, uncharted lands, every month or, often, every two years.

Happy New Year! No … wait … Happy Valentine’s Day, it’s closer.

Well, I was supposed to send this email about two years ago, but I always think, “Well I’ll send one right after I do x, and then I will have something to actually share with people.” And then we go around the sun twice. Which is fine, because I am actually very excited about both of the main items herein … (more…)

The Reason That I Am Alive (from the sunpopblue.com archives)

by | Dec 27, 2009 | Audio Podcasts

seaside

Claude Michel Celse, Seaside Town, 1948

the reason that I am alive

By Boris Vian

the reason that I am alive
the reason that I am alive
for the tanned leg
of a blonde woman
propped against the wall
beneath the round sun
for the billowing sails
of a sleek schooner
at the mouth of the harbor
the iced coffee sipped through a straw
for the caress of sand
gazing at the watery deeps
turning so blue
descending into the deeps
with the fish
the tranquil fish
they calm the bottom of the ocean
fly above the seaweed hair
like slow birds
like blue birds
the reason that I am alive
because it is beautiful

Translated from the French by Joseph Suglia, corrected by me.