New book now available: EPITAPH

My new book, EPITAPH, is now available.

It can be found on Amazon in paperback or Kindle here:

http://www.amazon.com/Epitaph-Conceptual-Elegy-Mark-Snyder-ebook/dp/B00J83IY94

It can also be found as a free e-book on Smashwords here:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/426552

This is what I’ve been up to for the last three months. I began writing this long-form conceptualist poem the day my father died (January 18, 2014) to mark his passing.

I hope you enjoy the book.

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launch, music, Necessary Evil

My new  experimental album of experimental music, Necessary Evil, is now available via iTunes, Amazon, Pandora, Spotify, and other services.  I hope you enjoy it!

 

Available here at Amazon.  

 

Please be aware that there’s another guy out there with the same name as me who has published dance mixes.  Those were made by somebody else, not me.  

 

Thanksgiving (poetry reading)

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poetry, reading, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, today’s NaBloWriMo poem, read by me.  

Andante

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NaBlo, poetry

words
the silent words, close lingering dreams,
in the wind a distant kiss, just words

                                         hearts opened,
                                         the wind enchanting me,
                                         kind lovely evanescent suffering,
                                         disappearing tenderly

words
the silent words, close lingering dreams
searching wind night moon
just words alone

                                         hearts opened,
                                         the moon inspiring me,
                                         purely blessed harmony gift,
                                         evanescent dream

words
the silent words
the wind
just words alone

                                         hearts opened, play

the words
the silent words
the wind
alone

                                         hearts opened, play

the words
the silent words
the wind
alone

                                         hearts opened, play

the words
                                         hearts opened

the wind
                                         hearts opened

the words

                                         hearts opened
                                         the wind enchanting me,
                                         kind lovely evanescent suffering,
                                         disappearing tenderly

’67 Chrysler midnights

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Chicago, death, friends, ghosts, O'Henry Ballroom, poetry, Resurrection Mary, sonnet, vanishing hitchhiker, Willowbrook

Would you remember after all these years?
The ’67 Chrysler midnights
The power steering didn’t work, headlights
that needed fixing high beams, rebuilt gears
The dull gray fenders colorless and blight
The brakes rebuilt but squeaking and unsure
No seat belts there to make you feel secure
When chasing after ghosts in the moonlight
We drove out to the woods on autumn nights
out looking for the girl who vanished there-
Resurrection Mary buried where
I’d find you lying in your grave tonight
You dance together on O’Henry’s floor
and no one ever sees her anymore

Peculiarities and Reticences blog is now RADICAL TOTALITY.

When I started this blog last year, at the end of Modpo 2012, I was feeling very unsure of myself in each of the creative disciplines in which I’m working. I’ve come to realize recently that although I have a great deal to learn, I am increasingly comfortable in doing the work and sharing it, and am no longer feeling “reticent.” There was a need for a change.

My Modpo ’13 last words (live webcast)

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ModPo, Susan Scheid

I work in rural community health, very poor, very disadvantaged, I work in a world where people have no voice whatsoever. And a lot of the folks who are in ModPo, in their own way, have had their voices taken away from them. And one of the things that ModPo has done for me personally, as well as for a lot of people I talk to in the forums, is to give them an opportunity to have their voices back. And that is more powerful than you could ever imagine, so I wanted to thank all of you for that.

(Thank you Susan Scheid for posting the transcription).

Orpheum

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ghosts, old movie houses

ORPHEUM THEATRE

presents

the fallen stagehand

the Hitchcock heart-attack

the organist killed at Anzio

Ray Bolger

The mobster in the foundation

The Black Tuesday suicide

plunging from the balcony

in

Ed Wood’s

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

Necessary Evil

I’d like to let you know that my new album, titled Necessary Evil, will be available on iTunes, Amazon, and a number of other services soon.  The release is scheduled for 12/1/13.

I’ll let you know more as things develop.

Falling Leaves (1912)- 2013 soundtrack

Falling Leaves, a 1912 silent film directed by Alice Guy Blache. 2013 soundtrack composed and performed by Mark Snyder.

The original silent film is in the public domain.

 

The soundtrack alone can be found here.