chuck kottke

I have this guilty sensation that I ought to be taking care of a few things around here... but this is more fun!!:laugh3:

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Hello Judy in the sky with diamonds:) Cheers!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APPLE!!!!!!:) from Chuck

A paper on negative lyrics, and what is considered negative?

hope it helps with the assignment! & Thanks, tho guesses all..

Life can be such a bitter sweet symphony. It's good to realize we all have our ups and downs!

And the 11th, "are the streets you're walking on a thousand houses long, well that's where I belong, and you belong with me, not swallowed in the sea.." Houses made of lumber? A need for all of us humans, so no matter where you go, wood is almost always involved in construction.. Or, on the metaphorical level, the songwriter wants to be neighbors with his friend in an urban neighborhood?? Yet another guess!

Skipping to the 10th, "Oh what good is it to live, with nothing left to give, forget but not forgive, not loving all you see?" So, maybe make amends with the two camps - environmental and logging? Care for one another, instead of holding grudges? On a metaphor in life, the songwriter maybe wants to make amends for some hurt - to forgive someone, or be forgiven? kinda deep!

In the Seventh, "And I could write a book, the one they said that shook, the world and then it took, it took it back from me" Forestry - a book on sustainability? Life's metaphor - a book on the songwriter's true feeling?

In the Sixth stanza, "you cut me down to size, and opened up my eyes, made me realize, what I could not see" Forestry - a logger cuts down a tree, and this opened up the songwriter's eyes to what wasn't apparent - the need to make a living from the land, and the connections we all have in that shared endeavor. Metaphor - someone brought the author down to earth and back to reality? Guess #6 as well!

In the fifth stanza, "you put me on a line, and hung me out to dry, and darling that's when I decided to go to sea" A real guess - drying home-made paper? and that's when the songwriter decided to go on tour and spread the message of sustainable forestry? It awoke his sense of how it all works? Or, as a metaphor in life, he was hung out to dry, like laundry for all to see, and that's when he decided to travel on in the journey of life? Or, as a fish, he saw the other fish get caught (on a line), hung out to dry (dried fish), and so he saw this vision of where he might end up, and quickly chose to head for clear waters (away from the dangers if he stayed:rolleyes:).

Fourth Stanza, " and I could write it down, or spread it all around, get lost and then get found, or swallowed in the sea." In their forestry worldview, this might mean the written song could be written down, passed around on paper, lost in the archives and then later found, or lost to the elements (or put in a bottle as a message never to be retrieved & "swallowed" by the sea). As a metaphor for a friend, this might mean the songwriter could record his feeling for another person, tell others through song, go off on a journey and then come back, or have a turn for the worse - and wind up on in the ocean. Any number of possibilites exist. (guessing here!):rolleyes:

In the third stanza, "and I could write a song, a hundred miles long, well, that's where I belong, and you belong with me" In sustainable forestry's sense, the songwriter is saying that he should be able to write long songs on paper without regrets, and the logger/papermaker should be his friends. In the personal metaphor, maybe the songwriter is missing a friend, whom he feels should be writing songs along with him? Songs are poetry, so it's a little like deciphering a daydream..:)

In the second stanza, "you put me on a shelf, and kept me for yourself, I can only blame myself, you can only blame me.." In the forestry sense, here was something the songwriter wrote, and someone put on a shelf (collected paper) maybe as a metaphor for all the extra paper we simply store or throw away. Also, this could be a metaphor for a relationship where one person takes the other for granted, and by not speaking up, the songwriter is saying that he is to blame for not changing the situation.

Well here goes! In the first stanza, "you cut me down a tree, and brought it back to me, and that's what made me see, where I was going wrong" might be a metaphor for how the songwriter sees a global forestry issue - here he is, using paper someone else made from a tree, to fulfill his needs for paper. The person who cuts the tree does his part to deliver the paper/wood, and it's up to the songwriter to change this equation by making better decisions about the paper he uses. Also, this could be someone the songwriter knows personally, after having made connections across the globe..

It's just so neat to communicate with people all over the globe like this! :)

"This CD is Carbon Neutral courtesy of Future Forests" sheds some light on it.:)

Speed of Sound.

Back hurts, but my head feels fine! Is the pizza in Scotland all deep-fried?

I have hardly anything that even compares! Today, I had the wonderful pain of convulsing back muscles, which tense up and hurt like H*** whenever I try to stand up.. But, it's not too bad, and stretching should help.. I need to learn to stretch before I chop wood... Hmm.. softball can be pretty rough! Well, at least you'll heal up! sounds like a little R&R is in order..:)

Guy gets smashed all the time?? News to me!! Hope he's not too

Let's see here... says somewhere the band decided not to do any hard drugs, but alcohol isn't exactly acid.. And then there was this Jesus fellow who used to "turn" water into wine (at a wedding party, nonetheless!).. I mean, sure, too much & for all the wrong reasons can be self-destructive, but just going out, blowing off steam & having a rip-roaring good time in public is hardly a sign of "a problem". I think living in a cage too long is a problem, & makes one want to go and do these things!! (& didn't anyone party at college, or was I just dreaming this?:stunned:?:laugh3:) I've tried vodka (tho, better if it's flavored!), - Wine is good & good for you! And beer makes you a jolly good fellow...:dance: So, their music and mesages remains as strong as evers - it's just Chris having some fun... Sheesh, why is this such a big deal?:dozey:

:)I can't understand a word of what's being said, but I love it!:)

Andy Worhol was a bit more cryptic than Martin, but not by a long shot.. What Fixed has to say rings true, so RBT=! U know artists!!;) Always something to keep ya guessing..!