I Am Honestly Quoting T-BONE BURNETT

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Honesty is the most subversive

of all disguises

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T-BONE BURNETT

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The 196th Bullet: Intimacy

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 There is no sadder pairing

for intimacy 

than anger and stupidity

***

 

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Footnote

THE 196th BULLET

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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BHM Honoree Owed More Than Apology By Famous Museum

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[IMAGE FORTHCOMING]

 

This is a preview

of a page long overdue

for anyone

interested in that thing called

Rock 'N Roll

:::

:::

The image 

at the bottom

of this page

has a fixed position

—in the real world—

directly opposite

my indoor desk

I have worshipped

the image and

—more importantly—

RICHARD BERRY

(the man in the picture)

ever since

 

An extremely competent 

songwriter,

Richard wrote a tune

in a calypso beat

called 

Louie, Louie

Frank Sinatra

knew the song very well

(by a different title)

 

Frank sang

"One For My Baby"

It is not a calypso song

but the lyrics tell

the same story:

Frank's tale of woe

is directed at Joe,

as in 

"set 'em up, Joe"

Richard's tale of woe

is directed at a 

double-named barkeep:

"Louie, Louie"

For every person familiar

with Richard's calypso

saga about a lost love,

ten thousand people

are familiar with

the same song

sung by

a band known as

THE KINGSMEN

 

But 

there is much much more 

to this story

+

infinitely more to 

 RICHARD BERRY

concerning such people

as the Beatles, the Coasters,

Elvis Presley, Etta James

+

wedding music

heard 'round the world

 

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The BLACK HISTORY MONTH Honoree I Owe An Apology

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From the opening scene of

DOLEMITE IS MY NAME,

I had a sudden burst 

of respect for

the actor portraying

a clerk in a music store

 

More than 2000 times,

I have walked/jogged

or driven by

the music studio

where Calvin Broadus

first recorded his music

but

—for the life of me—

I find 

ninety-nine-point-nine

percent of rap music

unlistenable

 

For more than 800 days,

there is a sidewalk image

of the studio building

on this computer's

desk top

as a reminder

to create a page about 

a legendary product from 

a Long Beach high school

but I have yet

to post the page

to be entitled

"A Dogg's Tale"

 

That image is 

posted below

 

Therefore 

SNOOP DOGG

please accept my apology

for not yet

having done so

 

Mr. Dogg,

you are a credit

to the human race

 

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BHM Honoree + Best Actor Oscar Nominee = Dexter Gordon

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Dexter Gordon's music

has been with us since

a three-year-old

John Coltrane

said

"Dex put me 

in a hex

and He is

My Love Supreme"

Ten copies of

Mr. Gordon's 

Jefferson High School

report cards

are securely stored

less than fifty feet

from where 

I write this page

+++

The same thing is true

about  his junior high school

yearbook photos

 

In 1987,

Dexter was nominated

for an Academy Award

for his stellar performance

—musically + theatrically—

in 'ROUND MIDNIGHT

In 1999,

I earned my chops

as a legitimate

musical historian

My first paycheck

from Dexter's widow

is 2.5 times the size

of my paycheck

from Joan Rivers

 

In other words,

$(20 x 2.5 = 50)

 

***

 

 

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Black History Month Honoree: BUDDY COLLETTE

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Buddy Collette

—pictured below

with a tenor saxophone—

was a multi-reed musician,

an educator,

 a groundbreaker,

and a friend of mine.

 

In 1949,

Buddy Collette

became the first

black musician

on a nationally broadcast

television show:

"You Bet Your Life"

with Groucho Marx.

 

In 1953,

Buddy was primarily responsible

for eliminating segregation

in the Los Angeles musicians' unions,

resulting in racially unified

representation

and these are his words:

"Musicians should be judged

on how they play,

not the color of their skin."

 

In 1988,

Buddy Collette performed

for a most appreciative audience

of students and teachers

at Jefferson High School

where I had the honor 

of being 

the emcee.

 

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Doctor Rorschach Blows A Fuse

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Doctor Rorschach,

our Master is frightening me.

 

On his most recent page,

he posted an image of 

a midnight monster

with an outstretched claw

that can rip 

through my skin

!!! 

 

Doctor Rorschach 

loudly interrupts his patient:

 

He's not my Master,

you fool!

 

This is nothing 

but a piece of driftwood

on a black matte.

 

If you can't identify it

as such, 

your imagination

is pure jelly

(and I have no idea)

(what that means).

 

But you might as well

call it  

"Gnarly"

  

***

***

 

 

 

Text + Image

copyrighted by

OLIVERIO

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It's Time To Get ...GNARLY

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Photoverio #716.5

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The Egosaurus Within My Skin ...

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For $499,

if you purchase 

this Getty image  of 

a handsome and hip teacher

(a/k/a ME)

Paul Oliverio

will personally autograph it

for you

(at no extra charge)

 

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To Understand Everything About Love

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She vowed 

to understand Love:

 

How to give it

How to receive it

 

She read every book

watched every movie

 

She learned every position

watched every talk show

 

But never after midnight

never after dark

 

She was a learning husk

From dawn to dusk

from rose to musk

 :::

 

Then she asked:

What did I learn?

 

And her heart did burn

like a singed wing

because 

she learned 

Nothing

 

Then she said:

Maybe, I'll just wait.

 

And the walls did shake

whispering the word

"Hate"

 

Then she said:

Should I quit?

 

And the walls did shake

whispering the word

"Opposite"

 

Then the wall said:

You can't have one

without the other

just as 

you can't have a father

without a mother

 

You can't have Love

without Hate

but what is great

is when the former

wins 

and all the sins

—yours and not yours—

dance and prance

on all the floors

and all the doors

open and close

 

The scent of the rose

fills your nose

with succulent breeze

if you know when 

to sneeze

 

If you can't think

of both sides

then 

you can't ever

learn to think

 

You can't swim

without knowing

how to sink

 

All that will matter 

is you avoid the latter

***

 

© OLIVERIO ©

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HOODA HELAMI's Sonnet About To ... Throw Some Words

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Throw some words

upon a wall

Some will stick

most will fall

and crawl

under a fence

to the land

of nonsense

 

But what sticks

is fancy-free

as graffiti

and clover

until it gets

painted over

***

 

© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego #142857

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In An Offset Way ... He Makes Me Think Of ME

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ROBERTSON DAVIES

 

The Diaries Of Samuel Marchbanks

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Photoverio #716: HE Will Be Armed ...

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But

HE is not dangerous

***   © Oliverio ©  ***

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Male Model Ted Kople ... Sic Sic Sic

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© CarPeo

Extensive research on the part

of Pratt Institute

(and the assistance of

Pamela Palmgreasa)

 has  determined

that "Ted Kople"

posed in the nude

in 1962

 

But he called it

his "day job"

and the Institute

granted us 

the copyright

 

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Photoverio #715: So Much Crystal

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© Oliverio

 

 

So much crystal 

and so little time

is half a fictional rhyme.

 

To the truth, I now yield:

these are shards from

a smashed windshield

***

 

© Oliverio

 

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Poor Billy (Comic Relief #5575)

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GARY LARSON

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He Must Have Been Playing The Blues

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Street Musician

© Photoverio #714.5

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Photoverio #714: Bleached Cabbage Orgy

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© Oliverio

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Black History Month Honorees: JAMES BROWN ET AL

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Everyone involved in 

The TAMI Concert

of 1964

 

An event

often referred to as

"The Indoor Woodstock Festival"

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A Found Photograph Worthy Of Posting Here

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An Archival Image Of The 103rd Concerto

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 Spoony Oldham + Hally Buttah

are pictured below

Hally is proudly acknowledging

his legal capture

103 unseen people

on the world-famous

LONG BEACH JETTY

cheered maddeningly

[I cheered loudest]

 

This would never have happened

if Spoony Oldham

had not plugged his keyboard

into the "lamp-post"

and played 

The 103rd Concerto

which is master bait

for the most valuable

coast-worthy fish

in the Pacific Ocean

 

Hally Buttah's halibut

measured exactly 

37.103 inches

© Oliverio                 ≈103rd day of 2008

 

If I hadn't been hungover

from celebrating the CarPeos

faux wedding announcement,

the image would have been

flush right

and the text would have been

flush left 

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103rd Variation On Theme Of Monkeys Stopping Shows

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***

© Oliverio

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My 103rd Homage To Jimi Hendrix

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Excuse Me

While I Kiss 

The Sky

© Oliverio

 

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Sculpted Golden Triangles + Circular + Linear Components

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Exactly 103 bicycle parts

created this 

midnight image

 

© Oliverio

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103 ... 103 ... 103 ... This Is Your Day

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Every page

I post today

—being February 15, 2024—

will reference 

the number

103

in honor of

the birthday girl

acknowledged

on the previous page

 

Had she never existed

then the same 

could be said

of  me

Regarding the latter's non-existence,

delight, joy, and caramel creme

would be celebrated

by 103,000 people

within a radius 

of 103 miles

of my home

Regarding the former's non-existence,

all that is beautiful

on this planet

would be

severely compromised

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Four Words On The Eve Of HER BIRTHDAY

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Happy Valentine's Day, Mother

💚💙💚

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Photoverio #713: Love Is In The Dark Wind

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***

© Oliverio                  Virginia 2004 

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HOOSonomics: Framed Within A Frame Within A Frame

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Made With The Shade

© NEIL HOOS ©

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The Choreography Of Opposites

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Up danced with Down

on level ground

 

Left danced with Right

their feet were bright

 

North danced with South

mouth to mouth

 

Yesterday danced with today

kicking up hay

East danced with West

they were the best

 

Young danced with Old

funky and bold

 

Memory and Future

danced with a suture

slicing this poem

with a hot comb

and

—my friend—

this 

is 

the 

end

 

***

 

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

 

 The video link

has a deleteable

advert

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I Have Seen Her In My Dreams Again

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!!!

© Photoverio #712.5

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ATWOODING One More Time ... Until I Read Another Atwood

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My heart is broken

but in our family

we don't say

"My heart is broken."

We say

"Are there any cookies?"

***

 

MARGARET ATWOOD

Old Babes In The Woods

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The Quintessential Quote

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I quote others

only in order

to better

express myself

***

MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

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Unveiling Black History Month Statue: KOBE BRYANT

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KOBE BRYANT

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

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Just A Thought About Preincarnation

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© Oliverio

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Photoverio #712: It Could Have Been A Painting

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© Oliverio

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NEIL HOOS ... Building Reflections On A Car

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!!!

© NEIL HOOS

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