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| Age: | 39 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | up in the hills, Quebec |
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| Height: | 5' 8" |
| BodyType: | Athletic |
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| Last Login: | Jan 13, 2008 (722 days back) |
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About Me |
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It's all about Imagery I'm an artist poet musician singer/songwriter & this space is a work in progress ...(i intend to keep adding new &/or interesting fotos/video/poetry/writing on the blog, the page & in my image gallery)... To hear some of my music check out .......... Until today i was 100 but i was so much older then i'm younger than that now.Now i'm jack Benny's age,the perennial 39.My sister says I was born old & was always that age but I'm getting younger all the time(& better).. I feel like I'm accomplishing my goals if I'm getting better all the time,physically,mentally,artistically & spiritually... I lift weights to keep in shape(no one says "pump iron" anymore) but I don't have the genes to ever be an Arnold or close to it. I'm considered to be fairly (or unfairly)funny...I've had some cartoons published & I once did some writing for a CBC comedy show that was pulled before it ever hit air(sponsors!!). I've been doing astrology for 14 years...apart from that...In my time,Ive worked as an independent filmmaker/film editor/writer /photographer/journalist/ magazine & newspaper editor & musician & Ive taught photography, filmmaking & film history at college & university. As a multimedia a artist I combine traditional media - film,video,photography,prose,poetry, painting,sculpture,,computer graphics,animation & music in nontraditional ways on conceptual interactive multimedia CDRoms. I also produce audio CDs of my music ..... My work includes....... the black boxes of jjblack which comprise..... Relics of a Novel - 4 Multimedia Quartets (4 CDRoms + 4 audio Cds) being artifacts left behind by characters in an abandoned novel .....Tornado Sky - the 1st multimedia quartet ....Please Dont Mention Miami - the 2nd multimedia quartet ....Dancing On The Bones Of Dreams - the 3rd multimedia quartet ....Whisper To The Wind - the 4th multimedia Quartet .....each of the 4 interactive CDRoms includes ... the story of the abandoned novel ; artwork created by a character in the novel ; photography by a character; poetry written by a character ; sculpture by another character & songs written & performed by Deaf Lemon Peel ,the central character in the abandoned novel. ....IMAGIC - The Magic Image Odyssey of jjblack ( 7 interactive CDRoms ) an odyssean novel in images Book 1 - Lux Book 2 - Temps Perdu Book 3 - Persona Book 4 - POV Book 5 - Dea Book 6 - Isness Book 7-Redux each CDRom has 5 - 6 image movies (15-20 mins each) with musical soundtracks ....Moondog Soiree - an interactive multimedia miscellany of words, sounds & images including VR plays ; animations etc. ....Naked - an erotic novel roman / ce in kinetic poetry with photographic & musical accompaniment. ( an interactive experience with animated poetry & VR variations) . ....The Goldbox Variations - a conceptual series of virtual boxes within boxes, which contain virtual galleries,audio/visual jukeboxes & other conceptions ...Sex - Found & Lost : A Tantric Book of Visual Commentary on Sexual Imagery (erotic art postmodern) .......Audio Cds.... ....In addition to the audio CDs of Relics of a Novel ....Flux : the nonsum chronicles in 29 verses (2003)- electronic music ...New Age World Trance Fusion ..1(2003) ..New Age World Trance Fusion..2(2004) - a fusion of new age electronic space music with world & trance rhythms .....IMPROV 1-7 (7CDs)(2001/2) - musical soundtracks taken from various movies contained in the black boxes of jjblack .......some songs for you - aint it all romance(2006) .....Dining With Attila - The Short Menu(2005)- a memorial compilation ....Books.... I Am Shrödinger’s Cat Poetry & Images Haiku (7 volumes)/ Travelog (2000)/ Naked (1998) -an erotic novel roman/ce in kinetic poetry with photographic accompaniment.. |
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My Interests |
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| tantra....astrology... arts ...politics ... history etc ad nauseum.... totally eclectic about everything......oh & i was just reminded that i used to be a major gardener & rose breeder(i still have a proverbial 57 varieties including 1 that is considered extinct that i resurrected) but i haven't had any time since i started working authoring my cdroms etc........ THOUGHT FOR THE DAY "The Internet is an elite organization ; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call"....Naom Chomsky "The true measure of any man is the way he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good at all".....Samuel Johnson & ALL WRITERS...TAKE HEART George Orwell's Animal Farm was rejected by Knopf.The rejection slip stated "the american audience just doesn't read animal stories"!!!! POEMS FOR FREE BURMA ~PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THROUGH ALL THE INCREDIBLE POEMS, OR ADD YOUR OWN, OR LINK TO YOUR OWN. VISIT THE POETS INVOLVED SITES AND TAKE TIME TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY, SPREAD THE WORD. DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM FOR BURMA. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FOR BURMA. AN END TO THE BLOODSHED IN BURMA. FREEDOM FOR THE ELECTED DEMOCRATIC LEADER OF BURMA; NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER AUNG SAN SUU KYI. MAY OUR SPIRITS BE UNITED THROUGH OUR VOICES TO WALK ALONGSIDE THE GENTLE BUDDHIST MONKS OF BURMA IN PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST THIS OPPRESSION. CLICK HERE for POEMS FOR A FREE BURMA RECENT BLOGS (click on View All Blogs) SEARCHING FOR OBLIVION NAKED BEAUTY JUST ANOTHER FLIGHT OF FANCY (mildly erotic) 13 HOURS PRECOG HAIKU CYCLE - REPOST FROM MARCH ’06 HAIKU CHARON VOTA DEA NO THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU FANTASY NEW FEATURE i've just completed the (for me ) herculean task ( given my ultra,mega,lowspeed,unreliable dialup connection ) of adding 2 albums on my view my pics section with the first selections of images from the cdrom series Imagic : the magic image oddysey of jjblack The 1st additions are from Imagic Book 2 : temps perdus cave canem lords of the ring i'll add more as i can TODAY'S Music : Song (CO2) ARCHIVE INDEX A lot of people have told me how much they enjoy coming back to my site to review images & poetry,which is very gratifying & i thank you all. To make previous imagery & poetry easier to find,i've added a Blog Index......just click on the page you want.Enjoy. CLICK HERE FOR JOHANNA - VISIONS REVISITED - POSTSCRIPTUM CHALICE HABIT Johanna - Visions Revisited - Part The Last TOO LATE ANGEL MUSES bEAR TAGGED by LOVE AND DEATH Multilingual Hexagram Haiku For A Rose BIRTHDAY HAIKU DOUBTING SONNET Johanna - Visions Revisited (PT 3) Johanna - Visions Revisited (PT 2) NUCITYPOMES CLICK HERE FOR Johanna - Visions Revisited (PT 1) SONNET SONATA IN B A POET A DAY (may offend some writers) AUTUMN DUET WITH VIRGO POETS GOGO A GOGO POETRY CALL THE AMBIGUITY OF PERCEPTION ELLIPTIC TRIPTYCH FOR TUESDAY AUTUMN SONG SEPTEMBER SONG SIENNA POLENTA & POUND POLENTA Alien Confusion OLD HIPPY POET - Salutations 2 SHORT PIECES ( ASK ALICE ) CLICK HERE FOR TALISMAN THE SMELL OF MEMORY BACKLIT TAKE AWAY THE NIGHT IN HER PHOTOS ( AUGUST DESIRES ) IN LINE HAIKU 707 ANNIVERSARY & MEMORIAL MIRROR IMAGES LIKE LAWRENCE VCS HOMETOWN KARMIC YOGIN MEETING CLICK HERE FOR SPRING IMPRESSIONS #6 A CHILDHOOD RAIN GALWAY BUSKER BOIRINS SUNDAY MORNING REVERIE.........on Time PAST PRESENT & FUTURE A POEM(4T) FOTOHAIKU #X+1 THE HOUR OF THE WOLF ARE YOU SMARTER THAN........ STRANDED Resurrections EASTER LILY THE SUN CLICK HERE FOR QUANTUM PHYSICS LILIES IN DECEMBER i Am Shrödinger’s Cat 3 POEMS THE MEANING OF LIFE COMMEMORATION PERFECTION HISTORY SUMMER SNUCK UP A LONDON WALKABOUT MAELSTROM POSSIBLITY WAITING ON THE WIND CLICK HERE FOR PORTENT COLOUR OF ILLUSION TRIPTYCH HAIKU AT BUCK HOUSE S/HE SAID KING'S PARADE,LIVERPOOL & THE BAND THE CORNER AWE SUNFLOWER (image preview) GHOSTS MATTHEW STREET i MOURN CLICK HERE FOR phoenix (waiting) Chaos & Roses Images from Illusory Landscapes : a tourist's view of an imaginary garden (image preview) bilingual hexagram haiku Inside A Virtual Reality Cube .............. Tableaux & Variations a la Fin de l'Epoque de Poisson Paintings & Variations at the End of the Age of Pisces (preview): Elma's Secret Garden mindscapes (image preview) images & poetry love is the illusion of space Can't Judge a Book.... Crystal Clear NUHaikuCycle4U early spring morning racoon zen illusion haiku triptych the diamond way .. .. |
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I'd like to meet:anyone who might be able to teach me something astounding free profile counter from KillerKiwi.net friends of jj's gallery(cognoscenti comments) |
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Music:rock jazz world blues r&B/soul reggae c&w classical hiphop/rap electronic space totally eclectic anything good & challenging.... I have a collection of several thousand cds & vinyl albums... among the pantheon -john cage/ elvis(p&c)/chuck berry/little richard/ray charles/james brown/p-funk/bo didley/howlin wolf/slim harpo/sonny boy williamson ..1&2/buddyguy/miles/mingus/monk/mjq/'trane/billevans/di nahwashington/ladyday/bach/beethoven/bartok/mozart/mahler/st ravinsky/ varese/glass/johnny cash/hank williams/ferlin husky/bill munroe/joe ely/patsy cline/lucinda williams/kdlaing/bob marley/toots/big youth/beatles/stones/zombies/dining with attila/ fish & linoleum/dylan/leonard cohen/tom waits/hamza el din/khaled/ustad ali akbar khan/gabby pahinui/sonny chillingworth/thomas mpfumo/cole porter/gershwin/soul coughing/beck/blur/supergrass/longpigs/sex pistols/ramones/green day & too many more to ennumerate. Soundtrack to the Day..........today Cunts Are Still Running The World Jarvis Cocker jarvis Indie Antennas To Heaven Godspeed You Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists... Pipedown Babyshambles Down in Albion Indie Ticket To Immorality The Dears Gang Of Losers Pop 505 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare Indie Rock Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies Repo Man Soundtrack High Blood Pressure Joe Louis Walker Great Guitars Blues Any Old Time Of Day Stan Getz What The World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Bacharach & David Jazz Magic Bus The Who Live At Leeds Rock Dreamworld Midnight Oil Scream In Blue [Live] Alternative & Punk Bird Calls Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um Jazz Walk Right Back The Everly Brothers Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers On Warner Bros. 1960-1969 (Disc 1) Rock Track 18 Les Voix mysteres de bulgarie Foxy Lady Jimi Hendrix Live At Winterland Rock Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground The Best Of The Velvet Underground Alternative & Punk Sonata XII John Cage - John Tilbury Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano Classical Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf 16 Greatest Hits Rock Track 12 pulp different class britpop Oh Lonesome Me Don Gibson Classic Country - 1950-1959 Country Glass: String Quartet #5 - 3. III Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass Classical Found A Job Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings And Food Rock Derelict Beck Odelay Alternative & Punk autumn leaves rose mundy sing me a little blues DJangology Django Reinhardt Verve Jazz Masters 38 Jazz Cito Soleil The Afghan Whigs 1965 Alternative & Punk I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Anthology Volume I R&B She Makes Me Feel So Good Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth Country Still Too Soon To Know Elvis Costello Brutal Youth Pop Cold, Cold Heart Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits (Disc 1) Country I Am the Walrus The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Rock Track 56 Jjblack Inmprov 1 Scenery Bootsy Collins Back In The Day: The Best Of Bootsy R&B Oboe Concerto C Major, K. 314 (285d) - I. Allegro Aperto Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy, Thomas Crawford, Conductor; Marc Schachman Complete Mozart Wind Concerti: Volume 1 - Woodwind Classical Kansas City (Take 1) Little Richard Little Richard - The Specialty Sessions (Disc 1) Rock The Bucket Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak Ali G - Jungle Is Massive Ali G Ali G Other Big Girls Don't Cry Four Seasons Oldies Rock How do You Do It Gerry & the Pacemakers British Invasion Rock Classics Snafu Louis Armstrong More Greatest Hits Easy Listening House of the Rising Sun The Animals British Invasion Britsh Invasion Into The Divine (Live) Lou Reed Perfect Night Live In London Alternative & Punk Without You (My World Is Lonely) Marvin Gaye The Master 1961-1984 (Disc 2) R&B Waiting For A Train Jimmie Rodgers The Essential Jimmie Rodgers Country ( Love Is Like A ) Heatwave Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Live Wire!: The Singles 1962 - 1972 R&B Domeniconci: Sonatina Mexicana: Andante Susan Hoeppner - Rachel Gauk Histoire Du Tango Folk I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding Folk Peel Me A Grape Diana Krall Love Scenes [Europe] Jazz Heart With No Companion Leonard Cohen Various Positions Rock Come On The Verve Urban Hymns Alternative & Punk Caravan Blur Think Tank Alternative & Punk Minnie The Moocher Cab Calloway Are You Hep To The Jive? Jazz Constipation Blues Screamin' Jay Hawkins Alligator Wine - The Best Of Screamin' Jay Hawkins R&B Tired Of Waiting For You The Kinks Classic Rock Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) Kim Weston Hitsville U.S.A., The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (Disc 2) R&B The adoration of earth Zubin Mehta Le Sacre du Printemps Classical J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations - 9. Variation 8 Glenn Gould J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations Classical 05 Your Mother Should Know The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Rock Shake Your Mother's Hand For Me Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers Country Blue Angel Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison Rock Awakening in Australia (Réveil en Australie) Zap Mama Sabsylma World You And Your Friend Dire Straits On The Night (LIVE) Rock Song Of Sadness Rheostatics Music From The Motion Picture Whale Music Soundtrack Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy (single version) Manfred Mann Best of Manfred Mann - The Definitive Collection Rock The Last Time I Saw Richard Joni Mitchell Blue Folk Con Fuoco (Five Impromptus) Craig Ogden Tippett-The Blue Guitar Classical J.S. Bach: Suite For Cello Solo #1 In G, BWV 1007 - 1. Prelude Andrés Segovia The Baroque Guitar Classical Pimpers Paradise Bob Marley & The Wailers Uprising Reggae Raga Chandranandan Ali Akbar Khan Legacy - 16th-18th Century Music From India World |
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Movies:all genres..the good bad & ugly..... relatively recent movies enjoyed.....volver/notes on a scandal/keeping mum/death of a president/shottas/borat/the departed/the illusionist/black dahlia/transamerica/broken flowers/hustle & flow/devil's rejects/harry potter & the goblet of fire/the life aquatic/sin city/sean of the dead/layer cake/white noise/batman begins...i see a lot but there are so few really good flicks these days they become a blur |
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Television:........ jj's image gallery a random sampling of images,recently created or modified for this gallery + from the blog archive ____________ scroll down through the images paysage_______ mirrordrive2__ __________ __________ from Metaphysyk lightlilly____ mirrordrive___ __________ __________ ________ ________ ________ ___________ _________ _____________ _____hand 2005 ___________target ___________wall emma & the daemons _____________ |
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Books:recent books read : Castle In The Forest-N.Mailer/Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows /The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana-Umberto Eco/Chronicles- Bob Dylan/City Of Falling Angels-John Berendt/Are Men Necessary-Maureen Dowd/Cell-Stephen King/The Historian-Elizabeth Kostova/The World Is Flat-Tom Friedman/Dreamer of Dune(bio of Frank Herbert)/The Traveler-John 12 Hawkes/Collapse-Jared Diamond/Alexander Hamilton(bio)-Ron Chertow/Room Full of Mirrors(new bio of Jimi Hendrix)-Charles Cross |
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Heroes:my son Sean,fellow bandmember,brilliant bassist & intellectual in the best sense of the word,who died in our arms. of leukemia,after a 4 year battle with the disease............... .............. john winston lennon image "in memoriam : jwl" made Dec8/1980 copyright jjblack |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| Hometown: | rr..1 the world |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | Some college |
| Occupation: | multimedia artist musician/singer/songwriter |
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My Blog |
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NOTES FROM THE ROAD 1 - SPRING |
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| Inspired by the sight of a murder of crows at the side of the highway Spring it's too early in the season for roadkill the crows can't wait for spring but it's not too late for winter... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:21:00 PST |
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VILLAGE |
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| .................the place.................holds.................no more.................promise.................only promises.................undone.................no hope.................or future.... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:44:00 PST |
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SAUF QUAND |
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| .................j'ai trop.................des mots.................dans ma tête.................quelquefois.................il deviens difficile.................à trouver le vrai.................sauf... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:50:00 PST |
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TWO QUOTES & XMAS GREETINGS |
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| bob dylan said,"if you cannot bring good news, then don't bring any."i said,"and i'll meet you on the other side of maybe."MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEARall the best of the season to you& thanx fo... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:58:00 PST |
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il y aura une fois à l’ouest |
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| .................j'espère que.................peut-être.................il y aura une fois.................à l'ouest.................ou à l'est.................ici ou là.................il n'importe p... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:18:00 PST |
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la première fois |
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| .................la première fois.................que nous nous avons.................rencontrés.................j'ai remarqué que.................le monde.................a disparu.................sa... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:27:00 PST |
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TRANSLATION |
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| A translation of the previous was requested.......................if the current trend.................continues.................and all goes well.................perhaps.................we may.......... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:56:00 PST |
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JUSTE POUR ELLE |
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| .................si la tendance.................se maintiens.................et si ainsi.................tous va bien.................peut-être.................nous pourrions.................rencentre... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:13:00 PST |
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SHADES |
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| ........................i wear.........................a pair......................of shades.....................i'm completely............................blind.................
....without them....... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:17:00 PST |
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UNTITLED 12/2/07 |
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| ...........................you die constantly.................live each moment as your last .......................know each is your last
... Posted by jjblack ( on the road ) on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:01:00 PST |
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Dee, Moana, heretic hermit heroes, V&R Guitars, Ursula, Crystal, Brenda Gail, ~ MotherEarth ~, lana deym campbell, old hippy poet, Cheri ~ Stop The Suffering, Amanda, Angie, Jarlid shadows, GrooveSinga, Piroska, Lori Williams, Camargue, Poems for Freedom ~ www.SaveDelara.com, Veta, TheOgrePoet, Sheila, galit florentz, ~Desdamona~, Bio-Tech-Crisis, Zazen, Save Burma (Myanmar) and Buddhist monks!, lovemeforwhoiam, del'jean aka glimmer*, Paul, COCONUT MUSIC FEST
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