tumblr_mazf71SL981rfshwo Both Tonight (lyrics by Marty Barrett, music by Fogelfoot) Slip into the restroom, Lady Watch all the debutantes take flight They’re jealous of your body… That roomy velvet pantsuit. Then you say, then you say, “Why don’t you kill us both tonight?” Order off the menu, Woman I’ll make sure your lamb shank’s done …
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Sep 21
Jackson: 12-part “Hobbit” Will Attract Tolkien Fans
- By Marty Barrett in books, commerce, movies
CHRISTCHURCH, NZ—Academy Award winner Peter Jackson is hoping his upcoming dozen installments of “The Hobbit” will appeal to readers of late British author and linguist J.R.R. Tolkien. “People who watch closely will definitely see some Tolkien influences in the movies,” says Jackson, noting that the title character—a small humanoid with hairy feet—is similar to characters …
Sep 20
What My Mother Taught Me About Space
- By Marty Barrett in Uncategorized
I have never understood the ways of aliens. Today I scan the headlines to find that the Space Shuttle Endeavour will make its final journey through Los Angeles—by truck—after piggybacking atop a specially-outfitted (I’d assume—I only read the first paragraph) 747 from Florida to LAX. Prior to that it had been in Space. Because it …
Sep 11
Manifest Density: A Superhaiku of 50/70/50 lines
We are working from a weapons-grade tub of mayonnaise; each child has dipped his personalized mayoladle—an engraved heirloom presented at puberty—and covers his chicharrones in substance. We will prove to the scientists that we can expand faster than gas, farther than the confines of the universe.They say we consume, but this is a lie; our …
Sep 06
Footprints—extended
- By Marty Barrett in Uncategorized
This complete version of “Footprints” was recently unearthed in the ruins of the Ur Office Park in Nethermost Ip.
Sep 04
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- By Marty Barrett in Uncategorized
tumblr_m9u20ghZZL1rcjr1n 30stories30days: All you need to know about Los Angeles, by Fogelfoot.
Sep 04
Limericks on the Passing of Sun Myung Moon
- By Marty Barrett in Uncategorized
-I- “True Father,” I asked, agitated: “Mass-weddings are too populated. My sweetie’s O.K. To share her Big Day But must they watch us consummate it?” -II- Today’s earthbound deities require A classier cult to inspire: You should never be seen In a car that’s Korean If you want to be called the Messiah. -III- S. …
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