spin the wine
a misquoted lyric
is that poetic?
i’m not so sure. which makes me positive.
people say i’m negative.
to that i say i am realistic.
a simple answer, obvious but true.
fuck you.
simple eh?
too vulgar even for me.
I once had an Eric Burdon and the animals t-shirt.
it was a hand me down from my dad.
so it was two decades too old by the time i was wearing it in the 80’s.
a dance in a childrens birthday joint.
playing arcade games, not dancing.
i thought it was super boss.
No one else did.
no prose, no phrasing.
self reflection.
how meta.
i gotta get outta this place.

Love, nick, posted on August 18, 2011 at 6:08 pm, filed under made by nick. comment .

Listen to Duke Ellington while you are angry.
You will be tempted to tap and hum like a Woody Allen impersonator.
You will not be able to.
The tempo will flow through you, the piano punching through the bum do bum of the bass.
Your temper will keep it all down, man.
If you were about to go on a rampage you might just hold back because you like this one… what’s the name of this song?
I can never remember the names of songs.
I am not so pretentious to pretend to know.
Oh, i am tapping.
Taking money may mean they own me, but perhaps music owns us more than the man.
Hmmmm. Tis a strange one i write here.
Wig Wise, that’s the name of this song.
I’m sure i’d look quite wise in a wig. powdered and primped. fluffed above my tufted collar.
A pretty penny to pay for it all. High class, i hate the word sass, but sass is one thing i have.
One thing they do not own.
Will i ever be more than a mere teenager, tip tap typing in this tenor?
Rhetorical though it may be, musical though it may seem i tumble down, toes stomping a white man’s tap as if he knows.
Wearing a wise wig, living in the money jungle, this jingle is sung to you,
not from a dark cafe, not from a street corner, journal in hand scribbling, romantically.
But from a computer keyboard, on a desk, in an office, on a campus, owned by billionaires.

Love, nick, posted on August 11, 2011 at 4:52 pm, filed under made by nick. comment .

As seen in NE Portland.

Love, nick, posted on June 16, 2011 at 7:21 pm, filed under inspiration. comment .

As seen on 30th and Division in Portland Oregon. Kidz these Dayz, i’ll tell ya.

Love, nick, posted on June 15, 2011 at 5:42 pm, filed under material world. comment .

From the humble homestead here in Portland.

Love, nick, posted on at 5:40 pm, filed under inspiration, made by nick. comment .

Enchanted Forest. Salem, Oregon.

Love, nick, posted on at 5:38 pm, filed under inspiration, made by nick. comment .

I’m not 100% sure but i think these are a limited Nike iD edition for Portland Pride week. What’re you gonna wear?

Love, nick, posted on at 4:51 pm, filed under inspiration, material world. comment .

You know i love cameras and gadgets. Well this is my new one, the Fujifilm X100. It’s a lovely camera with manual controls and vintage looks. I’ll be posting a lot of images from it. Enjoy.

Love, nick, posted on at 4:37 pm, filed under made by nick, material world. comment .

Love, nick, posted on at 4:34 pm, filed under inspiration, made by nick. comment .

Old timber train, middle of nowhere Oregon.

Love, nick, posted on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 pm, filed under inspiration, made by nick. comment .

new shirt, new pin. shirt from RAD SUMMER, pin from SMUT. SE Portland.

Love, nick, posted on at 5:45 pm, filed under inspiration, material world. comment .

iphone photo. some store in portland, the name of which i can not currently remember.

Love, nick, posted on at 5:22 pm, filed under inspiration, made by nick. comment .

Gearhart, Oregon. fuji Instax film. Just say yes.

Love, nick, posted on at 5:20 pm, filed under inspiration, made by nick. comment .

Love, nick, posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:41 am, filed under made by nick. comment .

From “Windows” a super strange bar on the top floor of the Red Lion Hotel in PDX. Great place to watch the Blazers with a few friends and random old people. Props to Luke for digging it up.
Also don’t bother seeing the film “ENTER THE VOID”. Just watch the preview, it’s better than the movie.

Love, nick, posted on November 23, 2010 at 5:42 pm, filed under inspiration, made by nick. comment .