tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post9167979359958420358..comments2024-01-30T03:00:57.176-08:00Comments on Lyrics & Maladies: Dime Bagjoaquin carvelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193680725157157864noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-16547833126159367522009-09-10T10:33:20.857-07:002009-09-10T10:33:20.857-07:00karen - none taken - i know what you mean. thank y...karen - none taken - i know what you mean. thank you - i hesitated to post it - i think "shock value" is generally an oxymoron - but it's happening every day. and i didn't want to be preachy or gratuitous or self-righteous - so your comments on content were a big relief!<br /><br />mairi - i think you're right. i've never done a slam but if i did i think it would be with this. thank you.<br /><br />vesper - i think we all do that - kind of push aside these things - we have to live our lives in spite of them. but sometimes they do get overwhelming. thank you!<br /><br />jannie - see, there's always time for a spanglish lesson. you're right though - i don't know what style of music this would work well in but i know it would be sad. <br /><br />rachel - that's a good thing (relatively speaking). i'm not sure this would apply as much in humbolt county either- but they seem to get a little something into just about everywhere. thank you.<br /><br />tecnobabe - thank you - glad you dropped in. that's kind of the irony of it all - irregardless of the user, the people and industry it supports can be devastating.<br /><br />bkm - thank you. you're right - i'm roughly halfway between tijuana and l.a., about 90 minutes either way - if what goes on in the south happened in the north, it'd be headline news. but the kids are what bother me most. <br /><br />aniket - thank you. i think as long as there's a market, there will be a war to control it - which is hard to face and hard to stop.<br /><br />lgl - glad to hear from you! sorry to bring this ugliness into cozy worlds - i like a cozy world too - but i trust you'll forgive me.<br /><br />julie - thank you. i think the times stories give a very real human face to all the numbers and statistics - harder to read in some ways, but needed. it's just hard for me to understand how such brutality could be happening so close to me - and that it is mostly financed with and over american dollars.joaquin carvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193680725157157864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-39749762737799982742009-09-10T09:39:30.687-07:002009-09-10T09:39:30.687-07:00Joaquin, this is very powerful and an excellent st...Joaquin, this is very powerful and an excellent statement. It's a story that needs to be told over and over. I'm glad you posted the link. I've been reading some articles, but they're not on the traditional media outlets. This will provide much more information. <br /><br />As for the poem, it is Joaquin Carvel style at its finest. The images embed themselves in my mind and will stay in my soul. The second stanza hit me with a particular thump. "A mother's moan in Juarez" brings tears to my eyes. <br /><br />Thank you for shouting it from the rooftops. This poem says it all.Juliehttp://www.juliebuff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-37921701602251242122009-09-09T08:17:37.968-07:002009-09-09T08:17:37.968-07:00you brought an alien war right into my cozy little...you brought an alien war right into my cozy little world, JC.Amritorupa Kanjilal https://www.blogger.com/profile/05297857308903060458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-83253901468679728772009-09-07T02:51:54.717-07:002009-09-07T02:51:54.717-07:00Mexican drug war was never expressed better. You p...Mexican drug war was never expressed better. You portrayed everything about it in your signature style we all are such fans of.<br /><br />I just hope things get better down there. <br /><br />I favorite lines were:<br /><br />"when the factories are shuttered<br />and the runners ride in style<br />when you buy a kid’s allegiance<br />with a soccer ball and smile"Aniket Thakkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311954967682696734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-15166326221383813862009-09-06T21:18:26.779-07:002009-09-06T21:18:26.779-07:00joaquin, very well written and said. yes, as a c...joaquin, very well written and said. yes, as a californian i am aware of horrific tale as well as my husband who travels to el paso on business. this is a frightening tale and responsbility of us all to be aware of the war right here and just on the other side of the border. the war is being won but not by us. <br /><br />we all have views on what should be done - but our first responsiblity to love and teach our children that they are not drawn into this hell. bkmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-81814067372594862982009-09-06T04:40:42.913-07:002009-09-06T04:40:42.913-07:00Very strong stuff in this poem. First of all the ...Very strong stuff in this poem. First of all the writing is very good.I like your style of poem.<br />But I have to write in my comment that my hubby has been clean and sober for nine years now after forty years using and I know for a fact there isn't any such thing as the very last line of the poem. <br />I read through your blog and will be back.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-46569854407508050082009-09-05T08:45:10.291-07:002009-09-05T08:45:10.291-07:00Good stuff. Mexican was never a big thing here, du...Good stuff. Mexican was never a big thing here, due to a thriving local economy. Ours is much less mysterious and blood-bathed. You drew me into your story, wholly.RachelWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225401230724459199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-86122090382532567172009-09-04T12:56:37.574-07:002009-09-04T12:56:37.574-07:00I had to Google mota and pozole. And educational ...I had to Google mota and pozole. And educational as well as heart-breaking poem. <br /><br />This is definitely a song, but one that would be to sad for me to put a melody too.Jannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-55729533556249862052009-09-04T09:47:46.041-07:002009-09-04T09:47:46.041-07:00And you, Joaquin, did a remarkable job of bringing...And you, Joaquin, did a remarkable job of bringing it to the rhythm of this fantastic poem. I knew about this war, yet maybe chose not to think about it.<br />Your words are more than stirring and the feeling of fate is almost overwhelming...Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-81167099761659719542009-09-04T08:59:34.609-07:002009-09-04T08:59:34.609-07:00We have the privelege of living in safe little wor...We have the privelege of living in safe little worlds and need poetry to break them open. <br />This piece wants to be a song, or a slam, or both. The rhythm is incredible.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908332538776254864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-7228990020210724412009-09-03T16:33:41.854-07:002009-09-03T16:33:41.854-07:00joaquin - I have read this three times and I am si...joaquin - I have read this three times and I am sicker each time I read it. I mean no offense by that, and I am sure you understand what I mean by sick. Heartsick. Saddened. My safe little world is disturbed. <br /><br />That's a good thing, and I know it, but I want a different world. I want a world where children can grow up with their own choices and mothers don't see their babies buried in the sand. I want a world where the police are not complicit. I want a world that is not the one you describe.<br /><br />I've looked at the link you provided, I've re-read the poem, and I'm sick because this is not the world of imagination. This is grimmest reality.<br /><br />Now for the good news -- you have done the right thing by exposing this war to people like me. This is incredible. We had better be awake and aware. <br /><br />I just realized that I've been talking about content and not form. The form is perfection. I may come back later to comment on that. <br /><br />Outstanding.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com