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That 70s Playlist…

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I’m recommending this playlist of music that was on pop radio in the late 70s to very early 80s. Each of these songs has a very special meaning to me. Within the first 3 notes of each song, a very interesting thing happens … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, Creativity, family, friends, history, Ideas, lyrics, mind, Music, nostalgia, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, quotes, short stories, Social media, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged 10cc, 1963, 50 ways to leave your lover, 70s, ABBA, art garfunkel, author, baker street, barry manilow, beach boys, beatles, billy joel, blinded by the light, blondie, bridge over troubled water, captain and tennille, chicago, christie mcvie, climax, creativity, culture club, dancing in the moonlight, daniel, december, december 1963, deep thoughts, do you really want to hurt me, don't ask me why, don't go breaking my heart, dream weaver, eagles, earth band, eddie rabbitt, effects, elton john, existence, fernando, fire and rain, fleetwood mac, four seasons, frank mills, frankie valli, functional, gary wright, gerry refferty, ghosts, god only knows, hall and oates, hard to say I'm sorry, harry nilsson, hotel california, i love a rainy night, i'm not in love, ideas, isn't she lovely, jackie blue, james taylor, john frusciante, kiki dee, king harvest, leo sayer, little river band, love will keep us together, lunatic, lyrics, maggie may, manfred mann, maxine nightingale, mind, most interesting man in the world, music, music box dancer, oakenbras, oh what a night, only the good die young, orchestra, ozark mountain daredevils, paul simon, pbs, people, pet sounds, philosophy, piano, poetry, precious and few, queen, red hot chili peppers, relationships, remembrance, reminiscing, rich girl, right back where we started from, rod stewart, sad, say you love me, simon and garfunkel, sir duke, steve miller, stevie wonder, strings, strongs, take it to the limit, the boxer, the things we do for love, the tide is high, tide is high, tonights the night, twitter, we are the champions, we will rock you, weekend in new england, who loves you, without you, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras, you make me feel like dancing, you're in my heart, your song | Leave a comment

Rebuilding Gifts for the New Civilization (Post 2012 Mayhem)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

I recently posted a question on Twitter that drew an ASTOUNDING number of responses. Zero actually, but that’s not the point. The question was: What 5 things representative of humanity and human progress would you want preserved to help return civilization … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, Contest, Creativity, death, environment, Existence, Fiction, friends, Future, health, history, Ideas, Innovation, Mental problems, meta physics, mind, news, Observations, Philosophy, physics, poetry, quotes, relationships, Religion, science, short stories, soul, Technology, universe, Writing | Tagged 2012, author, bible, calamity, change, civilization, collision, creativity, death, deep thoughts, destruction, earth ending, end of world, existence, functional, god, ideas, lunatic, mayan, mayan calendar, meta physics, minecraft, nibiru, nibiru earth collision, people, philosophy, prophecy, rebuilding, sad, singularity, talking to god, technology, twitter, writer, writing, xbox, yorick von fortinbras | 3 Comments

Post “SuperStorm” Sandy Thoughts, “Genius” and an AWOLNATION Review – All Seamlessly and Cleverly Tied Together By Excellent Writing

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

If you stick around to read the full post, I want to claim with full transparency that I’m leaving it open to interpretation as to whether the last line is a dig at Mayor Bloomberg *whistles and looks up and … Continue reading →

Posted in america, commentary, Creativity, government, Ideas, IT, IT strategy, Mental problems, mind, Monday, Music, news, Observations, Philosophy, Photography, science, weather, Writing | Tagged aaron bruno, apocalypse, author, awolnation, brain, creativity, deep thoughts, flooding, freak storm, functional, genius, hurricane sandy, ideas, illuminati, industrial pop, information week, IT, jonathon feldman, knights of shame, long exposure, lunatic, lyrics, make the dirty preacher freeze, mayor bloomberg, megalithic symphony, michael bloomberg, mind, music, people, philosophy, photography, post tropical, power outage, rats, sad, sandy, scientific american, socialist, superstorm sandy, technology, twitter, ufo, wind, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras, zombie | 2 Comments

Meeting “It” Halfway

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

One day I hope to be able to finally communicate – if only to one person – the darkness I have felt and seen: the “It”. There are few things that invoke It (solitude, sickness, certain music, dreams, remembrance of … Continue reading →

Posted in brain, commentary, Creativity, Existence, IT, Mental problems, meta physics, mind, Monday, Philosophy, soul, Writing | Tagged author, brain, creativity, deep thoughts, existence, functional, ghosts, IT, lunatic, meta physics, mind, philosophy, sad, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | 1 Comment

I Should Have Given It to Her

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Yorick von Fortinbras

This past April, I was flying back from a business trip in Atlanta when a loud, obnoxious 35-40 year old woman was bombastically speaking to a stranger as they took their seat in the row in front of me. I didn’t like … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, communication, Creativity, Existence, family, friends, health, Ideas, love, lyrics, mind, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, relationships, short stories, Travel, Writing | Tagged author, creativity, deep thoughts, existence, friends, functional, ideas, love, lunatic, people, relationships, sad, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

Like Weiner, I’m DONE

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

As Weiner-gate stretches into its final act this week, I too find myself beginning a climactic transition, stirring my own arousing cocktail of change, if you will. I quit writing on Friday night. It was quite liberating. I hadn’t realized … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, Creativity, Existence, family, mind, Monday, news, Philosophy, politics, relationships, soul, Writing | Tagged anthony weiner, author, change, creativity, creativity kills, death, deep thoughts, done, existence, functional, ideas, love, lunatic, mind, news, people, philosophy, quit writing, relationships, sad, weiner, weinergate, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | 4 Comments

The Filthy Frontier

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Maybe it was the weather. Maybe it was my gloomy mood, dealing with the prospects of a 4 hour train ride to Boston to speak at a conference that didn’t interest me at all. Maybe it is just the nature … Continue reading →

Posted in america, economy, environment, Existence, Music, Observations, Travel, Writing | Tagged america dying, compassion, decline, deep thoughts, earth, economy, existence, folk, functional, ideas, lunatic, mumford and sons, music, people, sad, train, travel, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

Dissolved to Rust

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Lucky 13th day in Peru. Here’s another entry from my latest work entitled, “I Write On Anything (Written on a Napkin)“. This is also available as an eBook. Page 173: Turned this into a good tune called Dissolved to Rust, … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, death, Existence, george, love, Mental problems, peru, poetry, Writing | Tagged author, brain, creativity, death, deep thoughts, existence, friends, functional, george, ghosts, lunatic, meta physics, music, oakenbras, people, peru, philosophy, relationships, sad, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

This Christmas Comes

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

Here’s another entry from my latest work entitled, “I Write On Anything (Written on a Napkin)“. This is also available as an eBook. Today is my 7th day in Peru. The last time I was here, my friend George had … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Existence, george, lyrics, Music, poetry, relationships, Writing | Tagged author, creativity, deep thoughts, existence, functional, ghosts, lunatic, music, oakenbras, people, peru, relationships, sad, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

This Wave Didn’t Mean ‘Hello’

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Yorick von Fortinbras

For GCC, who died surfing in El Salvador in 2009 “Ola“ Like a song you never stop existing The essence lives on Nothing can put an end to you Our lives began together But shall not end so The discoveries … Continue reading →

Posted in death, george, lyrics, Music, poetry, Writing | Tagged death, existence, functional, ghosts, love, lunatic, music, ola, relationships, remembrance, sad, writer, writing, yorick von fortinbras | Leave a comment

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Rebuilding Gifts for the New Civilization (Post 2012 Mayhem)

Post “SuperStorm” Sandy Thoughts, “Genius” and an AWOLNATION Review – All Seamlessly and Cleverly Tied Together By Excellent Writing

Meeting “It” Halfway

I Should Have Given It to Her

Like Weiner, I’m DONE

The Filthy Frontier

Dissolved to Rust

This Christmas Comes

This Wave Didn’t Mean ‘Hello’

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