Alex Goot

A freelancing independent musician may not be everyone's forte but for Alex Goot it is a daily reality. Reigning from Poughkeepsie, New York; Goot represent the rawest form of musical expression. He records all his music from his basement. This entails writing lyrics, creating melodies and laying down at least five instrumental tracks under his own direction. While recording he plays all his own instruments. Goot can read and play some percussive instruments, but plays the rest by ear. He performed with his high school band which trained his eye to read the percussive clef. Now a twenty something he tours the Northern cities of America with his own band promoting his music the hard way.

Artist such as Goot question my ideas about success. Right now he performs and sells any of his music for mere sustenance. He uses internet websites such as MySpace or Purevolume to enlarge his fan base. He has roughly three million plays on MySpace. Goot is now in the process of grabbing the attention of a record label to sign with. This is the logical next step in the music industry. But he has been a self-employed musician for about four years. Some of his songs question the stability of his future and stress uncertainty about his success in the music industry. But what if success is inspiring that one person to live better, or make something more of themselves. After all patience is well rewarded in the music industry.

He has recorded thirty-one songs stretched out onto four varied length EP's. He sells them digitally through iTunes or can mail a hard disc directly to any willing buyer. Goot also has imprinted t-shirts he sells for an added income.

I shot Goot an email with some questions and he later responded with these answers

Do you want your music or songs to have a certain message about life or anything for that matter?





Goot: Although all of my songs have a personal meaning to me, I do like the idea of people taking their own meaning from my music. The specific messages about life or anything else in the songs can be interpreted differently by everyone.





Is there anything you want to communicate to the listener with your songs?





G: I never really think about it that way - I just enjoy expressing myself through music. If people happen to connect with it, that's wonderful.





Can you actually read music or do you play by ear? Does this vary from instrument to instrument?





G: I played percussion all through high school band, so I can read rhythm pretty well. That's about it, though. The rest I play by ear.





What challenges; if any, do you feel you endure as an unsigned artist?





G: The lack of security, the fact that there's no team of people working with me. If I want to put out a new album and promote it, there is no one calling the shots or helping out. It's all up to me.


He credits his influences to a broad list of daily occurrences. He believes Phil Collins is his main musical influence. He sounds similar to The Rocket Summer, Jacks Mannequin, Phil Collins , Dan Fogelberg and even James Taylor. Listen for some themes like Loneliness, Uncertainty, Human Growth, Responsibility, Relationships, and Hope throughout his songs.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOgcygHO4aw

beam me up with that hypnopaediem biyyyyahhhhh

Basically for this statement, I expanded on the "Everyman is an Island" quote. I believe that there is a certain truth in this quote. The Brave New World society is the antithesis of that quote. I went further saying to stay near panormic skies and painted road lines you may find a home. I was trying to go for some Emerson-like stuff relating man's dependence on himself and nature to feel human; neither or which is present in brave new world.

Comment and Critique: cause I know some you thought mine was lame.



all pics taken by me or through association. except dancing batman, bush and soccer star.

Song- first 30 seconds of "Hey Brittany"- by- Forever the Sickest Kids

A Savage Monologue

That barren desert back home had more life than this city.
This Brave New World puzzles me. Everything seeems socially backward form my norms. I can't find acceptance here either so not much is new. How did I get roped into a situation like this? I can't believe my mom has left me, basically taken by a substance. Forget about my Father. I find great interest in Bernard. We have many a few deep conversations. I wonder what people think about him. I find him a strong and courageous man. I tried to stop those workers from getting their soma, but I did nothing. How can a society be addicted to a single substance. I can't stand Lenina. A woman without feminine traits or any fortitude. She confuses me the most. I can't fall into her temptations. That movie she made me watch was terribly dry. I didn't get lost in it like I do with other pieces of literature. Well tomorrow I'm leaving for the city outskirts, hopefully I can get some peace and quiet there. I think this Brave New World is too far gone for me to try and change anything

Found Poem

Mind the Fire
Sunk the Ash
Pour the Potion
Apply the Knife
Danced in the Handerchief-big Space


Suddenly I felt Old
Metal Woven
And coiled Into Yellow
Toward the Gulf
Boss got Out


The only S O S I suppose
I watched the cotton rows
before the barbeque
Coloseun, some ruined temple
He let the Boss shake it

Slightly Puzzled smile on his face
Politics, he said
Even to be Freed?
Cass continued
Good with a capital G

Long Days Journey Into Night

A piece of literature’s theme often reveals itself through the dialogue of the characters. Most dramas and plays utilize this form of revealing conversation. The small list of characters in Long Days Journey into Night allows O’Neill to create a simple series of conflicts within the family. These conflicts relay many subjects and themes to the reader. The members of the family often lose faith in humanity, representing a person vs. himself conflict. Other conflicts in the works include person v. person. Each character is ritually stripped of dignity, self-control and concern, exposing an array of conflicting emotions: love, jealousy, shame, guilt, and hate (Fiero). O’Neill emphasizes the power of alienation demonstrating how intense human emotion can led to the downfall of human spirit.
Edmound’s isolating thoughts conflict with himself, setting him apart from the rest of the Tyrone family. His disabilities do not allow him to branch out from the family. He cannot control all of his conflicts, such as his consumption. Edmound connects to famous poets and authors like Baudelaire and Nietchze (Dugan). This conflict within himself confuses his father James Tyrone, leading him blame Mary for Edmound’s problems. Edmound also look to nature for comfort. He carries a certain existentialist angst. He cannot find meaning in his life. Edmound’s conclusions about himself satisfy only him since he has no seeable connection with anyone else in the work. Edmound uniqueness inadvertently drives the thematic alienation, results in his fear of being alone.

James Tyrone, he main antagonist, causes most of the heated conflicts in Long Day’s Journey into Night. Tyrone has no philosophy that he can frame into words in any authoritative sense (Dugan). Tyrone lives life as he deems fit for himself. Tyrone does not provide well for his family, especially when they truly need aid. He bickers with his older son Jaime the most. Tyrone lectures to Jaime on how he should live is his life. Tyrone feels that his old fashioned ideas and family traditions get lost by his two sons. The conflict between father and son represent the broader scope of a past verse future struggle. Tyrone is cheap with his emotions. When a father doesn’t commit to his son, the son in turn has nothing to live for or goals to reach. Tyrone feels alienated because he does not believe his sons will carry out his washed up ways.

In any argument stances are made which defines the true intent of the character. Each member in the Tyrone family has a different perspective on life; this leads to rifts the outcome of daily tasks. The theme of alienation resides in all of the characters in Long Days Journey into Night. Conflicts between father and son reveal the resistance that past is unwilling to change while the future seems reluctant to begin





Works cited

O'Neill, Eugene, and Harold Bloom. Long Day's Journey into Night. New York: Yale UP, 2002.

Fiero, John. "An overview of Long Day's Journey into Night." Drama for Students. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. LEE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM.

Dugan, Lawrence. "The Tyrone anthology: authority in the last act of Long Day's Journey into Night." Comparative Drama. 37.3-4 (Fall-Winter 2003): p379. Literature Resource Center. Gale. LEE COUNTY LIBRARY

Christopher Columbus' Forgotten Voyage

Excuse all of this; if chivalry is dead, then I am a dead man.
A tired classroom of anxious fingertips
Let’s leave this and start our own clique.
The two of us coupled with panoramic skies
And straight painted road lines.

We all want to live on our own
But we don’t want to leave the comforts of home.
When I finally want to open a new door, nothing is on the other side
Others never look inside, fearing for what they might find.

What if déjà vu could finally come true?
Searching for someone above in the cloudy blue.
I didn’t believe her eyes could get bolder
If the sun had a face it’d be above her shoulders.
But the rich marry the rich, and the poor look for bargains
As for me you’ll find me on the margin.