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Fair chance of highest excitement

January 21, 2017

In answer to the age-old question, “Y’all ready for this?”



I’m a solid Yes.

They Call Us Monsters

January 19, 2017

My buddy Ben’s movie begins its run in theaters tomorrow.

I feel like there was some other big event supposed to happen January 20th,

but if you prefer to stay on track with good work being done, smart work, then go

support that which actually deserves your attention.

Fitted

January 16, 2017

About a year ago Jon Ryan Sugimoto made a short film called Awesome, Thank You.

Was my first legit experience as an actor out here. It just got accepted to

Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival

and so basically I’m havin red carpet installed today. Well well welcome.

Jaw meet floor

January 12, 2017

Finished Brendan Constantine’s Birthday Girl With Possum last night.

It’s the best book of poetry I’ve ever read. Sealed it in an envelope

and mailed it 3000 miles away today. Don’t talk to me for a month.

[Slams shot of ink. Throws computer in front of a bus.]

The Blizzard that birthed him

January 11, 2017

Aidan Haley made a kickass video outta my poem *Healing Hermann Hesse*

for The Shadow Campaign. Don’t watch this if ya hate beautiful stuff.

From the CD Run On Anything, featuring Oliver Klomp, produced by Jon Berardi.

2017

JANUARY 2017

Yuletide

January 10, 2017

People always askin “Why do you REALLY hang out with Derrick Brown?”

And I hafta be honest, it’s for the Christmas gifts.

Now

January 8, 2017

Am remembering exactly where I was sitting when I wrote this song down twenty-two years ago.

Huntsville, TX. My bedroom. Seeing things for the first time.

http://buddywakefield.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Now-Buddy-Wakefield-HD.mp4

In the space between waterfalls and fireworks I am trying to find sufficient words to express thanks

for the Rijn IJssel film students in Arnhem, Netherlands, who chose to make something lovely of it.

AUGUST 2017

August 24-30, 2017 Camp Cushy workshops for Watershed, Eindhoven, Netherlands, details TBA

Airplane parts

December 28, 2016