Please Don’t go I won’t say I’m lost But I love You So much My heart Might break nature and artifice Every day I feel My soul Might Foresake Whatever you do Whatever you say I’ll just love you More My lady From afar If I die alone I’ll alone think Of you My only … Continue reading love
Category: Poetry
Fear
fear I feel more than ever I feel fear fear is me What do I do with fear like tears that never stop rolling on
Update: Born
‘The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.’ — Antonio Gramsci It is nearly a year since the world premiere of my debut EP, ‘Born’. Since then, I have released across streaming platforms the debut single from that EP, ‘First Time’, and uploaded all … Continue reading Update: Born
life, death, and the fear of true love
i live my life in constant fear not of loss i accept that as readily a star going supernova, in the corner of a galaxy as the morning dew or the summer’s twilight blue but of death this I fear more than anything that in sleep when my guard is down the panthers hyenas devils … Continue reading life, death, and the fear of true love
limbo
between heaven and hell I walk the silent king of all no vengeance heaven wrought no sin did hell commit no is to meet the ought born divine commandments writ poetry is besot with madness, king’s disease this is the last I breathe before in heaven’s seat I sit, and hell is mine to dream … Continue reading limbo
hate
paralyses me i hate myself i pretend not to but i do i hate who i am darkness i hate what i do i hate what i say i hate what i am going to do i hate what i am not to do i hate my life and all that is in it i … Continue reading hate
Stuck in the middle: A class analysis of J. Cole’s ‘G.O.M.D.’ music video
Is hip hop just a euphemism for a new religion The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing? — Kanye West, ‘Gorgeous’, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‘Middle Child.’ This is one of J. Cole’s song titles, but it applies to the music video to ‘G.O.M.D.’ in an economic rather than a … Continue reading Stuck in the middle: A class analysis of J. Cole’s ‘G.O.M.D.’ music video
Ultratotalitarianism: The great evil of our times, and why we must fight it
Our era is characterised by a phenomenon I term ultratotalitarianism. It is the culmination of the logic of modernity, a long process of surpassing the unity of Christianity with capitalist anarchy, backed up by state authority. The dynamism of the market economy and the stability of the modern state constitute the two pillars of modern … Continue reading Ultratotalitarianism: The great evil of our times, and why we must fight it
The uniqueness of genius
I’ve been thinking about genius. It is often said that genius is unique. But what does this mean? On the origins of genius: Plato and Aristotle in Raphael’s School of Athens. The uniqueness of a genius lies precisely, I argue, in their ability to see past their own uniqueness. While everyone else looks at the … Continue reading The uniqueness of genius
A message for 2023: Stop imitating past greats, I want something new
I am getting tired. I hear the same music again and again and again. The charts are driving me crazy. Because I like this kind of music. In the shadow of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and The Fame Monster, the 2010s saw the reinvention of music through R&B (Anti) and alternative pop music (WHEN … Continue reading A message for 2023: Stop imitating past greats, I want something new
Edmund Wilson 