the urgency of now...

 that phrase has become a go to in the last few years for me. i try to apply that to everything i do anymore. poetry, sports, watching tv, anything... what i have found is my frustration has simply grown that others don't have the same philosophy. now, i have tried to mend my asshole ways and not take that frustration out on others. but, taking frustration out on myself is an old ass pastime that has never been as productive as i would hope. which leads me to the playoffs last night...

the New York Rangers lost Game 5 last night at home to Carolina, 4-1. considering they went into the third period up 1-0 last night, i'm a little pissed at the lack of urgency they showed in the last 20 minutes. with that being said, they are still up 3-2 in the series. Game 6 will be Thursday night at Carolina.

here are your highlights from the NHL playoffs last night.

here are your highlights from the NBA playoffs last night:

The Voice was really good last night. i have no damn clue who is going home tonight.

Monday Night Raw was excellent last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be NXT, The Voice and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 10 year anniversary show.

the New York Yankees play tonight in Minnesota.

i'm sure i will watch some of the NBA and NHL playoffs tonight.

now, tomorrow, everything gets a bit tricky for me. mom has a doctors appointment in the afternoon. i will have to do the grocery shopping after that. that means i am going to try to get the blog done in the morning tomorrow. i also need to go to the bank tomorrow. plus, doing all this in the afternoon means i will miss watching Manchester United play the final home match of the season against Newcastle.

i need to get the trash picked up and figure out what i'm making for dinner tonight.

this rain has been just enough today to be fucking miserable.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

la urgencia del ahora

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)

Big Bill - Emotions

Dr. Dog - Talk Is Cheap

David Sanborn w/Sting - Ain't No Sunshine

David Sanborn w/Eric Clapton - I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

"I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing." 

                                                          - David Sanborn (July 30, 1945 - May 12, 2024)

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

partly cloudy with a bit of sun...

 Mother's day went pretty well yesterday. i think mom liked her gifts. 

the New York Yankees lost yesterday at home to Tampa, 8-7. they start a series tonight in Toronto.

here are your highlights from the NBA playoffs yesterday.

the conference finals are set now in the NBA. Boston plays Miami and the Lakers play Denver.

here are your highlights from the NHL playoffs last night.

VICE was very good last night.

Yellowjackets was fucking crazy last night.

the finale of Waco: The Aftermath was very good last night.

Succession was excellent last night.

Barry was fucking great last night.

Somebody Somewhere was hilarious last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be The Voice, That's My Jam and Monday Night Raw.

later this afternoon, i will listen to episode 447 of Notsam Wrestling. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-nb3pt-18546355?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share

i will hopefully write some poems today while mom has her physical therapy session.

i do plan on watching some of Game 7 tonight between Dallas and Seattle in the NHL playoffs.

a big thank you to everyone for checking out my latest published poems:

https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-j-j-campbell-82/

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets. 

get the fucking shot.

cuando las cosas son demasiado buenas para ser verdad

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck - Moon River

Grouplove - Francine

Hannah Jadagu - What You Did

Zanias - Burial

Nickodemus - 'Mama Tchipp (Follow Me)

"Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling." - Wavy Gravy

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

i should have just stayed in bed

i could tell after watching a few minutes of the Manchester United game this morning that United was going to be in trouble. Newcastle had a plan and they were sticking to it. sure enough, United wasn't clinical when they had the few chances they got today and they gave up a fucking set piece at the wrong fucking time. Newcastle won 1-0. i truly hope this isn't what this fucking day is going to be like.

i read a review of Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars that said the documentary was dull. i'm guessing the reviewer isn't a fan of the music or perhaps just has a shitty life to begin with. i found the documentary to be very good and heartbreaking at the same time. i truly understand now why Eric was attracted to blues music at such a young age. and i think he may have given me one of the greatest lines i have ever heard. i couldn't bring myself to suicide because i wouldn't be able to have my next drink. that's fucking genius. i highly recommend checking this out if you love music or just love a tragic story that has an unexpected ending.

ROH was excellent last night.

the Dayton Flyers played a pretty good first half yesterday and got a long range buzzer beater to go in to have the lead at halftime against VCU. they took all that momentum and managed to piss it away to fall behind by 17 points in the second half. they managed to dig themselves out of that hole with a furious run to send the game to overtime. but, since Dayton's coach doesn't believe in playing the bench, the guys ran out of fucking gas. it doesn't help when your senior leader is a fucking turnover waiting to happen. and when the coach basically says after the game that the reason only 7 players played for Dayton was a coaching decision because he thought the players on the court were doing a good enough job... it just makes you want to bang your head against a brick wall. my new conspiracy theory is the coach knows he can't coach these players so he's trying to get them to transfer or leave the school so he can bring in players that he wants to think he can coach. even a decent fucking coach would try to make something out of what he has. but Anthony Grant knows the school doesn't have the balls to fire an alumni after just 1 season. VCU won yesterday 88-84 in OT.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Celebrity Big Brother, Our Cartoon President, Homeland, The Chi, Here and Now, Crashing and Divorce.

we got some freezing rain last night. i nearly fell on the driveway this morning while going to get the paper. thankfully, i was able to get to the grass and get down there without falling.

USA Soccer elected a new president yesterday. i guess they decided that the status quo is good enough.

i think i have to take mom to have some testing done tomorrow for her disability claim. i believe that is in the morning. so, i'll probably be on here after that happens.

the New York Rangers play this afternoon up in Winnipeg. i'd love to see them build on their win against Calgary, but i'm not counting on it.

i hope everyone had a great Saturday. hopefully your Sunday is even better.

hay días en que no hay suficiente alcohol

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Willie Dixon - Back Door Man
John Lee Hooker - I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (Live)
B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel (Live)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby

"Discontent is the first necessity of progress." - Thomas A. Edison

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

looks like a rainy weekend...

the rain started rolling in last night. thankfully, i had a few victory drinks to help me along the way.

it's pretty funny. i've been bitching and pleading for the New York Rangers to call up the kids all fucking season. now that the injuries have started piling up and the management is ready to blow it up, the kids are playing. and imagine that, the Rangers actually won last night. of course, their backup goalie got injured during the game, but that's par for the course now. the Rangers defeated Calgary 4-3 last night. i really thought the two kids on defense played really well for their first NHL game last night. hopefully that's a sign of things to come.

Vice News Tonight had another great week of shows.

Real Time with Bill Maher was great last night.

High Maintenance was excellent last night. easily the best episode i think they have ever made.

Celebrity Big Brother was pretty good last night. i do love some chaos.

2 Dope Queens was fucking hilarious last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars and ROH.

the Dayton Flyers play this evening at VCU. i'd love to see Dayton sweep the season series but i highly doubt that will happen.

i'll probably be on here tomorrow sometime after Manchester United plays in the morning.

i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.

y trata de mantener tu polla en tus pantalones

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Albert Collins - My Mind Is Trying to Leave Me
The Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me
Living Colour - Cult of Personality

"Accomplishments have no color." - Leontyne Price

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:

riding the waves

so here's what happened at the doctor's office this morning. i got there a little early, so my gift was to wait until nearly 15 minutes after my appointment was supposed to be until i actually got in. good times. thankfully, my weight was down as was my A1C, which made the doctor really happy. we talked about my ankle and he looked at it. he figures it's tendinitis, but he ordered some x-rays just to make sure. so, i drove there and after waiting in line for 5 minutes behind a woman who shit her pants and another 15 minutes just to get registered to get the x-rays, i finally got in and had 3 x-rays done. i have to call the doc in a few days to see if anything is broken. if it comes back clean, the process will be time and patience. i figure it will be more like pain tolerance and plenty of drinking. i'll post a pic of the bar i have set up at the new house. let's just say i'm an alcoholic.

i sent out 11 poems today; 3 each to Dead Snakes and The Camel Saloon. i sent out 5 poems to Your One Phone Call. when i hear back from these places i'll pass along the verdicts.

it was when i was sending out those poems that i checked and saw my poems had been published on Horror Sleaze Trash. that poem "pink sweatpants" is about 98% true. man, i miss those days.

i watched WrestleMania last night. i was pleasantly surprised with how good the show was. i watched it on the WWE Network as Directv decided not to offer it this year. i was happy that i was able to stream the network through my Bluray player. look at me, finally in the 21st century. hot damn.

i'm really looking forward to Monday Night Raw tonight. this is ALWAYS the best Raw of the year. and after how good the ppv was last night, i'm expecting a fucking great show tonight.

the New York Rangers were the first team in the NHL to get to 100 points this season. sadly, they have shit the bed since that. hopefully they can turn it back up and win the division and go into the playoffs on fire.

i have made the finals of fantasy hockey for the 4th year in a row. hopefully i don't finish second like the last three years.

i got an email today asking for some poems for a broadside project. i guess i need to break out the pen and paper again. of course, i do have a few older poems now available as well. i will hopefully get that submission ready in the next few days.

hopefully the people coming to get the furniture for my sister's friend show up tomorrow. after that shit gets out of the garage, mom can start getting her shit over here. that should help her stress level some.

on the DVR tonight will be The Voice and god knows what else.

i'm just about ready to start hanging the artwork and whatnot in my room. once i get that done, then i'll post some pictures of just how fucking ridiculous my room is.

that's all for today. i'm slowly getting back in the groove. if i happen to carve out a few minutes for this tomorrow, look the fuck out.

hope everyone had a great weekend.

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Live)
The Band of Heathens - Hurricane
TV on the Radio - Careful You
Kix - Don't Close Your Eyes
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire

"One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut." - Eric Clapton