Where The Pieces Fall

i remember sitting close to John Cage.

it was somewhere in the Village.

Steven Pacia was next to me and Merce…

…was next to John:

It was 1982 September Five

Seventy years of John divulging

while pretending not to speak

and always laughing;

and now while his acolytes perform

the ritual of nonexistence,

and he Seventy years old and

now an ancient gag in denim…

Merce asks: How many Buddhist monks does it take to screw in a light bulb?

John replies

: I don’t know.

Merce divulges: Two… One to screw it in, and one not 2.

John: —silence— and then laughter.

On September 5th 1982, i attended a concert of John Cage’s music in celebration of his seventieth birthday. It took place at St. Marks Church, and this is my recollection of that evening.

Memorial Day

Harlequins In Uniform

Marched To Death Rattle

Dibujo por JHM

Certeza del exiliado
En cada ola de mar
se aleja algo mio,
pero se que lo lleva
a tus orillas.

A Refugee’s Certainty
With every wave
a part of me drifts away,
but I know that it will
be brought to your shores.

_______________________

Paisaje de la soledad
Reposan en mi sangre
tus recuerdos,
hechos de soledad y viento,
bajo una luna roja,
sin estrellas,
resbalando en ritmo
del silencio.

Solitary Landscape
Your memories repose in
my veins,
made of solitude and wind,
under a reddish moon,
without stars,
flowing in the rhythm of silence.

_________________________

Siempre pensando en ti
Marinero en el alba
de tu esencia
por el mar infeliz
de mis palabras.
Caminante sin huellas
en la arena,
por la ruta espiral
de la memoria.

Always thinking of you
Sailing in the dawn of your
essence through the unfaithful
sea of my words.
Wandering without footprints
in the sand,
on memory’s spiralling lane.

Poems by Julio Enrique Hernandez-Miyares
Translations by Dennis Aberle

Tom Shaw, Alex Garcia, and Javier Hernandez-Miyares

Phonometricians on Cosmic Fire only exists in 17 Frost and it is ephemeral music; it is furniture for termites that chew the death rattle. Don’t waste your time listening.
Tune Box

Drawing By JHM

Blast Off was written by Steven Pacia and Javier Hernandez-Miyares, and produced by J. Armen for Sineparade:

Alex Garcia: Drums
Ariel de La Portilla: Bass
J. Armen: Guitar, Backing Vox, and 2nd Guitar Solo
Javier Hernandez-Miyares: Guitar and 1st Guitar Solo
Steven Pacia: Lead Vocal

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Now showing at 17 Frost Street Williamsburg Brooklyn

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There’s a house with no door

I’m living there

At night it gets cold, and the days are hard to bear;

Inside…

Oliver & Company dvd

photo by JHM

Alex Garcia: Drums
Ariel de La Portilla: Bass
J Armen: Acoustic Guitar
Javier Hernandez-Miyares: Electric Guitar

Live Animals

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