there’s a new world coming
Posted by William F. DeVault | Filed under Evangelist, Journal, Nemicorn, The Last Romantic Verb, The Naked Reads, nightblooming, peacat
Subject to my imperial whim (and we all know how mercurial that can be) I am making the following changes over the next 10 days:
- The dissolution of peacat.com
- Completion of the first 100 elements of williamfdevault.com
- The gutting, then dissolution of my Random Drafts and Chapters blog
- There are a few cosmetic changes to be done, as well, as well as some behind the scenes changes that no one likely to be reading this note will ever need to be privy to.
- I will make available the entirety of all my CDs, including Evangelist, as free downloads via williamfdevault.com
- Plus, for those who attend my readings on the 17th of this month, there will be some dramatic news about my books, past and future.
That’s all I have to say for now. Thanks to the people from StumbledUpon who notched my new presentation of Soubrette at williamfdevault.com. Mucho attention, mucho gracias.
savoir flair
Posted by William F. DeVault | Filed under contests, from an unexpected quarter, nightblooming
Okay, I just wanted to show everyone some of the "flair" I created over on FaceBook. It was fun converting book covers, CD case artwork and even a few odds and ends to buttons to send to my friends and acquaintances.
Now comes the fun part. I am declaring a scavenger hunt for my flair. Not too difficult, no? perhaps more difficult than you might imagine, as a few of the pieces, while relevant to my works, are not obviously labeled as such. You’ll figure it out (hint: this will be slightly easier for my "friends").
So, you may find it simple to locate the covers of amomancer: nightblooming or from an unexpected quarter, you may have a harder time with the less obvious flair. To be fair with the flair, I will tell you know that there are a total of 14 pieces.
The first person (based on my received email timestamp) to collect all 14 pieces to their flair corkboard on FaceBook (remember to refresh so they show) and email me here so I can verify by looking at your profile, wins free CDs and books from the City of Legends Store worth more than $50.00. Not a ton of bucks, but if you’re smart this should take you all of 15 minutes to complete, so that’s about, what, $200 bucks an hour? And I’m paying postage, so it doesn’t matter if you’re in the USA, or Australia or Portugal or South Africa (here’s your chance, Rich).
The Return of the Moneychangers
Posted by William F. DeVault | Filed under 101 Great Love Poems, A Ronin in the Temple of Aphrodite, As such, INVOCATO, Love Gods of a Forgotten Religion, Nemicorn, PanthEon, Psalms of the Monster River Cult, The Compleat Panther Cycles, The Last Romantic Verb, The Morgantown Suite Poems, The Naked Reads, from an unexpected quarter, nightblooming
Okay, one miracle down (you have no idea how much furious effort is going on in the background to accomplish all of this)…
The City of Legends Store has re-opened. You can get there by slicking the linked name (in the previous sentence) or by following the top of the page link that reads "The City Store" (trying to keep it simple).
We’re offering some discounts on some books and CDs as a "Pre-tour Blowout", and as always, free shipping and custom signing. Shopping cart services are courtesy of PayPal.
Available in the ‘Store are:
Books:
- As such…romantic poetry of rebirth
- Ronin in the Temple of Aphrodite
- Psalms of the Monster River Cult
- The Morgantown Suite Poems
- The Compleat Panther Cycles
CDs:
- Nemicorn
- The Naked Reads
- Amomancer: nightblooming
- the last romantic verb
Not in the store?
- from an unexpected quarter
- Love Gods of a Forgotten Religion
- PanthEon
- 101 Great Love Poems (hardback and paperback)
- Invocato
But I may later decide to fold them in…I just hate making the store too chaotic and huge. All of those not in the official store can be purchased elsewhere.
And yes, when Evangelist is done, it will be available through the City Store.
sex sells
Posted by William F. DeVault | Filed under As such, Blogosphere, Candy Tothill, Evangelist, Journal, Muses, nightblooming
I have an old friend in Los Angeles, name of Phil Brown. He’s a journeyman guitarist who played with several bands…some of them predating my puberty. But he’s an interesting fellow.
A few years back, when he was pushing a solo comeback, he put out an album called "Sex Sells". It didn’t do so well, but he was right.
So, to let you all know, I am making a few minor changes around here. No, not going all-nude all the time. Not even semi-nude part of the time. But I do know the value of a beautiful woman or two.
So, I have modified the Entrecard "cards" that are used by that service to help me trade connections with fellow bloggers. In place of my sad face, you will see the cover of my last CD, "Nightblooming" featuring the…er…face…of Jaz, the musician and poetic protege of mine, plugging this blog. By the way, I have approached her about her laying down the music to a single for the next CD. Her style of old school thrash rock would play interesting counterpoint to Jezika™ and her trance synthesizers.
The Amomancer blog will be fronted by the cover of my book "As such…" featuring…aw, you all know who that is, so let’s not be coy.
Who knows, maybe readership will climb (actually, since I made the change this morning, Amomancer has had a surge in viewership! It currently leads this blog in hits for today!)
Track breakdown on the CD
Posted by William F. DeVault | Filed under nightblooming
As we crank up the PR machine on the new CDs (and I want everyone to say something nice about the cover, posted a few entries below…if enough of you say nice things maybe we can get the model to submit to an interview) I thought I’d say a few words about the tracks, to sort of set the frame.
Enchante.
This is a strange one, very much a song rather than a poem with musical accompaniment. Written to the lady, I knew when we first recorded it that it would stand out.
the taste.
When I mentioned this piece the first time to a muse, she laughed and said it was probably something obscene (judging from the title). Actually, it is based on my poem "the taste of remembrance" which is decidedly not erotic, but about memories of someone you love becoming synonymous with the very concept of memory.
Centaur.
I recorded this piece several months ago and then it just plain never made it onto the previous CDs, which is a shame, because it has a very nice flow to it. It crossbreeds several of my favourite themes to become a plea for a constant love and an admission of a need for companionship.
Slitoris.
Okay, I can be a sick and deranged soul when the spirit is upon me. This very arch work dovetails nicely with "Cut Me" and has to deal, as does that piece, with a darker element in my sexuality.
Cut Me
See "slitoris" above. The music behind this piece plays out like something from an old gothic horror movie.
Rivers of Resurrection
A melange of several works, very ethereal, very magical.
sleep
There’s a comfort and a menace to this work, I still find it a little creepy. See if you agree when you hear it.
I want the fire
You can hear on this one where my voice wasn’t sure if I needed to just read it, or sing. I compromised and the resultant timbre of my voice seems to be communicating a puzzled urgency, a certain resolve in the face of a lost path.
Bright and Deadly
My, we are dark on this CD, aren’t we. Monster guitar and some no-nonsense vocals seek a truce.
Mantichore
Originally this was an instrumental (unique to my CDs)…but during a listening session, the words came and the words cannot be refused.
Wailing Wall
I don’t know what happened here to make this what it is. It’s like when the microphone came on the Robert Plant within me made a run for it.
Horizon
I like this. Very gentle, very fluid.
Skyscraper Ambition
Okay, let me explain this one. There’s this woman. She’s very tall…
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This may very well end up being the last piece on the CD, because of the way it ends, both structurally and thematically.
Golden Apples
Se "Skyscraper Ambition", above.
Burning in this chosen sphere
In the beginning was the word, and the word was hot. Or, as the lady herself says, "strong". There is a masculinity to the sexuality in this piece that seemed like a great balance of lust and dreams.
So that’s my meander on the tracks…I hope you enjoy "Amomancer: nightblooming" when it comes out on the 24th.
Some people have asked me the hidden meaning in the name…well, there’s this flower that blooms at night and I would lay awake in Venice Beach and inhale the beauty. Flash forward a few years and there’s this woman that blooms at night…
~so while hanging out in your corner...