Entries Tagged as 'Doug Draime'

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

doug draime | lily and bob

Lily And Bob
Bob was back
in the corner
by the juke box, his
shotgun propped
up against the
machine. No one
had noticed him
coming in the back-
door. Lily was serving
some rowdies at the
front table. I’d been
watching the Reds kick
the shit outta the
Cubs on the black
& white at the
end of the bar.
And if I hadn’t
turned when Jerry
asked for another beer,
I [...]

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

doug draime | 6 sketches of L.A. (1967-1970)

6 Sketches Of  L.A. (1967-1970)

1.
On Sunset Strip
from ‘67 to’ 70
teaming with
influx,
revolution,
and
regeneration :
poems to
praise
the pulsating
streets.
L.A.
city falling
into the
sea
but not me,
I was
drunk and
dropping acid
in the alley
behind
the Whiskey A
Go Go

2.
I never knew whether
to believe the
story
about Jim Morrison
pissing into a bathtub
as she
bathed
in it,
but i knew
she
was
fucked-up
enough
to
not
mind.

3.
We all knew Janis
from the
liquor store
on Wilcox
in Hollywood.
We smoked joints,
laughed,
shot up,
got drunk,
dropped acid,
and tripped
at the movies
near [...]

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

doug draime | reel

Reel
( shot in 3D and black & white )
( John Lee Hooker’s, Blues Before Sunrise, winds softly through till final wipe )
( close up )
Her beautiful face, as she snores like an old man.
( quick cut )
She lies in a bathtub fingering herself. The water bubbles up. She can hear her husband walking in the [...]

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

doug draime | walking on the sky over east L.A.

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Walking On The Sky Over East L.A.

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

doug draime | digging out of the catacombs of the poets

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Digging Out Of the Catacombs Of The Poets