John Densmore’s Riders of the Storm is at once an intimate memoir and a corrective history: part loving excavation of a band’s inner life, part juridical record of what fame does to art and friendship. Written by the Doors’ drummer, the book performs a delicate double move — it insists on the primacy of the … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Riders of the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and The Doors. by John Densmore
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman
Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman’s No One Here Gets Out Alive is less a dispassionate life-history than a rite of remembrance: a fevered, piecemeal canonization of Jim Morrison that helped turn an already mythic rock singer into a modern Prometheus of American pop-culture. First published in 1980, the book occupies a peculiar position between popular … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman
Singleminded – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by Only You by The Flying Pickets. Reimagined as a folk song song around a camp fire. (Verse 1) Looking out the window pane, A tale of love begins again. Can you hear me callin' out? Came back just yesterday, Yet you seem so far away. Yearning for you without doubt. (Chorus) All I … Continue reading Singleminded – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Freed to Love – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s “Bleed to Love Her”. Reimagined as a Bob Dylan folk song. (Verse 1) In the hills, where the winds do sigh, Lies a tale of love, beneath the sky. She walks alone, in the misty morn, With a heart so weary, so forlorn. (Chorus) Freed to love her, oh, the way … Continue reading Freed to Love – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
The Crimson Grasp – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by Nick Cave’s “Right Red Hand”. Reimagined as a Tom Waits song. Stroll down the outskirts of this forsaken town Wander 'cross the rusty rails where shadows abound A viaduct looming, a harbinger of gloom It creaks and groans like an impending doom In the twilight zone where truth's concealed By fires at the … Continue reading The Crimson Grasp – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Heavy Love – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by The Weight from Amigo the Devil. Reimagined what it might sound like had Tom Waits done it. Are you waltzing through the shadows Or dancing with the void inside I've got a pocket full of faces If you're searching for a place to hide In the soirees we shall orchestrate Donning disguises, wild … Continue reading Heavy Love – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Shadow Boy – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by Wonder Boy from Tenacious D. Reimagined this campy rock anthem as a raunchy Tom Waits blues rant. (Opening with a slow, melancholic blues guitar riff) In the town of destiny, where the streets are worn and the shadows grow, There came a lad of legend, in a world where the wind did blow. … Continue reading Shadow Boy – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Wanderlust Waltz – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by Day by Day from Doug and the Slugs. Reimagined as an equally upbeat folk song done by the supergroup known as The Travelling Wilburys. (Verse 1) In a world that spins, where time slips away, A troubadour's tale, unfolds day by day, A melody whispered by the wind's embrace, As we journey on, … Continue reading Wanderlust Waltz – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
The Solitude – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by The Loneliest from Maneskin. Reimagined as a folksy-bluesy road song by Bob Dylan. (Verse 1) Behind the city lights, where shadows dance, A troubadour strums, takes a lonely chance. Malt liquor tales, echoes of the street, A solitary soul with worn-out feet. (Chorus) Oh, the solitude, a midnight serenade, Lost in the rhythm, … Continue reading The Solitude – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Tom’s Borrowed Lament – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
Inspired by Owner of a Lonely Heart from YES. Reimagined as a Tom Waits soliloquy. (Verse 1) In the city's constant glow, where the streets are paved with sorrow, There's a lonely heart, lost in the shadows of tomorrow. Through the urban haze, where the dreams all fall apart, Tales around the burning drum, hobo’s … Continue reading Tom’s Borrowed Lament – Lyrics from Outcasts, Rebels, Hobos and Bards
The New Renaissance Mindset 