Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

Okay, I am not sure where I should post this because for the life of me, I can't find where Dor posted about judihs' chapbook, When Orange Blossoms Call (so if you wanna move this Dor to a 'correct' spot, be my guest.)

I had planned on reading this amazing book right away but it just didn't happen. When I finally did sit down, cd in the player, I was blown away.

For one thing, judih's voice is like honey, soothing and refreshing and oh so sweet. The real payoff is the work itself, as those of you that have read judih for years know, that girl can write! Once I sat down and listened and read it through, I had to read it through again and I am still reading it again. These pieces will stand alone, each and every one but I do have my favorites.

Some of them are Bliss On the Half-Shell, Threadbare's In Season, Ego-sandwich..., Soundproof Booth, man, all of this stuff is top shelf but one of my very favorites is Refrain from the Black and Blue Blues. I haven't gotten judih's permission to reprint it here but maybe she will understand my indulgence:

<center>Refrain from the Black and Blue Blues

Friction makes for angry upholstery
I sit on the couch of our lies
wearing myself thin
bruising myself on your razor rants

to live with you
is to cry myself deluded
this is my fate
raw, I continue

how I got here and why i stay
why I agree to fold down your pillow
cream your wheat
how I rip myself naked in regret

black and blue from truth
bleeding from impotence
oh, if only i could change shades</center>

Thank you judih for being a friend and for including us with this gift for it is certainly a wonderful honor and experience!

it will be great to listen to her voice too!!!!!!

gracias!!!!!!!

I posted it in Lit forum, sooZ but it's fine to have this thread here, too. More people will probably see it here.

Judih has a great voice, doesn't she?

Hey judih - would it be OK with you if I rip some of the cd cuts into mp3s, host them on our server and post them here in the Spoken Word forum so people can listen to you?

yeah, dor, cool! fabulous. i just can't figure out how to host soundfiles.
i thought maybe myspace would be an answer, but i don't get that place, whatsoever.
so, yes, please! do! & thanks,

Soo - i'm so glad you like the stuff!
i can't tell. it's what it is. But your response is wonderful. And yeah, the black and blue blues was written in response to someone - it's a channelled thing, not biographical, by the way.

Arcadia - mailed yours on Sunday - should arrive soon, i hope.

this is all news to me....i've heard u do cry sis and it's amazing....did i miss something here with regards to more recorded material j....my space is simple if u open a music account...even i was able to do it j I THINK IF THIS WAS IN WHAT'S HAPPENING/announcements too i'd a known sooner...
so many choices, sometimes it blows my wired mind

hi mark,
i'll check out opening out a music account.
this is a branch thread of a small announcement i made of a new chapbook.
want one?
send me your snail mail

judih...I figured it was (channeled) but that doesn't lessen the impact of the words spoken and read. I will treasure your book as I treasure you and am so grateful to be in the circle.