songs about roving, rambling and plain hard luck & photography from the other side …
the serenade of a man that plays a blue guitar

The man bent over his guitar / A shearsman of sort. The day was green / They said „You have a blue guitar, / You do not play things as they are“ / The man replied, „Things as they are / Are changed upon the blue guitar.“ (Rolf Kühn Unit, poem by Wallace Stevens)

tracing a new theory of silence

Even Miles was giggling in the darkness. / It’s always a bitch to be out / front. He summons the bassline / of his thoughts in the shadows, tracing a new theory / of silence. Don’t worry about the next gig. / Their ears are still learning. (Rolf Kühn Unit, poem by John Keene) for […]

the sun comes up in a coffee cup

The sun comes up / In a coffee cup / Waitress please I’ve had enough / Lord I can’t believe what I see / How could you be alone / When you could sit right here beside me girl / And make yourself at home (Lyle Lovett)