European Confession.European Confession Timothy Edward Jones Edward, Eddie, or Ed Jones is the name of: Edward Jones:
Publish America P.O. Box 151, Frederick, MD ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 1413728677 $17.95 124 pp. Once in a blue moon very rarely; - from the observation that the moon rarely has a bluish tint. See also: blue moon there is a book of contemporary poetry that is released that simply takes a reader's breath away. European Confession is that book. Author Timothy Edward Jonesreveals a fresh new twist in poetry by experimenting with Gonzo journalism Gonzo journalism is a style of storytelling that mixes factual events into a fictional tale. It uses a highly subjective style that often includes the reporter as part of the story via a first person narrative and events can be exaggerated in order to emphasize the underlying , Outlaw prose and mixing hints of Classic Country music. This is Jones's first full length book but he is no stranger to the literary community. As traditional Country music began to flounder flounder: see flatfish. flounder Any of about 300 species of flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes). When born, the flounder is bilaterally symmetrical, with an eye on each side, and it swims near the sea's surface. in Nashville, Jones found his calling in writing hard-hitting articles for various music publications in Music City. His Hunter S. Thompson-esque style found a stable of fans on the famed Music Row. Now he is back with a collection of Gonzo poetry that is gaining an underground following unlike any in the past 20 years. European Confession is somewhat of a roadtrip that takes the reader halfway around the world from rural Alabama to a brothel in Heidelberg, Germany. Somehow Jones is inventive enough to tie in Jim Morrison and the high lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. harmonies of the Louvin Brothers as the seedy scenes of life's highway unfolds. In the poem "Ambition", Jones opens with the best line I've ever read: 'Let's hurt each other/On the Merry-Go-Round love/Painted with kisses and lies.' This no-holds-barred selection from the book details life's hypocrises in small town America. With a John Mellencamp overtone overtone In acoustics, a faint higher tone contained within almost any musical tone. A body producing a musical pitch—such as a taut string or a column of air within the tubular body of a wind instrument—vibrates not only as a unit but simultaneously also in , Jones rounds out the poem with another great line: 'Let's open a drug store/And hang a sign/In the window that says:/"Just Say No." Jones paints the perfect picture of a down and out southerner stranded along Route 66 in his brilliant "A Barstool bar·stool n. A usually high stool with a cushioned seat, used chiefly as seating for patrons at a bar. barstool n → taburete m (de bar) barstool In Barstow." He describes being holed-up in a dive of a bar in Barstow, Californiaand ties it to being in search of something or someone that he will not find until 2 years later ... And from where he started. In the second to last verse of "A Barstool In Barstow", Jones captures some of his best descriptive poetry: 'The high lonesome harmonies from the jukebox fits./The beer tastes better./The cigarettes smoke faster./The few girls that are here look a little better/As Charlie and Ira blend voices/As smooth as old scotch./Mandolin sounds cut deep tonight./It is a message from home.' From riding the Santa Anna winds through the joshua trees with the ghost of Gram Parsons to waiting for the subway in a Paris metro station with Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker (born March 16, 1942) is a country music singer. Biography Walker was born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York. During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. , European Confession is a story told in free-verse poetry. It is a story of the fall from grace to redemption through the most powerful thing in the world ... Love. Fans of Hunter Thompson and Jack Keroac should enthusiastically embrace this debut work by Timothy Edward Jones. It is a new breed of poetry that I like to call 'Acid Prose with a Country Twang.' European Confession is readily available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. As for the author, as the book jacket implies: "Jones is currently M.I.A...... 'Missin' In Alabama.'" |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion