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Malibu Nights

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Green can’t fade the blue, 1/2 the world from Red. The bottomless and dark.

Too tame, too warm. Tepid. Tropical.

Music and volume immaterial.

She can move her hips, tango or slam. No stranger to a mosh pit.

Pacifists needn’t apply, claims Venice Shoreline

Travel north, beautiful baby to the left, a moon mirror.

Still angry, thrashing. A shining, slashing knife, a breath thief.

  • Brit Reese

    Flow is tight.

  • Msquared

    Extra ill

  • Nick Carraway

    Gabe, many of us are worried about you. You seem to be in a downward spiral. I’m sure it was difficult to not get the manager’s job in LA, but stay strong. Writing weird things on the Internet won’t make it easier next time around.

  • Bridget Gilmore

    Michael Beckwith.
    Agape International Spiritual Center.
    Culver City, CA.
    May you have a Spiritual Awakening.

    God Bless,
    Bridget Gilmore

  • gavin

    I’ve been missing the kind of style that was common here most of 2014-15. Although very different now, I’m also becoming more interested in this provocative material. Gabe’s always testing ideas and people. There will always be something for me to learn here.

    This blog was too good for too long to bail now because it’s changed direction. I admire the guts shown to bare one’s soul.

    • Nick Carraway

      I think your point is valid, but would somewhat disagree with the overall premise. I am hesitant to praise the courage of writing cryptic poetry on a blog as baring one’ soul. It seems to be a form of emotional masturbation for him.

      The overarching change in direction you are describing is the most interesting. This blog frequently used to describe topics that were geared towards helping others. Lately, there is a more self-centered and attention-seeking theme to the posts. This is not surprising, as after a major setback it is common for people to lash out in that way. I am curious if this blog was an issue at all in him not being named manager.

      Gabe can you comment on that? Did Friedman or Zaidi or the owners mention the blog at all? I can see them supporting it but could also see some hesitancy about the unfiltered posts. Really curious to learn about this.

      • gavin

        Nick, sounds like we both enjoyed a long run of access to almost all areas of a very bright mind. That’s not just my characterization, but that view is apparently shared throughout baseball circles.

        But it’s not as if we’re entitled to it indefinitely, or that Gabe has to explain all of his personal or employment decisions to us. It is us, after all, turning to his blog. It’s cool to truly be worried about him, but describing his more recent posts the way you do is probably not the best way to reach out to someone whose well-being you are concerned with. If you really want the insight you get from a close friend, you have to treat that person like a close friend.

        It’s intriguing, yes. But we have to be careful not to perpetuate the kind of material that prevents public-eye figures from writing blogs in the first place! You are well aware that there is of course a lot on the line. The posts you just made will follow you in your next job quest.

        The bigger story is that Gabe’s blog was as transparent, useful, and prolific for as long as it was despite him having so much to lose! The rest of us probably have much less to risk, yet do not have the sack to go on record with countless convictions he shared regularly. I have no idea, but it HAS to be extremely rare that he did what he did, why, how, how often, how well, despite all his other duties. How long could a person sustain that? We need to expect less of others and more of ourselves. Man, is that a constant theme around here.

        • Glad I read this, Gavin, Nick and Bridget. While I appreciate everything, you’re all reading wayyyyyy too much into this stuff. This piece is about the Pacific Ocean, my favorite place on earth. Hahahaha. Love y’all!