<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112236753882054742</id><updated>2011-07-30T23:26:37.660-07:00</updated><category term='rats'/><category term='eagles'/><category term='amber gold'/><category term='ranting'/><category term='beer'/><category term='emoticons'/><category term='people'/><category term='this is the start'/><category term='elevators'/><category term='weekends'/><category term='john brumby'/><category term='perfume'/><category term='lifts'/><category term='fool'/><category term='trapped in the machine'/><category term='drugs'/><category term='riding the train'/><category term='hieroglyphs'/><category term='life'/><title type='text'>the specktrum</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>specktre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08377402018780894131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/TPZBlQ9e8VI/AAAAAAAAAZc/HJeXT-HUJcM/S220/mephisto.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112236753882054742.post-237640200978644801</id><published>2010-03-18T01:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T01:26:28.176-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john brumby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riding the train'/><title type='text'>brumby riding</title><content type='html'>An effigy on the train,&lt;br /&gt;a 2-D Mr Brumby.&lt;br /&gt;Flashing his favourite smile,&lt;br /&gt;a cardboard cut out face,&lt;br /&gt;taped to a shop mannequin.&lt;br /&gt;Torso in a blue jacket,&lt;br /&gt;maroon tie no legs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Brumby&lt;br /&gt;riding the rails.&lt;br /&gt;Sitting straight backed&lt;br /&gt;with an aging hippy.&lt;br /&gt;He quiet,&lt;br /&gt;she greeting&lt;br /&gt;every inquisitive look&lt;br /&gt;with an angry tirade&lt;br /&gt;on her friend’s transgressions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brumby remains sturdy.&lt;br /&gt;She snaps photos,&lt;br /&gt;zooming in and out,&lt;br /&gt;grinning at strangers,&lt;br /&gt;flicking her rave red hair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They get off at Windsor.&lt;br /&gt;I wish I had a picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/S6HhHUw1ndI/AAAAAAAAAUE/8IHjTer7ULs/s1600-h/john-brumby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Queens of suburban satellite monstrosities&lt;br /&gt;bleached hair with a little regrowth in the ones who've let themselves go.&lt;br /&gt;faces coated in excessive foundation, topped off with sour rubicund lips&lt;br /&gt;Almost all ejaculating opinions from the am's herald or the pm's mx - guidance rich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some of the young ones are pretty. Their voices ignorant but gilded with the exuberance of youth, promising.&lt;br /&gt;unfortunately, the shadows they cast under the elevator's high watt, energy efficient lighting are indistinguishable from the shadows of their older sisters beside them. The promise withers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They exit and I am left, holding my coffee, adrift in remnant clouds of fragrance;&lt;br /&gt;beauty, chanel, flore, intuition, paris hilton, and obsession.&lt;br /&gt;my coffee is bitter in comparison.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112236753882054742-7581366136277417363?l=the-specktrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/feeds/7581366136277417363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/03/lift-packed-with-women-in-blue-suits.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/7581366136277417363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/7581366136277417363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/03/lift-packed-with-women-in-blue-suits.html' title='a lift packed with women in blue suits'/><author><name>specktre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08377402018780894131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/TPZBlQ9e8VI/AAAAAAAAAZc/HJeXT-HUJcM/S220/mephisto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112236753882054742.post-4883864108084329793</id><published>2010-02-24T18:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T01:28:05.891-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hieroglyphs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emoticons'/><title type='text'>modern hieroglyphic nightmare</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/S4XfUjIRKAI/AAAAAAAAAT8/4ivl_Am_FLI/s1600-h/21st+century+hieroglyphs.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/S4XfUjIRKAI/AAAAAAAAAT8/4ivl_Am_FLI/s400/21st+century+hieroglyphs.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442001268867409922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112236753882054742-4883864108084329793?l=the-specktrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/feeds/4883864108084329793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/02/modern-hieroglyphic-nightmare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/4883864108084329793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/4883864108084329793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/02/modern-hieroglyphic-nightmare.html' title='modern hieroglyphic nightmare'/><author><name>specktre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08377402018780894131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/TPZBlQ9e8VI/AAAAAAAAAZc/HJeXT-HUJcM/S220/mephisto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/S4XfUjIRKAI/AAAAAAAAAT8/4ivl_Am_FLI/s72-c/21st+century+hieroglyphs.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112236753882054742.post-4071646201642579814</id><published>2010-02-23T17:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T01:54:46.756-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trapped in the machine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riding the train'/><title type='text'>wednesday, 8.09am</title><content type='html'>This train contains us&lt;br /&gt;the unwashed and various masses&lt;br /&gt;all ages&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp heading in the same direction&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp death?&lt;br /&gt;    Eventually I guess&lt;br /&gt;though today only a few will heed that call&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp for the most part&lt;br /&gt;we hasten to our respective placements&lt;br /&gt;like happy sows hustling&lt;br /&gt;through the maze of&lt;br /&gt;glistening slaughterhouse fencing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp Our reward?&lt;br /&gt;a carrot huge &amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp dangling&lt;br /&gt;an illusion  &amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp store bought&lt;br /&gt;happiness &amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp paid with credit&lt;br /&gt;for a limited time only&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/S4SQR6zvFiI/AAAAAAAAAT0/zxMeWAv47O8/s1600-h/cog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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Our journey up and through Williamstown, awash in sunny boring death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday we forgot work and ran manic through acid and pints for hours, playing Pooyan and shooting 1 million degrees of shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday, the whole weekend ahead, full of endless possibilities to get majestic and fucked up.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112236753882054742-5900015222035324032?l=the-specktrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/feeds/5900015222035324032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/02/monday-0804.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/5900015222035324032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/5900015222035324032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/02/monday-0804.html' title='monday 08.04'/><author><name>specktre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08377402018780894131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/TPZBlQ9e8VI/AAAAAAAAAZc/HJeXT-HUJcM/S220/mephisto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112236753882054742.post-6564693485139401900</id><published>2010-02-21T13:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T01:30:39.243-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eagles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='this is the start'/><title type='text'>the primary</title><content type='html'>the primary reason for this post is nothing. Nothing is the reason. Nothing the driving force, the motivating factor. Nothing conceived on high and bearing down at a million miles an hour from a clear blue sky, talons blazing in the morning sun, beak sharp razor like, filling small rodents with unknown fear.&lt;br /&gt;Nothing&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112236753882054742-6564693485139401900?l=the-specktrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/feeds/6564693485139401900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/02/primary.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/6564693485139401900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7112236753882054742/posts/default/6564693485139401900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-specktrum.blogspot.com/2010/02/primary.html' title='the primary'/><author><name>specktre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08377402018780894131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1tjjmp34RU/TPZBlQ9e8VI/AAAAAAAAAZc/HJeXT-HUJcM/S220/mephisto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
