frank_cotton

that was, SANTA MONICA, EVERCLEAR, SPARKLE & FADE, and before that was, HELP ME I AM IN HELL, off BROKEN, THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL, off, the album of the same name, and, THE HAND THAT FEEDS, off, WITH TEETH, all by, NINE INCH NAILS. we once sent, TRENT, some artwork, for a cover, and he sent it back. know what, he said? DARKER! FUCKIN A!, that's...
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greetings, earthlings, it is i, your host, frank cotton with the allnight show, live from the third rock from the sun, or, as we here, and many of you there, call it, hell. because, well, it is time, to clear up a bit of miscommunication, here. there is no 'heaven', out there, no hell, down below, no, this, earth, right here, is it. paradise and...
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live, from the fortress of ultimate darkness, it's the all-night show, with your host, absolute evil himself, frank cotton! take it away, frank! why, thank you, frank, i think i just might, at that. hi kids, this here's frank, your host, and this is the allnight show. that song you just heard was YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID, by THE OFFSPRING, off their disc, RISE...
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ache


a deep bruise echoes
senseless and determined
often by design

a mirage ails me ---
out of reach and imaginary

to look in her eyes
to be in her sighs
to slake this thirst
for someone ---
to see no further than i

and i would look away
wrench free the dart
and concede the futility
but who rules the heart ---

this was for KIM, the one i let get away. twice. and i will never forgive myself for failing her.

wound


among the scars lies one which tends to ache so fitfully
say - when i lapse - and impale - my heart on a memory

imbedded fragments of regret
chafe what i cant quite forget

the peak by which ive since measured my life...
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this one was written for AMY. i showed it to my mom, and she started crying.

why you

why me - she whispered
( because she doesnt see )
and what else could i say ---

if you only knew - why you

how can i tell you ---
how many a time i have pushed this away
how still it returns as the night...
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this one was for KRISTIN, VIVICA, and LESLIE


what wouldnt i do

i would ---

wait til the end of time - for you
walk back and forth thru hell - for you

do anything you ask me to ---

altho - were you to ask
i could not say
the color of your eyes
for being so lost in them

i would ---

live...
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it is the allnight show here on radio KALI, 6.6.6 on your IM dial, broadcast to you every night from the DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (yes, i know it's actually the far side, but DARK sounds cooler), and i am your host, frank cotton. glad to have you all here! you just heard SEX AS A WEAPON, PAT BENATAR, SEVEN THE HARD WAY (my...
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and that was frank cotton for OBSESSEDARTIST.COM, where you can find some of frank's own stuff, if you feel like wasting that much time. thanks frank, and i'm your host, frank cotton at K.A.L.I. radio on your, well, the lawyers have informed me that i can no longer refer to 'your XM dial', so we're going to start the show by officially, more or less,...
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and we're back with the allnight show, here on 6.6.6 on your XM dial, and this is your gracious host, frank cotton. the last few songs you heard were, WASTED, and FADE INTO YOU, both from SO TONIGHT THAT I MIGHT SEE, capped off with TAKE EVERYTHING off (ha ha ha ) of AMONG MY SWAN, all by MAZZY STAR, and if you haven't guessed...
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