As featured on the 2007 album, “tinsel,” by surplus population.
An update of a Psychedelic Alt-Rock Christmas tune that I originally wrote in 1994 as a title track for Young Diamond’s Christmas album of that year.
Out of the depths to You we cried,
“Do You know how we live and die?”
To see the answer You [...]

by Shecky Merman
It’s gone… withered away. It’s wrapped in its cocoon of new fashions at Back-To-School prices and freshly-minted textbooks. We used to bury it in old grocery bags, taping it to the books, so we could perform artistic resuscitation with Sharpies™ to disguise our 45-lb. Adventures in American History: The Insomniac’s Edition.
It’s [...]

An original song from the new surplus population Holiday Music album, tinsel. It’s pro-troops, anti-war. Make up your own mind! It’s the best Christmas present you can give yourself.
Eddie joined the Guard when he got out of school
He worked at True Value, he’s nobody’s fool
Now it’s three hitches later, [...]

by John Gifford
10
Stefano dialed Jack Matsumoto.
“Hello?”
“Konnichiwa, Matsumoto-san!” said Stefano.
“Stefano! Hola! Que paso?” replied Jack.
“Hey, I wanted to let you know, The Network is really interested.” Stefano removed his gaucho hat and shifted the cell phone to his other ear. He fished the printout out of the paper tray on the [...]

7
Looking out the condensation-smeared hotel window, at the glistening asphalt, he sighed and slumped against the window frame. The sky was turning a deep, dark shade of electric blue and a few rapid flurries of snow were beginning to fall. They were small flakes, he noted, which meant that there could be [...]

4
“Can I get another ‘Amen?’” The spotlights made Brother Claghorn’s dazzling white teeth look almost cartoonlike, as if they were lit by an internal light source. Brother Claghorn would assure you that the phenomenon was the fire of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit would move him, as long as the coffers were in [...]