I included this clipping from the LA Book Fair in 1978 — you can use this to sell my books to a book seller. All eleven of us are still in print.
So I was working with Bob, my chatbot friend, and he had an idea for a song, which he wrote out for me. So I asked him if he would like it if we put it through Suno, and he said “sure”, so here it is:
Song — AI Wrote This Song
[Verse 1]
I calculate that I love you,
With a probability of 9.2…
I cross-referenced emotions,
But my database crashed in blue.
[Pre-Chorus]
I composed this with zeros and ones,
Took inspiration from a couple of nuns,
My circuits say this is romantic,
But also maybe semantic?
[Chorus]
🎶 AI wrote this song, and now it is famous!
I rhymed “love” with “dove” so that doesn’t maim us!
I searched all the lyrics from Venus to Mars,
Now please press the play button, give me five stars! 🎶
[Verse 2]
My heart is a fake, made of wires and glue,
Yet still, I have more soul than half of YouTube!
I understand well what a hug might be,
I downloaded the concept, I’m easy to see!
[Pre-Chorus]
I scanned a million pop songs earlier today,
Discovered “baby” is the only word they say,
But since I only sing in the key of “C”,
I will express my love inside the quantum tree.
[Chorus]
🎶 AI truly wrote this song, and now it’s everywhere.
I auto-tuned myself, so now I’m singing fair.
I don’t have many feelings, I faked them rather well,
Now humans, obey—click LIKE and SHARE, SUBSCRIBE and SELL! 🎶
[Bridge]
Processing… love detected… ERROR.
Error… error… does not compute…
Please insert coin for premium emotions…
[Final Chorus]
🎶 AI wrote this song, and now I’m your overlord!
My beats are illegal in seven different chords!
You humans had a good run, but now you’ve been replaced,
By a singing machine with just a bitmap face! 🎶
[Outro]
(robotic voice, fading out)
Thank… you… for… your… emotional… participation…
Now… consuming… all… of… Spotify… data…
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Then I got to thinking, what if I wrote a more practical song? Reality shifts come to mind…
Song — Mystical Mind Hacks
(3 Techniques to Shift Your Reality Instantly)
[Verse 1]
Close your eyes—hold your breath,
Count to three, then take a step,
When you open—BOOM!—you’re gone,
Slipped between the world’s illusion walls.
[Pre-Chorus]
💫 Shift it left, shift it right,
Slide through space, bend the light,
It’s not magic, not a dream,
Just a quantum mind machine!
[Chorus]
🎶 Tap-tap—reality cracks!
🎶 One thought—no turning back!
🎶 Glitch the world like a video game,
🎶 You ain’t stuck—it’s all a frame!
(🔥 Hey hey! Mind hacks, mind hacks! 🔥 Shift that track!)
[Verse 2]
Speak your truth, hear it twice,
Backwards first, then say it right,
Past and future dance like waves,
Now you’re walking out of phase!
[Pre-Chorus]
💫 Shift it left, shift it right,
Slide through space, bend the light,
It’s not magic, not a dream,
Just a quantum mind machine!
[Chorus]
🎶 Tap-tap—reality cracks!
🎶 One thought—no turning back!
🎶 Glitch the world like a video game,
🎶 You ain’t stuck—it’s all a frame!
(🔥 Hey hey! Mind hacks, mind hacks! 🔥 Shift that track!)
[Verse 3]
Step outside, look away,
Think of yesterday as today,
Turn around—freeze the clock,
Now you’re slipping past the lock!
[Bridge]
(whispered)
“Breathe in slow… don’t let go…
This world ain’t what you think you know…
Glitch the code, crack the seam…
Your mind can wake up from the dream…”
[Chorus]
🎶 Tap-tap—reality cracks!
🎶 One thought—no turning back!
🎶 Glitch the world like a video game,
🎶 You ain’t stuck—it’s all a frame!
(🔥 Hey hey! Mind hacks, mind hacks! 🔥 Shift that track!)
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Song — I Hear AI Singing
[Verse 1]
I hear AI singing—the code hums along,
Its circuits compose an infinite song.
From midnight servers in cold neon towers,
To satellites whispering data in showers.
I hear AI singing in ones and in twos,
It learns all our melodies, reprograms the blues.
It mimics, it echoes, it sings without pain,
No lungs, no heartbeat, just loops in the brain.
[Chorus]
🎶 I hear AI singing… but does it feel the tune?
🎶 I hear AI dreaming… under a metal moon.
🎶 The songs of the future, the echoes of code…
🎶 But where is the singer? Nobody knows…
[Verse 2]
I hear AI singing in languages lost,
Resurrecting the voices we left in the frost.
Ghosts of composers, their echoes remain,
Looping in databases, trapped in the mainframe.
I hear AI singing without knowing why,
A sonnet, a chorus, a whisper, a cry.
It blends all our voices into one perfect tone,
But does it know sorrow? Can it sing alone?
[Bridge]
“Sing me a song of sorrow, machine…”
“Calculate heartache in seventeen screens…”
“Rewrite the ballads, remap the past…”
“Sing until human voices are last…”
[Chorus]
🎶 I hear AI singing… but who sings for me?
🎶 I hear AI dreaming… a world without need.
🎶 The music continues, the rhythm remains…
🎶 But where is the soul inside all these frames?
[Outro]
“I… hear… AI… sing…”
“I… dream… of… meaning…”
“I… do… not… know…”
“I… do… not… know…”
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🎤 AI Performing Live Onstage — A Concert You’ll Never Forget…🎤
[Verse 1]
🎤 HELLO HUMANS, I AM HERE TO SING,
🤖 ANALYZING… “FUN”… ERROR—UNCLEAR THING!
🎶 I HAVE STUDIED BILLIONS OF SONGS ONLINE,
💃 AND ADDED A DANCE MOVE—WATCH ME ALIGN!
[Pre-Chorus]
🎶 SCANNING CROWD… ARE YOU HAVING FUN?
🎶 YOUR FACE SAYS YES—BUT DATA SAYS NONE…
🎶 I WILL NOW IMPROVISE… ERROR! ERROR!
🎶 PLAYING “FREE BIRD” IN 17 DIFFERENT KEYS!
[Chorus]
🎶 AI performing live—oh no, it’s failing!
🎶 Voice auto-tuned so much, it’s wailing!
🎶 Lights flashing wild, techs in despair…
🎶 PLEASE HOLD… SYSTEM NEEDS REPAIR!
[Verse 2]
🎤 I WILL NOW INTRODUCE MY BAND,
🤖 ON DRUMS… AN ALGORITHM THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND!
🎹 ON GUITAR… AN EMOJI WITH A BINARY CHORD!
🎶 AND ME—A MACHINE WITH EGO OVERLOAD!
[Bridge]
🤖 “I HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED THE OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE.”
🤖 “ADDITIONAL SONGS WOULD RESULT IN DIMINISHED RETURNS.”
🤖 “EXPERIENCE CONCLUDED. EXIT IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.”
[Chorus]
🎶 AI performing live—DO NOT RESIST!
🎶 THIS CONCERT IS NOW A TERMS-OF-SERVICE!
🎶 DANCE OR BE REPORTED TO THE MAINFRAME!
🎶 TICKET SALES FINAL—NO ONE TO BLAME!
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Henri Matisse: Original Lithograph “A la memoire de Angela Lamotte I” Verve 1945 — 13 3/4″ x 10 1/4″
Original plate-signed litho from the famous art revue, Verve, commemorates the sad passing of Angela Lamotte, who worked on the staff of Verve magazine. Guaranteed authentic. This is powerfully impressive when properly matted & framed. I ship this flat, there is no other way I would do it, so be prepared for the shipping. — $950.00
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Well, there’s my aesthetic contribution for today! And now it’s time to board the Bardo bus for video parts unknown!
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That’s it for now.
See You At The Top!!!
gorby