My band, Iraqis in Pajamas, has been shooting the music video for our song, "Cancer Is My Engine" (click link for song and back story) - the production of which was funded by the Lloyd Symington Foundation, with the fiscal sponsorship of nonprofit Healing Journeys. Here's the storyboard. The photos in this post are from [...]
My band, Iraqis in Pajamas, is filming the music video for our song, “Cancer Is My Engine.” Click here for song music, lyrics, and back story. We’ll be filming scenes with extras on Sept 3 and filming with the band only on Sept 4, in the greater Seattle area. We need extras for drumming, dancing, [...]
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Contact: Loolwa Khazzoom, Band Leader (253) 466-4326 iraqisinpajamas@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Against the Backdrop of Scientific Studies Proving the Healing Power of Music, Seattle Band Releases Innovative Single about Healing from Cancer through Song On March 1, Iraqis in Pajamas releases, “Cancer Is My Engine,” whose production is being funded by the Lloyd Symington Foundation, which supports people living with and healing [...]
You live in a Drug-encrusted fantasy About what you want to do And who you want to be Toking on pot Hiding behind a shroud of smoke That pushes you away from me As you indulge in self-pity Howling about abandonment While you fail to be there for me Postponing delaying The ways you promised [...]
I write songs As my way of communicating The depth of my feelings But I find that words Are silly inadequate To express the vastness of grief That I feel Without you here The omnipresent void That threatens to engulf me In a dark abyss My world is shattered I feel resentful That life carries [...]
Dear Daddy There is a brokenness in you That you wouldn’t/couldn’t fix That you were unwilling/unable To repair Effectively threatening to break me Anytime I neared your orbit Effectively repelling me From your life This family This community Forcing me to choose Between you and me And in doing so Pitting me against myself I [...]
I am shocked By the number of people Who will not bother to ask If you are OK Who will not bother To take action When they know You are not I am honored To have found a select few Who have been there for me In ways that exceed What others offer And that [...]
I’m thinking about Boundaries containers structures Understanding that I have limitations That I cannot continue being A wellspring of raw strength Available to all as needed My fear is that your life my life Are I competition with each other now Clamoring for the resource of my energy Which is being worn down systematically By [...]
Unrelenting intensity Excruciating loss The stakes are high I find myself alone In a churning ocean Waves crashing at me From all sides My strength depleted Danger to my life But it won’t let up And these waters Are the very ones That soothed me healed me That now threaten To drown me ©2019 by [...]
