Coyote's Story of Life in Utah = LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind

Lured by a blonde girl, Coyote discovers that Mormons don't like Buddhists. With his foot long pony tail and Kung Fu clothes on, Coyote heads to Shaolin Chi Mantis classes.

With his daughter in one hand, swords on his belt and back, and staff or spear in the other hand, Salt Lake City, was changed forever.

His performances in the nightclubs started with a band he put together, but when he tried to get them to play the song, "God Will Protect," the Church of Latter Day Saints intervened and told the drummer and guitarist to quit American Zen. The bass player was Jewish, and when he went home to New York for Hannukah--he never came back.

Coyote Name Change ?

I've told the tale in a few podcasts and webpages about how I became named, The Coyote.

What a mistake! Now that the world is based upon key words and unique names -- I'm at the bottom of the barrel. The "The" was added to my name, Coyote, because too many times I needed a first name and they wouldn't accept the form without a first name.

So, I became THE Coyote to have a complete name and differentiate me from Peter Coyote, the actor.

What a mistake! "The" is hardly a useful keyword. Every paragraph in the world has a "the" in it. Even combining "The" and "Coyote" is useless. "See the coyote run." See, that name is not unique at all. So when people look for me in the search engine they have to wade through 50 pages of rabbit chomping rascals before they might find our bunny chaser...

So, THE CURE: he is changing his name again... to become, The HIPPY Coyote.

Hopefully, the word "hippy" will make me more unique than the word "the" and the total combination of words, THE HIPPY COYOTE, should make me VERY UNIQUE.

Let's see how it works. (As if he wasn't 'unique' enough.)

Poetry For A World Of Words

Poetry books? Who reads poetry books?

Most people seem to be learning how not to speak. The English language is a simplified version of Olde English and a dozen other European languages. It's a hybrid tongue. Let's master this language now instead of peeling it like an onion until there's nothing left.

Coyote's poetry plays with words to some extent and he may hide his own personal viewpoints and experiences in some creativity with syllables, "... but I want people to read and enjoy my poetry whether they understand my original meaning or not," Coyote encourages. "Sometimes I purposely make the lyrics make sense on two levels of thought. On the basic level I use stories and situations that anyone can identify with and appreciate. On the second level I imply or tell my story as cleverly as possible, so that I'm satisfied and left the possibility for some readers to 'discover' my real intentions or meanings within the lyrics and poetry."

So, what's the song, "5th South," about, if we don't have any lyrics at all?

"Once again," Coyote sighs, "I'd rather not even tell you what that song is about, because my memories and circumstances won't mean very much to most people. So rather than telling them the song represents this-and-this-and-this -- I hope that people will take at least some of my songs and transpose them into their lives and their meanings. Like the song, "5th South." Add your life to the song... shake... stir... add more water... and let it grow into your own meanings and memories..."

Coyote Podcasting

Here's The Hippy Coyote in all his comedic splendor.

Coyote hosts THE AMERICAN ZEN BUDDHIST ROCK PODCAST. This weekly show airs every Friday.

We decided to give Coyote a vacation after 22 weeks of consecutive podcasts. He'll be restarting next friday with episodes of LEVEL 2 = CHRIST KILLER and some other website adventures that will include www.actZEN.com where Coyote will disect his brain, spread out the grey matter, and reassemble himself as you listen to his laughs and antics on these podcast radio shows.

Ranging between 16 and 20 minutes each, these podcasts include several songs that often include un-aired recordings, live performances, and poetry readings by Coyote in our Shaolin Records Studio.

This is the best way to experience The Hippy Coyote, besides inviting him over for dinner.

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