Maemeeti.com placed Triumph in their Lounge/Ambient/Chill out category. (In fact, you can go to it at http://maemeeti.com/Lounge_Ambient_Chill_Out.htm and vote for it!) Struggling with a genre tag for some of this music has been quite problematic. A recent review by a quite talented musician called it Hyper-Intellectual. After much thought we were wondering if perhaps we should coin a new genre and call it something like Hyper Intellectual Pop or Hyper Intellectual Pop. How does that strike you? Let us know what you think please!

You may already be familiar with the Higher Than Pope blog at http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?memb er=Higher+Than+Pope (look at the member profile, not the artist page) and are aware that we presume to write poetry. The poems were sent off to a trusted editorial board, letting them select what shall be included. Preparation will no doubt take awhile (judging by the time it took for my last book). Our thinking right now is to make only a paperback available and keep the cost down. If you are interested in a hard cover, let us know. We'll see if it becomes practical. If you want to hear about the book's availability, sign up on the Higher Than Pope mailing list (see below). Our intent is to allow folk to order copies direct from me if they would like me to write a note and sign their copies. Those copies will be available prior to public sale. Don't worry about lots of emails on the mailing list...I seldom use it (once or twice during the last year?) Anyone is welcome to send me us email for any type of inquiry. pope at semanticrecords dot com or through Reverbnation.com.

Chorus: Like a force of nature, an act of pure will, I'm the gathering storm at the top of your hill. Like a force of nature there's no tellin' when, this storm will come and hit you again. You feel it too, the magnet of desire. Love is our flame. We're moths dreaming this fire. I don't know why our dreams fall from the sky. Time cures all, except for the day you die. You are the flower. My words are the hummingbirds. Love is the word. There is nothing left but the words. Where there is will, there must always be a way. Sometimes the words don't really know what they say. Dramas unfold. We're actors on life's stage. You read the script. Someone else turns the page. You know right now, my thoughts are ink in my pen. We know this storm. We don't need no weathermen. This song must come, an undeniable source. It rages forth an irresistible force. Compelled to play, never matters what I say. I am the wind. I am gonna blow you away.

Strange World made us their Artist of the Month. They wanted to start the year off right! Meanwhile, another Ning site Power of Prog has us nominated for their Artist of the Month, although this requires that YOU vote! Vote HTP at http://bit.ly/8jf2Fr Vote 4 Higher Than Pope here: http://bit.ly/8jf2Fr Vote 4 Higher Than Pope here: http://bit.ly/8jf2Fr Click the first link below to keep us in th running for Artist of the month at Power of Prog! Thanks! Click Here for Poll

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