Remember yourself, I said when I started making letters correctly. Remember yourself. Pencil,pen, crayon, marker, paint, tattoo, blood, stone, cloud, river, taco, building, street, drum, shit, cum, electricity, spit, ethics. Film, window, black, raindrop, earth, snow, people, dancing, theater. Tickets. Remember yourself and People don’t own you. even your best friend. Even your hus. Band.Continue reading “Remember Yourself.”
Category Archives: Writing
Honoring Anita.
On September 11, 2001 I was teaching a fifth grade class at Thirteenth Avenue School in Newark, New Jersey. Mrs. Thompson, the teacher from across the hall, stuck her head into my classroom and said, “The twin towers have been hit by a plane.” My first thought was, “I can’t believe this is happening whenContinue reading “Honoring Anita.”
Remembering Amy Winehouse or Who Will Save Rock and Roll?
About two weeks ago, my best friend Michael and I met up at a free concert at South Street Sea Port in NYC. The vintage post 30’s NY crowd was neatly arranged into hot hipsters, stubbled ink clad men in perfect fitting blue jeans with an array of runway girlfriends with red red puckered lipsContinue reading “Remembering Amy Winehouse or Who Will Save Rock and Roll?”
Travel to Cuba? 10 Ways to not act like an American American while you are there
Now that travel restrictions have eased, Americans from across the country have been posting their travel plans all over FaceBook and Twitter about how they are going to fly to Havana. I am really enthralled by the new developments, the travel ban is political segregation that allows both the US and Cuban governments to promoteContinue reading “Travel to Cuba? 10 Ways to not act like an American American while you are there”
Food For Thought, an American Palate in Cuba
The following, “Food For Thought” was originally published in August of 2009 as part of “The Great Escape; Tales from when I left my mediocre existence to make a movie about Cuban metal band Escape.” To compensate for my terrible taste in men, I’ve been granted the uncanny ability to go to third world countries, infamousContinue reading “Food For Thought, an American Palate in Cuba”
Tyranny vs. Liberty. You Tell Me. The United States Makes Nice With Cuba.
“Only tyranny fears the full expression of liberty.” ― José Martí This is my first chance to sit and read all the news since Obama restored diplomatic relations with Cuba on Wednesday. Since my first trip to Cuba in 1999, I’ve worked to develop an analysis and understanding of the island that was notContinue reading “Tyranny vs. Liberty. You Tell Me. The United States Makes Nice With Cuba.”
ShitKilling is my business and business is Heavy.
Earnest, authentic hard core music, for me, speaks to the part of us that feels good when we say, Fuck you. Or Fuck off. Or fuck that. ShitKill is all of the above and it feels great. Listening to their self titled, self-distributed CD, I feel confident that I could throw a chair through aContinue reading “ShitKilling is my business and business is Heavy.”
Break Everything and Smile: Godmaker
I was initially blown away by Jon Lane when Bröhammer played a benefit at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn for UnBlock the Rock, a campaign for Cuban metal. Years later, I would meet Kyle, knower of all things metal in Brooklyn, at an Eyehategod show who said, “If you liked Bröhammer, you’ll love Godmaker.” Lo andContinue reading “Break Everything and Smile: Godmaker”
Eyehategod Iloveyou. Europa, Sat. June 7, 2014.
I want to place my palms on Mike Williams’ chest and ask a question because I know he will tell me the truth. He is wearing a Ouija board shirt, hanging out in the green (red) room of Club Europa before the show Saturday night. Mike Williams is the truest of the true, you knowContinue reading “Eyehategod Iloveyou. Europa, Sat. June 7, 2014.”
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