Imagine a scene for me. It’s 1999. About 10 PM on a Saturday night. I’m driving through the Arizona desert, on my way home from my job as
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Big Pimpin, the Expurgated Version
Poetry has been around for millennia, but, of course, not all poetry is created equal. There are, even today, serious sonneteers who can knock out 14 lines of iambic
A Bunch of Smack Addict Fuck Ups: 90s Music Revival
I’m listening to music from the 90s this morning, and realizing that most of the musicians I admired so much back in those days were just really miserable
Against the horror which is colloquial English
Poetry, in some form or other, has been around for millennia, but we all know that some poems are better than others–some, in fact, are nothing more than
Searching for Sugarman
I don’t watch a lot of movies, but this one is fantastic. Searching for Sugarman is a story about a musician named Sixto Rodriguez who recorded two albums
Notorious B.I.G. on Horseback
I have the song “I Love the Dough” on iTunes. Jay-Z and the Notorious B.I.G. rapping about how they are big ballas. Many rap songs share the same
On the dangers of listening to Dylan on the train
When I was 16 I read Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States. I was still in High School. It effectively ruined any chance I had of
Lobster power struggles
Yesterday I had dinner at El Escarpín, between Sol and Ópera. I highly recommend it. The barmaid is friendly and gives big tapas to anyone who walks in
