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Bob Dylan Lays Down What Really Killed Rock ’n’ Roll

And no, it wasn’t Nickleback — Writer’s Note: This is not an indictment on any particular act or genre of music. Music is the Word. Period. This is an attempt to shed light on an unnerving moment in music historicity, and the devastating effects big money can have when it hijacks music’s forever unfolding. …

Music

23 min read

Like It Is: Bob Dylan Explains What Really Killed Rock ’n’ Roll
Like It Is: Bob Dylan Explains What Really Killed Rock ’n’ Roll

Published in “Sundays” Journal

·Nov 5, 2020

C*cksucker

A poem

Poem

1 min read

C*cksucker
C*cksucker
analog collage image by Mike Protzik

C*cksucker

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Oct 20, 2020

It Ain’t Easy

Notes on Three Dog Night Singer Cory Wells — This is an ongoing series of my raw, unpolished thoughts about the biography book project I’m working on about Cory Wells, founding member of the hugely popular classic rock band, Three Dog Night. As one of the most prominent and visible members of Three Dog Night, Cory Wells was also…

History

4 min read

It Ain’t Easy
It Ain’t Easy

Published in “Sundays” Journal

·Oct 16, 2020

Clean Your Paint Brushes

A poem

Poetry

1 min read

Clean Your Paint Brushes
Clean Your Paint Brushes
Analog Collage Image by Mike Protzik

Clean Your Paint Brushes

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Published in “Sundays” Journal

·Sep 20, 2020

Hot Corpse

A drunk poem — On the South Side of Pittsburgh Mad, masked Carson Street Drinking at The Smiling Moose Lonesome traveler Bought a leather bomber jacket Lighter than my others Good for L.A. winters Bought some charcoal to burn Dragon’s blood in my cauldron I can’t be a witch because of my dick And…

Poetry

2 min read

Hot Corpse
Hot Corpse

Published in “Sundays” Journal

·Aug 8, 2020

Alien Sexuality

A poem — I awake from dreams of alien sexuality “This weird enough for you, big boy?” I wake in fright KNOCK, KNOCK A man in a motel room alone Reduced to my animal core Neon sign glows in the night mist outside KNOCK, KNOCK Electronic fog creeps in through the cracks…

Poetry

2 min read

Alien Sexuality
Alien Sexuality

Aug 8, 2020

America is the Land of Violence & Vice — and That’s OK

A Trip Through American Rascality: Gambling, Booze, & Crime from Vicksburg to Vegas — “They delight in their present low, lazy, sluttish, heathenish, hellish life, and seem not desirous of changing it.” — Rev. Charles Woodmason, 1766 “Violence is as American as cherry pie.” — H. Rap Brown America has got to start being honest with itself. I’ll be honest. I really didn’t see…

History

18 min read

America is the Land of Violence & Vice — and That’s OK
America is the Land of Violence & Vice — and That’s OK

Published in “Sundays” Journal

·Aug 5, 2020

Gambling Hell in No-Time

Flash Fiction — The law is hell law. And we’re its keepers. Hells are what the squares and holy rollers call gambling halls. Gambling hells. I guess they thought that was clever. It suits us nonetheless. Us is me and my associate Viktor Clementine. He’s a Russian and I don’t know what he’s…

Fiction

4 min read

Gambling Hell in No-Time
Gambling Hell in No-Time

Published in “Sundays” Journal

·Jul 30, 2020

With Damien in Black Hawk

A short story about two young gamblers — So we’re there driving through the paved streets of the Old West and Damien’s yelling to girls from the passenger window and he’s drinking from a flask and I’ve been taking swigs here and there while “Love Fuzz” by Ty Segall plays on the radio. The only thing standing…

Fiction

4 min read

With Damien in Black Hawk
With Damien in Black Hawk

Published in “Sundays” Journal

·Jul 17, 2020

Topanga Fire

Short Story — Some people are crazy enough to follow their dreams… — Idy wanted to call it OPERATION: STAR CRAWL. Valissa thought it sounded too menacing. Cal said nothing, his hand gripped firmly on the wheel, smirking under his dark shades. “Our Vision is not one of menace…” Val preached as they roared down the California desert highway in the stolen…

Fiction

10 min read

Topanga Fire
Topanga Fire
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