Flyer for the first Black Flag show at the Moose Lodge in Redondo Beach, 1979.
Category Archives: Books
Reading at Gatsby’s Books
Looking forward to reading some new work at Bud Smith’s book launch at Gatsby’s Books in Long Beach next week with Ben Loory, Janice Lee, Erin Parker and Ashley Perez. Confession: I’ve never read The Great Gatsby (and I probably never will). Does that make me a bad person?
Reviewing the Evidence
Forest of Fortune was featured in Reviewing the Evidence, which focuses on crime and mystery fiction. An excerpt.
Ruland takes us on a wild ride of sex, drugs, and indie rap music as we watch these lives and those of all the minor characters around them spiral out of control, leading to a dramatic climax and a not-unhappy ending. Yes, even in this bleak, lawless world, there are a few glimmers of hope – and plenty of reasons to applaud Ruland’s debut novel.
Yes, indie rap music. Read the rest of the review.
Wavves X Cloud Nothings
Just a blue heron flying into a giant Thunderbird. #nobiggie (at Hotel del Coronado)
Goodbye, #BayRidge. See you again soon! (at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn)
With Sarah Manguso before her commencement speech at Bennington College this evening.
Brittany “Bree” Newsome, a BLACK WOMAN, removes the confederate flag!
Get into this sister’s smile tho. ✊
Visit http://www.breenewsome.com/ for more information about who Brittany is, how TALENTED she is, and what she represents.
In NEON MANIACS the monsters emerge from a portal at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. This odd structure on the Bay Ridge side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was the inspiration for that demonic portal. (at Verrazano–Narrows Bridge)
Portrait of a man who liked True Detective Season 2 Episode 1 (at 14th Street – Union Square (New York City Subway))