If, after the first months of quarantine, someone had ventured outside to join the protests against the police and their state, that person might have heard stray chirping about bad actors, provocateurs, ops. Who else, the chatter might have gone, would mix molotov cocktails but the cops themselves, attempting to escalate and thus discredit the […]
Archives for October 2021
Bagels, Grapes and Marijuana: A Day in the Country
I did not go to the town of Sonoma to buy bagels, but while I was there for a meeting of the Sonoma Valley Cannabis Enthusiasts (SVCE), I figured I might as well buy half-a-dozen. The bagels at Homegrown are some of the best in northern California, in part because the owner, Stuart Teitelbaum, who […]
“Tell Everyone”: Candyman Redux for 2021
This article contains spoilers. It’s a dinner party in a two-story luxury condo in Chicago’s Near North side. Floor to ceiling windows and state-of-the-art amenities adorn the two-story unit, home to successful art agent Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris) and her partner, the up-and-coming artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). The young black couple’s dinner guests […]
Shotgun Writer
Throughout my unheralded scribing life, I have tried to write cogently about rock and roll. I don’t know if I’ve ever done a decent job, some might say so now and again, but there is always the sound of one hand clapping. I was weaned on the good critics, Lester Bangs, Dave Marsh, Nelson George, […]