Folks, I have yet to look at this year's presidential race from a humorous perspective. But what better way to do so than to post a clip from the The Daily Show. Here's a funny bit about Barack's trouble with the Jewish vote. While it plays up the differences
More publicity for Somebody Scream! Being the purveyor of a dying medium—books, that is—the promotion never stops. Here's an interview I did with Amoeba Music (West Coast music store). It's for a blog written by DJ/writer Billy Jam. I especially like
Obama & The Tragic Errors of The Weimar Republicby Amiri Baraka, 7/15/08 The post Word War 1 journey of Germany from an Empire, which was overthrown and then a Democratic republic and finally the overthrow of that republic and the emergence
Damn, the news that moves the blogoshere is so fast a blogger can get whip-lash. Just when we were digging our teeth into Jesse's furious facination with Obama's nuts, the New Yorker magazine sucker-punches us with its quasi-satirical cover of Barck
Much hoopla was made about Young Jeezy’s “I f---k with John McCain” comment in the August issue of Vibe. In an election year, where political allegiance in rap music is as tantamount to maintaining street cred as proving your tired loyalty to street
As an author you're always curious about who might possibly buy your book. Yesterday, I got word from a Canadian connection that CBC did an interview with Public Enemy's Chuck D and my book came up as a topic of discussion. And, I'm happy and proud as
It’s funny, but now that Obama’s in the thick of campaigning as the presumptive Democratic nominee his theme of change has started to buckle, slightly, under the usual weight of political ambitions. His support of legislation to protect telecommunication
I totally forgot this a holiday week. So my postings will be slim because I know folks are out (or maybe not with these gas prices). But if you're in the NYC (Soho specifically) on Wednesday, July 2, I'll be reading and discussing Somebody Scream at
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