BAKERSFIELD, CA-
Can I just say now that spoken word poet Rich Ferguson is a great inspiration? Recently I wrote a rebellious poem-essay that I read at the Virgin Megastore in Hollywood and got freaky nervous because Ferguson showed up. OK, I would have been nervous anyway, but he was there looking like a poet gunslinger… (more…)
LOS ANGELES, CA-
The heat in Los Angeles this past weekend was atrocious. Dastardly hot and dry. We don’t have air conditioning. Just a bunch of fans. And the fans were blowing hot air. That’s how hot it was.
Then, last night, the heat broke. Happened right at sundown. The heat broke. Almost instantly, the air temperatures cooled by ten or fifteen degrees. It’s weird how that happens. The heat breaks.
I worked all weekend in the heat, slogging through the next book, hopefully wrapping up a readable draft. Sitting here in the heat. Chugging water. Staring at my computer. A fan blowing hot air on me. My dog at my feet. I kept feeding him ice cubes. (more…)
LOS ANGELES, CA-
Fifteen months until George W. Bush makes his merciful exit, Stage Right.
As we rattle through the remaining months of 2007 and into 2008, presidential hopefuls in both parties continue to stage inane debates, ostensibly for the consumption of a largely disaffected public.
If your ears are even partially attuned to the echo chamber, you will notice that Hillary Clinton is a virtual “lock” for the Democratic nomination. Righties are of course salivating over this possibility, and naturally they are doing their damnedest to promote this premature narrative at every possible opportunity.
Nowhere, after all, do you hear more about the “total inevitability” of a Clinton candidacy than on Fox Faux News, America’s Number One News Source and the official mouthpiece of the Bush-Cheney junta.
In case you haven’t noticed, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity are always sure to take every possible opportunity to reflect upon Mrs. Clinton’s unstoppable rise. They do so with grim-faced resignation, hoping, of course, to stoke the fires of their exhausted conservative legions. (more…)
