(more thoughts on issues I’ve run into while writing The Bamboo Chronicles) As anyone that has ever run with musicians knows, there are many unwritten rules and truths but only a few that are somewhere between the two. One is that Crime and certain styles of...
The Bamboo Chronicles, as a book concept, started sometime in late April 1989 while I was in college. That’s when I was first introduced to the members of Verbal Threat, a local Hip-Hop group. It was nearing the end of the semester and I was just shy of my 21st...
> What was/is the motivating factor that caused you to begin to write? (from a question originally posted on BWRC Collective) There were three main factors that caused me to start writing seriously as a form of expression: At the age of 7, I discovered a love for Art...
“Keys to the Moon” I opened an email today, a part of my past with a few photos that shined, a first of its kind, memories on ice thawed as her cocoa brown eyes tuned my heart into songs I hadn’t heard since Ferris Buehler’s Day Off, Mandela...
It’s a balmy 77 degrees this morning, expected to rocket into the 90s within a few hours. There’s alot going on in the area but chances are I’ll skip most of it. The heat, the crowds, and the hoopla seem to have much less appeal with each passing...
