East River Wine and Spirits with insidious, corrupting High School in the background. A few blocks from where I live, there had been a storefront available for rent on the northeast corner of 116th and Pleasant Ave. For a year or so, I had had consistent fantasies that it would be turned into an Arby’s […]

Schweinsteiger n: an archaic title of Germanic origins given to the the member of a small village, town, or community whose job it was to fuck the pigs. Although not as well known as Shoemaker or other such occupational names, Schweinsteiger similarly became an expedient last name for many pig fucking immigrants arriving in their […]

“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty […]

It would not be accurate to describe myself as a die-hard, long-storied, massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game player, but I have certainly logged a few hours in the past – intensely – and may well be on my way to deserving such a description as I’ve recently taken a few trips with VALVE‘s very […]