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( PART III: MID to LATE SEPTEMBER 2000: relocation from the Bronx relatives house to the aunt's friend's friend's apartment in Brooklyn (Clinton Hill neighborhood). Matters would go further downhill until I turned the tables in a way NO ONE expected... )

( PART II: AUGUST-MID-SEPTEMBER 2000: relocation from Brooklyn to Manhattan, 'cool-off' time after experiencing the NYFA farce, job hunting in vain, 'American princesses' who run day schools out of unkempt apartments, a brush with literal homelessness, saved by the Bronx gang. )

I doubt many people (or anyone) will read this; honestly, "personal catharsis" was the only real motivation for writing. True, a full decade has already passed, water under the bridge. But this mishap has had lasting consequences on a financial, social and psychological level ( Read more... )

- I am no longer eligible as a candidate of "The 27 Club". Actually, to even be considered for that acknowledgment, you have to be an overrated rock star and a habitual hard drug user. While I do consider myself to be a musician, I don't really have anything to "show off" other than my musical and creative abilities. And I was never cool enough to ( Read more... )

The groups/activists/celebrities protesting this law in other states are absolutely clueless about what they're protesting. I would surmise that a lot of them didn't even read the language of the law, much less have even been to Arizona and understand what this state has been dealing with ( Read more... )

- So SB 1070 passed the AZ legislature yesterday. (if you don't know what that is, one particular search engine is your friend...or you could keep reading). It's almost inevitable that the federal courts will rule it "unconstitutional" and invalidate the law, possibly before it goes into effect this Summer ( Read more... )

The same day I posted that "comparison chart" (below), the History Channel aired a documentary about the "true face" of Jesus. (Well, not so coincidental. Easter is around the corner ( Read more... )

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If you liked "Theogonia", you'll probably like this. For better or worse, Aealo is the "lost tracks" of Theogonia, but with much more ethnic Greek music. IMO, Theogonia had just one noteworthy song ("He, The Aethyr"); it ranks among classic RC and perfectly defined the group's legacy of fast, epic, melodic/atmospheric black metal. Unfortunately, ( Read more... )