MCA RIP
I didn’t hear about Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the Beastie Boys’ death until a day or maybe two after it happened. But I was really sorry to hear that he’d passed away. I hope he made it to whatever bardo he was aiming for. Personally, if I were a Tibetan Buddhist, I’d aim for […]
Crazy Train
First off, tonight May 5, 2012, Zero Defex is playing at the Stone Tavern, 110 E. Main St, Kent, Ohio. There are six bands on the bill and the show starts at nine pm. So go! Anonymous in the comments section of my previous post said: The serious question then – does being enlightened give […]
Guided By Voices?
First up. Here is a very nice review of the new audiobook edition of Hardcore Zen. Thanks, Punk Globe! But it’s not all positives! Oh no! Gempo Roshi has lashed out against the audiobook in this new video: Also, Zero Defex has been hard at work on a video shoot. Here’s a still from what […]
Going to California
I’m now committed. On Friday my friend Pirooz, director of Shoplifting from American Apparel, signed a lease for an apartment in Los Angeles, California that he and I will move into in June, 2012. On that very same day — perhaps at the exact same moment — I signed a contract with New World Library […]
The Three Stooges
On Tuesday night I watched the new Three Stooges movie directed by the Farrelly Brothers. I’ve been a big Stooges fan since I was a little kid and watched them on VOK (Voice of Kenya) in Nairobi. It was the publication of Moe Howard’s autobiography Moe Howard and the 3 Stooges: The Pictorial Biography of […]