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“My drunk and disorderly Avenue B, you feel cold and everlasting, I keep coming back on account of my head, on account of my bad design.”-Kate Vargas, “Mighty Fire” The room should've had a haunting cloud of smoke resting heavily above the stage and crowd. The spotlight trapping the dust in the dimness would have … Continue reading Kate Vargas Shines with “Rumpumpo” but Keeps the Darkness Close
“In a world that has decided that it’s going to lose it’ mind, be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind.”-Frank Turner, “Be More Kind” I was born in Georgetown Hospital. This small, cone-headed, jaundice-riddled person entered a world that was damaged. Society, as it remains, was just as confused as a newborn, … Continue reading John Thompson was a Legend who just Happened to Coach Basketball
“Blue thumbs and hearts, put them in a line and sniff them all up, the new cocaine without the shame.”-Ivory Lake, “My Phone” The embedded screams of abuse remain stationed in his memory as Josh Watts bashes sticks and hammers pedals against the plastic skin that surrounds him. A sound that was once absorbed in … Continue reading Ivory Lake Glistens on the Surface, but the Darkness Runs Deep
“It seems that all that was good has died, And is decaying in me.”-Disturbed, “Down with the Sickness” Hardboiled crime is a special genre. Derek Raymond, the founder of British Noir, took it to a whole new level with his Factory series. Nothing was like it before, and nothing has been like it since. It … Continue reading Derek Raymond’s Revolutionary Factory Series went too far, and that’s Exactly What was Needed
After 574 days, it was time. On May 15, New Mexico United played a game at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park in front of 8,657 wild fans—the largest attendance of any USL Championship game this season. United earned their first victory of the 2021 campaign by defeating Austin Bold FC 3-1. Tailgaters … Continue reading New Mexico United’s Home Opener was a Victory for all New Mexicans
“Seems like in death, we all become our perfect self.”-Stereomud, “Perfect Self” I finished My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard. It was exhausting. It was an accomplishment. At the end of the sixth book, the Norwegian author stated, “I am no longer a writer" (p. 1052). I am no longer an ordinary reader. "We can … Continue reading My Struggle is Our Struggle
“Let me be your mentor.”-Tarah Who?, “Manners” She took the stage, stories permanently etched from wrist to neck, her hair shaved on one side with the rest parted, allowing the opposite full strands to dangle and wildly match the energetic performance. By the end, red had stained her guitar strings and dripped to the floor … Continue reading Tarah Who? Looks to Shift the Narrative
Carl Lawrence Knauf 