Books

  • Future Shock – 1970
    I first came across the book “Future Shock” in Grammar School. I borrowed it from the Secaucus Library in the center of town. Let’s just say it prepared me for the future. Tin foil hat and ‘woo woo’ were locked and loaded into my consciousness. Review of Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Alvin Toffler’s Future… Read more: Future Shock – 1970
  • Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” – A Review
    Look, if you’re still debating whether the Dictators’ “Go Girl Crazy!” was more influential than Television’s “Marquee Moon,” or can name the original Heartbreakers lineup without Googling it, McNeil and McCain’s “Please Kill Me” isn’t just another music book—it’s the holy fucking text of punk archaeology. While trust-fund academics with their Discman copies of “Never… Read more: Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” – A Review
  • Dorothy Kilgallen: Reporter Who Died Chasing the Truth
    Dorothy Kilgallen was a pioneering journalist whose mysterious death in 1965 remains a subject of intense speculation. A successful columnist and TV personality, she had been investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and claimed to have uncovered explosive information about the case. Found dead in her Manhattan townhouse from an apparent overdose, many questioned whether her pursuit of the truth had made her a target. The circumstances surrounding her death, including missing notes from her Kennedy investigation, continue to fuel conspiracy theories to this day.

About the blog

I spent decades chasing the raw honesty in Cassavetes films and the defiant energy of post-punk, believing the movements that shaped my youth would deliver us from corporate Amerika. The greatest rebellion turned out to be questioning everything those movements taught me to believe. Join me as I connect the dots between art that promised truth, the music that soundtracked our resistance, and the gut-wrenching realization that the counterculture got packaged and sold back to us with a price tag.

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