SORRY

I'm in a hurry and my back hurts, so I don't have the time and/or desire right now to space out all those links I posted below. But I'll get to it. Hopefully soon.

TRAVEL ESSAY IN MATADOR NETWORK

Here's a travel essay titled "You Don't Go Anywhere Without a Xanax in Your Pocket." It's fairly self-explanatory.

OC WEEKLY STORIES

Here are links to recent stories in OC Weekly. Click here to read a review of Michael Cavanaugh and the Long Beach POPS! Symphony Orchestra. Click here to read a review of Susan Egan and the Long Beach POPS! Symphony Orchestra. Click here to read a review of Metalachi at diPiazza's in Long Beach. Click here to read a story about Hot Snakes guitarist/The Night Marchers singer/guitarist John Reis. Click here to read Ten Punk Albums To Listen To Before You Die. Click here to read an interview with the band The Hoagies. Click here to read an interview with The Ska Parade head honcho Tazy Phyllipz. Click here to read an interview with punk band Dodge Dart. Click here to read about "Uprising: Hip Hop and the L.A. Riots." Click here to read an interview with Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson from VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show." Click here to read about Hirax's new record. Click here to read an interview with Susan Egan. Click here for "Six Songs with the F Word in the Title for Valentine's Day." Click here to read about Gillionaire's Valentine's Day Gift. Click here , here , here and here for four must-hear J Dilla tracks. Click here for "Five Really Good Recent Break-Up Songs." Click here for a review of the Gillionaire song "Imdabes." Click here for a preview of the Bleeding Through song "Goodbye to Death." Click here for an interview with Long Beach Symphony Orchestra conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke. Click here to read "Top 4 Gift Ideas for Howard Stern's Birthday." Click here to read "Five Ways to Celebrate Elvismas." Click here to read "An Open (Love) Letter to Nancy Sanchez." Click here to read a review of The Spell's New Year's Eve show. Click here to read an interview with Lords of Ruin singer Lauren Boquette. Click here for an interview with X's Exene Cervenka. Click here for an interview with Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray. Click here to read another interview with Hot Snakes guitarist John Reis. Click here to read my failed attempt at interviewing Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba. Click here to read an interview with Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge. Click here for an interview with Bleeding Through.

LA WEEKLY MUSIC STORIES

Here are a few recent music stories I've written for LA Weekly. Click here to read about The Spell. Click here to read about Metalachi. Click here to read about F.Y.P.

LA WEEKLY BLOGS ABOUT VEGANISM

Here are a few links to recent blogs about veganism published in LA Weekly. Click here to read about Happy Veggie. Click here to read about The Spot. Click here to read about Orean The Health Express. Click here to read about the Urban Food Crawl. Click here to read about Stuff I Eat. Click here to read about Roots Gourmet. Click here to read about No Udder Desserts. Click here to read about The Vegan Joint.

LOS ANGELES TIMES TRAVEL STORIES

Here are links to travel stories I've written for Los Angeles Times. Click here to read about my vegan in Las Vegas story. Click here to read about Ely, Nevada. Click here to read about Santa Paula, California. Click here to read about Hanford, California. Click here to read about Yreka, California. Click here to read about Temecula, California.

POETRY/SHORT STORY ROUND UP

So I've totally slacked on updating my site for a long time. Instead of trying to play catch up, I've decided to create this post as a way to link to some poems I've had published recently. Perhaps when I have more free time I can write a little story about each one, but for now, here are the aforementioned links.

Enjoy!

Click here to read "Advice to Men" and "The Sunset" published at Hobo Pancakes.

Click here to read "Punk is Dead" published at Haggard & Halloo.

Click hereto read the short story "Danny" published at Haggard & Halloo.

Click here to read "Donut Shop at 6:45 a.m." published at Forty Ounce Bachelors.

Click here to read "Insufficient Funds" published at Haggard & Halloo.

Click here to read "Living the Dream" published at Haggard & Halloo.

Click here to read "A Real Man" published at Vis a Tergo.

Click here to read "Sure, One More" published at Modern Drunkard Magazine.

Click here to read "Rest in Peace" published at Haggard & Halloo.