A few months ago I quietly began working on a manuscript for a true crime fiction novel. An idea struck, like a bolt of lightning, and it just kept getting bigger and bigger the longer I thought about it. As David Lynch might say, “an EXPLOSION went off in my mind!!” I had to pay attention to it—I had to give it life. But I have never written anything more than 10-15 pages, double-spaced—how the hell am I going to write a novel?
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Read MoreCertainly one of the brightest albums out in 2017, Mike Hadreas brings his Perfume Genius project into new horizons which provide much love and light to such dark times.
Read MoreBlond(e) maintains its integrity in large part to Frank Ocean’s own experiences but his reclusive and reserved demeanor generates a furtive lyricism that successfully oscillates between fact and fiction, universalizing the work and allowing listeners to find themselves within it.
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