Z woke up to find some white girl in horn-rimmed glasses – and she wasn’t trying to be hip, here – poking at his arm like she was priming a lawnmower. Girl was maybe eight, all freckled up with a bush of red hair on her scalp. Z picked his head up off the table, trying to hold on to some wispy dream, but it was already gone by the time she opened her mouth full of metal and … [Read more...] about The Rise of Waco Bill
Earth Day with the Stars
-Andrew Ramirez * Among other’s—and the point of this isn’t just to name drop—this weekend I saw Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis; Jackass dude Johnny Knoxville; the T-1000 from Terminator 2 (or okay fine, Robert Patrick, but I swear he asked me if I’d seen John Connor); the guy who accidentally sent his girlfriend a sex tape instead of a love song in that movie with … [Read more...] about Earth Day with the Stars
Me on Paper
-Andrew Ramirez * Lately, I’ve been getting a total kick out of the simplest shit. Like the other day I caught wind of some beach-cruising, sundress-sporting bombshell drawling into her iPhone: I just wanna experience Madrid ‘cause I think it would be a totally cool experience. And today I heard this dude say to his girlfriend: Baby I wasn’t looking at her, so don’t’ give … [Read more...] about Me on Paper
(Blog Post) The 4-0 on the 2-9
-Andrew Ramirez * Just because I haven’t written about a bar since who knows when (has it really been three weeks already?) isn’t to say I’ve given up on them, and please, whatever you do, don’t’ think I’ve grown up. Because last I saw, the most recent busted-up road sign had me a good string of miles from that pleasant cottage town outside the city, the one all steaming … [Read more...] about (Blog Post) The 4-0 on the 2-9
Boy Meets Bar: No Sun on Sunday
-Andrew Ramirez * What’s not to love waking up to an LA all slicked-over and gray on a not-so-sunny Sunday when your gas has just been shut off? I’m enjoying myself because despite missing a few key ingredients—one dead oven, four clicking but ultimately flameless burners, and an absence of hot water that makes for a shower like an Alaskan hose-down—what is available … [Read more...] about Boy Meets Bar: No Sun on Sunday