Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 113, May 2023 American Grandma – Rare Knives of Light This is the kind of album that in its tonal detail and ebb and flow of mood feels like an act of self-discovery in articulating and clarifying feelings and thoughts that might otherwise escape the conscious mind. […]
$LAVE By Dave Danzara Published as the Back Cover of Issue 113, May 2023 Albuquerque-based Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film and
OFFLINE By Maggie Nerz Iribarne Published in Issue 113, May 2023 Her body wavered with each bump and brake of the lumbering bus. Without her lost device she’d never before noticed the glowing faces lined up, lit by an army of screens. Normally she was one of those faces, but not tonight. Ahead at the
Exit Through The TV By Caitlyn Grabenstein aka Cult.Class Published in Issue 113, May 2023 Caitlyn Grabenstein, a.k.a. Cult Class, is a collage artist, sketch artist, and designer out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She started doing art at a very young age and has pursued it in different forms throughout her life. While working in the
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 113, May 2023 White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link (2023) It’s hard to imagine more surreal and wonderful spins on fairy tales than provided by Kelly Link in her newest short story collection, White Cat, Black Dog. Some retellings of Brothers Grimm tales, others reimagined ballads or
Travelers Trail By RUMTUM Published Issue 113, May 2023 Denver-based artist John Hastings, aka RUMTUM, specializes in paintings, murals, prints and brand creation. Also an electronic producer and instrumental enthusiast, he has a unique approach to crafting his melodic tunes. The Cleveland native offers a broad frequency, and whether it be his love for native spirits
Aloe Vera By Joel Tagert Published Issue 113, May 2023 Aloe Vera was riding to the rescue, and not for the first time. In a previous life, the truck had been an ambulance, and Manuel saw a connection between the name he’d given her and that history: a healing salve, a balm in Gilead (though
Art by Jason White Published Issue 113, May 2023 Jason White is an artist living in the suburbs of Chicago. His favorite mediums are oil on canvas and pencil & ink drawings. When he was a kid he cried on the Bozo Show. His work varies from silly to serious and sometimes both. Check out
THE HALF-ANCHOR, THE COLUMN By Benjamin Harnett By Ali Hoff Published Issue 113, May 2023 What they signify, no one seems to know. In the wreckage that is history in the broken-up, buried rooms, in this imperialist legacy, the hardened clay seals are left while the documents they closed rotted, dried, and flaked away. There
Last Day At Abbey Road Studios By Mark Mothersbaugh Published as the Centerfold of Issue 113, May 2023 Best of Birdy, Originally Published as the Front Cover of Issue 053, May 2018 Mark Mothersbaugh is one of this era’s most unique and prolific composers. Deeply aware of the ability of precise, multi-faceted artistic expression to
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