Recent Publication

 

Article: What Decade Is This?

    Poetic Diversity


Photograph: Shelfie Selfie

    Incandescent Mind: Selfish Work


Poems: Morning After & Recycling (Reprinted)

    Snorted the Moon and Doused the Sun


Essay: Music & Memory (Reprinted)

    Lummox #6


Article: Gals with Guitars

    Ground Control


Article: Rage Against the Democratic Convention

    Poetic Diversity


Poem: Warehouse Lessons

    Silver Birch Press


Review: Highway of Sleeping Towns, Book by Deborah J. Kolodji

    Poetix


Poem: Trying to Drag the Beauty Out of a Flower

    Cadence Collective


Reviews: Favorite Albums of 2017

    Ground Control


Article: Musical Fringes

    Poetic Diversity


Review: The Mystical Prism of Being, CD & Book by Brian Michael Tracy

    Poetix.net


Review: Feels CD

    Ground Control


Article: Rock Music & Spoken Word

    Poetic Diversity


Review: Promise, CD by Emily Wells

    Ground Control


Poem: Charlie Brown in the Strip Club (reprint)

    Cadence Collective


Review: A Raw Youth, CD by Le Butcherettes

    Ground Control


Review: Woman in Metaphor

    Poetix


Article: Metal vs. Alternative

    Poetic Diversity


Poems: Ace of Spades and Three of Clubs

    Then & Now anthology, Sadie Girl Press


Poem: Give Me Real Boobs

    Like A Girl, Lucid Moose Lit


Poem: I Don’t Need Tattoos, I Have Scars

    Katzenhatz, Bank Heavy Press


Poems: Almost Valentine’s, The Song of Inappropriate Desire,

    Love is Not a Kid Successfully Launching a Kite

    Second Annual Cadence Collective Anthology


Story: What’s a Little Rain?

    My Perfect/Imperfect Vacation series from Silver Birch Press


Poem: Birdwatching

    Poeming Pigeons


Poem: My Two Names

    About My Name series from Silver Birch Press


Poem: London Calling

    Clash by Night


Review: Hold-Outs, book by Bill Mohr, and A Higher Form of Politics, book by Sophie Rachmul

    Poetix. net


Poem: Love is Not a Kid Successfully Launching a Kite

    Cadence Collective


Article: Going to California

    Poetic Diversity


Poem: The Song of Inappropriate Desire

    Cadence Collective


Poem: Almost Valentine’s

    Cadence Collective


Review: Death in the Key of Life, Book by Danny Baker

    Poetix


Review: Desert Prowl, Book by Marvin Dorsey

    Poetix


Column: Making Money with Music in 2014

    2014 Ground Control Critics Poll

    Ground Control


Review: Offering, CD by John Coltrane

    Ground Control


Article: Music & Travel

    Poetic Diversity


Interview: Hannah Blumenfeld of Ruin Discos Records

    Ground Control


Article: Music & Travel

   Poetic Diversity


Review: The Best Day, CD by Thurston Moore

    Ground Control


Poems: Love vs. In Love & A Refrigerator Never Forgets

    Attack of the Poems: A Poet is A Poet Episode II


Poem: Fairy Rings

    Mother Nature’s Trail


Reviews: My Beard Supports Nothing, Chapbook by Zachary Locklin

    Hold Ground, Book by Bruce Willard

    Poetix.net


Poem: Winter

    Lummox #3


Poem: In the Japanese Garden

    Men’s Heartbreak Anthology


Poem: Coins on the Sidewalk

    Gutters & Alleyways: Perspectives on Poverty and Struggle


Poems: “You’re Kidney Just Arrived at LAX,” Morning After, “Love” vs. “In Love”

    Cadence Collective Year One Anthology


Review: Canto Segundo, CD by Il Sogno  del Marinalo

    Ground Control


Review: My Family and Other Hazards, Book by June Melby

    Poetix


Reviews:  The Breeze: A Tribute to JJ Cale, CD by Eric Clapton

    Hypnotic Eye, CD by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Ground Control


Reviews: Look Each Other in the Ears, CD by Michael C. Ford

    Topaz, Book by Brian Komei Dempster

   Poetix


Reviews: True Blue, 75 Years of Blue Note Records

    Dirty Power, CD by Fartbarf

    Ground Control


Poem: The Summer Between College and the Real World

    Cadence Collective


Review: Ghosts of Download, CD by Blondie

    Ground Control


Several Haiku

    Bored to Death Magazine


Article: How Nirvana Killed Rock Music

    Ground Control


Poem: “Love” vs. “In Love”

    Cadence Collective


Review: San Fermin, CD by San Fermin

    Ground Control


Articles: Impressions of NAMM 2014

    NAMM pt. 2

    Ground Control


Article: Americana band Sawtooth

    LBPost


Article: Post-punk band White Murder

    LBPost


Article: Best Music of 2013

    Ground Control


Poem: The Moral of This Story Is...

    Serving House Journal


Reviews:  White Light/White Heat, CD reissue by Velvet Underground

   The Last Ship, CD by Sting

    Give Me Strength, CD Box Set by Eric Clapton

    Ground Control


Poems: Unspoken

    Melting Snow

    Cadence Collective


Article: Jackie Joice and her book Green Grapes, Black Hands

    LBPost


Reviews: The Silence of Doorways, Book by Sharon Venezio

    The Broken Line, Book by Judith Skillman

    Poetix


Reviews: Shout! CD by Gov’t Mule

    Tommy (reissue), CD by The Who

    Beatles at the BBC

    Falling Bough, Wisdom Teeth,  CD by Kiev

    Ground Control


Poem: Winter

    Cadence Collective


Poem (reprint): Nevada

    Lummox #2


Article: Lou Reed 1942-2013

    Ground Control


Poem: The Summer Between  College and the Real World

    Spilt Ink Poetry


Review:  Noise, CD by The Suppliers

    Ground Control


Poem: Cows on the Freeway (reprint)

    Cadence Collective


Article: 2013 Long Beach Poetry Festival

    LB Post


Poems: Charlie Brown in the Strip Club; Picasso

Article: In Praise of Bar Bands

    Poetic Diversity


Article: I Meet Iggy Pop

Review: The Diving Board, CD by Elton John

    Ground Control


Reviews: Wise Up Ghost, CD by Evis Costello & the Roots

     Hesitation Marks, CD by Nine Inch Nails

     White Lighter, CD by Typhoon

      Ground Control


Poems (reprint): Cows on the Freeway & “Your Kidney Just Arrived at LAX”

    A Poet Is a Poet No Matter How Tall


Reviews: The Savagery of Bone, Book by Timothy Perez

    What Were They Like, Book by Julia Stein

    Poetix


Interview: Gabe Hart of Jail Weddings

    Ground Control


Poem (reprint): The Morning After

   Cadence Collective


Reviews:  Stars Dance, CD by Selena Gomez

    Self-Titled CD by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

    Ground Control


Interview: Laena Geronimo of Raw Geronimo

    Ground Control


Poem (reprint): Your Kidney Just Arrived at LAX

    Cadence Collective


Article: Haiku North America Convention on Queen Mary

    LBPost


Poem: The Image in the Corner of My Eye

   East Jasmine Review


Plug: Megafauna at Fingerprints

    Long Beach Independent


Review: Rumors of Fallible Gods, Book by Peter Ludwin

    Poetix


Reviews: Dream Fever,  CD by Raw Geronimo

    Sound the Alarm, CD by Booker T

    Legend Remixed, CD by Various Artists

    Ground Control


Article: Local LongBeach Music Scene (reprint)

    Long Beach Independent


Interview: Poet Donna Hilbert

    LBPost


Column: The Aging Punk on the Local Music Scene

    Ground Control


Article: Five Long Beach Small Presses

    LBPost


Reviews: AMOK, CD by Atoms for Peace

    I  Wrote a Song for Everyone, CD by John Fogerty

    Ground Control


Review: Every Seed of the Pomegranate,  Book by David Allen Sullivan

    Poetix.net


Review: The Bald Soprano at the Garage Theater

    LBPost


Tribute to Ray Manzarek

    Ground Control


Reviews: Old Yellow Moon, CD by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

    Such Hot Blood,  CD by Airborne Toxic Event

    Mosquito, CD by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Pillowfight, CD by Pillowfight

    Cotton Mouth Man, CD by James Cotton

    Paramore, CD by Paramore

    Ground Control


Article: Ellen Burr and Gatsby Book’s Experimental Music Series

    LB Post


Review: My Father’s Lady, Wearing Black, Book by Alex M. Frankel

    Poetix.net


Article: Post-Punk

    Poetic Diversity


Article: Why I Love First Albums

    Ground Control


Article: Daniel Romo Book Release

    LB Post


Reviews: How Music Works, Book by David Byrne

                The Next Day, CD by David Bowie

                Get Up, CD by Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite

                Heartthrob, CD by Tegan and Sara

                Til Your River Runs Dry, CD by Eric Burdon

                Starlight, CD by Joan Armatrading

                Ground Control

               

Article: Feral Kizzy Video Release

    LBPost


Review: Rumors Deluxe Set, CD by Fleetwood Mac

    Ground Control


Review: Lady from Shanghai, CD by Pere Ubu

    Ground Control


Article: A Personal History of Rock’n’Roll: My First Band

    PoeticDiversity


Article: Poetry and Conspiracy  Theories

    Poetix.net


Review: Celebration Day, by Led Zeppelin

    Ground Control


Review: Psychedelic Pill, by Neil Young

    Ground Control


Reviews:  Crazy Bone by Billy Jones, and Every Day is an Act of Resistance by Carol Tarlen

    Poetix.net


Review: Love this Giant by David Byrne & St. Vincent

    Ground Control


Poem: The Failure of Poetry

    San Pedro River Review


Review: What I Saw by Jack McCarthy

    Poetix.net


Review: Clockwork Angels by Rush

    Ground Control


Review: Analog Man by Joe Walsh

    Ground Control


Reviews: Leonard Cirino’s The Instrument of Others, and Lisa Zaran’s If It We

    Poetix.net


Review: Not Your Kind of People, CD by Garbage

    Ground Control


Article: I Become a Rock Critic

    Poetic Diversity


Poem: “In the Japanese Garden”

    Avoid Ninja Stars, Bank-Heavy Press


Review: Chimes of Freedom (Bob Dylan tribute)

    Ground Control


Reviews: Sinead O’Connor & The Cranberries

    Ground Control


Poem: “To the editor whose name will appear on my next rejection slip...”

    Last Call: The Bukowski Legacy Continues, Lummox Press


Reviews: Catalina, Book by Laurie Soriano, and Sugar Skull Suenos, Chapbook by Taco Shop Poets.

    Poetix.net


Review: Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, CD by R.E.M.

    Ground Control


Review: Quadrophenia reissue, CD by The Who

    Ground Control


Review: Achtung Baby reissue, CD by U2

    Ground Control


Review: Music for the Black Room, by Sarah Maclay

    Poetix.net


Poem: “A Friend Passes Away While I’m Birdwatching in Bolsa Chica”

    Re)verb Issue 7


Commentary: Gary Tomlinson, G. Murray Thomas, Larry Colker

    RadiusLit.org


Review: Redeemable Air Mileage, by Fernando Castro

    Poetix.net


Poems:  My Worst Job, “You’re Kidney Just Arrived at LAX” and Where I Come From

    Chiron Review


From the Next... Archives: 1995: The Year Poets Got Hooked (Up)

      RadiusLit.org


Review: Knocking at the Door, Edited by Lisa Sisler & Lea Deschenes

    Poetix.net


Haiku: Long Beach Transit Center


From the Next... Archives: Lumbering Dinosaurs, a Report on the 1994 ABA

    RadiusLit.org


Review: Paul Simon’s So Beautiful So What

    Ground Control


Review: Nick Lowe’s Labour of Lust

    Ground Control


Poem: Giving It Back

    Whistling Fire


Review:  Working the Wreckage of the American Poem

       Poetix.net


From the Next... Archives: Jam’s/Java Garden (Venue Review & Obituary)

    Radiuslit.org


Haiku in 60 Degrees, winter haiku from Southern California

    Southern California Haiku Study Group


From the Next... Archives: The Iguana Cafe (Venue Review)

    Radiuslit.org


Reviwews: Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water

                Rango Soundtrack

       Ground Control Magazine


Poem: Cows on the Freeway

    Don’t Blame the Ugly Mug Anthology

   www.tebotbach.org

    www.poetryidiots.com


Review: Michael Miller’s College Town

    Poetix.net


Review: R.E.M.’s Collapse into Now

    Ground Control Magazine


Aging Punk: Rock is Dead! And it’s about time!

    Ground Control Magazine


Reviews: New Poets of the American West & Swimming Through Amber by E. Amato

   Poetix.net


Aging Punk: When the Innovative Becomes Mainstream

   Ground Control Magazine


Best Albums of 2010 (Contributor)

    Ground Control Magazine


Best Reissues of 2010 (Contributor)

    Ground Control Magazine


Review: Crazy for You by Best Coast

    Ground Control Magazine


The Aging Punk: Classic Rock’s Midlife Crisis

    Ground Control Magazine


Review: Live in Vancouver by The Doors

    Ground Control Magazine


Review: The Union by Elton John & Leon Russell

   Ground Control Magazine


Review: National Ransom by Elvis Costello

    Ground Control Magazine


Classic Albums: David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane

    Ground Control Magazine


Review: Clapton by Eric Clapton

    Ground Control Magazine


Review: Band of Joy by Robert Plant

    Ground Control Magazine


Review: Mean Old Man by Jerry Lee Lewis

    Ground Control Magazine


Reviews: This World So Frail by Jean  Barrett Holloway

    & Haiku Wars by David G. Lanoue

    Poetix.net


Review: Le Noise by Neil Young

    Ground Control Magazine


Review: Here Lies Love by David Byrne & Fatboy Slim

    Ground Control Magazine


The Aging Punk: Great Underrated Bands

    Ground Control Magazine


The Aging Punk: The Five Most Overrated Bands

    Ground Control Magazine