Category: Reading Material
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Irish Confetti
A car had stopped in the intersection of Willets Point and 149th street but I hadn’t noticed it at first. My friends noticed. I was in front of the mediocre pizzeria, on a strip of stores, that we lazily just called, the stores. Park Seafood, the pizzeria, a liquor store, Mama’s, a little asian run…
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The Saw Is Family
“You have one choice, boy: sex or the saw. Sex is, well…nobody knows. But the saw…the saw is family.” – Drayton Sawyer, the Cook. In the early 2000s some friends and I started a band named The Saw Is Family. I handled the vocals, with JF on bass, Nicky Suds on guitar and Nick Tombs…
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNA analysis caught my curiosity immediately, as genealogy always seemed fascinating to me and though I understand most people’s apprehension to home DNA kits, after much consideration I said, fuck it. For me, and I can only speak for myself here, most of my life I had been told things that simply were not true,…
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Keep Your Seatbelts Fastened
My least favorite season is almost upon us. My wife has plotted to reembark on the sunshine state. My in-laws live there, and to no fault of their own, I am not looking forward to traveling there. Have you ever taken a flight with three kids? I don’t recommend it. Is it complete and utter…
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Memorial Day
May 30th was promoted by John A. Logan, a commander in chief and member of The Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans in 1868. Other military figures and states have declared responsibility for decorating the graves of fallen soldiers and being the birthplace of the holiday prior to Logan. Waterloo, New…
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Francis Lewis
We live in an era where self centered people flaunt bullshit accomplishments. This timeframe lacks individuality and true conviction. We shouldn’t compare ourselves to others but studies show that people are depressed because they are not living up to some imaginary bar that a fake celebrity lifted. I take no part in that. The things…
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Quartet
When the UA Quartet opened on July 14th, 1971 on Northern Boulevard in Flushing, John Lindsay was the Mayor of New York City and the number one film at the time was Love Story. Originally the building was The Roosevelt Theater, it opened on August 14th, 1926. It was sold and repurposed, becoming the first…
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The Dirty Water
The Flushing Creek is not a resort. It is no longer pretty and hasn’t been for a century. I can reflect on long car rides as a child, gazing out of the window and seeing the big U-Haul building, indicating that we were not far from home. Across the way was where the home team…
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The Ballad Of Pat Sullivan
The first time I ever went out to do graffiti proper was on July 1st, 1994. The record high that day was 88 degrees. The first official bomb. A legitimate attempt at executing a local mission or what I thought one should be. It didn’t go as planned, and maybe I didn’t get many ups…
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BELLA
“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers Bella has been gone a little over a week and I miss her terribly. We all do. I know that it takes time, and it’s out of habit but I expect her to be…
SEAN GABLER 