Currently Listening:
Luca Brasi 2 - Kevin Gates
Lese Majesty - Shabazz Palaces
Black Messiah - D'Angelo & The Vanguard
Reflections - Gil Scott-Heron
Golden Skies - Mono/Poly
Conversation Peace - Stevie Wonder
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Currently Watching:
Arsenal Football Club
Crash Course World History 2
Blade Runner
Rick and Morty
Archer
Dune
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Currently Reading:
The Long Valley - John Steinbeck Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story - D.T. Max Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman The Book of Tea - Okakura Kakuzo Photos of Manzanar - Ansel Adams Showa 1926-1939 - Shigeru Mizuki| Off the Books: Double Cup Love: On The Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China by Eddie Huang | June 2, 2016 |
Off the Books returns with a look at the latest book from celebrity chef Eddie Huang.
Alex Dwyer's Off The Books columns returns with a look at Jooyoung Lee's new, "Blowin' Up."
| Off The Books: Check The Technique Vol. 2 – More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies by Brian Coleman | August 24, 2015 |
The sequel to Brian Coleman's legendary hip-hop text, "Check the Technique."
| Off The Books: “Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man”by Marcus Baram | January 23, 2015 |
Alex Dwyer reads another book on Gil Scott-Heron to disheartening results
| Off The Books: Who We Be: The Colorization of America by Jeff Chang | January 14, 2015 |
Alex Dwyer reviews the latest from "Can't Stop Won't Stop" author Jeff Chang. who, like most, summons DMX to understand race in America.
| Off the Books: “I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon” by Toure | October 14, 2014 |
Alex Dwyer reviews The Purple One as experienced by Toure, an apparent Old Testament stan
| Off The Books: “For Whom the Cowbell Tolls: 25 Years of Paul’s Boutique” by Dan LeRoy and Peter Relic | October 6, 2014 |
A quarter of a century after the genius of "Paul's Boutique", Alex Dwyer serves as our literary eggman
| Off the Books: “Los Angeles’s Central Avenue Jazz” | July 29, 2014 |
Dweez has been assigned Steve Zahn as a doppleganger on more than one occasion. “This was a brief glittering moment of jazz as straight-up entertainment before the music was bogged down by academia and oppressive seriousness. Jazz was once the music of the people, and an element of entertainment value was not just provided: it […]
| Drake Suarez: If Rappers Were Footballers | June 20, 2014 |
Somehow the rap game, reminds Dweez of the beautiful game. Art by Ben Bjelajac. Drake featuring Drake. We’ve now seen all 32 teams play in this tournament. Google searches are 10x higher for the World Cup than they were for the NBA Finals this last week. The game done changed and here is a guide […]
| Off The Books #6: “Miles” By Miles Davis | May 21, 2014 |
If not wearing pants is cool, you can call Dweez Miles Davis. “I love women. I never needed any help or ever had any trouble finding women. I just like to be with them, talking and shit like that. But I never have messed with a musician’s girlfriend. Never. Even if she hadn’t been with […]
