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Mental health has often been a topic discussed in hindsight. One musician is tackling the topic in a creative way with the release of his new short film and album. My interview with musician Dylan Owen below. Roderick Thomas: Glad to speak with you, how are you? Dylan Owen: Doing well, thank you! RT: Where are you from? Dylan Owen: […]
There are three things that I associate with Thanksgiving: family, food, and football. I love all three of them so it’s one of my favorite holidays. My family does not have many traditions but we have always gotten together at my aunt and uncle’s house on Thanksgiving and when I was little and they lived in Brookline, Massachusetts, I would […]
Italy’s new right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has appointed her cabinet and immediately they are faced with problem. Not from the opposition, whose divisions and confusion helps indeed Meloni’s power, but from the gas crisis and from her own allies. Energy Crisis and the need of France Italy, like all the countries in Europe, is in the middle of an […]
It was Junior year Physics class in St. Augustan Diocesan High School, in a Park Slope that had seen better days and would again someday but not in 1963. I had just written a novelty song about Nicholas Piccione, our math teacher, who I actually liked. The song sprang to life after I dozed off in his class while he […]
Last month, The New York Public Library (NYPL) and Marvel Entertainment released a special, limited-edition Spider-Man library card, inspiring new and existing patrons to explore a multitude of free resources, programs, and books at the Library—including Marvel graphic novels. This dynamic collaboration marked the 60th anniversary of Spider-Man’s first comic book appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 and emphasizes the importance […]
Walking on the street in New York City. Occasionally I would see a painting. Maybe two or three. Paintings on wood. Bright. Colorful. Leaning against a dumpster. Or against a wall near an alley in the sun. Immediately recognizable at Steve Keene paintings. I knew of him from Lakeside Lounge on Ave B. The walls of the place were covered […]
Singer and songwriter Denitia is a talented singer who has been opening doors for country music, while identity politics and barriers could be an easy landing for any story about the talented country and folk singer songwriter, the real story is that she’s simply one hell of a musician. My interview with Denitia below. Roderick Thomas: Hi Denitia, so happy […]
By summer 2022, Camille Martin had managed to raise three million dollars to fund breakthrough advancements in skin care products designed with women of color in mind. As she enters a space now dominated by celebrity owned or endorsed products, Camille is staying focused on her mission to provide safe, luxury skin care for women of color––products that could change […]
Is fascism back to Italy? Is Italy going towards its own Trump age? Are civil rights in danger in Italy? Those are the questions now spreading all around the world as Giorgia Meloni, an Italian far-right politician, won Italy’s last elections on September 25th, those which have been the most covered by the international press since at least twenty years […]
On October 29th, 2011, thunder-snow was heard in Central Park as up to six inches of snow fell across the City, the earliest heavy snow in our history. In retrospect, an eerie omen of what nature had in store exactly one year later. 2011 Oct 29 The Frankenstorm came ashore near Atlantic City on a Monday at 7:30 PM. Its […]