I was born in Youngstown Ohio, primarily raised in Cincinnati and flourished as a writer and editor in New York City. When the World Trade Center was hit by terrorists using commercial jets, I was i  

A few nights ago I found myself in the subterranean, smoky confines of The Cooler, a former Manhattan meat-packing house turned into a club. There in its bowels was photographer/poet Gerard Malan  

My very incomplete list of seminal or near seminal artists (glaring omissions and questionable inclusions as well): James Brown, Elvis Costello, Miles Davis, Brian Eno, Marvin Gaye, Grateful Dead,  

A couple of months ago, just before I left Cincinnati to return to New York, I saw The Matrix. It blew me away with its virtual reality premise, and its ersatz killing scenes were gorgeous display