OTHER

Collected here are interviews, other writings, poems, and illustrations I’ve done.

Interviews:

UNF FILMMAKING CLUB INTRODUCTION

Aidan Fridman and his crew at the University of North Florida sat me down for this introductory video about my writing and teaching.

NEW BOOKS NETWORK

Interview with Alex Kuchma about my books Boogie Down PredictionsDead Precedents, and The Medium Picture.

CALL OUT CULTURE “Talk Your Talk”

Interview with Alaska about books and social theory.

MIXTAPE MENAGE

Interview by Eiliyas about coming up with hip-hop.

THE WIREGRASS LOCAL

Interview by Justin April about my books and art.

MUSIC JOURNALISM INSIDER

Music Journalism Insider interview by Todd L. Burns

TREACLE HEART

Poetry-specific interview by HLR.

FIFTEEN QUESTIONS

“Possible but Risky”: 15 Questions interview.

FEVERS OF THE MIND

“Quick 9” Interview.

SCAD WORKS

“Reading Creatively” by Peter Relic.

SCAD DISTRICT

Professor Preview: The Ubiquity of Writing

BOOKSHELF BEATS

Working Through Personal Upheaval and the Mind-Altering Ideas In James Gleick’s Chaos by Gino Sorcinelli.

ALLMUSIC BOOK’S DEEP DIVE

An in-depth discussion of the ideas in Dead Precedents with Steve Jurgensmeyer.

CALL OUT CULTURE

Talking Dead Precedents on Call Out Culture podcast with Alaska, Zilla Rocca, and Curly Castro.

INSECURITY PODCAST

Talking hacking and hip-hop with Matt Stephenson.

AFTERNOON LIVE ON KATU-TV (ABC)

Interview on Afternoon Live on KATU (abc) in Portland, Oregon.

Other Writings:

LIT REACTOR

The Edible Complex: Food-Based Tips for Research and Editing
The Bitten Word: A Writing Exercise
Building a Mystery: Taxonomies for Storytelling
Mystery Loves Company: Research Magick

HUMAN RECREATIONAL SERVICES

I wrote this bit for the “Midnight Diamond” collection of Erik Ellington and Vaz Rajan’s HRS brand.

LIT HUB

Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop.

HOW WE GET TO NEXT

Could the Cities of the Future Take the Form of a Digital Swarm? The built environment constantly reinvents itself, and “swarm cities” could be its next manifestation.

VULTURE

Mitch Hedberg: Different Ingredients
Doug Stanhope, His Mom, and Me

HILO BROW

“Herc Your Enthusiam” #23: Ice-T’s “The Coldest Rap.”

MEDIUM

Unrelated: What Siblings Can Teach Us About Success

 

Book Excerpts:

APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL

Escape Philosophy, Chapter 2 “BODY: The Root of All People.”

GREEDMAG

My Preface from Boogie Down Predictions in Issue #4 of Greed Mag.

MALARKEY BOOKS

Escape Philosophy: “Crash Worship” from Chapter 3 “MACHINE: Mechanical Reproduction”

THE QUIETUS

Dead Precedents: How Hip-Hop Hacked The Future, an exclusive excerpt from the book.

THE MANTLE

Dead Precedents: The Lost Tapes, book background and supplementary music.

MALARKEY BOOKS

Hope for Boats: A Prologue.

Poems:

FEVERS OF THE MIND

“San Diego” and “Like a Totem”

PHANTOM KANGAROO

“The Indexical Trace” in Phantom Kangaroo #27.

SLEDGEHAMMER LIT

“San Diego” in the inaugural issue of Sledghammer Lit.

ANTI-HEROIN CHIC

“Pale Blue Eyes” and “In Chicago” in Anti-Heroin Chic.

Drawings:

PHANTOM KANGAROO

“Calm in the Chaos” photocopied security-envelope collage Phantom Kangaroo #26.

ALTERNATE ROUTE

My drawing of a crow taking a multiple-choice test in Alternate Route #6 [.pdf link].

THE WITZARD

My MF DOOM security-envelope collage in “Shadows of Tomorrow” (MF DOOM Tribute) on The Witzard.

HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS

I did various illustrations for the Hong Kong Review of Booksand I designed their logo.