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Monday, February 16, 2015

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Review of Wu-Tang Clan's A Better Tomorrow

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After two years of contentious attempts at coming together as one, the Wu-Tang Clan finally completed and released their 20th anniversar...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

The Music I Did and Didn't Hear in 2014

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Trying to finish up this little series of year-end posts before we get too far into 2015... Looking over the music I listened to in 2...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The Colossus of Staten Island and Other Historical Detritus

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Who knew there was so much fascinating history to be uncovered on miserable old Staten Island? Certainly not I, whose mother spent years ...
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

A Quick Rundown of Books Read in 2014

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Breakfast of Champions  by Kurt Vonnegut Zipped through this hilarious little gem on my flight to Portugal in the spring. This was my se...
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Friday, January 2, 2015

The Movies I Saw in 2014

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It’s been a long year. I can’t recall a point this year when it felt like things were moving along quickly. Time slowed down in 2014. Whi...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Rest in Peace Kevlaar 7

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May 27, 1977 - December 23, 2014 Nature destroys us Time destroys us We destroy ourselves Angels wings clap,  I feel the wind i...
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Monday, December 15, 2014

Wu-Tang Clan's Original (and Better) "A Better Tomorrow"

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Following my ranking of the Wu-Tang Clan's catalogue of group offerings, this begins a series of posts based around the new Wu-Tang a...
Sunday, December 7, 2014

Scenes from Adventures in the Iberian Peninsula, Part 1

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Back in April of this year, I had the privilege of traveling to Lisbon, Portugal and Barcelona, Spain for a two-week vacation with ...
Friday, November 28, 2014

Ranking the Albums of the Wu-Tang Clan

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The Wu-Tang Clan will form like Voltron once again. The Staten Island supergroup, widely considered to be the greatest rap group of all t...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

The Lingerous Longerous Book of the Dark

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One of the larger, more challenging pieces I've ever written is finally finished. For almost two years now I've been studying Joh...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The World Series is Here

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In a short series between two evenly matched teams, predictions are practically meaningless. Despite that, I love this time of year when ...
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NYC native, nomadic world traveler, food-for-thought gourmand, baseball fanatic, hip hop head, heavy reader, James Joyce enthusiast. "A Building Roam" is my vehicle for writing about all of these and more. Leave a comment or email me here.
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