A country croon here, a feedback drenched solo there, solid soul rhythm, and a straight ahead beat, the best way to coolly describe Lucero might be Indie Southern Gothic. This is music for and from a generation that came of age with worn out, hand me down copies of the Replacements' Tim, stumbled into their mid-twenties with Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, and settled down with the early Old 97s and borrowed Uncle Tupelo records.

Thoughts on Writer's Block, the State of the World, Writing Fiction, Finances, & Why My Parents Will Never Understand Me!

Sip that Diet Coke there Jock-O, this is my time to spill some shit. Okay, this whole idea of writer's block is hogwash, there ain't no such thing, there is boredom and I got it, boredom to the hundredth, to the thousandth too… Well, you get the picture, and I ain't making excuses for it, what the hell do we expect with all this crap going on in the world and with all these people trying to be what I am.

Handsome Cab

Last year I ingested enough tranquilizers to kill a horse. A hundred milligrams of an experimental, pharmaceutical-grade sedative, name unfamiliar, something her dealer had. I floated out into the damp evening like a glider on a thermal up-draft. Cars glistened, as if their paint was still wet, in lime street light. Shaking off an eerie shiver, I was confident I'd make it home, only blocks away.

Dissecting the current US Attorney General with Tina Tessina, PhD, psychotherapist and author of It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction.

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