SLICES OF NYC LIFE…

from Marisha Camp:

This guy was playing the screechiest, most atonal, noisy mess on the subway, and, at the end, he asked for donations to take him back to his home planet… At first I sort of bought it in a George Clinton Planet Mothership kind of way, and then he offered to take George Bush with him and, for even more money, move it all to another car…

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I never got a good photo, but there was a cuh-razy, weave pulling fight at McDonald’s… And when they finally got the first girl’s hand out of the other girl’s hair, girl #2 grabbed a scalding pot of coffee…

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About Jay Babcock

I am an independent writer and editor based in Tucson, Arizona. I publish LANDLINE at jaybabcock.substack.com Previously: I co-founded and edited Arthur Magazine (2002-2008, 2012-13) and curated the three Arthur music festival events (Arthurfest, ArthurBall, and Arthur Nights) (2005-6). Prior to that I was a district office staffer for Congressman Henry A. Waxman, a DJ at Silver Lake pirate radio station KBLT, a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications, an editor at Mean magazine, and a freelance journalist contributing work to LAWeekly, Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Vibe, Rap Pages, Grand Royal and many other print and online outlets. An extended piece I wrote on Fela Kuti was selected for the Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 anthology. In 2006, I was somehow listed in the Music section of Los Angeles Magazine's annual "Power" issue. In 2007-8, I produced a blog called "Nature Trumps," about the L.A. River. From 2010 to 2021, I lived in rural wilderness in Joshua Tree, Ca.

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