Author Archives: RYAN DRAG

SLICK BELLIES SUCH TENDER TOUCH GIVEN TO NEWOLD IS SUNK IN SEASALT WASHING SHORE, FLAVORTHOUGHTFUL MEALSWASN’T LONG AGO THIS TANG WAS GATHEREDBY FLAKY HANDSCOASTAL BREEZEA STING SO WELCOME IT BENDS LIPS UPWARDSTEETH CAPPEDREADY FOR FISH AND COCONUT RICEEVERY STEPA CHANCE TO WALK FORWARDMOVEMENT TOWARDS CHANCESHELLS OF UNCERTAINTY SCRAPING BALD FEETSAND DOLLAR COFFINS, A DELIGHT TOContinue reading “Slick Bellies”

NORTHEAST WINDS BLOW MEDITATIVE SONGSACROSS LONG OLD BRANCHESRESTING WOODEN BONESUPON A CREAM HOUSE WITH FOREST-GREEN SHUDDERS A HOME COMPOSED OF MANY ROOMS AND MASKSONE OF FLEETING TIMEA VIBRANT FAMILY’S INEVITABLE CHANGEANCIENT TIMBERS FALLFANTASTIC REDS AND YELLOWS FALL BORN INTO A COUNTRY OF FIREWITH A BLADE FLUSH AGAINST ACHILLES HEELBREEZE MUSIC WITHOUT FEARHOLD TIRED MINDS INContinue reading “WINDS BLOW MEDITATIVE”

Coyote cries at dawn  — a premiere and review of Cate Von Csoke’s ‘Almoon’ BY RYAN DRAG1 WEEK AGOIN ALBUM REVIEW · MUSIC {Disclaimer: the following article was written before protests broke-out across America. The writer would like to exclaim his complete support concerning the Black Lives Matter movement and the defunding of abusive police institutions.} Photos by Nicole & Jenna Simplicity. Sounds simple, right? Well, a lotContinue reading “Coyote cries at dawn — a premiere and review”

CONFUSION (OR DOCILE LIMB) BATTLING WONDERMENT WITH AGED BRASS HORNSWHOSE RUSTY SONGS ARE NO LONGER FUNNYAS CAREFULLY CRIPPLING PASSIONS AREHIDDEN IN A LABYRINTH OF GREEN TERRORSLOWLY DRAINING TO RED AND BROWN FAULTSNOT A PLACE TO PAUSE GRACEFULLY SHADOWS OF YOUTH’S SADNESS ARELIGHT SWITCHES TO ELDER RESTING CHAIRSCONFUSIONS CAST WILL HEAL BONES FORWALKING COLD STREETS CONSTITUTEDContinue reading “Confusion (or Docile Limb)”

PAUSE FOR HUMAN NATURE       ALL SICK ALL YEARS THOSE BLANKETS TO DA INGINES    KILLED EM MY FRIEND       ABSOLVED IN HIS BUNKER CURATED FOR YEARS      NO GUNS (I TRUST?) SOME CANNED GOODS AND MUSICAL EQUIPMENT HOPEFULLY    SOME GOOD DOPE FROM DAN     MADE IT IN…Continue reading “COVID-19: HIT OF AMERICAN WEST”

“Rescue” us: The Vacant Lots latest single BY RYAN DRAG 6 DAYS AGO IN LISTEN · MUSIC   “I need a rescue,” sing/speaks Jared Artaud of the electronic-psych band The Vacant Lots and don’t we all at this point. Their latest single: Rescue, is out April 24th and is an appropriate release for these tumultuous times.Continue reading “Alt Citizen Review”

Psychically Ill: A tribute of words for Tres Warren BY RYAN DRAG 4 WEEKS AGO IN MUSINGS   Clouds of fuzz He sits on. Thump of kick drum, drone of analog keys, give way to the gospel choir, and a river of wah guitars of simplistic pleasure — pass the tea of another time, pleaseContinue reading “Alt Citizen Feature”

Cerebral corpse walking on brass horns : an interview with Johnny Scuotto BY RYAN DRAG 1 DAY AGO IN INTERVIEWS · MUSIC Photos by Felicia Wolfe As a Star is forming in harsh abyss, collecting particles, sucking blank matter, heating, expelling colors and bizarre life forms – does it conceive metamorphosis? Does it willingly purchase aContinue reading “Alt Citizen Feature”

Before we’re born. Before we die: An interview with Jared Artaud of The Vacant Lots By Ryan Drag 3 weeks ago In Uncategorized Polaroids by Luz Gallardo   “Spin the eddies of the sky inside these black petals. Shadows have covered the earth that bears us. Open a pathway to the ploughing amongst stars. EnlightenContinue reading “Alt Citizen Interview”