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Black Pulp Fiction

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Black Pulp edited by Gary Phillips and Tommy Hancock by Michael A. GonzalesPlanet Hip-Hop has always overflowed with folks into various forms of pulp culture. Over the years, I’ve interviewed many…Continue

Tags: Harlem, Crime, Fiction, Pulp, Black

Dark Days in Crack City

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The latest essay by writer Michael A. Gonzales is "Dark Days--Life in Crack City," which documents the crazy 1980s, when his lower-middle class neighborhood became a cracked out haven for fiends.…Continue

Tags: the, '80s, Heights, Washington, Crack

Memoir of a Black Punk

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Blunted on Reality featuring Tricky

Started Apr 21, 2012 0 Replies

Sonic innovators RZA, Premier, Massive Attack, The Dungeon Family, Nas, The Pharcyde, Mobb Deep, Jodeci, Portishead, Tricky and countless others injected a sinister “blunted” style into their own…Continue

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Profile Information

Name
Michael A. Gonzales
About Me
Music journalist/short story writer who lives in Brooklyn, NY. Loves cats, smart women, great movies and cool books.
You can be my friend if...
...you want to be!
Website :
http://www.soulsummer.com
Occupation:
Writer
Favorite bands:
Apollo Heights, Massive Attack, Pillow Theory, Portishead, Living Colour, The Roots, Saul Williams, Prince, Lenny Kravitz
Favorite movies:
Annie Hall, Taking of Pelham 123, The Five Heartbeats, The French Connection, Purple Rain, The Anderson Tapes, Superfly,
Favorite Magazines:
Wax Poetics, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone
Orientation:
Straight
Zodiac Sign
Cancer

Michael A. Gonzales's Blog

Dark Days in Crack City

Posted on October 12, 2012 at 8:33am 0 Comments

The latest essay by writer Michael A. Gonzales is "Dark Days--Life in Crack City," which documents the crazy 1980s, when his lower-middle class neighborhood became a cracked out haven for fiends. "Dark Days" deals with his relationship to that devastating drug and its direct affects on his friends, family and himself.…



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Memoir of a Black Punk

Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:05am 0 Comments

Photo: Illustration by Daniel Fishel, License: N/A

Below is a link to my cover story "Memoir of a Black Punk" that

was published on 6/27/12 in the Baltimore…

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Black Polaroids on Planet Pop

Posted on July 21, 2011 at 9:52pm 1 Comment

 

Summer 2011. One More Robot Magazine featuring “Black Polaroids on Planet Pop” written by Michael A. Gonzales; Art by  Jean, Michel Basquiat,…

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Sly Stone/Van Hunt

Posted on April 9, 2010 at 9:59pm 0 Comments

With the power of funky pop being as addictive as religion, one of the musical prophets responsible for many a musical conversion is the aural superman Sly Stone. Before being schooled to Stone’s politics of artistic integration—that included the race of his band members as well as multihued influences heard in his music—the only thing that mattered to me was the electrifying mojo of his grooves. Jamming to the hypnotic tracks like “Everyday People,” “Dance to the Music” and the seminal… Continue

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At 5:07pm on February 3, 2013, Albert Frankenstein said…

Mike, I want you to join the lack Punk Rockers FTW group on facebook. Also you should check out my book and the negronomicon. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfrankenstein/sets/72157626582995157/

At 1:16am on December 15, 2009, Renegade Muthafuckin' Green said…
can't complain I'm doing pretty good just relaxing
At 12:49am on December 15, 2009, Renegade Muthafuckin' Green said…
so how ru?
At 11:10pm on December 14, 2009, Renegade Muthafuckin' Green said…
thanx 4 the add :)
At 5:43pm on November 29, 2009, D. Scott said…
Thanks for the request! I'm usually in Brooklyn for open mic at the Five Spot on Wednesdays. It'd be great to meet a fellow Afro-punk. :-)
Blessings - D. Scott
At 5:48pm on November 2, 2009, CurvyDivaJC said…
Thanks for the request! Hope to get to know you...pick your brain. Journalist here...in school...in a rut...don't know what to do. Like literary though...maybe hmm?
At 3:41pm on October 29, 2009, Ladybug said…
Hey whats up??
At 8:52pm on October 26, 2009, CaliforniaAfrican said…
I went to school with a Michael Gonzales. Hey, new AfroPunk fam! Blessings.
At 8:59pm on October 24, 2009, Rakiyah C said…
hey there. i just briefly looked over your page and i think i'm kind to enjoy reading what you have up there. thanks for being my first :-)
 
 
 


 

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