Homeschooling Is A Big Undertaking (But, Don’t Let That Scare You)
Public educator and private tutor Harry Onickel helps us to understand 'Homeschooling'
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More Pre-Apocalyptic Impressions
By Harry Onickel
Yes, we’re still locked in. We’ve been locked in for a while now, and it’s having its effects on us. No matter how you’re feeling though, we have to consider the fact that we, in our current society, even in the midst of a global pa... Read More...
Living Through Pre-Apocalyptic Times
Assuming we are not completely wiped out to make room for the next sentient species on the list, survivors will have to make adjustments.
A Tourist In Mexico City | By Harry Onickel
Beautiful artwork, plenty of street musicians, and crispy, crunchy, grasshopper tacos ...
Sun Ra and Me | “It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet?”
I have enough Sun Ra. Or at least that’s what I told myself immediately before buying Sun Ra’s “Monorails and Satellites, Works for Solo Piano, Vols. 1, 2, 3,” neatly contained in a two CD package. I’ve been telling myself that same thing every tim... Read More...
Record Collection | Iggy Pop, Bookies Club 870
By Harry Onickel
I don’t normally buy off-label concert recordings. But when I saw Iggy Pop, Bookies Club 870 at my local record store, it immediately became a “must have” item, for you see, my friends, I was at that show. Or so I thought.
It is ... Read More...
‘The Hard Stuff’ by Wayne Kramer: A Review of Dope, Crime, & the MC5
"Brother Wayne" takes us on a total assault of culture, by any means necessary; including rock and roll, dope, f*cking in the streets, and redemption.
Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976-1986
The show has been up since June 16, but you have until October 7 to see it. It’s worth it. Afterward, wander around Cranbrook. Maybe have a picnic.
An Open Letter to the Outraged
Since the knowledge seems to have been misplaced or ignored, let’s review a bit of the history of Hitler, Nazis, and Nazi concentration camps.
The Reign of Detroit Jazz and the Glorious Graystone Ballroom
Before Techno, video games, comic books, and rock and roll drove the youth of America to illicit sex and juvenile delinquency, jazz was the corrupter of the young. It was new. It was dangerous. Parents didn’t understand.
Vinyl Culture | Another Argument For Analogue
Includes the Official Harry Onickel Guide to Collecting Records (deluxe edition)
How A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Changed My Life
Or, as Zippy the Pinhead once said, “Reality is a sandwich I didn’t order"