“You may be wondering why anyone would go out of their way to make a delicacy engineered to look so underwhelming? The answer, deliciously enough, is rebellion.”
Tag: Articles (page 5)
Here’s the latest articles I’ve written—both in print and on the web.
Setouchi Reflection Trip – Article “Hotel Limani – Genuine International Flair in the Heart of Japan”
“As we watched the sunset at last over the shimmering waves of Ushimado, we lost all sense of time and place. Were we travelers along the beautiful Setouchi Sea? Or Mediterranean island hoppers watching the sun sink into the Aegean? Either way—there in that moment, we felt perfectly at home.”
Japan Times – Article “The Atomic Elephant in the Pit”
“Ironically, the subject of the atomic bombing has always existed within the Hiroshima punk scene the same way an irradiated elephant might occupy the slam pit at a bar show — awkwardly, and with a high likelihood of making you spill your drink.”
Japan Times – Article “Hope After the Horror Revealed in Letters from Postwar Hiroshima”
“In 1957, as atomic bomb survivors continued to die mysteriously of unknown causes — and fierce debate raged about whether or not to preserve the artifacts of the bombing (including the Atomic Bomb Dome itself) — Austrian author Robert Jungk, aided by Ogura, set out to discover the true stories of the A-bomb victims.”
Japan Times – Article “Never Again Celebrates 20 Years with a Punk Round Robin”
“In the shadow of Hiroshima’s Atomic Bomb Dome, where dimly-lit music venues sit atop the ashes of a former atomic wasteland, the spirit of punk clings like stale smoke after a bar show.”
Make a Living Writing – Blog Post “How I Turned One Failed Article into Two Big Writing Assignments”
“With the clock ticking, I put down my writerly scalpel, picked up my editorial chainsaw, and made like Leatherface on my beloved wordsmithery.”