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Michael A. Gonzales
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Afro Punk Erotica

Straight from the U.K. comes the third issue of the hot erotica magazine Bunnie. This issue features my Black punk rock nasty jam "Autumn Rain." For years, my best friend and muse Sheila has been e...

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Started Nov 25

Living Colour, Afro-Punk & Pillow Theory

The Black Rock Report #2 A few weeks before Living Colour released their latest album The Chair in the Doorway (Megaforce Records), the band performed at an invite-only showcase in Brooklyn. I was ...

Started Oct 24

Living Colour, Afro-Punk & Pillow Theory

The Black Rock Report #2 A few weeks before Living Colour released their latest album The Chair in the Doorway (Megaforce Records), the band performed at an invite-only showcase in Brooklyn. I was ...

Started Oct 24

 

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Afro Punk Erotica
Straight from the U.K. comes the third issue of the hot erotica magazine Bunnie. This issue features my Black punk rock nasty jam "Autumn Rain." For years, my best friend and muse Sheila has been encouraging to write about my other hometown, Balti...
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Afro Punk Erotica
On "Autumn Rain," fiction by Michael A. Gonzales Straight from the U.K. comes the third issue of the hot erotica magazine Bunnie. This issue features my Black punk rock nasty jam "Autumn Rain." For years, my best friend and muse Sheila has been e...
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Michael A. Gonzales added a discussion to the group WHO LIKES SOME OF DAT FUNK AND SOUL??
Curtis Mayfield and the Making of Superfly: Wax Poetics #38
The new Wax Poetics (#38) features my story on funk master Curtis Mayfield and the making of the Superfly soundtrack. For more info, check out: http://www.waxpoetics.com/2009/11/wax-poetics-issue-38 http://blackadelicpop.blogspot.com
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The Soulful Music of Michael Jackson
Over the years I've interviewed countless artists who perform various kinds of music. From punk to funk to easy listening, many have cited Michael Jackson's music as an influence on them. Hell, even my man Angelo from Fishbone started out dancing ...
October 28

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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

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Living Colour & Pillow Theory

A few weeks before Living Colour released their latest album The Chair in the Doorway (Megaforce Records), the band performed at an invite-only showcase in Brooklyn. I was hanging with my homie Lisa Cortes, one of the producers of the highly anticipated film Precious, and we were both excited.
As arty graphics rotated on a screen in the background, Living Colour transformed from middle-aged men into cocoa-hued children of the rock revolution, exorcising their demons surrounding racism, politics,… Continue

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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 7:52pm on November 26, 2009, kid dynomite!! said…
Hey there... just read your blog and I look forward to reading "Autumn Rain".... take care.
At 2:01pm on November 25, 2009, Faith Choyce said…
thanks for the request!

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At 11:13am on November 25, 2009, Amz Toronto said…
Cheers for adding me!
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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