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John McCoy

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About Me

I stopped combing my hair mainly because I have never seen a hairstyle on a black man that wasn’t loaded with a boxed characterization or a social/political implication. I had dreads for a while and noticed more hippies talked to me. I tried cornrows and noticed more people were scared of me, but it made it easier to walk down Height Street.Now, I sport “the fucked up ‘fro.” Shut up, I know it has implications of its own. But right now it is a low image-impact hairstyle. I’m sure there‘s some emerging superstar somewhere who will change all that—there’s that guy from TV on the Radio ( I love TV on the Radio), which of course means my hair might have some kind of hipster reference. Then there is Cody Chestnut and Lenny Kravitz —but no one refers to them- I hope. Besides, they sport more of a natural, or combed out ‘fro. Anyway, I am a writer. I am a bad speller and I drink way to much.

My Interests

Music:

Gang star, PJ Harvey, Nas, Mad Lib, KMD, MF doom, the Pixies, Wilco, the Replacements, new order, Modest Mouse, Outcast, Stereolab, Elliot Smith, Nick Cave, Fugazi- most DC hard core and Go Go, the Cure, the Smiths, the Kinks, Mission of Burma, the 5,6,7,8-Bordomes, ooioo, Yea yea yea’s, Joy Division, Sam cook, Ray Charles, Stevie wonder ,Prince, Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett, Pasty Cline….. I like a lot of shit

Movies:

The professional ,Night on earth, La Femme Nikita , A mighty wind, Gost dog, Dead Man, Talk to her, Party girl, best in show, Henry Fool, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Amores perros

Books:


Most things by: Jean Cocteau, Dorothy parker , James baldwin (god i loved another country), then there is Ardarno, Italo Calvino, Martin Amis,Graham Green, Nick Hornby, Raymond Carver, Celine. But thi is sapposed to be books; Lets see. The quite ameracan, The fountan head- leave me alone alright . I just like the book... Des profoundis,

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My Blog

distraction

I am being harassed to write emails or in my bog. I just have so much shit to do. Yet, I have spent the last few weeks trapped in a distraction disparately trying to figure out how to avoid chewing on...
Posted by John McCoy on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:43:00 PST

What did i foget

I woke up calmly this afternoon. I just opened my eyes and I was wide awake. Like I never slept. I hate it when that happens. It means I forgot something important. Something I should have remembered ...
Posted by John McCoy on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:58:00 PST

It official i am an old ass man

I hate rhyming ings While Sitting, waiting for the world to wake up to a particular brand of lunacy. I swallowed the promise of empty youth and now it lays wrinkled. Like cellophane (a clear plasti...
Posted by John McCoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

hippy shit

its been a odd weekend. Not to sound like a new age hippy but the universe gave me a hug. I sent a text to amy becuse i was acting wierd . I text her that i was feeling isolated. then it started happe...
Posted by John McCoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

2004 in review a self-involved glance.

"Im sure the kids who decided to put peanut butter and chocolate together ran into more resistance than they expected. " I am scared. It seems certain that things are going to be harder than I imag...
Posted by John McCoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

day off, old but i had to put something there

March 9 2004 My day off Last night as I was dragging through my last few hours of work at amoeba I started daydreaming about how I was going to spend today. It was going to be a nice day- 80 degrees...
Posted by John McCoy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST