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About Me

I am a writer, tattoo artist, and spoken word artist who performs with other spoken word artists, standup comedians, musicians, and basically anyone else who goes on stage.
Read my writing, come to my shows. Why? Because they're funny, insightful, sarcastic, and another adjective that would inspire you to read and watch them. I could describe myself as a social anthropologist, discussing politics, religion and various other social observations with a sarcastic and insightful edge, but I'd rather you just read the many things I have written on here and form your own conclusion. Instead of me catering the idea to you, find it yourself and feel free to let me know what you think.
I keep pretty busy with my ambitions. I have been writing for over twelve years. I have read live on numerous occassions (over one hundred times) at numerous venues to numerous types of audiences of various sizes and went on a minitour with the Spin Doctors' Chris Barron in June 2007. I have written for some magazines, underground zines, a newspaper and was interviewed on NPR in August 2004. I have been banned from places to read live and almost had my head caved in by an overly-patriotic biker for down-talking our Commander-in-chief to give a few brief examples of my live reading.

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Member Since: 7/17/2006
Band Members: You may or may not know, and you may already own it, but I am currently selling medium quality booklets jam packed with delicious, unforgetable, feel good, monumental, invigorating essays of fiction, non-fiction, and various subgenres of the two - all written by me.They are cheap at $3. Each high quality booklet is aluminum binded (unlike today's traditional method of binding each book with unreliable glue) and printed on genuine white paper with jet black ink to make reading easier for each reader - that means you read easier - and you love what you're reading while you're doing it.If you are interested in purchasing this staple in American literature, please click the "Buy Now" link below to pay with PayPal. If you live in 1996 and don't have a PayPal account, email me and we'll work something out. If you live in or around the Treasure Coast, you can stop by my tattoo shop, Mighty Mikes Tattoos on PSL Blvd in Port Saint Lucie and buy one directly from me (this method includes free S&H). you can also buy one from me if you happen to see me at a gas station since I have a box of them in my back seat collecting moths and silverfish."This is the greatest print I have ever read!" - Phil Grech
Influences: Quality literature, tattoo shops, fast bars and cheap cars, righteous music, and good livin'.
Sounds Like: Search for Phil Grech on YouTube
Record Label: This is not necessary for what I am trying to do
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Devil’s Lock

I pay any outstanding bills as soon as I get paid. I am never late. I clean my apartment frequently. I keep a tight ship. I shower daily. Cleanliness is next to godliness. I work out five days a week...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:00:00 PST

Choose Silence When You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About

You know why I don't run discussions regarding dinosaur anatomy or time travel? Or why I don't engage in debates regarding China's foreign policy? Because I don't shit about any of it. I don't think ...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:27:00 PST

You Are Not Supposed to Be Smarter Than Him

Most people live for nothing but their own fear of death. It's their own fear of death that keeps in the corner everyday. They're still not doing anything to prolong it. They've only turned their cor...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:57:00 PST

Gateway

I have a dream of what it will feel like when I finally leave the hazy smog-like atmosphere of the uncomfortable corporate world and paradigm and move my life into one surrounded by art at the tattoo...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:54:00 PST

Vietnam Letter

Allow me one cliché: The world is filled with two types of people: those who admit their regrets and those who pretend they have no regrets. Usually, the people who claim to have no regrets call them...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:50:00 PST

The Words Lose Meaning, Turn to Ink

This is fiction! I laid on the couch and read my book while the girls talked. I rested my head on the arm of the couch. My girl sat on the other side of the couch with her legs crossed and tur...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:47:00 PST

Guilty of Being White

I have a giant map of the world hanging up in my room. It not only serves as a great reference, it also serves as a great remedial tool. Maps always have. The larger the map, the more efficient the cu...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:13:00 PST

Woman Full of Stones

NOTE: THIS IS FICTION I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about Danny. Margaret was still asleep beside me. Danny was a constant pain in my life and I hadn't seen him in years. I wished he'd...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:31:00 PST

The Writers’ Strike

If you haven't heard about the writers' strike, it's probably because you're a shut-in and you haven't paid your electric bill. The Writers Guild of America, responsible for such television shows as "...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:50:00 PST

Considering the Elderly

Moving some place because of the weather is about as stupid as moving some place because of the department stores. Most people move to Florida for the weather, which is nothing more than an angry sun...
Posted by Phil Grech Writes on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:41:00 PST