6. Hide and Seek (4)
Old Ronan escorted Ryu into the candlelit den where a gargantuan woman lay on a table in the center of a swaying and shuffling crowd. “She is sick,” whispered Ronan, his voice thin and dry. “I will heal her.” Drumbeats and low chanting, almost a crooning, rocked the room. Then a woman in...
Dead Love: Brain Candy
Brains, brains, brains … on the hunt for a little brain candy?? Yum. Here’s the not-so-secret recipe—two, actually. The first uses Alizé, the cognac-based liquor … very popular these days. The second is basically coffee with a blood-red kick. OK, it is a little...
Dead Love: Strange Star...
“Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.” —William S. Burroughs Beastie Boy rapper Adam Yauch is releasing a documentary about William S. Burroughs. Burroughs, a Beat with amazing staying power, despite crimes, misdemeanors and major addictions … he died in 1997 … was revered by...
Dead Love: Another Vood...
While Ryu is hanging out in Haiti in the latest Dead Love serializations, I’m going to focus on the local “voodoo” scene, which means the flashlight hits San Jose’s VooDoo Lounge (14 South Second Street). The music is hip hop, R&B, soul, neo-soul, rock,...