Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz reads Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss on the Senate floor during his 22-hour filibuster against ObamaCare. In response, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer is “appalled.” To a crowd of reporters he said, “Green Eggs and Ham has a moral: Don’t criticize something, don’t reject something, until you actually try it. Sam said he didn’t like green eggs and ham for a long time. And then when he finally tried it, he liked it.” …
Author: Tracy Jones
At my daughter, Kantra’s school they have a “crazy hair day” where kids come to school wearing funny hair styles. Last school year, new to the game, we just bought Kantra a fluorescent orange wig. She looked ready for a rave. I couldn’t help noticing the dichotomy of the kids wearing afro wigs and calling it crazy while my daughter wore white girl hair under the same banner. “I think its just a joke,” my wife, Haruki, said. “I know,” …
Here’s my BBC interview. It starts at minute 48. I talk about my latest Tokyo Weekender article, Japanese Hip-Hop Has Sectioned Itself Off and my life in Japan. You’ll hear my four-year-old daughter, Kantra, wildin’ out in the background. She was climbing and jumping on the couch. I was motioning her to chill while pushing words out of my mouth. She says “hi.” Thank you Subi Star, good looking out. It was definitely a learning experience. It made me consider making audio …
Tomorrow at 11:50am (Japan time), The BBC World Service is interviewing me about my latest Tokyo Weekender article, A Shut Door: “Japanese Hip-Hop Has Sectioned Itself Off”. Again, The BBC World Service will interview me, tomorrow at 11:50am (Japan time). . …
It’s been a minute…. Just got back from the beach. I’ve been working on three short stories. One’s about a gathering. Another one’s about the 2011 earthquake. The third is about pennies for a thought or giving one’s two cents. They have been almost done, scrapped, rewritten, yelled at, sighed over, laughed about, and reborn. They’re fucking getting there. My latest article for Tokyo Weekender just got up, “Japanese hip-hop has sectioned itself off.” Most of the people in this piece …
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