DYC is great!! I've worked with them a bunch. Here's a production we did in the summer of 2020 in response to the George Floyd murder. It still makes me cry a bit every time I watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWsm7lcGXM
Your stories are so radically different one day to the next.
I look forward to each.
This one was brutal, raw, real.
I'm glad you're sober, or I'd be very concerned about your personal safety.
I'm the oldest of seven, and I know what it's like to be blamed for everything - probably why I accepted so much responsibility for so long. People asked why? I don't know, it's my psyche.
So gripping how you layered all the tragic pieces and bookended them with the narrator's mea culpa.
Like so many kids, he takes the blame and protects his rageaholic dad and enabling mom—who couldn't even be trusted to hear the truth about why the boys wanted to stop seeing their uncle.
I can relate to your narrator. I was the little brother. I didn’t burn things, but my older brother always blamed me whenever he got caught doing something wrong. You captured that feeling of hopeless unfairness well.
Wow, such detail and so clear. And all in a day. Your imagination must run like a Corvette ZR1
ps without "notes" i may not have seen that
great all i got to say thanks
Thanks for reading it. Feel free to Restack it.
A brilliantly crafted tragedy.
Thanks Mark. For the next 1000 I hope I write more comedy than tragedy, but obviously I'm proud of this one. Thank you for taking the time to read it.
If you want to play in my backyard, bring some swim trunks, I got a pool. 😉
Wow, very powerful, Jimmy!
Thanks Luke. I think this one wound up being one of my favorites
Do you have a preferred outlet from which I can purchase your book? Or someplace local (Eastside Detroit) I can just go purchase it?
PayPal me 21 bucks at inksplatter65@yahoo.com and I can sign and mail you a copy.
The book has been out for so long I haven't really been stocking bookstores.
Oh, man. The angle that always get overlooked. Did you ever see the movie Mid-90s? I think you would appreciate it.
Directed by Jonah Hill? How did I miss that?
You should watch it as soon as you have time. It’s a real piece of art.
I haven't. I'm really behind on my TBW list between writing, wagering and a new acting project. I need to do a binge day.
At the risk of being repetitive…wow!
You could get the Detroit Youth Choir to sing that word at me. I'll never get sick of it.
DYC is great!! I've worked with them a bunch. Here's a production we did in the summer of 2020 in response to the George Floyd murder. It still makes me cry a bit every time I watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWsm7lcGXM
You and Paul Randolph. I'm honored to have such a close connection to that crew.
Wow
Thanks Jim. I love Wow so much
I know. And it saves me from the strain of being articulate. :-)
" The Strain of Being Articulate" . Great movie title.
Wow Jimmy... that one goes deep. Beautifully painfully deep
Glad you found beauty in the pain
Life.
Your stories are so radically different one day to the next.
I look forward to each.
This one was brutal, raw, real.
I'm glad you're sober, or I'd be very concerned about your personal safety.
I'm the oldest of seven, and I know what it's like to be blamed for everything - probably why I accepted so much responsibility for so long. People asked why? I don't know, it's my psyche.
Wow, again.
I wonder what my stories would be like if I had more than one sibling.
So gripping how you layered all the tragic pieces and bookended them with the narrator's mea culpa.
Like so many kids, he takes the blame and protects his rageaholic dad and enabling mom—who couldn't even be trusted to hear the truth about why the boys wanted to stop seeing their uncle.
Thanks Diane. It's fictional, but little slivers came from reality/personal experience.
I can relate to your narrator. I was the little brother. I didn’t burn things, but my older brother always blamed me whenever he got caught doing something wrong. You captured that feeling of hopeless unfairness well.
I remember a picture of all of you. I'm pretty sure you had no shoes.
Dark. Ugly, in a beautiful way. Really dark.
It's just organic sometimes.
Ugh
Life has some ughs.
You don't do electronic transfer, huh? No big deal, but I really don't have PO box.
You can try BookBeat in Oak Park. They might have a signed copy left. Otherwise it's Amazon.