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Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me.  Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. … Continue reading →

The absence of new posts on Grating Space can be explained by two things: the fact that I have been working seven days a week at the BA Herald because everyone else in my department quit (more on this later) … Continue reading →

Bicicletas, No Lo Soporto, and Hamacas al Río at Parque Lezama City of Buenos Aires public concert series 16 February, 2008 (This review will appear in the next issue of WickedBA Magazine in April.) A group of old men hunched … Continue reading →

photo by Sol Oreña Banda de Turistas, DJs Parejas at Compass, Club Niceto 1 Feb., 2008 (note: This review will appear in the next issue of WickedBA magazine, in April) Banda de Turistas are tourists of the modern world — … Continue reading →

The pants pocket is the only suspect, crammed full of money, pens, keys, squares of paper with notable events and information, and my knife — it tends to expel the heaviest item. My black-handled, half-serrated Benchmade with liquid-smooth action and … Continue reading →

I knelt in a pile of yellow garbage soot outside a bar that was apparently closed even though it was filled with people. I was with two American adventurers with whom I had wandered the streets of Once and Palermo, … Continue reading →