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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: are you now or have you ever been...

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: are you now or have you ever been…

May 25, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

Okay, punk, are you now or have you ever been: a fag? a queer? a black? a chicano? a zionist? a commie? a jew boy?…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: it sucks to have the flu

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: it sucks to have the flu

May 18, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

The Storming Bohemian has the flu. Fever, aches and all that jazz. Determined to remain punkalicious, I have struggled to write a column this morning…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: transformation and a highway to the past

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: transformation and a highway to the past

May 11, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

Lately, I’ve been writing about my childhood. And before that, I was writing about my childhood. And years ago, as a child, I wrote about…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

April 30, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

So, I start writing this column on a patio in Petaluma, listening to a set by the band “Fox & Woman” founded by friends I…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: silence is golden

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: silence is golden

April 14, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

The Storming Bohemian will not be writing a column next week. Why? I am going on retreat at a Trappist monastery in the countryside outside…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: writing and beyond

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: writing and beyond

April 6, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

I started out wanting to be an actor, went to school for it, performed in quite a few plays before moving on to means of…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: curing creative snobbery

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: curing creative snobbery

March 30, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

Creative writing class. That is a phrase that evokes in me some very ambivalent reactions. I’ve taken a few, and some of them have been…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: self indulgent twaddle is better than no twaddle at all

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: self indulgent twaddle is better than no twaddle at all

March 23, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Punk the Muse

I’m stuck. Like a cheap truck in a swamp. Like a deer in the headlights. Like a senile actor realizing with horror that he has…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: when things aren't getting worse fast enough

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: when things aren’t getting worse fast enough

March 16, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, Punk the Muse, Statement

It’s raining outside of my cozy home in the East Bay hills. It is quiet here, except for the tap tap on the roof and…

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THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: send lawyers, guns and money

THE STORMING BOHEMIAN PUNKS THE MUSE: send lawyers, guns and money

March 9, 2012
Charles Kruger
I WOULD SAY, Punk the Muse, Statement

Personally, I’ve not written much fiction. Scares me. Confessional poetry is more my game. Came to it because it seemed pretty accessible. How hard could…

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