José VadiReview: “The First and Last Picture Show” by Joey SinkoIt’s comforting knowing there are kids in suburbia still dying their hair jet black and finding freedom through a driver’s license and the…Jan 6, 2020Jan 6, 2020
José VadiQuartersnacks Best of 2010s Tribute: Quasi “Mother” & Brandon Westgate “MADE: Chapter 1”Note: This post is inspired by Quarternsacks Best of the 2010s reader survey. I decided to write reviews for some of my picks that made…Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
José VadiHow Samuel L. Jackson Became Mister Señor Love Daddy in Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing”A Greek chorus in Brooklyn. Not your Uncle but your Uncle’s sometimes degenerate friend. A referee. A trivia game answer sheet with a…Jun 19, 2017Jun 19, 2017
José VadiStill Fits #1: Free Mumia (1999)Still Fits is a series documenting the stories behind my old concert t-shirts.Feb 23, 2016Feb 23, 2016
José VadiCuba in Fragments: 2001A step-down joint outside of Havana. Barely lit small tables with bars in the back. Waiters carousing loudly knifing paths through the…Oct 5, 2015Oct 5, 2015
José Vadi“Sunrise Shift”My last day of work and they’re still asleep in their cars. Everything sits right beside them: canteens turned makeshift pillows lodged…Jul 15, 2015Jul 15, 2015
José Vadi’93 (Lex Slams Yoko)a scripted bodyslam of nationalist intention circa 1993 {POEM}Apr 5, 2015Apr 5, 2015
José VadiThe Silencing of a Radio LegendArt Laboe’s Los Angeles legacy threatened by new IHeartRadio leadership.Mar 13, 2015Mar 13, 2015
José VadiDrowning in “Swim”: Why an Audi Commercial Shows Not All Lives MatterCommercials like “Swim” reflect how white Americans find more justice within the American justice system than people of color.Feb 9, 2015Feb 9, 2015