The Journal of Jeffrey Vernon Matucha
This is my top ten list of movies about Bohemians: artists and artistic types, fictional or otherwise. I realize some of your fave bohemian movies may not be on this list. If so, feel free to comment. I also will admit I have not seen some films that could fit into this list, such as …
This is an excerpt from my recently published novel The Falling Circle, available for Kindle and in paperback on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Circle-Jeffrey-Matucha-ebook/dp/B07K7NVKBW/ Talking to Gust Preston was meditating on the faint, translucent swirls oozing around the surface of his coffee when he heard someone bounding down the hall. Ka-flump, KA-flumP, KAFLuMP! The kaflumping got closer and …
Here are some quotes and short excerpts from my Eighties novel The Clubber, available on Amazon.com “Gimme a dollar!” grinned Jason. “Um, no.” “Then gimme a kiss.” “Sorry. A kiss costs a dollar.” “I know. That’s why I want the dollar.” He remembered being particularly impressed with one of the man’s works entitled Robot Ham. …
Yeah, reposting Yelp reviews may not be the highest form of blogging, but I can’t resist replicating it here. If David Lynch directed a grocery store, it would be this place. My review on Yelp can be found here! Welcome to the worst grocery store in Berkeley! Possibly the entire East Bay! Okay, the selection …
On June 2nd, 2019 I ran the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. In doing so I completed my goal of running twelve marathons in twelve months. Since my very first marathon in 2009 I’ve averaged three to four marathons a year. But I got it in my head that I wanted to hit a …
A poem I wrote a few years ago, inspired by my many years of long distance running… O’ IT Band, O’ IT Band, Right now life just ain’t that grand. You’re too tight, you’re too sore, Makes it hard to run out the door. Run real fast, up a hill, Back down again, what a …
It was with profound sadness that earlier this week I learned that Hannelore Elsner had passed on. More than a few of my fellow Americans might think to themselves “Who?” The truth is, if you aren’t German or a Germanophile, you have probably never heard of Hannelore Elsner. Elsner has appeared in many of my …
This is an excerpt from my alt-underground play Alex is Missing, a play about four crusty clubbers looking for their missing friend in the underground world of the concrete jungle, as they wade through wage workers, drug dealers, crazy parents, and all of the other underground chaos that makes up their lives on the edge. …
Various quotes from my novel Crash Shadow: A Tale of Two Addicts, available on Amazon.com in print and Kindle form… “You are a stupid bloke,” declared Paul. “Why?” scraped straightlace. “Because skinheads smoke dope.” “What?” “I forgot the industrial band’s name.” “Greenway’s band. I forgot their name though. Something about a hamster.” “You can talk …
On Friday March 29th 2019, at 8 PM, a 24 Hour Fitness in downtown Berkeley, California, will shut down for good. The owner of the building where that branch of 24 Hour Fitness resides is not renewing their lease, apparently. I am a 24 Hour Fitness member, and my membership was at that club. I …