I dreamt about new ink
Around my neck
down my chest
my back
I could feel the heat of the needles
until the sun
pulled me back

- S|J|R

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Pocho Dot Com

On 01/20/2012, in HA!, S. J. Rivera, Writing, by S. J. Rivera

In addition to the many hats that I wear here at BSP, I am also a contributing writer for Pocho.com, the news y satire website run by Dennis Wilen, legendary Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz and others. My history with Pocho spans several years as I was a frequent visitor to their infamous cyber cholo chat room back in the day (RIP).

On the current incarnation of Pocho.com you will find me riffing on the funny, the sarcastic and the satire-y. It’s fun for me to break from the serious for a little while and let the funny in to balance things out. So tune in, check out the hilarity, comment and share. You won’t find comedy or satire like this elsewhere - guaranteed. Ajua!

- S|J|R

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If there’s one thing I know next to nothing about it’s painting. This one, aptly titled Leonard’s Lament is my latest. I was going for a blood spatter effect a la what the wall would look like after someone blew their brains out with a shotgun. Why Leonard? Well, Leonard was the deranged character in Full Metal Jacket that commits suicide at the end of the first act. This painting was inspired by him.

“I am in a world. of. shit!”

Yeah. That guy.

This was done on a ratty, old canvas on cardboard boxes in my garage floor. The oils that I used are ancient and I had to use some thinner to get the colors to run a bit. Again, no clue what I’m doing but it’s fun. I also hanged the painting from the wall to allow some of the colors to drip. It took forever to “dry” and is still doing so. All things considered, I like the result.

I haven’t painted with oils in years and this was very enjoyable. Here’s to hoping another decade doesn’t pass be fore I do it again. Click through to see more angles, close-ups etc.

- S|J|R

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I recently had the pleasure of doing an interview with close friend and avid reader Art Meza. Art works for the Los Angeles Public Library System and is passionate about giving back to his community. Art was gracious enough to not only get my books in the LA public library system but to ask me to do this interview. He asked some great questions and I enjoyed answering them. If you’ve ever wondered who my favorite authors are, why I left the fire department or what I have planned for 2012, this is the interview to read.

 

“I had a chance to sit down with Xicano writer, author of the books, Demon In The Mirror and Amerikkkan Stories, and owner of indie publishing company, Broken Sword Publications, S.J. Rivera and ask him some questions about his writing influences, children’s books and his plans to take over 2012. Okay, well, I wasn’t technically sitting WITH him but I was sitting down when I wrote the questions and I assume he was sitting down when he answered them. If you’re a fan like I am you’re going to want to read his answers. READ THE INTERVIEW HERE.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wake to an orange-yellow sun, burning

horizontal shadow lines on the wall

It’s after the nightmares

and there’s blood all over the place

So much blood

soaked into the carpet

on the walls, like splashes from a brush

there is no recollection

no reckoning

and nothing more to learn

just scars that never heal

like a first tattoo

- S|J|R (from the book Demon in the Mirror)