Enjoy cultural commentary I wrote for Thought Catalog under the pen name David Bachelor: On the 20th Anniversary of Clerks: Why Kevin Smith is the Gene Simmons of the 90s

Read about some of the more interesting happenings in Hudson County, NJ which I wrote as an arts & entertainment editor for the Hudson Reporter, including:

Rock and Roll Legends:

‘Secondman’s Middle Stand.’ Legendary Mike Watt Comes to Maxwell’s

Out of This Place and Onto Washington Street. Eric Burdon and the Animals Play Hoboken Arts and Music Festival

Doin’ It Cause They Like It: Lead Singer of Grammy Nominated Godsmack Joins Dropbox at O’Donoghues

Enterprising Artists:

Malcom Forbes Personal Photographer. Eighteen Years of Hoboken Resident Davis’s Work on Display

But Do the Performers Get Royalties? Jersey City Artists Create the Sex Album

Movies About People Who Like Movies. Fandom Zone Documents Lifestyle of Sci-fi Fans, Comic Book Buffs, Toy Collectors, and Other Nerds

Glow Ropes: The Story of a Bar Mitzvah Emcee. Scenes from Independent Production Shot in Secaucus

Understand how my short lived television show, Across the Hudson with Carmelo Garcia, highlighted Hudson County with celebrity interviews, lifestyle and nightlife segments, and music & comedy showcases which I wrote and produced.

And in case you were wondering, I’m not afraid to promote my own creative adventures in my own newspaper…

My musical/comedy act: The Purple Hearts Club at the Liquid Lounge

My guest appearance on the final broadcast of the Joe Franklin Radio Show: From Rude Vallee to the Amazing Kreskin. Radio Icon Joe Franklin Retires Radio Show and Prepares to Launch Network

My TV show: Across the Hudson with Carmelo Garcia. A Look Behind the Scenes of the New Local TV Show