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Print: $8.94 Download: $3.75 For the most part this second book resembles more of what I had envisioned for Last American Roar which was published in the summer of 2003. At the time, I was still looking for a voice that I could truly call my own which I accomplished later in LAR. My vision for this second book is to rediscover what the older artists already knew. That is, the aim should be outside the writer, governed by that that which is greater than themselves. This is my attempt at a new movement, one which goes back to the core of classical writing, to accomplish on the page what Degas set out to do on the canvas. The aim is to create something that lives on long after I'm gone. All artists are vessels whose purpose is to create art then fade away. That is the vision for Organic Hotels, to reach that peak.
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Print: $8.00 Download: $2.39 Last American Roar, published in 2003, is a collection of my works dating back to 1999. Most
of the poems deal with the subjects of drug abuse, travel, politics and the old stand by of love lost. The classic Greenwhich Village style should appeal to both young and older readers alike.
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Print: $8.94 Download: $3.75 For the most part this second book resembles more of what I had envisioned for Last American Roar which was published in the summer of 2003. At the time, I was still looking for a voice that I could truly call my own which I accomplished later in LAR. My vision for this second book is to rediscover what the older artists already knew. That is, the aim should be outside the writer, governed by that that which is greater than themselves. This is my attempt at a new movement, one which goes back to the core of classical writing, to accomplish on the page what Degas set out to do on the canvas. The aim is to create something that lives on long after I'm gone. All artists are vessels whose purpose is to create art then fade away. That is the vision for Organic Hotels, to reach that peak.
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Print: $8.00 Download: $2.39 Last American Roar, published in 2003, is a collection of my works dating back to 1999. Most
of the poems deal with the subjects of drug abuse, travel, politics and the old stand by of love lost. The classic Greenwhich Village style should appeal to both young and older readers alike.
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Matthew Abuelo's Blog
2008 Jan 02 Organic Hotels—A Review by Nora Gruenberg
When Alors, Et Toi? invited me to review Matthew Abuelo’s new collection of poetry, I was curious to see what the thirty-something writer and activist, once 86ed from a Long Island coffee shop for criticizing the war in Iraq, had to say about his impressions of the world today.
Van Gogh, Degas, William S. Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson, are among some of the artists and literary heroes he refers to in his writing. Inspired to believe that “all artists are vessels whose purpose is to create art and fade away,” he hopes to rediscover what the “old artists already knew,” which is to look outside the writer’s world, and be “governed by that which is greater than ourselves.”
Abuelo’s cadence-rich free verse handles themes such as war, urban decay and the suburban abyss. He writes of apathy, crippling boredom, and unrealized potential against the backdrop of national greed, corruption and world-wide disorder. Contrasting the shallow materialism of suburbia to the corrupt pleasure-seeking denizens of his modern-day Babylon, he seems locked in a symbiotic relationship with society that fuels a sense of disillusionment and isolation.
In his first poem, Untitled, he describes the “core of western culture” as “death fermenting” which encourages the greed that has led to the conflict in the Middle East. Shifting to his impressions of the superficial existence of bored Long Islanders reacting to the decaying corruption-machine that is “Babylon,” he ties the two themes together by lamenting “the cancelled voice of art,” which he seems to attribute to a population doomed by distraction, self-medication, meaningless sex, pollution and “depression without an outlet.”
With frequent references to the hard edge of urban life, I found myself feeling like a witness to dark dreamscapes. While the emotion of his work is accessible, but the imagery is in turns esoteric, abstractly violent and macabre. His sometimes ambiguous sensory descriptions yet vivid emotional reactions seem to encode his impressions of an ugly world--perhaps in order to be able to better digest them himself.
The title poem, Organic Hotels, has a distinct sense of being in his stream of consciousness. Nebulous descriptions of isolation, tenuous sexual connections and hazy anger finish with a sense desperate urgency. Such characteristic emotional variation and enigmatic sensory grit lead seem to be deeply personal but abstract reactions to specific events and concepts.
I found Abuelo’s verse to be intense and emotionally impressionistic. Despite the grim interior of his world, I felt compelled to look into unfamiliar political, symbolic, cultural or religious references to get a better idea of Abuelo’s worldview. I felt drawn to the wretched underbelly he described and frequently felt compelled to draw my own conclusions about the meaning behind his poetry.
Ultimately, art is subjective. We should be free to draw our own conclusions, left alone to think about what we’ve experienced long after we’ve finished looking at it. Organic Hotels offers the reader just that opportunity—to garner an impression of Abuelo’s perspective on the world while being free to come to our own conclusions and make our own meaning out of his poetry.
Nora Gruenberg is a thirty year old wife and mother of one. She lives in Chicago’s southwest suburbs and writes as often as possible. She has been published by 34th Parallel and is currently seeking publication to he first Novel “Dalia”
2007 Nov 23 Organic Hotels—A Review by Nora Gruenberg
When Alors, Et Toi? invited me to review Matthew Abuelo’s new collection of poetry, I was curious to see what the thirty-something writer and activist, once 86ed from a Long Island coffee shop for criticizing the war in Iraq, had to say about his impressions of the world today.
Van Gogh, Degas, William S. Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson, are among some of the artists and literary heroes he refers to in his writing. Inspired to believe that “all artists are vessels whose purpose is to create art and fade away,” he hopes to rediscover what the “old artists already knew,” which is to look outside the writer’s world, and be “governed by that which is greater than ourselves.”
Abuelo’s cadence-rich free verse handles themes such as war, urban decay and the suburban abyss. He writes of apathy, crippling boredom, and unrealized potential against the backdrop of national greed, corruption and world-wide disorder. Contrasting the shallow materialism of suburbia to the corrupt pleasure-seeking denizens of his modern-day Babylon, he seems locked in a symbiotic relationship with society that fuels a sense of disillusionment and isolation.
In his first poem, Untitled, he describes the “core of western culture” as “death fermenting” which encourages the greed that has led to the conflict in the Middle East. Shifting to his impressions of the superficial existence of bored Long Islanders reacting to the decaying corruption-machine that is “Babylon,” he ties the two themes together by lamenting “the cancelled voice of art,” which he seems to attribute to a population doomed by distraction, self-medication, meaningless sex, pollution and “depression without an outlet.”
With frequent references to the hard edge of urban life, I found myself feeling like a witness to dark dreamscapes. While the emotion of his work is accessible, but the imagery is in turns esoteric, abstractly violent and macabre. His sometimes ambiguous sensory descriptions yet vivid emotional reactions seem to encode his impressions of an ugly world--perhaps in order to be able to better digest them himself.
The title poem, Organic Hotels, has a distinct sense of being in his stream of consciousness. Nebulous descriptions of isolation, tenuous sexual connections and hazy anger finish with a sense desperate urgency. Such characteristic emotional variation and enigmatic sensory grit lead seem to be deeply personal but abstract reactions to specific events and concepts.
I found Abuelo’s verse to be intense and emotionally impressionistic. Despite the grim interior of his world, I felt compelled to look into unfamiliar political, symbolic, cultural or religious references to get a better idea of Abuelo’s worldview. I felt drawn to the wretched underbelly he described and frequently felt compelled to draw my own conclusions about the meaning behind his poetry.
Ultimately, art is subjective. We should be free to draw our own conclusions, left alone to think about what we’ve experienced long after we’ve finished looking at it. Organic Hotels offers the reader just that opportunity—to garner an impression of Abuelo’s perspective on the world while being free to come to our own conclusions and make our own meaning out of his poetry.
Nora Gruenberg is a thirty year old wife and mother of one. She lives in Chicago’s southwest suburbs and writes as often as possible. She has been published by 34th Parallel and is currently seeking publication to he first Novel “Dalia”
2007 Jul 10 PBS Looks To Appeal To The Hispanic Community
For the first time in more than thirty years, the Public Broadcast Station is looking to expand beyond its base audience. PBS now is looking start an all Hispanic station which aims at educating children and providing programming for adults that focuses on cultural diversity. The new station, “WEDU” looks to fill a long standing void in educational TV aimed at the young Latin community. As of now, this new channel will only be found in the Tampa area but may become nationally syndicated, depending on the success it may or may not find there. One of the hopes here is that the education provided by WEDU could be similar to what the English population had enjoyed for years.
PBS may also be looking to going rejoin its grassroots beginnings. As many of those who have watched the channel for years can attest, the supposed Public Broadcast station has been drawing in more corporate dollars in the past two decades than the previous years starting with the founding year of 1969. One of the main supporters has been Mercedes and a subsidiary of Exxon-mobile. Regardless, we were able to hold onto such shows and Bill Moyer’s Journal, formally known as “Now” and several British comedies. With the Hispanic market now being wooed it should be interesting to see if this once "channel of the people "will return to its roots. This appears unlikely though. The president of the station is Paula A. Kerger who ran "WNET" a corporate news site not known for its diverse views. Their former president Ervin Duggan was head of the FCC presiding over the relaxation of rules which allowed the further monopolization of the media by large corporate entities. Now 5 - 7 media owners control much more than 90% of the market. How PBS approaches WEDU may reveal what kind of vehicle this station might become.
On the surface of things, providing quality education to the Spanish population is not only a wonderful idea but much-needed considering the collapse of the American education system some thirty years ago. Hopefully this new channel lives up to past PBS programs despite the move away from public support and more towards corporate funding.
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2007 Jul 05
According to new studies reported by on WFLA and which can be viewed on the link below, while antidepressants can help those on them to lead normal lives, they have also been linked to bone loss in elderly. One of the most common anti-depressants on the market “SRRIs” seem to hit post metaposal women the hardest in terms of hip erosion. Elderly males on the drugs also showed a higher percentage of bone loss than men who were never were on the drug.
These new findings do not bold well for many younger teenage girls who may have to be placed on them according to the latest numbers concerning the increase of teenage girls addicted to drugs. According to new studies which one can view on the top link below, girls are now more likely to take drugs due to depression and alienation than are teenage boys. In fact the rate of the teenage female population who are hooked on drugs are for the first time in recent history are equal to that males. You can check out the links below for more information.
Until next time.
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2007 Jul 03 The Price of Tax Cuts
For those of you who support massive tax cuts and support the idea that George Bush’s tax breaks, which mainly benefit the top 10% of the US population, should be made permanent, then you would be wisely advised to pay attention to the new situation that has suddenly crept up in Tampa Florida. After months of holding special sessions urged on by Governor Charlie Crist, the state has adopted a bill which will slash property taxes by more than 25% and will reduce next years spending to the level of what it is today. As a result several counties now face real challenges in keeping their fire department and police forces at current levels. These counties include, Hillsborough county, Hernando County and Pinellas county. There are plans in motion to put a fee on all emergencies from EMS services to the arrival of the Fire department saving your home.
The proposal would hand the bill to the insurance companies which on the surface of things would seem like a good idea but once peel back the layers of details surrounding the outcome of such a proposal it is not hard to see that the real loser in this whole affair will be the American tax pair. After all, insurance companies look loop holes that allow them to avoid paying for any of the current crises situations that we have grown accustomed to being covered for. It would be easy to assume that at some point that those who are struck with an unfortunate circumstance will have to be the ones responsible for covering charges for the needed emergency services that arrive at a crisis situation. So the question must be asked, both facetiously and partly serious, how long will it take for people to be unable to afford calling the fire department. This may sound like a stupid question seeing that no fire station would allow a home to go up in flames without attempting to save the home but, if the individual has to, in the end flip the bill, then suddenly a horrid picture develops. Remember there was a time that hospitals couldn’t withhold services but now it happened all the time. It is could very well lead to privatization of some of our most vital services.
Already, 121 employees have been cut from several of Tampa’s governmental non-emergency positions with 115 vacant positions slashed altogether. In all that’s 236 jobs that no longer exist. To make matters worse, Mayor Pam Iorio have given those workers 90 days to find jobs with no severance packages. The move has reportedly cut $ 15 million dollars from the city’s budget. However, Iorio has gone on to say that more spending has to be cut from the city’s budget and more jobs will be slashed from the payroll. It seems curious that her office would allow so many workers slip through the cracks without a severance package assuming that the search for work takes many of those who were given a pink slip longer than the three months given.
We’ll see. Until Next time.
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2007 Jul 02
Alberto Gonzales escaped the noose once again after the GOP blocked a Democratic no-confidence vote towards Mr. Gonzales. The republican move is more of a political move rather than a moral one since they are looking forward to the 2008 elections. This may turn back on them later on however as Americans gray more wary on Governmental corruption. From the inner circle of the Bush administration, names like Tom Delay and Louis Scooter Libby stand out due to how close they are or were to the sitting president. Alberto Gonzales though has a history with George Bush since the Texas days, a time where Alberto helped his boss find legal technicalities to allow him by pass laws that range from sending a mentally retarded man to death to privatizing much of Texas’s social infrastructure. Today, he is still helping working on new ways to either bypass national or internationals to changing laws to serve the house’s ideology. For this reason, it is rather unlikely that Bush will feed him to the dogs. Few within his walls know how to circumvent laws better then the long time lawyer.
In other political news Michael Bloomberg is creating a lot of buzz now that he left the GOP and has become unaffiliated. One of the main questions not being asked is how his change in political party is going to affect his politics as a whole. For those who live New York know that he often sides with big business at the expense of working class communities. One prime of example of this was the project of the West Side Stadium that was geared to bring the New York Jets back to New York. The outcome of such a project would be a high volume of congestion in a neighborhood where recent studies show a higher than average level of asthma in children. Further more, the project would also include the building of luxury condos and coops with little attention being given to lower income housing. And as history shows, whole areas around sports stadiums tend to be dumping grounds for the stadium itself. The issue divided the city until it was finally voted down. His connection to big business also can be seen in his decision to make CEO of Goldman Sachs, Mark Marcus the head of the rent guidelines board, a panel that makes several decisions regarding such issues as rent hikes. Marcus has an extensive history of siding with landlords, including the worst ones, when it comes to rent hikes and legal justifications for certain actions.
With Christmas just around the corner MTA Union begged the New York mayor to meet with them to discuss viable pay raises and to cut from a proposal by Mr. Bloomberg that would slash benefits for new MTA employees. What is not mentioned much of the time is that the Union conceded several demand before they were forced to go on strike. What is most troubling is that the New York media has chosen to over look these facts, including the usually liberal paper, “City Limits” magazine.
While the Republicans are changing parties or defending criminals, the democrats are once again looking to make political hay by embracing pop culture. In introducing her new theme song, Hillary Clinton and Bill did a satire of the final episode of the Sopranos. The piece has Hillary Clinton sitting in a diner as Bill Clinton walks through the door. That’s when Hillary puts on the song, by Celine Deon’s “You and I.” before the Democrats re-took office in November, they had spoken of bringing troops home from Iraq, oversight and rolling back many of George Bush’s policies. Since they have retaken control of Congress, there are more troops in Iraq now than before they took office and the spending in Iraq and Afghanistan is more than double what it was a year ago. The oversight that the Democrats sold us was suppose to have made Bush a lame duck but, few if anything has changed concerning how does business.
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2007 Jun 11
If you listen to Fox news or to most of the major networks, you’d get the impression that the economy is at the start of a new bubble and that the Clinton record employment was around the corner. Unfortunately, what is being reported and the everyday reality for most Americans is vastly different. The unemployment rate for teens looking for summer jobs is looking to hit a 57 year high because post college graduates and older workers are forced into jobs that would normally be considered entry level positions.
While it has been a decades long accepted fact that the thirty to forty year old generations will be the first two in history that will be forced into lower living standards than our parents or our grandparents. This fact is but one reason the housing market continues to be in a steep slump that will last for the foreseeable future. Many real estate agents are now jumping the now sinking US housing ship which is a clear sign that the employ pool looks to only get deeper which will feed the situation of the failing market. When one considers the ever increasing prices in the major metropolitan which includes steep property taxes you can see why there is an exodus from cities like Tampa Bay. As a side note, Florida Crist did promise to lower property tax in the state, even held a special session, but now seems to be backing out of the promise of his campaign. There were a few Democrats did warn about potential problems from the bill that came out of the special session. Some suggested that the bill surly did not do enough to lower the property tax on home owners. The long term outcome of the bill has been a domino effect on jobs concerning the housing market. This goes behind just agents but reaches into the construction business.
The most interesting aspect of a failing economy that is starting to unveil itself, is not the fact that it is hitting the poor and middle class, that’s the accepted norm. But it is now affecting the white collar worker. One has to only look at the past three days and the fact that even Wall Street is showing the signs of crumbling under the weight of its own cannibalistic nature. This is not to say that we will see a total collapse of anything tomorrow nor the next day or next year but the limitation of the past 7 years when it comes to our economy is starting to show itself. One would have to ignore history or be ignorant of it to not notice a spiraling trend. For starters the federal coffers are now bare. The increase in our international trade deficit continues to reach historical highs every year. As of now, China continues to finically support the Bush White house’s drunken spending spree which ranges to the illegal war in Iraq to the missile defense system that is moving us ever closer to another arms race with Russia. More frightening, the White house continues to try and put pressure on their savings and loans Country of the East to accept trade agreements that favor our country. Such arrogance is odd considering we continue to slip ever more into debt. But this seems to make little difference to those who drive the great machine forward towards a likely economic cliff. There is also a sense that our funding for cheap goods relationship with China will continue as it had under the Clinton administration. Sooner or later China will find greener pastures dealing with the EU which for both parties would make economic and political sense. What growing economy wants to be tied to a sinking ship? The truth is, not many.
And then there is the United States unwillingness to move away from oil as their economic base and b. as our main fuel source. When one looks at those countries that provide the world’s oil, many of them have either pulled away from the US hegemony like Venezuela and Iran or they are in total chaos like Iraq and Darfur, a country that has turned to China as one of their man customers, to few other African countries. The volatility those Governments of oil producing countries can be seen at the gas bumps here at home. While it has helped the sales of the hybrid automobile, it has done little to convince those in Washington to push for a real green energy infrastructure. The best they could come up with is ethanol which will prove to only increase the green house effect. The exhaust from any burning vegetation is methane gas which is far denser than CO2 but even the Democrats are far too tied to farming lobby groups to speak out against this quasi green energy alternative which is nothing more than a pay off. Further more, the shear cost both in production and distribution of fuel will be astronomical according to several sources. Fewer people will be able to afford to drive. The fact is that ethanol is an environmental in the same way that the group “Ducks Unlimited” is a conservation group. It’s really front for those who continue to push our economy down the rabbit hole.
Until nest time.
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2007 Jun 04
After extended attacks against her by both the right and the Democrat left, Cindy Sheehan has decided to leave the anti-war movement as a public face. This comes a little over a week after the Democrats and the White house passed the Iraq war spending bill that basically gives George Bush a blanch check. But Sheehan the end for came due to the hate mail and death threats that she started to receive after she and those at camp Casey attempted to hold the Democrats under the same level of scrutiny that the Republicans have been under the past two years. Sadly enough, as she stated in her diaries, she will have to live with the fact that her son died for no reason, more accurately though, the death of her son came as a mere stepping stone for those who trade on Wall Street.
As Cindy Sheehan steps down from her post and the left scrambles to find a new face to rally behind, the death toll of Iraqi citizens, insurgence and US troops continues to skyrocket as May proved to be one of the deadliest months for all sides which is a clear sign of how fast the country continues to spiral into a civil war. And the Democrats once again act like a defeated party, handing Bush what amounts to a blank check and at the same time painting themselves into a corner. Of coarse they could have ended the war with three words, no more money. While Bush walks around like the cock of the roost and the Democrats once again break the hearts of their supporters, the number of Iraqis citizens who have been killed since March by military intervention is getting dangerously close to 80,000. This number does not include those who have died from suicide bombers, nor does it take into account those who have died from disease and militia attacks. Those numbers have been reported some where between 400,000 and 700,000+.
For American troops, the number is approaching 4000 which numbers of serious injuries reaching the 10s of thousands. There still is no sign of any mission to secure peace in Iraq but for those who have been following the news over the past several years, this comes as no surprise. In fact have been several reports before the first bomb dropped that warned of a civil war breaking out in the region.
For those who are serious about finding about what is irritating the situation beyond the 14 hours of energy a day, the new Iraqi oil bill that would hand the country’s main resource over to US oil companies and the surge in killings since 03, you can Google an article called Carving Up Iraq. The piece paints a clear picture of a US plan to carve up the Iraq in similar fashion to that used in the Middle East by the British. Don’t forget that Bush did propose a plan to do this very thing. His plan would create a Kurdish territory in the North and then split up the rest of the country Shiites and the Sunni’s with no regions set assigned for the Turkish man. Each leader, undoubtedly would have to be approved by US authorities. One only has to follow the patterns that have been followed for the past 6 years. The plan was rejected of course and the pentagon has been given the green light by the White House to build multi-billion dollar, permanent military bases. Reports of the bases by human rights state these bases have one purpose only, long term occupation. The Bush white house has stated that they see a US presents for the next 50 years, as stated in the Metro. Perhaps the Democrats would have been well advised to have paid attention to these details before they passed Iraq war spending bill.
So there you have it, as the Democrats blow it, again, Cindy Sheehan steps down at the worst possible time but, looking at her situation, one could hardly blame her.
Until next time
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2007 Jun 02
"Organic Hotels" the newest poetry collection by Matthew Abuelo is now available. The work looks at modern day America through the eyes of a political activist and a maturing artist. Enlarging on themes from his first book, "Last American Roar", "Organic Hotels" moves away from youthful issues such as drug abuse, alienation and loss to focus on current events such as the war in Iraq, the sterilization of New York City and the author's disenchantment with the US Government. Thankfully, Mr. Abuelo avoids lamenting about the vagaries of his parents an all-too-common subject for young poets.
Heavily influenced by the "Beat" style of writing in his earlier work, "Organic Hotels" shows the author developing his own voice. There is a music and cadence to his words reminiscent of the raw energy of the 1970s New York scene.
Organic Hotels is available for purchase on the website, lulu.com and will soon be listed on Amazon.com and on the websites of most major book stores.
2007 May 30
When the news came down that the rank and file Democrats decided to grant George Bush his wish to receive a war spending without a timeline, the move suddenly put representatives Dennis Kucinich, Barbra Boxer and Bernie Sanders and several other Democrats along with some moderate Republicans in a position of having to decide their next move in 2008. The fact is that many now are starting to wonder how far an anti-war voice can go with the Democratic Party. While they were pushing for a timeline for a withdraw of US troops from, only to cave in the end, it seems odd that the Congress should feel pressure to pass any bill that does not fit their liking considering that that they have both the majority in Congress and for the most part, the political momentum, depending on the outcome of this ill conceived bill. Further more one must wonder why the Democrats just cut the purse strings to the war if they are serious about ending the Iraq war.
The bill is also going to have long effecting on how our Government is run. One of the worst fears of our forefathers is that the one branch of government would gain more power then the other branches. And this is exactly what has happened. Perhaps the most critical part of this bill is that it lets George Bush know that all he has to do is wait the Democrats out and he will get what he wants. Further more the size of the spending bill which doubles the rate of spending in the wars both in Iraq and Afghanistan, will give funding well beyond September which is the marked month when the Congress and the Bush White house is suppose to re-examine the issue of further of spending. So now the Democrats give Bush the upper hand once again, to allow him to out wait them once again. What is even more troubling is that is that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed, along with others in, Congress have fallen in the trap of adopting the language right wing. Those who supported the bill said they did so because they “support the troops.” Of course there was no examination of what that really means. That is to say, they are supporting the death of US troops in a war that has no legitimacy in the eyes of most the world, including the US outside of the walls of the fortune 500.
Another far reaching aspect about this bill is that it cuts off any voice of the anti-war Democrats that also support the impeachment. Dennis Kucinich and Bernie Sanders along with Maria Cantwell have been some of most outspoken propionates of removing both Bush and Cheney from the White house. Going back to our forefather’s fear of a president without restraint, we are seeing exactly that, a so called president with no oversight what so ever. And even though they are back in power, they rolled over on their backs once again and allowed Bush trip away yet another piece of relevance of the other branches Government. In fact, when we take a look at the crimes of the White house, one most wonder why there was even any dialogue about funding over seas in the first place. In fact, many are now saying that the energy that they put into staring down Bush should have been into a push to pass an article of impeachment both in the House and Senate. Instead, white house walks around with cavalier air that one would not expect from a leader with a 28% approval rating.
So the final question is where we go from here. For the first time, there really is no answer. Until next time.
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