In Boozo Veritas
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In Boozo Veritas # 51: The Ghost of an Artifact
In Boozo Veritas # 51 by Teege Braune The Ghost of an Artifact I know now that there is no one thing that is true – it is all true. –Ernest Hemingway I have a clear and distinct image of the photograph in my memory. A boy a few years older than myself who I am… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 50: Divertissement with Kittens
In Boozo Veritas #50 by Teege Braune Divertissement with Kittens A man dreams, his visions, hopes, loves, anxieties all bubbling to surface of his unconscious mind with out logical transition, referents lost, his thoughts incoherent to himself. In brief: Chaos reigns. How to order this miasma? How to peer into phantasmagoria, to find a thread of… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 49: Lana Del Rey Vs. The Cult of Authenticity
In Boozo Veritas # 49 by Teege Braune Lana Del Rey Vs. The Cult of Authenticity While I never went nuts for Lana Del Rey’s 2012 premier album Born to Die in its entirety, I did become obsessed with the single “Summertime Sadness.” I was captivated by a brand of pop-music that cannot be easily… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #48: What to Drink in Westeros
In Boozo Veritas #48 by Teege Braune What to Drink in Westeros It has now been two weeks since the Game of Thrones’ season four finale aired, and if you are anything like me, the long, drawn-out, nearly endless interval before season five has you jonesing for an Ice and Fire fix. Common symptoms of withdrawal… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #47: Mon Semblable, Mon Frère!
In Boozo Veritas #47 by Teege Braune Mon Semblable, Mon Frère! If there’s one trope every editor of mystery, suspense, and horror asks aspiring writers to quit using, it’s the multiple personality disorder twist-ending. You’ve seen it before, and odds are, you’ve seen it done well. Psycho, Fight Club, and Black Swan are some of the better forays into this sub-genre, and… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #46: My Old Man
In Boozo Veritas #46 by Teege Braune My Old Man (for Stuart Braune) “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” -Umberto Eco “A man knows when he is growing old because he begins… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #45: A Review of Greg Proops’s Live at Musso and Frank
In Boozo Veritas #45 by Teege Braune A Review of Greg Proops’s Live at Musso and Frank If you’re like me and you watched an excessive amount of television in the 90s, you’ll remember Greg Proops as the guy with the signature thick-rimmed glasses who performed alongside Drew Carey in Whose Line Is It Anyway? which was unique… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #44 : The Bone Must Go, the Wish Can Stay
In Boozo Veritas #44 by Teege Braune The Bone Must Go, the Wish Can Stay I had long been aware of Odradek and knew that he had for some reason chosen to make our apartment his residence. As far as roommates go, he was not hard to get along with. He was quiet, neat, and mostly… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #43: Instead of Bowing Out Gracefully
In Boozo Veritas #43 by Teege Braune Instead of Bowing Out Gracefully Like Napoleon at Waterloo; Like Truman according to The Chicago Tribune on November 3, 1948; Like Ahab lashed to the whale, waving the Pequod to its doom before being dragged to the bottom of the ocean; Like Dr. Duke “alone in Las Vegas, completely… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #42: Move It Or Booze It
In Boozo Veritas #42 by Teege Braune Move It Or Booze It A fresh start, new digs, a clean slate, a hook to hang your hat on. Home is where the heart is, and sometimes a person comes to that time in her life, for any myriad of reasons, in which it becomes necessary or advantageous… Continue reading
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