To Those That Waited...

Prisoner Within, the Release Papers, is on its way.

What does on its way mean? It means that we, meaning my brother Gabriel and I, have conceptualized the next issue, which will be widely distributed at the next Critical Resistance Conference, coming at the end of September in the Bay (Yay).

Prisoner Within, for you of the three that actually read this blog and don't know, is a collaborative project that I have with my brother Gabriel. We discuss prisons, and the effect they have upon people both in individual terms (Gabriel, as a supporter of a prisoner, myself, as a prisoner) as well as societal trends (how we approach the world, conceptualize the world, the function of state, etc).

Naturally, at this point you're as excited as someone about to attend a life insurance seminar. In all reality, however, Prisoner Within is a serious work, and so isn't in the same mien as this blog, which is both a personal polemic, rant space, but also a comedic testing ground. That being said, Prisoner Within has some insights and stories that are funny, that are sad, that are outrageous, and an underlying mission that no amount of playing the jester can ever truly fulfill... so this is exciting news for me. And maybe one of you.

So, with all of those qualifications out of the way, let me introduce Prisoner Within, the Next Edition:

We shall be exploring themes in the next edition, themes of how people both think and relate to each other, and how the function of tradition and culture, nominally passed onto the State, have made us prisoners in terms of what modes of interacting with each other is considered acceptable or "right."

Pieces already contemplated for inclusion are a piece on the definitions commonly associated with "drug dealer," "brother," and "crack dealing gangster."

What? You accuse me of leading off? Of trying to "hook" you in the most base of fashions - confusing and blurring the lines between work and play? Certainly! I'm gui... er... I take the fifth, goddamnit.

So, my fine readership, next month, I shall be directing you all to Critical Resistance, and the release of the new edition of Prisoner Within!

In the meantime, stay tuned for your regularly-scheduled buffoonery from yours' truly.