michael_marano

I'm currently revising my short story collection, STORIES FROM THE PLAGUE YEARS. The collection deals with the plagues that killed my friends in the 1980s... urban violence, rage, drugs... and AIDS. I've been talking to some younger people who have no idea what this _felt_ like. The terror, the despair, and the anger at polite society that didn't give a shit that people were dying. Here's a snapshot--A False Prophets video for the song "Never Again Again":


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOHivayvX4U


And Diamanda Galas, "Double Barrel Prayer":


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T29Lqpi2RQ