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Zach Barocas, Diasporist Diarist

I’m Zach Barocas. I’m a drummer (I play Ludwig Drums), sometime poet (though not lately — see below for links), a publisher, a somewhat cranky cinephile, an amateur photographer, and a stationery shop owner in Brooklyn, New York City.

Measure Twice

Kimberley’s and my
stationery shop.

Poetry

The Cultural Society (2001-present)

Among Other Things (2005)

Looking Up (2010)

drumming

  • Press
  • New Freedom Sound
  • Jawbox
  • BELLS≥
  • Camorra
  • The Up On In
  • E. Fowlkes Sextet
  • Bright Christ
  • Drew O’Doherty
  • Imaginary Johnny

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Mostly Mornings

A tumblr blog of photographs spanning several years, taken mostly and eventually only in the morning, and eventually mostly from the same position of the same tree. I abandoned the project in 2018.

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Inspiration: Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City

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Al Brown, “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City,” Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamdown, 1973–1977, rel. 2001.
http://www.zachbarocas.com/audio/06Ain'tNoLoveInTheHeartOfTheCity.mp3

Posted on September 17, 2014July 15, 2016Author z.Categories listening, musicTags al brown, inspiration, jamaica

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