Ilan Moskowitz is the drummer/singer in THE WENDELS (www.thewendels.org) and when he isn't on the road puppeteering with WAKING DREAM (www.wakingdream.org) he's found drumming for the Dub Sack Dynasty (www.myspace.com/dubsackdynasty). He is also the mastermind behind THESE GUYS USED TO BE COOL: The Unofficial Oral History of The Wendels. (http://www.theseguysusedtobecool.blogspot.com) But don't tell anybody. If you feel the need to reach him, his email is ilan.moskowitz@purchase.edu because he is in school for the soulless art of writing journalism.
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Scene It All Before
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Featured, Fiction on 8 June 2010
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Some promoters wouldn’t book you because you weren’t popular enough, others because you were popular with the wrong crowds. I met this one set of Rastafarian cats running a venue out of Harlem who told me my bands couldn’t play because they were white.

The Disproportionate Orgy
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Fiction on 7 April 2010
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I’d been on the road at pagan festivals for the last few weeks, and like a demon possession from a séance gone bad, I brought a hippie chick back with me to the big rusty apple. She was the kind of spun-out gypsy who, when asked “where do you live” would earnestly respond “in what lifetime?” and proceed to talk chakras till dawn.

What’s Wrong, Dollface?
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Fiction on 1 April 2010
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It was Wednesday when Bob awoke, and that meant it was his turn to buy beer for the apartment. Upon looking out the window though, he realized that he had no idea where he was.

Martin Scorager
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Fiction on 16 March 2010
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Martin Scorager, a seemingly genteel individual in his insistantly unspecified mid-to-late twenties, has gone on strike until the UNITHONG Corporation brings back production of their brand of edible panties.

Sanctuary!
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Fiction on 15 December 2009
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A man arrived at the First Church of Christ the Ever So Well Endowed one night yelling “SANCTUARY!” The nuns flocked around unsure what to do. To the untrained eye it may have looked like a riot in the penguin cage.

Two-Tiered Comeuppance
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Fiction on 15 December 2009
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The ride up to the cabin was frustrating. Neither O’Shea nor Adams knew much about music, but both were sound system enthusiasts. Their cars were equipped with gigantic, earthshattering subwoofers that comprised the entirety of their backseats and functioned primarily as shiatsu massagers.

Part of the Act
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Fiction on 15 October 2009
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The Illusionist, a strapping young lad none too long in the tooth, came marching onto the stage to set up.

The Lexicographer
by Ilan Moskowitz
Posted in Featured, Fiction on 15 October 2009
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“I’m not sure who originally said it, but print is dead. Free online digital information databases, with their glut of instantly accessible ‘Facts’ and ‘Figures,’ have singlehandedly driven us once great Encyclopedia Barons to the unemployment offices.”