Return of the Drifter
Aramie M. Bloom: The world will never be the same again.
Articles by Aramie Bloom
Standing on Top of the World
By: Aramie M. Bloom About one hour ago, without ropes and seeming to possess Alex Honnold-levels of Lexapro-brain, two artists somehow ascended to the top of the Empire State Building. And then they got engaged. But not before unfurling a flag with a message that reads as the biggest and […]
Holiday Hangover: I’m Not Depressed, I’m Just Alive
by: Aramie M. Bloom “Christmas is a rotten hype & all we can do is ride it out.”-Hunter S. Thompson, in a letter to journalist Hughes Rudd I couldn’t stand to do much this year. For the holidays, I mean. The phrase “a rotten hype” would have been accurate for all […]
Gonzo Isn’t Dead – It Just Smells That Way
by Aramie M. Bloom The Ending Cold. Gonzo is dead. I can hear the dirt falling onto its coffin, tumbling from a spade. Thud – thud – thud – scrape – thud – thwack I don’t feel anything. Gonzo died for me eight years ago. It died as I hid […]
The Enemy Within: Dropping From the Sky at 10 pm Chicago Time
by: Aramie M. Bloom 300 of anything is a lot. There are 300 bones in the human body at birth. There is a 300°F drop in temperatureat the South Pole; it’s brief, but understandably infamous. There were 300 Spartans atthe Battle of Thermopylae. These are facts that are normal given […]