BradQuan Copeland
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By BradQuan Copeland. On the third Thursday of the month, I parked my car and pressed my way through the brisk autumn wind of a hushed, dusky evening to the Stella Pasta Bar and Bistro, where the Brian Patneaude Quartet was set to take the stage at the adjoining Van Dyck Music Club. I couldn’t […]
The Acacia Strain – An Xperience Interview – by BradQuan Copeland. Scattered leaves crackle across the pavement as I sit in my car across from Kickstart Café in Schuylerville, NY. Rested beneath the sun’s gentle press, I’m greeted by the calm of the sky’s crisp breath. It’s 4:15 p.m., and cars steadily begin to fill the lot as The Acacia […]
By BradQuan Copeland. Recently, I stumbled into the opportunity to experience an event I’d only vaguely heard of in passing: roller derby. Located at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, I entered the facility bearing a childlike curiosity. After purchasing my $15 ticket, half of the proceeds benefitting a local women’s nonprofit, I entered the […]
By BradQuan Copeland. It was about a year ago now that I had the opportunity to see Troy, New York’s own Hank Stacks perform live at a community rap event. It was the summer, it was late, the street was flooded with bar hoppers, artists, photographers, and spectators. People were making their way in and […]
by BradQuan Copeland. As a neurodivergent being, I’ve often struggled to communicate and connect with those around me. The umbrella of normality casts an overbearing shadow, suffocating the liberation of the oddly unique. I’m an outsider in a world where raw, ugly truth bearing its own peculiar beauty lies calcified beneath layers of ignorance, molded […]
By BradQuan Copeland. What does it mean to be a writer? I ask myself that every time I struggle to pick up a pen and stroke its point against the loose-leaf canvas. Thoughts live as murmurs within the oubliette of my mind that I struggle to make sense of and set free, leading to the […]
What Makes Music Great – BradQuan Copeland Recently, I went to see HIM, a psychological sports horror film that promised surreal suspense but delivered a piece more memorable for its atmosphere than its story. Its imagery was rich, though its central metaphor strained under the weight of its phantasmagoric vision. The true revelation came through […]
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