Beat It

Author/Activist/Musician/Philosopher Steve Wishnia is putting it out. It has been a pleasure to know of the work of this indie/underground legend, and now I Wishnia to share this pleasuring with you!

Some describe Wishnia as a voice of reason; others as an advocate for progressive causes; others as a journalist for alternet  (http://www.alternet.org/authors/steven-wishnia)...and venues ranging from High Times to Junior Scholastic! Here is an opportunity to view a-new the wonder that Wishnia via his latest work of fiction.

Steve Wishnia’s When the Drumming Stops is noteworthy. Literally. It is about how music envelops us in our daily lives, from children working the rhythm of jump rope to the movements and sounds of street dancers to notes that mark the quotidian passage of days, floating from radios, windows, and nightclubs.

Wishnia captures New York now and then, and shows how a man, Underend Vicodini, and a town, New York City, change over the course of time.

This is a story that is of a place and era, yet transcends that to describe the human condition.

When the Drumming Stops is a valentine to music. If you love sound, you should employ another sense, your eyes, to make sense of how musicians create. It comes from the heart. And the heart is another major player in this novel. Besides the love story of a man and music, a rock chick and her instrument, this is a cry for community, kindness, and understanding for -- and of -- one another.