Name: Gary Moskowitz
Position: Writer

Gary Moskowitz writes for MotherJones.com and plays the trumpet for Oakland punk-soul band Damon & the Heathens. He is a regular contributor to Oh Dang! and WireTap. Check his blogsite, Blogowitz.

Contributions

• KING DORK - November 11, 2006
  By Gary Moskowitz, Photos by Nathan Weyland
  Frank Portman aka "Doctor Frank," is the lead singer of the Mr. T Experience and has the band he played in for more that twenty years. A friend who had seen his band play as a kid and was a fan of the lyrics suggested Portman try writing a book. Suddenly things changed for Doctor Frank…
  
• SUPERHERO TO SAVE OAKLAND...AND MANKIND - November 30, 2006
  By Gary Moskowitz
  Orlando Harding did something nobody’s ever done before. The Bay Area native created a comic book superhero that fights evil in Oakland.
  
• TEEKO: MY SOUNDSTATION - December 20, 2006
  By Gary Moskowitz
  Teeko is not afraid to throw in samples of strings and horns and go off in a spacious, fearless, Charles Mingus direction. Most DJs don't do that shit. If you ever listened to a Jazzanova record and liked it, there are moments in My SoundStation that hit a similar stride...
  
• HIP HOP GETS A SYMPHONIC MASH-UP - February 7, 2007
  By Gary Moskowitz & Photos by Colleen Cummins
  Musicians on turntables, saxophones, clarinets, congas, trombone, upright bass, electric bass, samplers, drums, keys, violins, viola and cello perform for audiences what the group’s MC calls “a mash-up of everything we can cram into hip hop.”
  
• DESTROYING SUBMISSION ONE BAND AT A TIME - February 7, 2007
  By Gary Moskowitz & Photos by Nathan Weyland
  Skerik has chops for days. He can play for hours, and thinks nothing of playing a gig until three in the morning. The tenor saxophone, in his hands, is strong, loud and powerful. It can also be soft and melodic, then spastic and distorted.
  
• PIECES OF PEACE: A CHICAGO SOUL BAND MAKES A COMEBACK - August 30, 2007
  By Gary Moskowitz
  Pieces of Peace were one of Chicago’s finest 60’s-era soul bands. They broke up about 30 years ago, and now they’re back.