DINA HAWTHORNEApr 9, 20202 minPop SmokeBashar Barakah Jackson, best known as Pop Smoke, welcomed us to his party, whether we liked it or not. Some people didn't know what he...
DINA HAWTHORNENov 10, 20172 minHow Long Did It Take?The Production of The EP - LIZ Chino’s lack of sleeping and eating at appropriate times allowed the making of this EP to be recorded and...
DINA HAWTHORNENov 2, 20172 minTHE CO-WRITERAn Illuminating Experience White Panties was the first song Chere and I tackled together and it was this song that broke the ice and...
DINA HAWTHORNEOct 26, 20171 minSLEEPING - OPTIONALWhen completing the EP - LIZ deprives sleep. Sleeping was optional and Chino wasn’t too worried about our eyes ever closing. He had...
DINA HAWTHORNEOct 19, 20171 minWHO WROTE WHATBefore I ever called and dared to dream out loud with Chino, I wrote the lyrics, created the melody and the idea of what I wanted each...
DINA HAWTHORNEOct 12, 20171 minEATING SOUTHERNLet me start by letting you all know I am a vegetarian / vegan and I was nervous about flying to Atlanta, GA, which I was told I would...
DINA HAWTHORNEOct 5, 20171 minWHY THE NAME LIZ?Liz was a name I was given. (The story on how will come much later.) It was a name I connected with, whenever I didn’t feel like...
DINA HAWTHORNESep 21, 20171 minBIRTH OF THE EP - LIZAs a Special Education teacher, teaching in Title 1 schools, I taught students who were living in very dysfunctional environments and...
DINA HAWTHORNEAug 11, 20171 minTalk To Me - The Unsung EPTalk to Me Talk to me, tell me what your name is and I'll give you things, Gah- head and get a drank, loosen up boy you are too stiff....
DINA HAWTHORNEAug 9, 20171 minLIZ - THE EP - MEMOIRLiz, you captured me with your presence many years ago. You held my hand and dragged me all over the city and into dark spaces. Your...