Alex Teplish was born in Odessa, Ukraine, formerly known as the USSR. Having his grandparents survive concentration camps during the Holocaust and his parents struggling to live a decent life, they decided to immigrate to the United States, while Alex was still young. He went on to enjoy an average, American childhood and life growing up in Brooklyn, NY. Since an early age, he has had an inquiring mind and took a great liking and interest in Science and all things related; astronomy, extraterrestrial life, science-fiction, and comic books. There was also another, very inquisitive side of Alex that found interest in art/drawing, history, various religions & cultures, and other ancient stories.
Since graduating from Stony Brook University, Alex Teplish has worked diligently for over 18 years to become a leading expert in Web/Mobile Technologies, Graphic design, and Digital Marketing. His work in Graphic Design has also contributed to his recent project, a graphic novel, “In The Beginning: The Epic of Anunnaki”. Alex's project, “In The Beginning: The Epic of Anunnaki”, explores the theories of creation as told in The Book of Genesis, but with an ancient, extraterrestrial influence. After extensive research and collaborative efforts with artists and experts from around the world for a number of years; Alex Teplish has surely composed an intriguing and thought-provoking work with, “In The Beginning: The Epic of Anunnaki”.
Scanning bland television bands.
Nothing new, nothing fresh.
Voids of mindless muddle.
Concoctions of grand delusion.
Dreams of tomorrow, gone.
Faded blue hazy glows.
Enslaved and held captive
Simply press the remote.
Another station, another snare.
Trapped in hypnotic trances.
Clutched by idiotic dilemmas.
Disenchanted.
Thumbing and surfing narrowed realities.
Father, mother, brother, sister transposed.
With friends in smell rose spaces.
Living in unreachable zip-code places.
An autograph if you please.
Powerless, just another thumb of the remote.
In search of perfect friendships. Perfect parents.
A perfect mate. Perfect children.
It is a perfect home life improved.
Press the remote, again and again.
Simpletons plight of images.
Tromping the vast mind-fields of broadcast bands.
Inception was written after a friend who was 17/18 yrs old had called. His girlfriend was in labor at the hospital. He was a homeless teenager, couch surfing through his last two years of high school. I thought, so young to have a child. His situation was emotional, joy of birth and fear of the unknown. After his call, my thoughts transposed into words.
He proved to be good father. He ensured his daughter was loved, had brand name clothing, healthcare, child support, took her for swim team meets and so-on. A couple years after she was born, he started buying apartments with his X in-laws. Using apartments to set up a type of Trust. Their plan was pay off mortgages as she grew-up, then selling one building at a time to cover the cost of college. I doubt she is aware of this poem and that it was written for her...
Inception
Uncertain of mortality, in search of clarity, two minds crisscrossed lines, their souls danced out of time.
Penetrating unlit chasms, hearts thumped out of rhyme.
Joined for exhilaration, detached after expiration.
Yearning for absolution, another soul seeks resolution, yields to an unknown destination.
Created at conception; disconnected at separation.
With intentions unknown an individual slipped on through.
Bleeding conduit departed, the body shuddered.
Transcending boundaries of unreality, balanced between sanity and eccentricity.
Pondering who, why, what, where and when, a solitary tempo beats within.
As the news outlets reported on the Iran Contra Affair, the government allegedly went after the media. Rumored of threats made behind closed doors trickled outside, and to prove a point the government did something drastic.
Bringing into prospective, an understanding of business tax breaks is helpful.
Normally, a new business venture can write-off losses for five years. Special media tax breaks removed that clause, allowing media companies to serve rural areas.
Radio stations had special exemptions that began at the end of a World War, and onset of The Cold War. In the event of nuclear attack or invasion, the government wanted a means of reaching out to assure and inform the public. Special tax breaks made sense. Even today, broadcasters tests air for the Emergency Alert System.
Hypothetical example, a media company owned five radio stations. Saint Louis MO, Gary IN, Chicago, Champaign and Gilman IL. Four are turning profits through advertising. Gilman is a rural farming area, simply not enough business in the region to support a radio station. Because it serviced a rural area, the media company was able to write-off that station in Gilmore beyond the normal five-years.
As Iran Contra unfolded in the news, government removed those special tax breaks for rural radio stations. Many radio stations found themselves scrambling to stay afloat.
Suddenly, that little country station in Gilmore was costing thousands of dollars a month to keep running. Many rural stations sold at very low prices. New owners had difficulty raising ad revenue, creating an entirely new problem. Rural stations went bankrupt, some going off the air.
Old laws required someone on onsite to read transmitter levels. If a station control booth was in the city and tower in the country, phone lines relayed transmitter outputs.
As the Computer Age came into play that old law changed and made things easier. A station in major city was able to buy a defunct radio station and use computers to link the stations.
Major media mergers are entirely different beasts… Allegedly
