This Fourth of July I spent ten hours on Greyhound buses to and from my parents’ house. Needless to say, I had a lot of time for pondering the nature of the summer’s biggest holiday - a lot more time than I usually spend thinking about it. As I waited in line for the buses, which each showed up an hour or more late, I spent some time thinking about America and patriotism. More »

When most people think of San Francisco they imagine the postcard-picture images of the Golden Gate Bridge. Most people come to SF to ride the cable cars and eat seafood at Fisherman’s Wharf. When TROUBL visits San Francisco, we bypass the latte-drinking-yuppie pastimes of the city. Instead, we explore the real issues that make it one of the most unique places on earth. Zoom in as TROUBL gives a human face to the city’s corner dwellers with cardboard signs. More »

TROUBL in Spain is useless without a mode of transportation. As cabs are so damn expensive because of the weak dollar, our only option is to rent a car. When they delivered my rental, I was appalled. “What!, Ford makes small cars- outside of America,” I said. Let me hold my reservations until I get into it, I thought. “Woooow, it’s a manual—ok, let’s see what I got on my hands. More »

“Wooooooow”–Flavor Flav

We got lost driving around Marbella, Spain many times today. Feeling bummed, I decided to fiddle with the radio. I worked the controls until out of nowhere I hear Beanie Sigel on the radio. As I listened something shocked me. All of a sudden, I looked at my girl and was like “what— they said… Nigga.” More »