"Everything Oz"

The new issue of H_ngm_n came out yesterday and I've got a poem in it called "Everything Oz."

Franz Nicolay performed a new song while hanging out with Radio Happy Hour

Franz Nicolay played a new song in the green room before we taped the new episode of Radio Happy Hour.

Franz Nicolay performs "Did Your Broken Heart Make You Who You Are?" from Radio Happy Hour on Vimeo.

A true life film about the life of my grandfather....

story arcs

I've been thinking about story arcs.

Radio Dispatch

I was on the new episode of John & Molly Knefel's Radio Dispatch podcast. I talk about a few books and poetry. you can hear it here. I um.

John and Molly. They're funny.

So is Breadbucket, but there isn't much there. It's new.

There is a photo of me I like on their site as well. Jacqui Ouanes took it.

Who was the creator of that again? I can't seem to remember....oh that's right...

Thanks Flavorpill an innocent and hilarious typo.

(If you can't find it look in the second paragraph.)

Episode #17 of Radio Happy Hour is up now! Featuring Elizabeth & the Catapult, Dave Hill, and Arthur Phillips

Radio Happy Hour has just released Episode #17 featuring Elizabeth & the Catapult, Dave Hill, and Arthur Phillips. Listen to the podcast here. A little from Radio Happy Hour on the show:

In Episode #17 of Radio Happy Hour Sam moves to Montana to ref the Montana Three Way, a three way professional wrestling bout between Rusty Trombone, The Shakespearean Punisher (Arthur Phillips) with his inept manager Dave Hill, and Osama bin Droppin’ Elbows. But when Osama’s manager, Elizabeth Ziman of Elizabeth & the Catapult, comes out to tell everyone that Osama is missing the crowd gets pissed and the mystery gets hot ‘n heavy. And by “crowd” I mean Steve, the one guy who comes to the Montana Three Way every year.

Franz Nicolay is joining Radio Happy Hour

From Radio Happy Hour:

We're pretty thrilled to tell you about our next live taping. (It's not a banana.) On April 16th (that's only about two weeks from now!) we'll be back in the dark basement of (Le) Poisson Rouge drinking in the middle of the afternoon. This time we'll be serenaded by the serene tunes of Franz Nicolay. Franz is the brilliantly mustachioed man you've seen doing solo work, out on tour with our friend David Dondero, doing keys with The Hold Steady, and generally rocking in World Inferno Friendship Society. (A lot, I know, and that's not everything.)

Come celebrate spring, mustaches, and murder with us on April 16. The most fun you'll have in a dark basement on what should be a beautiful spring afternoon.

Oh, and if you're around on April 15th join us as the RHH crew go watch Franz play a show with our good friend David Dondero (remember episode #11, "The Don, The Delicious, and The Doom"?) at the Cake Shop in New York.

New episode of InDefinite Podcast

We've got a new episode of InDefinite Podcast up at InDigest featuring the author Jim Hanas, author of Why They Cried. He reads a story from that collection as well as some ad copy from the legendary Ned Jordan. Dig it.

If you don't know who Ned Jordan is check out some of his awesome ad copy below.

New episode of Radio Happy Hour up Today!!!

We've got a new episode of Radio Happy Hour up right now. Episode #16 "The House That Ted Built" features special guests Abe Vigoda, Marcellus Hall, and comedian Ted Alexandro.

work

Brad Reads at Literary Death Match

LDM Twin Cities, Ep. 3: Brad Liening from Opium Magazine on Vimeo.

Do.

Me as Randy Newman

Thank you Zan.

Monkeybicycle Lightning Round

I'll be reading at the Monkeybicycle Lightning Round on March 16th at the Cake Shop. It's the launch party for their eighth print issue as well (I'm in there). It will be fun. These people are reading too: Vince Czyz, Scott Geiger, Suzanne Marie Hopcroft, Blake Kimzey, Lincoln Michel, David Moscovich, Dustin Luke Nelson, Steve Peacock, Kathleen A. Ryan, and Katie Wude.

More info

Also, they just started selling copies of issue 8 here. These people are in it: Summer Block, Matt Briggs, Aaron Burch, E. Michael Desilets, Ori Fienberg, Jesús Ángel García, Scott Geiger, Michael Hickins, Steve Himmer, Blake Kimzey, Ben Loory, Annam Manthiram, Laura McCullough, Michael Mlekoday, Dustin Luke Nelson, Ben Nickol, Steve Peacock, Jonathan Redhorse, Vincent Scarpa, Curtis Smith, Rosalynn Stovall, and Andrew Weatherhead.

I read it. It's good.

things entertaining me (though maybe that's not the best title for this...)

excited

Low - Trailer for New Record, C'mon from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

herbach's stupid fast trailer

Hilarious. More Herbach.

Paul Krugman on the standoff in Wisconsin (which is spreading to Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere):

The fiscal crisis in Wisconsin, as in other states, was largely caused by the increasing power of America’s oligarchy. After all, it was superwealthy players, not the general public, who pushed for financial deregulation and thereby set the stage for the economic crisis of 2008-9, a crisis whose aftermath is the main reason for the current budget crunch. And now the political right is trying to exploit that very crisis, using it to remove one of the few remaining checks on oligarchic influence.

you'll roo the day

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