Taxidermy Kittens

I think this should, some day, come to be synonymous with my name. I won't have a phone number. You will just project this image into the sky and I will just think, Oh, Adam's calling. (Because I'll know who projected it by telepathy. I mean, think about it, if my name is basically a picture I'm pretty sure I'd know who was calling. If I say your name do you have any problems deciding who is saying your name? I didn't think so.)

i like this, i think i can do this

Dear Electronics Companies

InDigest Editions!!!

We just launched InDigest Editions with the release of our first collection of poetry, Brad Liening's We Are Doomed: Dispatches From the City of the Future. It's pretty exciting. You can already get a copy on the internet. Or you can get one on the non-internet by coming to our launch reading Sunday night at LPR (158 Bleecker St.). Brad will be in town and reading along with Lily Ladewig, Gregory Lawless, and Kim Gek Lin Short. It's free. It will be fun. Drinks will be served. I heard a rumor that a certain InDigest editor is even going to be making cupcakes. No promises. Just a rumor I heard.

you heard it here first

I concede that these kids are cooler than me

I interview John Reed and Arthur Phillips

for InDigest

Remember this?

Will Ferrell as George Bush - watch more funny videos

Lots of conflicted emotions happening over here. Nostalgia. Regret.

Episode #18 of Radio Happy Hour is up

It's up and it's a hilarious episode. Guest stars this time around were Franz Nicolay and Arden Myrin. You can listen to the episode at the Radio Happy Hour site.

for some reason this appeals to me

Also, check out this new song by Dorian Wood. It's good.

I'm reading a poem based on "No.13 Baby" tonight

I'm reading at the Polestar Poetry series at the Cake Shop tonight. It starts a 5pm. The reading is a tribute to The Pixies' Doolittle. There is a different poet assigned to each song of the album and they're reading a poem based on that song. I'm reading a poem based on "No.13 Baby," which is an awesome song. So is "Hey." I really underrated that song previously. I'm making up for my errors by way of a public proclamation of my love right now. I love that song. There. That's over with. Anyhow. Reading. 5pm. Polestar. Pixies. Other stuff. more.

Here's a list of the readers and their songs.
Debaser // Lily Ladewig
Tame // Tess Patalano
Wave of Mutilation // Tyler Flynn Dorholt
I Bleed // Erika Moya
Here Comes Your Man // Luke Bloomfield
Dead // Mike Lala
Monkey Gone to Heaven // David Olimpio
Mr. Grieves // Tommy Pico
Crackity Jones // Sasha Fletcher
La La Love You // Rebecca Keith
La La Love You (remix) // Hannah Miet
No. 13 Baby // Jon Cotner
No. 13 Baby (remix) // Dustin Luke Nelson
There Goes My Gun // M.G. Martin
Hey // Austin Rory Hackett
Silver // Kimberly Kaye
Gouge Away // John Dermot Woods

"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.