http://koncast.libsyn.com/episode-10-ryan-werner
In this episode, I talk to writer, publisher, musician, and lunch lady Ryan Werner. He is the author of Shake Away These Constant Days, Murmuration, If There’s Any Truth In a Northbound Train, and Soft. He plays guitar in Young Indian and numerous other bands. He also runs Passenger Side books.
Links from this episode:
http://www.ryanwernerwritesstuff.com
http://koncast.libsyn.com/episode-9-timothy-gager
In this episode, I talk to writer and poet Timothy Gager. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry and fiction, including his latest book of poetry, Chief Jay Strongbow is Real. He’s also the host of the Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Links from this episode:
Timothy Gager: http://www.timothygager.com
The Dire Reader Series: http://www.direreader.com
Chief Jay Strongbow is Real: http://amzn.to/2zuBVaN
http://lithub.com/the-literary-class-system-is-impoverishing-literature/
The RCA eBook reader: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/REB_1100 Click here to for more details on this new episode of The Koncast
http://koncast.libsyn.com/episode-7-joshua-citrak
In this episode, I talk to writer Joshua Citrak. He is the creator and co-host of the podcast Hangin’ With Old Lew.
We discuss: the Raiders and North Korean Juche; the nuclear war, wildfires, and hurricanes trifecta; the Elkhart connection; post-industrial Binghamton; the rise and fall of IBM America; the synergy between nuclear holocaust and evangelical churches; Vegas betting on earthquakes; fun and profit in outsourcing and Superfund sites; the Great Elkhart Garbage Fire; Apple and the eco brand; on getting the hell out of your home town; getting started writing; the internet gold rush and Cow Town; William S. Burroughs and post-apocalyptic writing; Pessoa, Johnson, and other writing influences; fiction vs. poetry; the Castro Writer’s Coop; Mike Daily; Jeffrey Dinsmore; shit-talking about shit-posting on social media; Jon Konrath the Facebook persona versus Jon Konrath the person; starting up Hangin’ With Old Lew; why podcasting is great; Facebook sharing is killing us all; the ROI numbers game; and why the 49ers suck.
Links from this episode:
Hangin’ With Old Lew: The Podcast: https://www.hanginwitholdlew.com
Jon Konrath: http://www.rumored.com
The Day After: https://youtu.be/yif-5cKg1Yo
The Centralia Mine Fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire
Fernando Pessoa - The Book of Disquiet: http://amzn.to/2xpfyp3
Denis Johnson - Jesus’ Son: http://amzn.to/2xikOJt
Kemble Scott: SoMa: http://amzn.to/2wAaSxT
The Castro Writer’s Coop: http://www.castrowriterscoop.com
Kevin Sampsell - Creamy Bullets: http://amzn.to/2hmRjhU
Slouchmag: http://www.slouchmag.com Click here to for more details on this new episode of The Koncast
http://koncast.libsyn.com/episode-7-andrea-donderi
In this episode, I talk to long-time friend Andrea Donderi, a recent graduate of The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
We discuss: the IU support center; the early web; knowledge bases and creating content; Jorn Barger and the invention of the blog; Gopher versus the WWW; the ChiNet BBS and other internet BBSes; social networks before social networks; hoarding old email; identifying as a writer; learning how to capture life as a writer; the Stanford Stegner Fellowship program; the Warren Wilson MFA program; how a low-residency program works; Victor LaValle and David Shields as teachers; the one fellow graduate student/actor who has been in everybody’s MFA program and shall not be named; Zeroville by Steve Erickson; the inevitable UFO discussion; the government keeping secrets in the desert versus the internet; Don Donderi; and is an MFA worth it?
Links from this episode:
- Andrea’s blog: http://loosestrife.dreamwidth.org
- Jon Konrath: http://www.rumored.com
- The Warren Wilson MFA program: http://www.wwcmfa.org
- Don Donderi’s site: http://www.ufoets.com
- Zeroville by Steve Erickson: http://amzn.to/2eEMTFW
- The UFO documentary I couldn’t remember was Mirage Men: http://www.miragemen.com
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In this episode, I talk to Ray Miller, creator of Metal Curse zine, the record label Cursed Productions, and bassist and vocalist of the band Adversary.
We discuss: How we first met 32 years ago, going from Metallica to Death Metal, finding new music in the analog days, how Ray started Metal Curse zine in 1990, Richard C and Wild Rags, John Woods and Rock out Censorship, the 1993 Milwaukee Metalfest, seeing Ice T’s dick, falling asleep while driving on the toll road, how Ray started the Cursed Productions record label, Ed Finkler and Open Sourcing Mental Illness, and making music in the computer age. Links from this episode:
- Metal Curse zine: http://www.metalcurse.com
- Cursed Productions: http://www.cursedproductions.com
- Paragraph Line: http://www.paragraphline.com
- Jon Konrath: http://www.rumored.com
- Xenocide zine: https://www.rumored.com/xenocide/
- Rock Out Censorship: http://www.theroc.org
- Dave Marsh on John Woods: https://web.archive.org/web/20110614224956/http://www.starpolish.com/features/print.asp?ID=440
- Ed Finkler: https://osmihelp.org
(Minor correction: the first Poison album wasn’t on Combat Records. The LP was on Enigma, who released bands like Death Angel, Slayer, Voivod, and so on, but the tape was released on Capitol. So, Mandala Effect, brown acid, not sure what happened here.) Click here to for more details on this new episode of The Koncast