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My old buddy Tim Howard’s band Soltero is releasing their new album 1943 this week. And there’s a party: “CD release show! Friday May 25 at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn. Rice Cultivation Society at 8, Sanctuaries at 9, Phantom Buffalo at 10, and we’re on all 11. (Very psyched for such a good bill, btw!) $8…
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Good post today on The Review Review from writers who have kids. Several say time to write has become scarcer since having kids, forcing more disciplined writing periods. I’d say that’s pretty true, in my own experience. Finding time to write on the subway and in the very early morning have been my mainstays.
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May’s whizzing by, so before I forget, here’s the info on the next Sackett Street reading, two weeks from today. From their FB page: We are so excited about the lineup for the next Sackett Writers’ Reading. Join us on Monday, May 21st (6:30pm) at BookCourt for words and wine. Hosted by founder and director Julia…
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This Wednesday, 5/2, we’re at Lit in the East Village around 11pm playing an “experimental” set. Thanks again to Mike Park for booking us. 93 2nd Ave. between 5th and 6th Sts.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt98mHPI4mo Neil Young in Salzburg
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Our man Mike Park’s booked us last-minute to headline Small Beast on Monday night at The Delancey. The show starts around 8:30 with four bands. We should be last around 11, I’m guessing. That’s 168 Delancey St. between Clinton and Attorney on the Lower East Side.
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I was discussing loneliness last night with a friend, and how everyone seems to be lonely these days, especially those of us with young kids. Now here’s this article from Stephen Marche at The Atlantic. It doesn’t say that Facebook’s necessarily making us lonelier, but it seems to be a factor in a generally lonely…
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Nice essay today over at The Millions by Kevin Hartnett about writing things longhand, and the smoother thought-process it creates.
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I responded to The Rumpus Readers Respond on the topic “Friends with Benefits,” and it’s up there today, here, with a bunch of other cool responses. I love this sort of thing. Thanks to Susan Clements for taking my piece.
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