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Just got word that Monkeybicycle 7 is available for preorder here. Looks like it’s got a great lineup of writers (Elizabeth Alexander, Angi Becker Stevens, Ryan Boudinot, Rita Dahl, Craig Davis, Andrew Ervin, Molly Gaudry, Roxane Gay, Aaron Gilbreath, Reed Hearne, James Kaelan, Corey Mesler, Weam Namou, Daniel Romo, Ken Saji, Shya Scanlon, Tyler Stoddard…
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I’ve always wanted to be in Mexico for the Day of the Dead, and I just remembered it again today, seeing it on the calendar. Specifically, I’ve always wanted to be in San Miguel de Allende. It’s the town four hours north of Mexico City where Neil Cassady died. I went there once, in January…
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It’s been slowly creeping into my consciousness since the summer, and lately I can’t get enough of the The Rumpus. In recent days, I’ve been drawn to their story on the Anvil documentary, and Stephen Elliott’s book tour accounts. Rozalia Jovanovic’s stories about events around New York have been great, too. I remember the early…
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The band’s playing Trash in Williamsburg one week from today. We’ll be be going on at 9pm after Katy C’s band, the amazing DeathMask. It’s been my dream to play Trash ever since experiencing it sometime back in the summer of ’07. Those were the days. That’s 256 Grand St. between Driggs and Roebling, right…
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They keep coming. We’ve got another excellent review of Monkeybicycle 6 on Jenny Spadafora’s blog 12 frogs. Here’s a large glimpse: “It seems sensationalist to mention sex, twins, and midgets… but I just did. Yes, they are all mentioned, and two out of three are star characters and a recurring story topic. It may seem…
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We’re fusing the worlds of music and literature on Friday night, October 9, for the launch of Opium Live, a new interview series by Opium Magazine at Bowery Electric (327 Bowery, near Joey Ramone Place). Dead Sextons will be providing some of the soundtrack to the night. We’re playing a set at 9:15. Oh yeah, and…
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I keep discovering new journals and writers through Monkeybicycle. Today I just saw on MB’s Twitter that Issue 6 was reviewed in Prick of the Spindle. The journal’s editor-in-chief Cynthia Reeser reviews it, and she says the issue has “a wry sensibility and an evocative, observant quality.” I get the sense from her review that…
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Just saw the announcement on Shya Scanlon’s site. His novel Forecast, which has been getting serialized across 42 sites, including this one, has been picked up by Flatmancrooked for publication in 2010. This is fantastic news. It means the Forecast 42 project, though only half finished, has been a resounding success. It’s very difficult to…
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The band’s been getting some offers to play lately, and it looks like we’ve gotten one confirmation. We’re playing at Zebulon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday, October 3. I’m guessing we’ll go on around 10. The address is 258 Wythe Ave., between North 3rd and Metropolitan. The L train to Bedford will get you close.…
Joe Sullivan 