Evening, y’all, I sat down with the Podfather and the good folks at Bike Rack Records in Bowling Green, Ohio two Sundays ago for a little shoot-the-shit. We talked about songwriting, pizza naps, book-writing, three-hour restaurant gigs, cover band culture, sad sex, success, burning it all down, and a whole slew of other things sprinkled with … Continue reading On the Radar Podcast Interview & Performance
Evening, y’all, I hope Friday finds you well and ready for the weekend. I’m spending a few days out in the Rockies doing a little hiking with my head in the clouds. I got to check out the Stanley Hotel, which inspired Stephen King’s The Shining & hike up to the top of Deer Mountain with … Continue reading American Cults: An Interview with A.S. Coomer in Entropy
Afternoon, y’all, I hope you enjoyed my first publisher interview for Red Fez. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, I spoke with Kindra Sowder of Burning Willow Press, an indie publisher of Speculative Fiction. Read that one here. For my second interview in this series, I picked Marc Brüseke’s brain. He runs a … Continue reading Publisher Interview #2—Analog Submission Press—Out Now in Red Fez
Morning, y’all. As most of you know, I’m a full-time writer and musician. What little money I earn, I earn from Art (capital A, mother truckers). I’m particularly interested in book publishing and the world of indie publishing. So, I’ve got the green light from the mighty Red Fez (thanks to Chris Lambert for the go-ahead) … Continue reading Publisher Interviews #1—Burning Willow Press—Out Now in Red Fez
Afternoon, I got to talk with Professor Pinkerton Xyloma about his Dead Man’s Carnival and Tom Waits recently. He’s stopping through Toledo this afternoon to play some songs off of “Frank’s Wild Years” at the Collingwood Arts Center. Here’s the artcle: Franks Wild Years at the Collingwood A.S. Coomer Continue reading New Article Out in the City Paper
Afternoon, I got to pick Jim Ferris‘ brain about poetry. He’s Lucas County’s second (ever) poet laureate and The Ability Center Endowed Chair in Disability Studies at the University of Toledo. It was a lively and entertaining discussion and only a fraction of it made it into an article I wrote for The City Paper. … Continue reading “Demanding and All Around Us: Poetry with Jim Ferris” Article Out Now in The City Paper
Good morning, Hope you’re all stuffed full of momma’s turkey and pumpkin pie. Recently, I had the privilege to sit down with Jake Pilewski (and his wonderful wife, Amanda) to talk about his podcast—The Snake Pit (we also recorded an episode, y’all)—and his new record, Between Then and When, under the moniker Jake & the Venom. … Continue reading “Jake & the Venom in The Snake Pit” Out Now in the City Paper
