Unopened
Doug Hoekstra’s third book resonates.
Tag: Charles Bukowski
Kinky Friedman
Circus of Life (Echo Hill Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jock Scot
My Personal Culloden (Forever Heavenly). Review by James Mann.
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
The semi-truthful, semi-complete but always interesting history of the National Lampoon magazine and the comedy revolution it spawned.
Please Take Me Off the Guest List
Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zachary Lipez from Freshkills, and designer Stacy Wakefield create this modest chapbook. How is it? Well, it’s named accurately. James Mann spends 15 minutes so you don’t have to.
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On The Road
William S. Burroughs, rockstar, comes face-to-face with the underground youth culture that he helped to create. Matthew Moyer fills the Ink 19 crowd in on his extended victory lap, viewed through cinematic eyes.
Godlike
Carl F Gauze , who may or may not be a card-carrying member of the Blank Generation, follows punk godfather Richard Hell from the seedy world of rock to the perhaps seedier world of the written word.
Eleni Mandell
Singer songwriter Eleni Mandell talks with Chris Catania about her new record, recording with Nels Cline and making out to Tom Waits.
Shades Of Gray Like A Melted Penguin
Outsight considers some things worthy to hear, read, view and buy for a good cause in this month’s action-packed installment!
Good Riddance
Bound by Ties of Blood and Affection (Fat Wreck Chords). Review by Troy Jewell.
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