New Poetry Reading Series
Starting on 05 June 2008, I’m going to be hosting a new reading series at Steeps Glenora (12411 Stony Plain Road). It’s going to be an open mic affair, so if you want to read, drop me a line[1]. The readings will run from 7-9pm on the first Thursday of each month.
I’m hoping that this [...]
“Brain Cancer” Now on Live at the Kasbar
I just found out that another of my poems has been published on the Raving Poets‘ Live at the Kasbar podcast. Head on over and check out “Brain Cancer” on Live at the Kasbar.
If you haven’t heard my first performance on Live at the Kasbar, from way back in February of 2007, you can listen [...]
Foiled Again!
I have an idea for an online business that I think could do fairly well after it gets going. The cost to me would be minimal (other than time), and the payoff would, potentially, be pretty good. Probably not good enough that I could quit my day job, but well enough that I’d have extra [...]
NaNoWriMo is for Insane People
As you might know, November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). This means that thousands of people around the world are attempting to write novels of 50,000 words (or more) in 30 days.
These people are insane.
I have attempted to complete the lunatic challenge of NaNoWriMo in the past, and failed. I decided that I would [...]
Gnotes: Rhymes and Beats
A few weeks, I was contacted by someone involved in the promotion of an indie hip hop artist called Gnotes. He has a new album out, called Rhymes and Beats. You can listen to the whole album for free on the album web page, to see if you like it or not.
I listened to the [...]
ink slinger publishing
I’m launching my own “underground” publishing house. It’s not so much a publishing house as it is me, with a computer and a printer, and maybe a photocopier at Staples if manually flipping pages to print double-sided gets to be too inconvenient for me.
As you may have guessed from the title of this post, and [...]
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
My Amazon order arrived today, bringing with it Thomas Trofimuk’s The 52nd Poem, and Aesop Rock’s newest album, None Shall Pass. I obviously haven’t had time to read Thom’s new book, but I have given a good listen to None Shall Pass.
The 5th album from Long Island’s Aesop Rock is his best effort to date. [...]
When Did I Get Old?
I don’t know when it happened but, somewhere along the line, I became an old man. I’ve been watching Much Music’s Countdown for the past 45 minutes, and I’ve come to realize that I hate modern music. I think there have been a total of 3 songs that I actually liked in the last 45 [...]
Inane Ramblings
It’s Sunday night, and I’m quickly being reduced to a puddle of sweat on the floor. It’s ridiculously hot in my apartment (and, really, the entire city), so I suspect that I might be less than coherent for the next few days, as a result of the lack of sleep that is sure to result. [...]