If we’re really really going to be honest, we might as well be brief

By On May 30, 2013 · In As I Am Now

I don’t know if it’s my fear of criticism or my dislike of WordPress, but I’ve basically given up on updating my longform blog. I am, however, active on tumblr, where I post a near-daily panoply of silly cat photos, Florida criminalia, nostalgic post-punk and old timey music, and really old photos of total strangers. See you there.

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Ten years.

By On July 15, 2012 · In As I Am Now

Where does it go? The good lord only knows. Seems like it was just the other day…

Something I just realized: It’s been just over ten years since I started blogging. Somehow the anniversary slipped my mind. My blogspot archives are still around. I cringe when I re-read them. I will not link to them now. (You can find them if you look hard enough–anyhow, the least embarrassing stuff is already included in the archives here.)

Maybe I’ll have more to say later. In the meantime, visit my tumblr, which is where I spend my time these days.

Listen: Honky Tonk Heroes (Like Me), by Waylon Jennings

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What I’m doing this Wednesday: How I Learned to Fight Loneliness

By On August 23, 2011 · In As I Am Now


Something I’m very excited (and very nervous) about: I’ll be appearing at this month’s How I Learned Series, which is happening this Wednesday, August 24, at 8pm — at Happy Ending bar! I’m honored to be part of this lineup:

OPHIRA EISENBERG
(The Moth)
CONNOR GAUDET
(Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood)
BRIAN GROSZ
(Lapdance Academy)
CATIE LAZARUS
(Employee of the Month)
D.E. RASSO
(Love is a Four-Letter Word)

Created, Produced + Hosted by
BLAISE ALLYSEN KEARSLEY

It’s free, did I mention that? Please attend! I’m bringing a copy of the first book I ever wrote. It’s laminated.

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Me & Jon Langford: BFFs

By On July 19, 2011 · In As I Am Now

Over at The Awl, I have a Q&A with the lovely and hilarious Jon Langford. It was nervewracking, I must admit, because even though he’s certainly one of the most easygoing interview subjects I still felt like a total jackass.

Is there any sort of Mekons manifesto in 2011?

Not that you’d write down. But I think there’s a cloud of mass delusion that this is actually worth doing. [laughs]

I think sometimes, a lot of times in the Mekons’ career, the motivation, more than anything else, seemed to be like a big fuck-off to the world: “I will not be ground down into dust.”

Clearly, the longevity of the band must have something to do with that.

Yeah, I think it’s a sort of persistence. It hasn’t been financially rewarding for anyone.

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