12. By Heart Apparatus- Phoebe Giannisi, translated by Andrew Maxwell, Joseph Mosconi, Konstantinos Matsoukas, Angelos Sakkis
self published

I went no-pants for my new Dior ad

the tyranny of a standing ovation

those Duck Dynasty guys look like ZZ Top!

haha

not all Americans voted for Bush dude, cowabunga dude

fuck Chick-fil-A!

my trademarking attempt has received a "preliminary no."

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FUUUUUUK

C

try not to yawn in the bathroom

11. Crossed Volume 2: Family Values- David Lapham and Javier Barreno
Avatar Press

haha, Loyola Drops 'Master's Degree in Activism,' Draws Student Protests

Nyarlathotep

Don't be a 'glasshole'

The trick is to try and remember all the terrible times

Nintendo Power

I have some new poems in the just out AMERARCANA #5, featuring

"the words of Will Alexander, Micah Ballard, Clark Coolidge, Diane di Prima, Steve Dickison, Sarah Heady, Marina Lazzara, Duncan McNaughton, Richard O. Moore, John Sakkis, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, and editor Nicholas James Whittington, along with Jackson Meazle‘s translations of Gottfried Benn & Elsa Lasker-Schuler, all interspersed with artwork by Ed Loftus and bound in wrappers printed at Impart Ink from linocuts by Jack Whittington.
Buy it now or come by the bookshop for a copy. We’ll be doing a pair of readings in early April, first in SF, then in the East Bay (details below). Please join us and help SPREAD THE WORD!"

and I'll be reading at the East Bay AMERARCANA book party at the Public School
Friday, April 11th – 8 pm
Sudo Room/Public School, 2141 Broadway Street, Oakland
by the 19th Street BART Station (entrance on 22nd)
featuring Micah Ballard, Steve Dickison, Marina Lazzara, Jackson Meazle & John Sakkis*
* Will Alexander, Clark Coolidge &/or Diane di Prima may or may not join either/or both of these readings.

The Swamp Rats - I'm Going Home

10. Salute-To Singing- Gennady Aygi, translated by Peter France
Zephyr Press

I'm working the Anarchist Book Fair this Saturday in West Oakland, (The Crucible).

Anarchist Dunking Booth/
Anarchist Tarot Readings/

Stop by the booth, I'm working the morning shift, buy me a cup of Anarchist coffee.

9. Prawn State Byways- Julien Poirier
Ugly Duckling Presse

Julien swung by SPD a few months back to graciously drop off a copy of this beauty/ beast. Prawn State Byways was published by UPD as a pre-release to his brilliant full length El Golpe Chileno; it's filled with little pouches, tiny envelopes, stickers, postcards, posters, a chapbook full of comics, jokes, songs, maps and photos, the DIY treasure of teenage boys. This was very limited, though I heard a rumor this morning that UDP might be reissuing in the near future.

Also, I'm going running in the Concord hills after work so I won't be able to attend, but Julien is reading tonight at Ally Cat Books in SF, along with Garrett Caples and Christina Fisher.

Steve Dickison, Clark Coolidge, Kit Robinson/
Ugly Duckling Presse West Coast Group Reading/
The Green Arcade, SF

NIECES Peanut Butter Cups
(Dim's 36th birthday)

just my firefighter brother rescuing an old dog who got stuck in the mud, I know right, could he get any more cliche...?

"The folks who hate the Google buses are unlikely to be receptive to miniature flying robots cruising their neighborhood, it acknowledged. “We know that gentrification is a hot topic in The Mission and we want to be sensitive to that. … We’ve worked extra hard to make sure our drones are quiet and respectful of the neighborhood. For example, we avoid schools and parks on our flight paths.”

SF CHRON 2014

no not Feist...Faust, KRAUTROCK!

3 photos from Featherboard Writing Series w/ me, Chris Kerr, Niki Korth
 (ripped from the Featherboard website)

8. Shogun- James Clavell
Dell

there comes a time in every man's life where he must decide if he's going to continue wearing sneakers (Vans, Chucks, basketball), or if he's going to graduate to man shoes (boots, loafers, chuckas).

I had so much human shit on my boots last weekend.

Michael Cross on Arotho

7. The Novel: A Poem- Paul Hoover
New Directions

please stop saying "my spirit animal is _____"

the shelf life on that cutesiness has expired

if you're wondering if I'm talking to you, yes, I'm talking to you

The Biergarten

6. Crossed Vol. 1- Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows

I really do like reading horror comics before bed. The Last Of The Mohicans is a terrible book. I don't think couples should celebrate anniversaries until they are married.

5. Elderly #1

The calligraphy was done by either Jamie Townsend or Nicholas DeBoer.

4. Pell Mell- Robin Blaser
Coach House Press

Recently listened to an interview with Blaser from the early 70s where he calls Robert Duncan "a prick."

3. The X-Files/ 30 Days Of Night- Steve Niles, Adam Jones, Tom Mandrake
Wildstorm

the nightmares last night were good for me.

2. Child-And-Rose- Gennady Aygi
New Directions

I met Gennady after his reading (one of the best I'd ever seen) at the San Francisco International Poetry Festival in 2003 (Unitarian Center).  After the reading, a group of poets, including Gennady and his translator Peter France, headed over to Edinburgh Castle in the Tenderloin for drinks (I lived across the street at the time). I asked Gennady to sign my copy of Child-And-Rose, he signed it in Russian

to John
with fraternal embrace!

I said to Gennady, with Peter France translating for me

"I wish I could speak Russian and that you spoke English"
 
Gennady replied, again with Peter translating

"Don't worry, we speak through the air"

this was a magical moment for me, I wrote it all down immediately on a napkin from the bar

Margaret Tedesco introduces Stephen Motika at his 2nd Floor Project reading 3/2/14

1. Locas II: Maggie, Hopey & Ray- Jaime Hernandez
Fantagraphics Books

you'd think Spike Jonze (born 1969) and Steve McQueen (born 1969) would have the couth and moral decency to use their middle names so as not to be confused with, or ride the coattails of Hollywood legends Spike Jonze (born 1911) and Steve McQueen (born 1930)

 

I got popped in the "book-hole," top photo Trisha Low + Alan Felsenthal, bottom photo me + Joseph Mosconi.

AWP SWAG