somestuffers...

from Mr. Gabe Gudding

"tonight at 1:02AM (and three seconds) the numbers will read

01:02:03 04/05/06"

Justin Lacour's mag

Kulture Vulture

has it's new issue up and running...my poem "The House Of Matters" is readable here

The House Of Matters

an elegy poem written for my friend Jimmy Lopez who was killed recently...R.I.P. Jimmy...

thanks so much Justin, the issue looks great...

also in the mail today, Eric Unger's beautiful Spell inaugural...i'm loving the House Press aesthetic...very mimeo...the issue features new work from Chris Rizzo, Michael Koshkin, Rob Mclennan, Scott Shanley, John Sakkis, jUStin!katKO, Dave Aylward, Luke Daly, Michael Slosek and Francis Raven...can't wait to dig into it...

all in all a good mail/ email day...yup yup...

heard from Thruston M. earlier...good news forthcoming...

went racing around town today on my bike running various errands...stopped off at Red Letter and picked up an old David Collier graphic novel...i've been way overspending on used comics these last couple weeks...i can't really help it though...Red Letter is perpetually stocked with dope shit...it's breaking me...

also, threw the ball around with Mr. Jared Hayes, i'm telling you, dude gives me dead arm everytime...

Magie's visiting in a couple weeks...can't wait to see her...i told her if she speaks Arabic to me i'd buy her drinks...she's all "um...hell yeah..."

...currently listening to Various Artists Amberdelic Space Disc 4...

heat...

damn. supposed to be in the mid-70's today...okay, we'll see...

i think i'll take a long walk this afternoon...

...my Greek is going away...

Sigma is still my favorite letter...like punching "E" in the back...

i should be working on my thesis, transcribing notebook to computer...that's how lazy i am at this point concerning this thesis, it's written, all i have to do is transcribe it...transcription sounds so boring...i love how greeks misuse the word "boring"...it's sort of my favorite...like, me and my friend Paraskevi will be hanging out at her apartment in Athens...i'll be like "what time do you want to go out?" and she'll reply "well i need to take a shower first, it's so boring..." or, i'll be at some taverna on some island with my friend Mihalis getting drinks, and i'll say to Mihalis "how's your rum and coke?" and he'll reply "i can hardly taste the rum, i'm so bored..." i'm really really into that...

...currently listening to The Psychedelic Furs All Of This And Nothing...

robot girl and the ant pin hat...

in the future all robots will be entomologists (boo)...watch your backs!

...currently listening to Telephone Jim Jesus All Songs By George...

stocking stuffers...

Michael Koshkin was just over partaking in opening day revelry...Rockies beat the Diamondbacks in an 11th inning goodie (go expansion teams!)...Michael and i talked a hell've a lot of shit about Naropa, i ALWAYS have fun talking shit about my university, and more and more i'm getting the feeling Michael does too (and they deserve it)...

Koshkin showed me a proof of his beautiful new chap, Parade Rain, forthcoming from Maureen Thorson's delectable Big Game Press

Koshkin Big Pimpin'

Michael told me lot's of fun stories about the AWP and his spring break "boys gone wild" trip to SF...so glad to hip him to the nirvana that is Green Apple Books in the Inner Richmond...also so glad to hear he's with me in my "fuck Berkeley" posturing (possibly the lamest city in the entire East Bay...and yes, that includes Antioch)...he's talking about moving to SF...i say yeah yeah...

...in the mail today the new TV On The Radio album from Mr. Capanna in SF...currently sitting here with a huge boner listening to it...

worked on a Philip Whalen tape this morning all about Shakespeare's Perilcles...almost bored me to tears...though i like Whalen's voice...something very Rock Hudson about it...mad sexy...

got paid today...still can't get over the fact that i can make rent by listening to Coolidge/ Whalen et. al tapes...i love being an audio technician...if this sounds like a brag, maybe it is...but don't get too mad, once i graduate (may 13th) the job runs dry...

i almost forgot...had a VERY strange friday night at the bar(s)...first, sitting at the bar while Sabrina went to the bathroom...this girl approches me, starts hitting on me in a robot voice..."skk skk...y.o.u. h.a.v.e. a.n. a.n.t. p.i.n. o.n. y.o.u.r. h.a.t....beep beep...c.a.n. i. t.o.u.c.h. y.o.u.?...skk skk...c.a.n. i. t.o.u.c.h. y.o.u.r. j.a.c.k.e.t.?...m.y. b.o.y.f.r.i.e.n.d. i.s. g.o.i.n.g. t.o. b.e. r.e.a.l.l.y. m.a.d. a.t. m.e...beep beep"...at this point Sabrina came back and rescued me just as robot girl's girlfriends grabbed her by the shoulders and apologized to me...Sabrina and i then bounced to the Downer...

Downer...met these girls on coke...they thought i was gay and kept complementing my eyes..."eh...thanks"...one of the girls offered to trade me facials if i would teach her boyfriend Protools(?!)....left that table in a hurry...spotted this really reallly cute girl sitting all by herself at a table across the bar...didn't realize at the time that the really really cute girl was actually the same really really cute girl i had seen a few months back at the same table in the same bar who i had approached and subsequently went out with a few times...this was me being really drunk (to my credit she had a new haircut)...i mean, can you imagine if i went up to her and was like "hi my name is john..." ouch, on both our ends...so so glad the really really cute girl disappeared before i got back with my drink because i was about ready to approach...and then Sabrina (god bless that girl) is all, "dude, that's Leslie, you've already been out with her, you're an asshole"...to which i replied by downing my drink, kissed Sabrina on the hand, went home to the apartment and ate a bunch of Pimento cheese and Pistachio nuts with my tail between my legs...eck...

BASEBALL! happy opening day everyone! Go Giants!

...currently listening to TV On The Radio don't know the album name cause it's bootleg, but plan on buying the CD when it's released cause i support...

Safahri...

finally found a picture of Safahri (on the left)...thank's BOAC...

new tracks!

Bound To Get Fuller live at The Stork Club

hippie...yippie!

Devendra Barnhart at Mipoesias

...currently listening to Roberto Alagna Alagna Bel Canto...

OMG! can my mom be any cooler...

i swear, my family is so fucking supportive...i don't know what to do with myself...David Lynch syndrome...

Happy national poetry month! You can get a poem a day
e-mailed to you...www.knopfpoetry.com. I'm going to
do it. Knoph is a publishing house that is sending Franz
Wright on a tour of the bay area...starts at
Oakland's Diesel on College Ave. featured on the
cover of this month's Poets&Writers magazine. Just
thought that was interesting. You might know all that
already anyway, but thought I'd pass it on. We went
to Nikkoletta's birthday party. Tons of people and
good food. Dino and Chrystanthe came also, so they
got to see most of the family. The best was seeing
Deme for me. James was out white water rafting with
Yuki for Yuki's birthday. A few other people went
so I'm sure it is fun. He'll be back tonight
about 8 pm and spend the night. I'm hoping to reserve
him for a day of birthday shopping. Pop's pretty good;
give him a call if you think of it and tell him it's
you from from Boulder, Colordo cause he gets James and
John mixed up. Just a thought. Your Dad is sitting
here eating a very late breakfast because of daylight
saving's. You know the clocks are set one hour ahead
today. So, how are
you. I hope you got that heavy box by now. If not,
let me know and I'll send another soon. So toodle for
now...miss and love a lot.

Love, your mom

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire- holy cats this movie was freakin' brilliant! serioulsy, i mean, i've really enjoyed all the Potter films thus far, but this one takes it to another level...a combo of The Never Ending Story, Lord of the Rings and Saved By The Bell...i was laughing and crying (no shit) the whole way through...i can't even imagine being a little kid and watching this movie...cellular pop!

...currently listening to Radiohead Air Bag/ How Am I Driving...

March poets...

check out the anthology thus far at

2008

Jessica and i are really excited about the work that's been coming in...

if the "roster" format seems at all tactless ("i got the lead role!") just remember this is a years long project, so Jessica and i thought it would only be fair to the poets submitting to post an acceptance list every month so as to not hold work hostage for the 2 years this project is going to take to complete...

...currently listening to Gregorian Chorale Of Eglise Querin A Treasury Of Gregorian Chants...

LRSN ringtones...

LRSN celli

i'm off to saturday morning cartoons...

...currently listening to Sonic Youth A Thousand Leaves...