Mole Magazine in DC zine history book

Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC was recently published by Georgetown University Press. Written by John Davis, member of punk band Q and Not U and an archivist at the University of Maryland library (he commands the DC Punk Archive there), this large tome makes a case for the strength of the DC zine scene of decades past. My own fanzine, Mole, is represented in the book on pages 204-206; there are pictures of two issues, and a rather nice capsulized history of the 13 issues published from 1989 to 2001. The only “error” is citing Mole as a photocopied zine; to set the record straight, Mole was pro-printed by offset printing for the duration of its run.

There’s much I didn’t know about DC zinedom past. From my recollections of the 90s, I would not have said a book was merited, but Davis dug deep and it’s a strong showing. If you’re not already sick and tired of the zine hype, you may want to check it out.

“Reality Programmer” video released in Ranger #13

Ranger is an online literary journal of avant garde literature, music, video and visual art; the 13th issue was released recently containing the usual smorgasbord of weird and wonderful challenging works. I’m pleased to be represented in this issue with the glitch music video “Reality Programmer,” which includes difficult music from Hearasay in Paradox Lust.

You can view the video in Ranger here.

Six poems published in Ranger #12

Online literary magazine Ranger recently released its 12th issue, another smorgasbord of experimental artifacts in textual, video, musical and visual forms. I’m pleased to be represented by six poems: “wiggy sip,” “pilled blame,” “prattle burn misc,” “About Calls,” “bastion fire crag,” and “mog turner.” You can read them here.

Five poems published in Utriculi

Utriculi is an online literary journal for experimental writing, and something of a “sequel” to Otoliths, both journals being published by Sandy Press in Australia. The second issue of Utriculi was released recently in print and digital formats, and it seems similarly encyclopedic in scope to the earlier journal, comprising another who’s who of the international literary avant garde. I’m pleased to be represented by five poems (starting on page 150 of Issue 2, Part 1): “guidelines,” “If those aren’t the reasons, what,” “jade slick,” “bezel delight,” and “blade lout parse.”

You can view the complete online issue, both Parts 1 and 2, here. The print issues are available via Amazon here.

New book And the Trillions, Part 2 released

There wasn’t enough “and the trillions” in the first volume (originally released in 2012) so I wrote a sequel, naturally entitled And the Trillions, Part 2. This book length accumulative poem examines multiples as a metaphor for the complex social and natural world humans inhabit. At 280 pages, Part 2 is over 4.5 times longer than Part 1, and all new material.

And the Trillions, Part 2 is now available on Lulu, here.

Flashback: Stylus at Sonic Circuits at AFI Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD, 2011
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Flashback: That time the Stylus turntable ensemble played the AFI Silver Theatre, in Silver Spring, MD, as part of the Sonic Circuits Festival in 2011. Ensemble director/composer Jim Adams prepared elaborate scores specifying when each performer was to drop a needle on their prepared vinyl LP, which we all promptly ignored or klutzed up. In this iteration, Stylus included 9 turntable players (Jim Adams, myself, Matt Boettke, Layne Garrett, Chester Hawkins, Andrew McCarry, Anthony Pirog, Gary Rouser, and Keith Sinzinger) and 2 cellists (Janel Leppin and Doug Poplin). Stylus always represented a “who’s who” of the DC experimental music scene at the time, as everyone had one or more other projects going at the same time.

The composition for this performance was called “Lot in Sodom.” It was performed as a live soundtrack to playback of the 1933 silent film of the same name. We also did a soundtrack for the old Dada film “Emak Bakia” that evening.

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Flashback: For Official Use Only at Baltimore Electronic Music Summerfest 2010
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Flashback: PDF poster for the Baltimore Electronic Music Summerfest in 2010, held at the Hexagon Space. I played in a trio called For Official Use Only with Dave Vosh and concert organizer Logan Mitchell, Sr. This project played all analog electronics and only did a couple shows in DC and Baltimore, as each of us had several other music projects going at the same time.