Rod Lott at Bookgasm had some wonderful things to say about our dear book.
"The art — interspersed throughout the entries — is hypnotic and bizarre, at once seemingly mundane and oddly disturbing. (...) and once again, they’ve done a hell of a job in presentation, for a work that’s simultaneously an experimental art project and a piece of meta fiction."
From The Book of CLAV’s Tyler Landry:
“I did another interview for the Guardian, this time a proper one, instead of just a straight reprint of the initial press release. There are a few spots where i think the conversation was misinterpreted a little bit, but overall it came out pretty good. As a side note, Mike England, the guy who interviewed me and wrote the piece, was my grade 4 french immersion teacher. It was weird seeing him again.”
You can view the full article here.
Justin Shady at The Blarg had these lovely things to say about our book.
A couple more local Canadian papers have given Tyler & co some ink.
Check it out here
In case you’ve been in a hole and are not privy to the new sh*t, The Book of CLAV has been officially released. Here’s a quick shot from the release party at Cricket Engine in Oakland, California. More links to follow.
More photos from the release party
Eric Myers and I will be hosting a four-day workshop in September at 826 Valencia.
Conversations With The World
Taught by Scott Lambridis and Eric Myers
Limited to 12 students, ages 11–14
September 4, 11, 18, & 25
Tuesdays, 6:00–8:00 PM
The Cerrito Speakeasy contacted me about 8 months ago to be their August Artist-of-the-Month, based on the God’s Acre artwork (which features 3 artists and a musician). Twas a challenging hang, but with a few bits of fishing line and some big fat nuts to hang at the end, it came out pretty damn cool.
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Shouting Fire radio invited yours truly to co-host a radio show hosted by Eric Myers. We played some tunes, and talked about all things Omnibucket and publishing and multimedia, and of course, the upcoming Book of CLAV. The show aired Friday 4/4 at 10am PST, 2PM PST, and 6PM PST.
Notes to self for next workshop:
Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper. Less paper.
Independent distributor Enemi Entertainment now has 2nd editions of Brainchild and God’s Acre available through their catalog.
God’s Acre’s second edition is the same as the first, though it is not a limited edition (copies of the first edition are still available here).
Brainchild’s second edition on the other hand has a few surprises. We removed the three advertisement pages and replaced them with three new artworks. The edition isn’t limited, but it’s improved!
Good friend and Omnibucket editor Rosie Atkins posted the most interesting endorsement of Barack Obama that I have yet to read on her I Ride Muni blog:
Here’s the opening snippet:
“I agree with everything Ms. Kennedy wrote, but when I look at Senator Obama, I see a president like my son. Like Obama, my son is biracial. Unlike Obama, my son, born in 1995, is not unique in his multi-culturalism, or in his brownness. His is a world that is increasingly interconnected.”
RE: The Magus, by John Fowles, p.287
Discussion point (for those who want to read along):
It seems there must be a threshold, partially determined of course by individual personality, but on the grander scale as more of a general threshold amongst the human species, of mystery. That is, how much mystery is necessary for our sense of the grand illusion?
In October, fellow wordsmythe and creative maestro Eric Myers and I began a monthly creative salon. We just had our second one on Friday November 9th at Eric’s place in the Lower Haight. Marisa Egerstrom joined us, though our fourth current participant Nora Sawyer had to bail last minute. After only two meetings it has already branched out from simply a writing salon towards the multimedia where we evaluated a video piece and a vocal performance, not to mention Angie’s cooking. Pretty damn sweet I must say.
The pieces reviewed:
“Life of the Gallows” short story by Scott Lambridis
I’ll be conducting another writing workshop at 826 Valencia in February. The details are as follows:
The Tale is in the End
Limited to 15 students, ages 11-14
February 5, 12, 19, & 26
Tuesdays, from 6:00-8:00PM
The art of creating compelling characters…by doing them in.
