Otakon has come and gone for another year and as always, it was a load of overstimulating fun. The weather was cooperative, the escalators seemed in better repair than usual, all the rooms were cold, and I bought just the cutest fox bag. Yamada and the 7 Witches. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. DD Fist of the North Star.

8216; Rolling Stone reviews.

Preorder the record in myriad formats here. 34 year old drumming genius Jerry Fuchs fell to his death in Brooklyn Saturday night. Jerry was a beloved fixture of both the New York City and Athens, GA music scenes, drumming for LCD Soundsystem,! Turing Machine, MSTRKRFT, The Juan MacLean and Maserati.

Like Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Katz capitalised on popular songs, giving them a Yiddish twist. Despite some opposition, and the fact that most of the lyrics were incomprehensible to the majority of Americans, Katz proved incredibly successful during his career. With albums such as Mish Mosh. Mickey Katz - Sixteen Tons.

Sunday, April 1, 2012. Chickadees, this blog is no longer active. Saturday, March 31, 2012. Hey i see you coming april. Wednesday, March 28, 2012. A publication and a passing. I have a poem in the now out-in-the-world Spring issue of Ploughshares.

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered. Friday, November 27, 2009. Count my blessings and my thumbs. Mornings lost in a chronic haze. Breath is fast and the trains are slow. I barely feel it though. All day long I fantasize.

Quick update, I will no longer be posting on Write Stuff. Things have been busy with the move and getting settled into a new job here. But I have found some time to continue writing. Easter dining preview in Press of AC.

An so Tagen wie heute fühle ich mich einfach komplett und von allem Überfordert und nur noch inkompetent. Dafür reichen kleine oder mittelschwere Auslöser, die sich dann auch irgendwie immer summieren und mich in ihrer vollen Breite erschlagen. Ein zu spät, und wie ich gerade feststellen musste, teilweise falsch ausgefüllter Arbeitszeitnachweise zum Beispiel. Mails verschicken ohne Anhang, mit falschem Termin oder gleich an die falsche Adresse. Der Timetable war so aufgebaut, dass a.

The Daily Beast has a nice gallery. In my last column I covered the year 1967.