March 2012
8 posts
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73.4 :: 'horseghost' by various
‘horseghost’ edited by matthew donahoo // horseghost, 2012
73.4
i am naturally ‘biased’ against ‘journals’
many of them are hard for me to ‘get’
many of them seem ‘haphazard’
this one however is ‘better’
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pretty sure matthew donahoo ‘put this together’
he did a good job he got big names in...
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89.9 :: 'sent from my iphone' by dayton castleman...
‘sent from my iphone’ by dayton castleman & maggie mcgee // self-released, 2012
89.9
everything is coming up ‘high scores’
can’t help it, the ‘alt-lit’ choices are so ‘good’ right now
‘sent from my iphone’ is one of the ‘best’
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feels very ‘current’
like ppl would say ‘this is...
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82.5 :: 'crunk juice' by steve roggenbuck
‘crunk juice’ by steve roggenbuck // self-released, 2012
82.5
this is the 1st poetry collection by steve roggenbuck that i’ve ‘spent some time with’
am aware of other poetry collections ie ‘download helvetica for free’ and ‘i love music’
am aware of steve roggenbuck’s ‘prolific’ blogging on the platform ‘live my...
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94.3 :: 'stories v!' by scott mcclanahan
‘stories v!’ by scott mcclanahan // holler presents, 2011
94. 3
THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING.
disappointed in ‘change’?
believe in scott mcclanahan.
disappointed in ‘hope’?
believe in scott mcclanahan.
need something humorously direct?
read scott mcclanahan.
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some crazy kid growing up stories, expect that.
some death, expect that.
some blank...
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80.9 :: 'the no hellos diet' by sam pink
‘the no hellos diet’ by sam pink // lazy fascist press, 2011
80.9
never read sam pink’s poetry. UPDATE: i’ve never read sam pink’s poetry.
seems like he has an ‘ear for language’ though, perhaps a ‘poet’s ear’ whatever that may look like.
i am trying to be serious.
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there is a lot of ‘overheard dialogue’ in...
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95.8 :: 'oh no everything is wet now' by ana...
‘oh no everything is wet now’ by ana carrete & richard chiem // magic helicopter press, 2011(?)
95.8
oh.
oh wow.
seems like the screenshots of the word processor (Pages) makes us reflective about reading, ie questioning the nature of reading, questioning the interpretation of reading, questioning this endless well that we dump words into.
like everything is categorically...
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47.4 :: 'ok stupid' by walter mackey
‘ok stupid’ by walter mackey // self-released, 2012
47.4
seems like a ‘solid’ effort.
there could be some talent here. right now it is full of someone else’s style.
like someone trying to learn ‘smells like teen spirit’ on the guitar.
this ‘chapbook’ references emo bands, so i will make an emo reference.
like someone trying to learn...
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79.0 :: 'today & tomorrow' by ofelia hunt
‘today & tomorrow’ by ofelia hunt // magic helicopter press, 2011
there are a lot of ‘non-sequiturs.’ those are good. words are said by the narrator that are not quite clear in meaning or intention.
billy murray kittens in a basket.
this is probably the best book i’ve never finished.
i’ve changed the ‘score’ of this book between 1-5 times...
