May 2011
4 posts
On Teaching Classes of an Evening →
Now. I teach English as a foreign language. I teach it mostly to people who have jobs, or are looking for jobs. Most of them have jobs. I ask them Why they want to learn English and they don’t much…
TOE Short Story :: The Mosquito Song – Ch 17 →
by ML Kennedy
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Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, …
Wild Horses →
WILD HORSES For Laura (1957-1986)
The ocean’s not its usual pacific self. The beach is empty, the sky overcast, towering waves, a scene orchestrated for high drama. Imagine, if you…
April 2011
4 posts
More Than A Cat Killer →
Here we are listening to slow and mournful country. Here we are putting out a cone joint. Here we are sitting in your white pickup truck with the windows rolled way the fuck down so we can smell the…
Book Review: BEST BEHAVIOR by Noah Cicero →
I (he) sprinkled cinnamon in the pot full of kidney beans submerged in water.
I (he) leaned into the powder drift of cinnamon. I (he) breathed inward into his wet lung sacs.
I (he) recalled…
But I Digress →
I haven’t done this in a little. Write with the intention of putting it up here. I’m only doing it now because I know it won’t be up long. It will soon get lost in the shuffle.
That’s all right….
March 2011
1 post
Sam Pink Interview :: Chop My Dick Off →
Sam Pink
When I was very young, my family – dad, mom, two brothers, aunt and uncle – took two trips to the same rented beach house in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Once or twice each trip,…
December 2010
7 posts
The Rocking Chair →
She comes home and doesn’t have to turn on the foyer light because the Christmas lights are already plugged in.
The first to greet her is a miniature cat with 3 legs and no collar.
The cat falls…
The Spaceship’s Finished →
Dreamt us four were going to take a trip to Mars, where Mike had lived for a while.
We all lived in the same neighborhood, except for Mike.
I woke from the dream, looked around my bedroom. Mom was…
If You Feel It →
Listen to a 3-part harmony and tell me you haven’t heard something beautiful.
Tell me you don’t like it at all.
It sounds like shit.
Tell me you’ve heard better from the 3 cats that keep you…
Perfect Pitch →
Just now, I broke for a moment to lean back in my wooden chair and look at the asphalt shingle roof of the building next to me.
I see 6 AC units.
I see 4 balconies.
I see 1 mountain bike.
And in…
“5 Things” Austin, Season 3 Episode 2 →
[1]
On Facebook I made friends with Timothy Willis Sanders.
After making friends with him, he LIKED one of my status updates.
It went something like this,
last name EVER, first name GREATEST.
Some Notes on Pinky’s Boy & The Thompson T-1... →
To the guitar players who are reading this site: the guitar I used on “Pinky’s Boy” is a Thompson T-1 built by Canadian luthier Ted Thomson, in British Columbia. It’s shape is known as a…
Mr. Johnson →
by Al Billings
When I first arrived in Austin, in 1986, I found myself doing a lot of pickup work, gardening, painting kitchen walls, whatever helped to pay the bills.
I lived with a roommate who…
November 2010
6 posts
Book Review: ORANGE JUICE by Timothy Willis... →
ORANGE JUICE AND OTHER STORIES
Timothy Willis Sanders [blog] Awesome Machine Press, 2010
At ~50 pages and 9 stories, ORANGE JUICE is a slim thing that entertained me for exactly 1 day. I…
Pinky’s Boy – Al Billings →
by Al Billings [Dreaming Of Open Water]
Download audio file (03 Pinky’s Boy 1.mp3)
For a West Texas cowboy who fully understands what it takes to fill a pair of James…
he said →
It’s no good being a poet, a lover or an ex
Poets wish they had lovers, they wish these lovers
Could help them put all that tension to stanza
Lovers wish they had poets, they wish these poets
…
Jorge Louis Borges & The Garden of Forking Paths →
Outside the bathroom door, Jay-Z flowed.
Inside, it was a different story.
Jorge Louis Borges couldn’t find the toilet paper.
The cardboard roll was there, bare of tissue, completely bald, with…
Gig Posters by mjhernandez →
Greetings from Lafayette, LA!
I recently met Michael and Bridget at Crown & Anchor, located in Austin,…
Holiday Travel Tips From a Pro →
With holiday travel around the corner, this is the perfect time for you to go over your travel plans. Thanks to my deep-rooted love for travel, I have become somewhat of a pro (if I can say so…
March 2010
25 posts
February 2010
28 posts
