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Excitula

I printed and bound effing books for many hours this weekend but am still behind on filling orders, try as I might.  I am not complaining in the least - it's great that the chapbooks are getting some attention - but some of you may be wondering where your danged order is.  It's cool, honey bunny, know that I have you on my mind.  It's coming very soon, that's all I know.  I have recruited some friendlies to help out with binding and order-packing so I can work on some layout stuff the next few evenings.  Farid and David's effing mag #4 is a few days away from print readiness and Jim Goar's effing chap is just lacking a touch up on a cover graphic.  The details for the Garden Party (see below) are coming together nicely.  An info note will go out to all participants in the coming days.

But first, I'm off to Houston to see my boy Justin get married.  That is, if I decide not to speak now or forever hold my peace.  What's peace?

Ron Silliman on World Jelly

here

spread the word: THE UNASSOCIATED GARDEN PARTY, Thursday, March 9th

download the poster pdf here.

Kasey Mohammad on World Jelly

at {limetree}

Peter & the Wolf tonight at Emo's

If you live in Austin, check tonight's show at Emo's to sample Peter and the Wolf, who will be playing at the Unassociated Garden Party Thursday March 9 at Big Red Sun.

From the Whiskey & Apples label:

Peter & the Wolf (R. Hunter and a 20-piece chorus of junk-clanking hobos) will take the stage at 11:00 PM with mad new songs and a rare sound recording from one of their clandestine rituals.  Mr. Hunter has recently taken vows as a Shaker high priest and has brought strange visions of salvation back from his trip to the Shakespeare ghost town west of El Paso.  In case you aren't already a practitioner, Shakerism is a now-extinct sect that once reached ecstatic heights through wild surging movements to their own music. 

Opening the show is Teddy and Marge (an Attic Ted side-project) and...

driving all the way from New Orleans...

the amazing one-of-a-kind music of Crooks and Nannies.

The show starts at 10pm, and closing the night will be Austin's much-loved Brothers and Sisters. 

Randall Williams reviews Anna Eyre's Metaplasmic

in the new issue of GutCult

Ron Silliman on Lyric Poetry After Auschwitz

here

effing press acquires a studio

Happy to say that I and another have rented a studio where effing books and other stuff will be produced.  It's a nice 350 square foot room on a second floor with lots of windows, a closet and a bathroom.  Looking to use it as a place to do binding as well as host micro-readings and mini-art exhibits.  And this is where I'll conduct recordings of poets reading their work for archival and possibly podcasting purposes.  And this is where I will hide.  And this is where the odd traveling poet can stay while passing through town or on the lam from the law.  The space is getting a makeover presently but will be ready by March 1.  Exciting.  We'll certainly have a studio-warming party then...bust a champagne bottle on the front door or something.

mag issue releases

Spork 4.3

Typo 7

horse less review 3

BlazeVOX 2k6

GutCult 7

horribly: click for to heaR

Lucas Anderson (pictured) and Scott Pierce.

Download horribly.mp3