In a world where a bunch of fake shit is being created from real writing, why not support a writer creating real writing from a bunch of fake shit. Or something like that.
I just posted the 132nd Torn Page. The first 100 are FREE for anyone to read!
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That might be a perfect list.
It writes itself.
Well, newish. UNDOCUMENTED is a new edition of the novel formerly titled THE SOUTHLAND, previously published by Polis.
Coming soon!
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I just hit 125 posts over at Torn Pages. If real pages of nonexistent books is your thing (and isn't it everybody's?) then head over there. Laughs abound.
To make it even easier, the first 100 Torn Pages are free, free, free. Check it out here:
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He’s coming, Heaven. He’s fucking coming.
Polly and Nate together in the trucker church, in a still from SHE RIDES SHOTGUN
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Lehrer's performance is sampled in the track "Dope Peddler" by U.S. rapper 2 Chainz on his 2012 album Based on a T.R.U. Story, (2) In 2013, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his 60-year-old song sampled. His response to the request to use the song was "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?" [21
Just realized I haven’t seen anyone post the Tom Lehrer-2 Chainz letter yet today.
Taron Egerton as Nate in SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, pointing a pistol.
Tickets for SHE RIDES SHOTGUN in the theater are live - go get some.
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Here's the trailer to SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, the movie based on my first novel. Polly and Nate are out there in these streets.
Check it out. Buy the book; get hep in advance.
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Just wrote a little something about why I made YOU HAD TO BE THERE, and why everyone should make a zine of their own.
It's free to read for everyone. No paywall.
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Just a quick reminder of how cool and talented my wife Roxanne is. When I made BLOOD & TACOS way back when, she painted an original oil painting for every issue's cover. Just ran across these images without the cover text on them.
Check out her other awesome work at www.etsy.com/shop/GummyEm...
Wow! Where did you find that?
Comic timing with just the written word is such a tricky challenge. So much effort to make something look effortless.
The absolute master is Jack Handey. Nobody has his timing.
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I honestly thought it was spelled A-Y-R-E-S. My sincerest apologies.
It was an honest mistake.
I just reread the first book a few months ago.
According to the shipping & receiving dept at Wisconsin HQ (aka @ericaruthneubauer.bsky.social) the first printing of YOU HAD TO BE THERE is in the mail.
Thanks for everyone who bought a copy. There's still time to order what everyone's calling "You made a what?"
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Dug up this old LitReactor article about the history of Noir at the Bar. Includes interviews with its creator, Peter Rozovsky, as well as Todd Robinson, Jedidiah Ayres, Johnny Shaw, Eric Beetner, and more. Extra points to anyone who remembers the dude who wrote this.
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Remember, when you buy the inaugural issue of YOU HAD TO BE THERE, you don't just get one copy. You get two copies for the same price.
One for you. And one to leave in your dentist's office. It's called marketing. Look it up.
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This lawsuit is brutal. One of the exhibits is the letter Universal sent to Midjourney, including a quote from a 2022 Forbes interview that I bet midjourney regrets
Thanks, man.
