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Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is how to use the internet.

[Originally posted at Hey Dullblog] I owe commenter Tony (aka Pismotality) a pint, a kidney or something even more important for bringing this into my life. From the British sketch show “Harry and Paul”: I particularly enjoyed the banter on the bus–somewhere Alun Owen is smiling. And the bit with Lennon and the Germans…”Harry and [...]

Democrazy in action.

Today is a red-letter day for me, one that I’ve been thinking about and wishing for since 2007. It’s always incredibly meaningful for a writer to get thoughtful critique about his/her work. And when that critique is positive, it’s the kind of public, yet deeply personal compliment that’s difficult to explain–unless you’ve hung your own [...]

I keep telling everybody: I WAS JUST TRYING TO PUBLICIZE MY BOOK!

Anyone who’s read Life After Death for Beginners knows how complicated I think the relationship is between psychedelic compounds, homo sapiens’ taste for consciousness-expanding, and the US Government. Neither the conventional view of drugs as unmitigated evil, nor the countercultural belief that use of them is a human right, addresses the fact that since 1950 [...]

I’ve always loved the demos that John Lennon recorded during his exile at the Dakota during the late 70s. This morning while browsing YouTube I unearthed this song, which I knew in an earlier, rougher version as “Help Me to Help Myself,” from the famous Lennon bootleg, “Dakota Beatle Demos.” This version’s nice, too. How [...]

Friends/family/fans/fellow countrymen of the internet, Life After Death for Beginners… …my novel about a John Lennon-like rock star who survives an assassination attempt and has to go incognito to find out who shot him and why… …variously known, over the last three years, as “Beatle Noir,” “the little monster,” and “really, as good a reason [...]

This documentary from BBC’s “Timewatch” uncovers that the British Secret Service had a hand in the death of the death of Gregori Rasputin. In the words of TopDocumentaries.com: The programme-makers re-opened the investigation into his death and found conclusive evidence to suggest that Rasputin was murdered in St Petersburg in 1916 in a plot hatched [...]

I’m not usually much on writing advice, but this list by author Chuck Palahniuk is really insightful.