Archive for September, 2009
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Mid-September Roundup
August is the busiest month for Rattle, but the weeks of September and March 15th are the busiest times for me. We used to pay a graphic designer several thousand dollars a year to do half of what I’m doing this week — in addition to typesetting and laying out the winter issue, I’m also [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in random riff-raff by Tim
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Stand-Up Poetry
Last week I read poetry with a comedian at a hair salon slash art gallery. An unusual setup, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing — poetry readings are generally boring as hell. They come in two forms — the poet plus open mic, and the fancypants poetry pair all by their lonesome. I don’t [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in poetic mumbo-jumbo by Tim
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Comment Guidelines
The trolls are ruining this place, and I’m sick of cleaning piss out of a carpet that I don’t even care about. There’s no reason to waste time thinking about comments on this blog, unless it’s to participate in a discussion relevant to the post above them. I’ve spent way too much time this summer [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in random riff-raff by Tim
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
LOCALCULTURE at The Hive
Thursday, September 3rd, 9 p.m. The Hive/The Apiary (map) 1402 Micheltorena Los Angeles, CA 90026 Tomorrow night/tonight I’ll be taking a much-needed break from reading contest entries and packing — we just moved to a new apartment, if I haven’t mentioned it, and for some reason we decided to do it on the hottest, smokiest, [...]
