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Drunk Poem Animation #2 by Mattia Adorni, Narrated By Chris Oxley

Chris Oxley, who you may know as one of the two madmen behind both Holler Boys and Holler Presents, narrates the second of the animated poems from A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO, one that drunkenly stumbles on unexpected redemption in the face of tremendous tragedy.

Animation by Mattia Adorni, who is available for hire on Fiverr.

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Man in the Gutter Interview - Bastien

I met Bastien in New Orleans in 1997. He was fresh off a days-long bus ride and he clearly needed some sleep. Instead, we went on a Bourbon Street bender — so, obviously, the friendship was forged in fire from the get-go!

He looks back on both a poem and the impression of it along the shores of Lake Geneva.

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Locked Down and Loaded Podcast

Buckle up…

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From the opening riff of the live intro track, my conversation with Modern Drunkard Magazine’s Frank Kelly Rich and Luke Schmaltz is off and hurtling like a freight train down the line. It shimmied, and shook, threatening to derail…but dammit, the spikes and rivets held, and aside from the sparking wheels shooting occasional cinders, we all managed to keep the boozy chat on course!

It was reminiscent of those fine dive-bar conversations I remember from yesteryear…with a pulse and fire all its own. They said some downright terrific things about A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST, and the forthcoming audio before touching on some of the long-term film and fiction projects they’ve been working on.

Did I mention there was drinking? Plus we may well have inadvertently unlocked the whole conspiracy of the Boy Scouts Tote ‘n Chip…so there’s that. Grab a few cold ones and spend some time eavesdropping from the safety of your own comfy locked down spot!

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Man in the Gutter Interview - Papa

As you’ll hear in this episode, Papa is not only a “participant" in a drunk poem, he’s a participant in all drunk poems.

Is it quantum entanglement? Perhaps.
Existence on the astral plane? Who am I to argue?
Living the gospel according to DrunkSkull? 100%!

I mean, I know for a fact he’s at least driven through Tucumcari…

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Drunk Poem Animation #1 by Mattia Adorni, Narrated By Sean Lynch

For the forthcoming release of A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO here at the HQ we had yet another hair-brained scheme: get a few of the tracks animated. And, by god, they came out great!

Here’s the first of them: Sean Lynch lends his fine Irish brogue to a poem about 2 friends trying to drink 100 shots of cheap beer.

Animation by Italy's own Mattia Adorni (go hire him via Fiverr)

Enjoy!

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A Solemn and Sarcastic Trans-Atlantic Chat with Claudia Bierschenk and Hosho McCreesh

Claudia and I have Pig Ear Press and Tangerine Press in common. She’s also translating some of my work into German (hint, hint — any German publishers out there), and she reads a poem in the forthcoming A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO project.

We thought it might be fun to sit for a largely unscripted chat about what her work-in-progress, BORDERLANDS, has in common with THIRST. Over the course of a half-hour we also touch on 20-second linguistics lessons, origins, Hitler still ruining people’s days, themed collections, geography, care packages from the west, coffee as gold, Castro’s diarrhea oranges, revisiting preconceptions, Kalashnikovs and barbed wire, the crux of humanity, what the U.S.A. used to mean, having a certain amount of agency and sovereignty over our own lives, parenting, embracing things beyond our control, virus diaries, fleeing into the woods to avoid all the humans, urban spaces taken back by nature, meeting everyone where they’re at, and the impossible happening.

Prost!

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A Special HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Man in the Gutter Interview - Memes

Happy Mother’s Day!

As the launch of the A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO approaches, we will be peppering the airwaves with a few bits, including a short series of Man in the Gutter Interviews with people who were either part of or present for some of the drunk poems when they happened and have graciously lent their vocal talents to the project. Today, of course, we had to interview my mom about a poem we were both present for…if only a bit!

And while we’re still a ways off from our May 24th release, the pre-sale is going strong.

We hope you’ll enjoy this tiny behind-the-scenes taste until this gorgeous beast actually lands! As an added bonus to today’s post, here’s the poem she’s talking about.

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This Podcast Will Change Your Life with Brian McGettrick, Ben Tanzer, and Hosho McCreesh

[ Click picture to listen to episode 222 ]

Yes, the floodwaters have risen…the dam has burst, the pre-sale is underway, and we are still merely ankle-deep in the forthcoming flood of promotions for the A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO project.

And what better way to dip your toe in than a podcast-down-memory-lane with lit-man-meets-Charlie Hustle himself, Ben Tanzer and the criminally under-infamous Brian McGettrick? We wander like drunken moths through the lamp-light of the small press, reliving the how and the where of both how we first all met each other and the small grip of places that’ve published us all. And fear not, intrepid listener — we name names (and surely forget some too)! All in all, it was a great way to keep the wheels a-churnin’ and I’m sure I speak for us all when I say we hope you enjoy the listen!

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PRE-SALE! A DEEP AND GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO!

Yes folks, perhaps you’ve already heard whispers, mutterings, clandestine mentions of a rough beast slouching toward your eardrums…well the reckoning is upon us! The physical editions of A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO are now available for pre-order.

*artist’s rendering — actual products differ slightly
**headphones not included — I ain’t Dr. Dre!

146 Drunk Poems
37 Gorgeous Voices
3.5 Thirsty Hours
3 CD-set
1 Insanely Good Time

It’s the magnum opus come to life, in voices and accents the world over. Friends and family who were actually there for some of these poems, and writers and friends spanning continents have all combined, recording drunk poems and making for an experience as singular as the book itself. Who is involved? I’m glad you asked!

Featuring the GORGEOUS Vocal Talents of:
justin.barrett, Juliette Beck, Claudia Bierschenk, Michael D. Blum, William Boyle, Ryan W. Bradley, Bastien Chiarini, Christopher Cunningham, Freddie De La Cruz, Chris Field, Abbie Foxton, Brody Lee, Nancy Pogue LaTurner, Tina LaTurner-McCreesh, Russ Litten, King Lutzo, Sean Lynch, Craig McCaskill, Janet McCaskill, Hosho McCreesh, Brian McGettrick, Scott Meier, Memes aka Mema aka The Proud Mother of Hosho, Joshua Mohr, Sasha Montaigne, Chris Oxley, Papa, Walevska Pérez-Herrera, Michael Phillips, Joseph Ridgwell, Sakèsan, Rebecca Schumejda, Scott Silsbe, Samuel Snoek-Brown, Ben Tanzer, Willy Vlautin, and one anonymous reader.

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CODE TO USE AT CHECKOUT:PRESALE$5

Using the above code makes the standard edition $15 upon checkout during the pre-sale. The same code also makes the uber-snazzy signed, lettered edition only $25 (only 26 copies available, includes freebies and extras). The pre-sale ends on May 19th, 2020.

Remember the project goes wide on May 24th, 2020, and delivery of your pre-order should happen on/around that date — depending, of course, on what sort of shape we find ourselves in globally by then!

If you prefer a digital download, that version will also be available at a host of places on the release date, but Google Play offers a pre-sale if you just want to get ‘er done right now!

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Hot Damn, It's the A DEEP AND GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO Book Trailer!

For those who’ve wondered what we’ve been up to here at the HQ…here’s your answer! Yes, the end of the month will see this beast raised to the lightning-splintered heavens and brought back to life and THIS TRAILER features the what, the who, and the when…and the mighty Leeches of Lore!

Our friend Abbie Foxton was not only kind enough to read on the project, she’s hosting the release of the trailer over at UNDERGROUND LOVERS.

If you are after an eBook version of A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST, there’s finally one HERE!

For reasons that will become apparent over the next busy month, I will keep this post nice and short.