Forrest Armstrong's Blog, page 2

Feature in Horror Sleaze Trash & A Portrait of Ben Smith

So now I can say that even pornography venues are gettin down to The Deadheart Shelters! Well, Horror Sleaze Trash is actually a lot more than that, and it's an honor to be among the fat list of oddities they've covered. My new book gets some shout-outs and has an excerpt of it hosted for anybody who hasn't tried it yet. Also, the new Gasoline Monk release, "Computer Love (Monk House Mix)," cause you know these guys are just as down with the groove shit as I am.

I've also had to turn around...

I want to be like you Burroughs

This is a poem by Ben John Smith, who runs horrorsleazetrash.com. In the very near future, there will be a feature about me on this website… but I would also on my own end like to write about Ben, because he's a very interesting character. For now, just check out this poem of his, "I want to be like you Burroughs."

I want to cut off

my little toe

and I have my foot

on the table

with a chisel.

before I get to serious

I spray D'arnes perfume

all around me.

I'm interrupted by
my little sister who...

Computer Love

Spent all day remixing Zapp & Roger's insane 1985 track, "Computer Love." This is what I got. I've been making a lot of music in this style lately, and a lot of it will be on my upcoming Ocean Telephones. I've been thinking of it as Monk House, or Boston House. It's probably a manifestation of the tension inside me between hip hop and house – it's got that four on the floor, dance-reckless feel, but a good 20 or 30 bpm slower than regular house, and built all out of samples. It's just one of ...

Props in CM3 Interview

Was stoked to see Carlton Mellick III mention The Deadheart Shelters as one of the three books he's most excited about right now in a recent interview with Dark Recesses. It would have tripped my teenage self out to know that one of my literary heroes would end up being my book's biggest advocate. This interview is terrific as well – for some reason, it's rare Carlton does these. But he's one of funniest and most intelligent people I know, so reading how he handles questions is a blast. Like ...

Podcast Available on Pirate Cat Radio

To all interested heads, the podcast of my interview earlier this week is now up for stream or download on Pirate Cat Radio – the direct link is here. Until Ocean Telephones drops, this podcast is the only spot you're gonna be able to hear that new song, "Watermelon".

 

Really (Really) Good Dancers

I hung out with my buddy yesterday preparing for a dance jam we're throwing in our hometown – him the lead dancer, me the DJ. Besides walking away with a flash drive full of breakbeats, dubstep and flex music to spin, I watched some amazing dancing, and understood even more how someone could spend all their time doing this. I wanted to share one from two dudes from Paris and if I could dance like this I wouldn't even walk normal anymore.

Debuting New Song on Pirate Cat Radio Tonight!

Just confirmed with the hosts that we'll be playing the first track off my upcoming mixtape, Ocean Telephones, tonight during my interview on Pirate Cat Radio. So all Gas Monk heads, tune in! For more information about this whole deal, check out yesterday's post – and check out Pirate Cat Radio, where this will be streaming live tonight at 8 PM West Coast time, 11 PM East Coast.

Interview Tomorrow Night on Pirate Cat Radio

This'll be fun. Tomorrow night I'll be on Pirate Cat Radio, a San Francisco-based station covering some nice underground beat music. So although I'm all hyped up about The Deadheart Shelters coming out the other day, this will be focused on my work as Gasoline Monk. They'll be playing some of my newest mixtape, When You Can't Afford Weed, Smoke This, and giving me the most thorough interview I've done on the topic of my hip hop.

The interview will stream live on their website around 8:00 PM...

Jeremy and I, Interviewed By Mike Daily

Mike Daily, a great writer from Portland who wrote books like Valley and  Alarm, recently interviewed myself and Jeremy about this new book of mine, The Deadheart Shelters. This one had me talking about everything – the book (what went into it and what's different about it from everything I've done before), artists I'm close with like Carlton Mellick III and Jase Daniels, my hip hop, different cities, different times… the most thorough interview I've done yet, and I got Mike Daily's smart...

The Deadheart Shelters is Now Available

That was faster than we thought.

The book is out and available at Amazon: order it here. For a summary (the Amazon pages always lack one when the book's first up) scoot back to my last post. But I like Carlton Mellick III's bite-sized summary the most: "The literary equivalent of an Alejandro Jodorowsky film."

Cheers!