Ross E. Lockhart's Blog, page 21

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Mon, 16:53 : RT @AskLovecraft: Forgive me but something Wiki'ed this way comes. http://t.co/T36RfVYi Mon, 17:21 : CHICK BASSIST available from Tower Records. Which makes me nostalgic for the days when Tower had stores (1960-2006). http://t.co/Gq2MY7tj Mon, 18:36 : Because you’ve always wanted your computer monitor to resemble a beer-and-blood-stained stage. http://t.co/OJlEUiG8 Mon, 19:00 : I have 666 followers on Twitter. Does that officially make me a cult leader? http://t.co/CalKv82t Mon, 19:41 : "That's no moon, it's a space shrubbery." Elinor discovers the Green Death Star. http://t.co/xbJVL8Vi Mon, 20:28 : I will be talking genre fiction this Saturday afternoon at @SFWC, in case you were looking for an excuse to sign up. http://t.co/PTqkLXil Mon, 20:37 : Is there room on your desktop for a punk rock background? http://t.co/OJlEUiG8 Tue, 05:45 : "...the most fun read of its type since Harlan Ellison’s SPIDER KISS." –Edward Morris, author of Blackguard: http://t.co/LqXLvnVr Tue, 05:46 : I can't believe I went all day without calling this what it is. Wallpaper. Get your Chick Bassist wallpaper here: http://t.co/OJlEUiG8

Chick Bassist, the Desktop Background

Chick Bassist welcomes you into punk rock hell, the friendless disillusionment of waking up in a shitty motel room in California with half a joint and an empty six-pack, radio blaring Lou Reed, concrete ocean on all sides and a blazing inferno within.

Now, in a collaboration between photographer Randall Ingalls, author Ross E. Lockhart, and Lazy Fascist Press, we bring you the official Chick Bassist desktop background. Because you've always wanted your computer monitor to resemble the beer-and-blood-stained stage in your favorite punk rock venue.

Best of all, it's your favorite price... FREE!!!

Just click on the image below to download the full-sized, high-resolution Chick Bassist desktop background. And tell your friends!



And in case you're still on the fence about the book itself, here are just a few of the authorial endorsements (commonly known as blurbs) that Chick Bassist has received:

“ Chick Bassist is like the very best rock—gritty, haunting, gorgeous and unforgettable. Also, it's best read aloud, at top volume.” –Spike Marlowe, author of Placenta of Love

“ Chick Bassist has a rhythm as primordial as the backbeat/heartbeat-backbone of Rock and Roll, and characters as raw as shredding power chords. Ross Lockhart has written a great rock novel!” —Alan M. Clark, author of Of Thimble and Threat and A Parliament of Crows

“ Chick Bassist is utterly savage. Lockhart's style waxes poetic as a modern Beat giving us a glimpse into Rock & Roll hell.” —Laird Barron, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of Occultation and The Croning

“Holy fucking fuck what a great book.” —MP Johnson, author of The Final Failure of a Professional Small Animal Inside-Outer and The Mutilation of Paris Hilton

“Lockhart's writing is unpretentious yet literate, achieving the kind of loud intensity that only the best punk rock songs do while revealing an odd, and even disturbing, fragility. It's crammed with detail and writerly techniques without being overtold. It's a stunningly daring performance, the kind you and I (and he, most likely) were warned away from attempting.” –Zachary Jernigan, author of No Return

“Complete rock excellence.” –Adam Cesare, author of Video Night and Tribesmen

“Readers with an interest in the last half-century of rock music will find themselves well-served not only by the plethora of bands, albums, and songs referenced throughout, but also by the significance of these references to the characters and storyline. It's one thing to drop names, but it's another to demonstrate an actual literacy in one's subject matter, and Lockhart clearly has this down as a writer.” –Arthur Graham, author of Editorial

"Poetry and terror and gritty realism can all coexist happily, and the third sound they generate in their harmonization just *jams* when done deftly. You can't spell Ross Lockhart without 'rock'. Chick Bassist was, for me, the most fun read of its type since Harlan Ellison's Spider Kiss ." –Edward Morris, [2011 Pushcart Prize nominee, 2009 Rhysling Award nominee, 2005 British Science Fiction Association Award nominee], author of Blackguard 1: Fathers & Sons

Don't forget: You have just three more days to register to win one of three signed copies of Chick Bassist from Goodreads. Click here to enter and (perhaps) win!

My tweets

Mon, 00:12 : RT @jephjacques: Most owls are nocturnal, but the West Birmingham Cranky Owl has never been observed to sleep #SuperbOwlFacts Mon, 00:12 : RT @jephjacques: Owls swallow their food whole, because they are lazy and have no self-respect #SuperbOwlFacts Mon, 00:22 : RT @ToddAlstrom: I'm predicting that #Budweiser Black Crown won't be using the same ad agency next #superbowl, let alone exist. #beer Mon, 00:25 : RT @RepresentPledge: How to switch your domain from @GoDaddy: http://t.co/CPqTCibN #NotBuyingIt Mon, 00:29 : RT @PrinceJvstin: Ironhall will be visiting Lankhmar. Can Lankhmar steal their way to the Championship game? Mon, 00:33 : Bored with sports today? You could be reading the Kindle edition of Chick Bassist before the next commercial break! http://t.co/y24jy2xC Mon, 00:44 : RT @PrinceJvstin: the Lankhmar Thieves defeat Ironhall 30-3 Mon, 01:14 : RT @katemicucci: I wish my ukulele shot sparks like that. Mon, 01:17 : RT @GOPunplugged: Somewhere, Clint Eastwood is yelling, "It's Halftime in America" to an empty chair right now. #GOP Mon, 01:30 : RT @ransomstephens: Civilization has just ended. Maya Angelou is pimping for a bank. Mon, 01:51 : RT @codinghorror: I like to go out during the Super Bowl and pretend I am the only survivor in a post-apocalyptic wasteland Mon, 01:57 : RT @PrinceJvstin: Final Score for the Interdimensional Football League Championship: Lankhmar Thieves 10 Nasheen Bel Dames 7. http://t. ... Mon, 02:40 : RT @BigFatWhale: I make fun of beer commercials, but I make beer decisions based on how cool the tap handle is. Mon, 02:40 : RT @anamariecox: Only in Obama's America can a man love a horse without shame. Mon, 02:42 : RT @TheAuthorGuy: Everyone's making Goth beer, now.

My tweets

Sat, 19:14 : "Lights out, yellow-pants. You play a sweet trumpet and your trombone don't hurt either. But we can't use it here" --Raymond Chandler Sat, 19:26 : "I'm tender to bullets. He missed, but suppose he hadn't? I like my stomach the way it is, with just one way in and one way out." Sat, 19:36 : Her face was a dark plum color, her eyes had the faint stale glitter of death, and her mouth was open so far that it foreshortened her face. Sat, 19:46 : He put one finger up and touched his hair-line mustache, with theatrical delicacy. Then he said drawlingly, but distinctly: " You -- - ---!" Sat, 19:50 : "I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard." Sat, 19:58 : "He's not drunk, Steve. He's dead. In yellow pajamas-in my bed. With my gun in his hand. You didn't think he was just drunk-did you, Steve?" Sat, 20:02 : "The King in Yellow. I read a book with that title once. He liked yellow, I guess...." Sat, 20:02 : "I packed some of his stuff last night. And he wasn't yellow either. Guys like him usually are--or are they?" Sat, 20:17 : "He held the gun with his left hand on his knee. Outside the cabin, birds began to sing. Inside there was no sound but the scratching pen." Sat, 21:37 : RT @imajicaman: #Free worldwide postage via the book depository for the book of #Cthulhu http://t.co/W3EEVjNK #horror #weird Sat, 22:17 : Randall's 1942 Liberty half-dollar shot through a loupe. http://t.co/y8nJ5wd6 Sun, 00:50 : RT @albionidaho: I make my passwords so blue that if anyone else ever tries to use them they'll be beyond mortified by the time they hit ...

My tweets

Fri, 15:47 : RT @Porkbeard: You're a ghost driving a meat coated skeleton made from stardust, what do you have to be scared of? Fri, 18:57 : RT @imajicaman: ‘‘Hand of Glory’’, by Laird Barron (Book of Cthulhu2 ) made the Locus Recommended Reading list. http://t.co/8ZmFYkBG ht ... Sat, 03:17 : Just ordered a 101 North Heroine IPA at @PetalumaTaps, in part because of this picture. http://t.co/QZ4WIjpq Sat, 03:24 : Heroine IPA: Not much head, but tons of sticky lacing. Peaches & pine nose; hops & caramel tongue. Bitter tea finish. http://t.co/B36Zs1uT Sat, 03:36 : Duchesse De Bourgogne? Sat, 03:43 : RT @bukowski33: 4 of 5 stars to Chick Bassist by Ross E. Lockhart http://t.co/mk04IcLZ Sat, 04:00 : Duchesse De Bourgogne: That's pretty. Tart floral nose w/balsamic vinegar hint beneath; crisp sweet & sour tongue. Wow! http://t.co/we2GhTDz Sat, 07:00 : RT @mseling: Remember when people wouldn't shut up about Gotye? Now he's just somebody that we used to know... Sat, 07:23 : Two of my favorite sentences in literature. http://t.co/Fjm4Fa0g During my convalescence I had bought and read for the first time,...

My tweets

Thu, 16:29 : RT @ChattWhiskey: Are you one of our #WhiskeyFriends? If you are, retweet this because we'd like to follow you! Thu, 22:29 : Yeah, that about sums it up: http://t.co/sJBzl2Wx Thu, 22:55 : Have I mentioned lately that three signed copies of CHICK BASSIST are up for grabs at Goodreads? One week to go! http://t.co/VbHuvytN Thu, 23:02 : RT @LOLGOP: Beware those who are more interested in arming people than educating them. Fri, 04:41 : I just bought: 'The Orange Eats Creeps' by Grace Krilanovich via @amazon http://t.co/7eJxUkoy Fri, 04:43 : RT @Richard_Kadrey: Blondie’s Heart Of Glass stretched to 28 mins. Sounds like The Harmonic Choir in an industrial laundry late at night ... Fri, 07:18 : Hey @Amazon, I'd love to be able to click on Publisher in the Product Details of a book listing and see more books by that publisher.

My tweets

Wed, 22:44 : RT @MrGaunt: My new collection is available for pre-order! http://t.co/ot1iUkHK Thu, 02:43 : Elinor has a chat with Cole at @obfpetaluma. http://t.co/xXfzYLSY Thu, 07:57 : finished Lovecraft eZine - January 2013 - Issue 21 by Tim Scott et al and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/wQEJ2r0j

My tweets

Tue, 18:45 : Damaged Duck. Spotted near the corner of 4th and F Streets, Petaluma. http://t.co/cLK3TVWw Wed, 06:18 : RT @HenryArmitage: 4 of 5 stars to The Book of Cthulhu by Ross E. Lockhart http://t.co/kIALFlak

My tweets

Mon, 14:36 : RT @gavreads: @lossrockhart I’d say that there is an imbalance that needs to be cut through with sharp intellect regardless of emotions ... Mon, 14:37 : RT @gavreads: @lossrockhart 2/2 is restored it needs new investment but motherly passion which will lead to a new emotional connection & ... Mon, 20:42 : Memories, Memorials, Maddie-versaries, and Moving Forward.… http://t.co/yewol9vF Mon, 22:01 : One of today's projects: packing up a bookshelf (mostly classics, poetry, drama, art, and textbooks) to make more room for my anthologies. Mon, 22:03 : I pull, box, carry piles of books from room to room, and somehow I still don't seem to have enough shelf space. Elinor watches suspiciously. Mon, 22:06 : How am I going to make four shelves worth of books fit onto two? Mon, 22:17 : There's a lot of culling I can do. I'd hold an all-book garage sale, but the sad thing is, nobody's going to want 98% of this stuff. Mon, 22:23 : This book shuffle is going to take days! Weeks! Years! I'm finding books I didn't know existed tucked into corners I've never seen. Mon, 22:44 : You need more books. I need fewer. So for a limited time, if you send me money, I'll send you a grab bag of books. $10, $20, and $50 levels! Mon, 22:49 : Looks like it's also time to fold NSB stuff into the regular collection. And eliminate the lion's share of duplicates and ARCs. Mon, 22:55 : What's a signed first edition of @paolobacigalupi's The Windup Girl going for these days, anyway? Mon, 23:53 : Do I need to keep all these Iain Banks/Iain M. Banks books? Tue, 01:08 : Bookshelf cull observation: There is nothing more depressing than 2/3 of a fantasy series that will never be completed. Tue, 03:10 : Pouring one of Portland's finest--Lucky Labrador Super Dog--in memory of a fallen friend. Happy Maddie-versary to all. http://t.co/0kWv2Qen Tue, 06:38 : I just bought: 'Lovecraft eZine - January 2013 - Issue 21' by Tim Scott via @amazonkindle http://t.co/GwNOtdnL

Memories, Memorials, Maddie-versaries, and Moving Forward.

Today is January 28, the day that Jennifer and I would set aside to celebrate our little dog Maddie, marking the anniversary of the day she entered our lives. Seven years in a row, January 28 was my day to wish you a Happy Maddie-versary, post the traditional roll-call of pictures, then spend the afternoon in the park with a certain special someone. Maddie was my constant companion, editorial assistant, study buddy, model, muse, and confidant, a matted little stray who found a home, traveled and had adventures, and got to meet cool writers like Paolo Bacigalupi, Laird Barron, Jeff Burk, Constance Ann Fitzgerald, Carlton Mellick III, and Christopher Moore. Maddie passed away on April 4, 2012, after a long illness. It was, for me, the most crushing moment of a tough year. I'm still healing. I've still got a Maddie-sized hole in my heart. But I'm getting through it. One day at a time.

On June 23, 2012, someone new entered our lives, a little dog we named Elinor Phantom. Elinor set right to trying to fill Maddie's massive pawprints. She's doing a darn good job of it too, though her personality and Maddie's couldn't be farther apart. And come June 23, 2013, I hope you'll help me celebrate the first Ellie-versary, with many, many more to come.

But for now, me and Miss Elinor are headed to the park.