Ben Tanzer's Blog, page 8

"There's no one I'd rather have dig into the mind and soul of Corey Feldman than one Ben Tanzer." Lost Boy. Goodreads. And goodness.

Lost, but not forgotten, yo. And thank you God, and the Steve Karas, for that.

Bad at Sports podcast we are.

We are long-time Bad at Sports fanboys, not to mention one-time interviewers there of, and being on their podcast might be more than a thrill, it might even be biblical. We are also quite appreciative for the opportunity to talk Orphans, Lost in Space, The New York Stories, Curbside Splendor, This Podcast Will Change Your Life and so much more. So we hope you dig it, and that it changes your life, if only for a moment at that.  

CCLaP Books represent.

The Amy Guth is KICKSTARTER campaign.

She is also documentary about women and online harassment, so please do learn more, support and share, yo. 

Prick Of The Spindle so totally wants you to review SEX AND DEATH.

Or so they tell me anyway. Details here, yo.

Sell All The Books, yo.

No, really, let's do that. Book clubs. Fans. Friends. Family. People I only met once, but we had a moment. You're all welcome. Also, there's a party, so let's do that too. Cool? Excellent. See you there. And thank you in advance for all of it.

This Podcast - Episode One Hundred and Twenty - Laser Focus, starring the Wendy C. Ortiz - and This Book - Hollywood Notebook - Will Change Your Life.

So podcast we are. And so Ortiz. We are also a little spazzy with excitement at jump, not to mention nose runny, but that's not all, truly, because there is Los Angeles, Twitter, and friendship, Sean H Doyle, seekers, fever dreams, Excavation, Cari Luna, power dynamics, projections, Brad Listi, Bruja, boundaries, memory, truth, both Chelsea Hodson, and Martin, kids, work and if all that is not enough, there is  Hollywood Notebook and all of its Jim Carrollesque revelry too, which we so planned to read in time for the podcast, but failed miserably to do, only to be consumed in time for this post, leaving with us with the breathless belief that with Ortiz, writing is performance art, and that she is leaving fragments of herself on the page, and in the world, only to have the words, and memories, stamp themselves onto our collective brain, and sure to change our lives along the way.

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live. All deconstruction. And full of Barickman.

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live, and we are thrilled to have new poem, deconstruction by new friend Chris Barickman, and (almost) as always, photo action from Adam Lawrence, music curation from Jason Behrends and surprisingly non-confrontational two-year budget deal prose love from Pete Anderson. We hope you enjoy this edition and we appreciate all shout-outs and links. Finally, please note, we are hoping more of you will submit comix, and music, novel excerpts, and art, and video, yes, video, and combinations there of. And most finally, Happy Halloween, yo.

"This book is about those times outside of "most of the time" most of us know so well these days." The New York Stories. Goodreads. Quite dig.

And quite appreciate. Excerpt? Totally. Yes.

"Here's a great part:

"...I leave when my time is up, and I re-enter the real world, and reality, no longer as supported or safe as I just was in the protective cocoon of the office, but now better able to re-experience life in all its messy chaos. I try to keep everything constant and balanced, not too high, not too low, always pushing, but cool, not removed, but still more tightly wrapped than I would like to be. And most of the time this works fine."

Most of the time. This book is about those times outside of "most of the time" most of us know so well these days. I highly recommend this book." 

That time "God's Work" actually hurt a reader, but they still applauded.

@BenTanzer I just read God's Work and I think it actually hurt me. Great stuff. Applause.— Josh Rank (@jpockets) October 29, 2015