True Tales of the Mouse-acolypse
We seem to have turned a corner in our ongoing battles against mus musculus. The exterminator came in for another visit, touching up traps and such, but the sightings are less frequent. We live in hope to be rid of them entirely soon. Fingers crossed!
In the meantime, I've settled back into work after our whirlwind visit to NYC last week, and the newspaper, as always, has managed to be demanding of my time, although all that's visible on the surface is my recent roundup of music videos by Afghan Whigs, James Keyes and The Wytches. In related news, the Worcester area is having another reality TV insurgence. Stories are under way at the moment, but local drag performer Joslyn Fox is a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race (she'll be in the group that begins next week) and there are a couple of contenders from the region on The Voice, including Hanson's Kristen Merlin, who made her way onto 'Team Shakira" the other night, and Palmer's Noah Lis, who, judging from the Twitter traffic this morning, made it on "Team Blake Shelton" last night. W00t! Always happy when locals are doing well on these things.
And speaking of pop music, next week it appears I'll be reviewing Demi Lovato at the DCU Center. I'm actually kind of curious, as I've not really done a whole lot of these big pop extravaganzas. Will this aging rock guy survive the experience? Stay tuned ...
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In poetry news, found out recently that my poem Portrait of an Adolescence in Record Reviews will appear in the next issue of the online pop culture poetry journal Freezeray, and my poem Sixteen Was the Year will appear in the next Learn Then Burn anthology. Honored and excited.
Over on Radius, Volume Four gets into full-swing with four spectacular poems by Megan Falley. The woman is an immense talent, and we're happy to publish a chunk of her work.
In the meantime, I've settled back into work after our whirlwind visit to NYC last week, and the newspaper, as always, has managed to be demanding of my time, although all that's visible on the surface is my recent roundup of music videos by Afghan Whigs, James Keyes and The Wytches. In related news, the Worcester area is having another reality TV insurgence. Stories are under way at the moment, but local drag performer Joslyn Fox is a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race (she'll be in the group that begins next week) and there are a couple of contenders from the region on The Voice, including Hanson's Kristen Merlin, who made her way onto 'Team Shakira" the other night, and Palmer's Noah Lis, who, judging from the Twitter traffic this morning, made it on "Team Blake Shelton" last night. W00t! Always happy when locals are doing well on these things.
And speaking of pop music, next week it appears I'll be reviewing Demi Lovato at the DCU Center. I'm actually kind of curious, as I've not really done a whole lot of these big pop extravaganzas. Will this aging rock guy survive the experience? Stay tuned ...
***
In poetry news, found out recently that my poem Portrait of an Adolescence in Record Reviews will appear in the next issue of the online pop culture poetry journal Freezeray, and my poem Sixteen Was the Year will appear in the next Learn Then Burn anthology. Honored and excited.
Over on Radius, Volume Four gets into full-swing with four spectacular poems by Megan Falley. The woman is an immense talent, and we're happy to publish a chunk of her work.
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