I looked out the window onto the East River. The window was spotted with rain, and dust stuck onto the rain spots. Greezy fingered fat kid smudges lined the other side, and the East River looked snow covered in April. I asked my self, “hey, self– you gone nuts?”
I remember thinking it was because I [...]

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It’s been snowing. My land is like a broken pony. It begins to silence itself and stays behind the fences with huge whiteness. When the sun breaks in through the silken black  trees, the snow from the past three days hits one with a huge blinding Pacific Northwest explosion of gorgeousness and rebirth.
And when one gathers all [...]

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WEDS, APRIL 8, 2009
The Good Things About America NYC Release.
@ Bowery Poetry Club. 8PM.
308 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
Featuring: Paul G. Maziar, Derrick Brown, Sparrow Hall, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Shappy and more!

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Hello world,
I’m doing gigs this month in Portland, on December 13– and in Seattle, on the 14th. The shows are with Drew Grow & Katrina Skalland with The Pastors’ Wives. It’s gonna be real good. They’ll accompany me, and hell, you never know– Black Flag might be there. 
In other news, I’m finishing my new book, [...]

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I’m so psyched to announce, I’m doing a book release event to celebrate the fantastic new Write Bloody books that just came out:
August, 16 @ Sound Fix Lounge
Write Bloody Publishing Presents:
SEX, BOOKS, & ROCK ‘N’ ROLL… BUT MOSTLY BOOKS
Readings by Write Bloody Authors
Victor D. Infante, Lea C. Deschenes,
Brian S. Ellis, and Paul [...]

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More dates coming soon. Looking for touring musicians to roll with…
Touch it!

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The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe
Article on Illinois’ new album, for Celeste Magazine (Mexico)
by Paul G. Maziar
It is indisputable that music is one of the only art forms which can truly be experienced both solitarily, and also in the festive, sometimes combustible community of others. One hears a tune and feels at once stricken with grief, [...]

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