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I lived out of a backpack before I moved in here. Instead of buying one bar of soap, etc., it was my dream to have a place like this where I could sto… more
Novelist and Recording Artist in Portland, Oregon, Mike Daily
I lived out of a backpack before I moved in here. Instead of buying one bar of soap, etc., it was my dream to have a place like this where I could sto… more
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[ALARM IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM CDBABY]
Click HERE to check out the MySpace profile for more info (news, reviews, excerpts, MP3s, videos) concerning my novel and double-CD release, ALARM (Stovepiper Books Media, July 2007).


I write for readers and for listeners. The only meditation I practice is lyrics. Silence is the best soundtrack. Minutiae makes me laugh. Is it storytelling or story-showing? Memorization leads to broadcasting. Honing. Forming bands and performing texts. Safety net or hammock? The audience is an inanimate object. Conglomeration facing speakers. Words may elicit mirth. It's like a recital. Long as I stick to the script.
I'm trying to work on my rapport. Smile. Have fun onstage for a change. It doesn't always have to be so serious. Is it public address or spectacle? Keep it simple, tell the truth. Tell it simply, keep it true. True to what? Real life. Fictionalization inevitably becomes necessary. The old thin veil and stitching. Spruce it up as needed and prune it down for flow. Self-publishing isn't the bane it used to be. D.I.Y. Did it yourself? Do it again.
Notebooks are kept as coffers of sketches, snippets, perspectives. Fodder. Mechanical pencils require more clicks than mouses. I prefer lead to ink. It's easier to erase.



Part I of VIII: [ORDINARY CONCERNS]
Part II of VIII: [SHAKE IT, BUMP IT, SNIFF IT]
Part III of VIII: [WAR]
Part IV of VIII: [DRUM MACHINES]
Part V of VIII: [FOLLOW YOUR HEART][CUT TO A COMMERCIAL][FRANCIS O'PLAGUE SAX SOLO]
Part VI of VIII: [BRAUTIGAN]
Part VII of VIII: [SAMPSELLIANA]
Part VIII of VIII: [OH FOR FOOK'S SAKE!]
Check MySpace profile for O'GRADY.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: Click HERE to watch "The Life and Times of Major Fiction", "Alarm" and "Anthrax" by O'GRADY (Brian Crowl, M D, jDUB, Francis Plague) at Ash Street Saloon on July 6, 2006. We opened for CAC.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: Click HERE to watch "Los Angeles" by O'GRADY on 07.06.06.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: Click HERE to watch "Drum Machines" by O'GRADY on 07.06.06.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: Click HERE to watch "Alarm", "Anthrax", bits of "Los Angeles" and "Oh for Fook's Sake!" by O'GRADY at Disjecta Gallery on July 20, 2006.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: Click HERE to watch "Only Girls Can Smoke in Here" and "The Life and Times of Major Fiction" by O'GRADY at Ash Street on July 29, 2006.
MYSPACE VIDEO: Click HERE to watch "Archivalism" and "Major Fiction" by O'GRADY on July 20, 2006 for the Northwest Edge III: The End of Reality Anthology/DVD (Chiasmus Press) Publication Party at Disjecta.
MYSPACE VIDEO: Click HERE to Watch "Only Girls Can Smoke in Here" by O'GRADY filmed July 6, 2006 at Ash Street.
MYSPACE VIDEO: Click HERE to watch "The Life & Times of Major Fiction" Pt. I by O'GRADY at Towne Lounge on June 18, 2006.
Mike Daily/Fiction
A. L. Hungate/Guitar God
Jason Waugaman/Drums
SOUND COLLAGE OF FC2 BOOK TITLES: Listen to "Major Fiction" by Daily, Moscovich & Strahota. Also see Fiction Collective/FC2.
M D's Note: I am Blogmaster for two other blogs:
1) CLICK HERE to visit EASY TO USE (Kurt Eisenlohr).
2) CLICK HERE to visit FEDERMAN'S BLOG.
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