O'GRADY

Minutiae Makes Me Laugh

2009-11-25T18:40:00.000-08:00

"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."--Mike Daily, Paul Ash drums, Graham Payne bass, Whitney Woolf electronics. Recorded on November 23, 2009 at The Enginehouse. Portland, Oregon.

A JELLO HORSE by Matthew Simmons

2009-11-22T23:09:00.000-08:00

Matthew Simmons: "I should warn you that the book is in second person. Which means that it refers to a person doing things as you. It's not actually you. [Laughter.] None of this actually happened to you. As far as I know. It's just me. But, you know, it's fiction though, so it's not even me really. It's, uh...who knows who it is."

Matthew Simmons is the author of the novella A Jello Horse from Publishing Genius Press. He is the interviews editor for Hobart, the publisher of Happy Cobra Books, and The Man Who Couldn’t Blog at themanwhocouldntblog.blogspot.com. Matthew Simmons reads pages 21-26 from A Jello Horse at Ampersand in Portland, Oregon, on November 22, 2009. Filmed by Mike Daily.

Matthew Simmons is the author of the novella A Jello Horse from Publishing Genius Press. He is the interviews editor for Hobart, the publisher of Happy Cobra Books, and The Man Who Couldn’t Blog at themanwhocouldntblog.blogspot.com. Matthew Simmons reads pages 60-65 from A Jello Horse at Ampersand in Portland, Oregon, on November 22, 2009. Filmed by Mike Daily.

EVERYBODY'S SCENE: the story of connecticut's anthrax club BOOK BY CHRIS DAILY

2009-11-21T10:48:00.001-08:00

O'Grady's Note: My brother Chris Daily just put out Everybody's Scene: The Story of Connecticut's Anthrax Club, foreword by Moby.

Everybody's Scene - The Story of Connecticut's Anthrax Club from kencredible on Vimeo.

anthraxclubbook.com

COME GET THE BOOK BEFORE ANYONE ELSE!

EVERYBODY'S SCENE BOOK RELEASE PARTY: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27, 3-5PM, CHANNEL 1, 220 STATE ST., NEW HAVEN, CT, FREE ENTRY, ALL AGES, DOOR PRIZES, MUSICAL GUEST MALCOLM TENT

EVERYBODY'S SCENE BOOK RELEASE PARTY: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27, 8PM, CAFE 9, NEW HAVEN, CT, 21+, $5, GIVEAWAYS, DOOR PRIZES, FREE VEGAN FOOD, LIVE BANDS LOST GENERATION AND POWERSURGE + DJ LEACH

ZAZEN by Vanessa Veselka

2009-11-18T11:09:00.000-08:00

O'Grady's Note: Click to arthurmag.com for free PDF downloads of Vanessa Veselka's excellent novel ZAZEN. I filmed Vanessa reading Chapter 15, "Head of John the Baptist," Monday night. Arthur posted the two videos this morning. Vanessa Veselka is my new favorite writer. Only a musician could have written a book like this. Zazen.

Vanessa Veselka reads Chapter 15 ("Head of John the Baptist") from her novel ZAZEN. Arthur Magazine is publishing ZAZEN online at arthurmag.com Click for free PDF downloads of the novel. Chapter 15 was posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. There are 30 chapters in all. Vanessa Veselka is a writer and musician living in Portland, Oregon. She has been, at various times, a teenage runaway, a sex-worker, a union organizer, a student of paleontology, an expatriate, an independent record label owner, a train-hopper, a waitress and a mother. Her work has appeared in Bust, Bitch, Maximum Rock n Roll, Yeti Magazine and Tin House. ZAZEN is her first novel. She is online at vanessaveselka.wordpress.com Filmed by Mike Daily.

Kabuki Gagaku Meat - Mike Daily featuring Reuben Nisenfeld

2009-11-02T06:12:00.000-08:00

"Celebrate Ash St Saloon 15th bday all day and night, at 6 see Mike Daily perform a piece of literary astral projection as i kabuki." -- Reuben Nisenfeld Saturday at 3:25 PM via Selective Twitter Status (Portland, OR) Mike Daily performed "Mr. Viced Honest: These are the Facts" in memory of gagaku poet Steve Richmond (1941-2009) with Reuben Nisenfeld kabuki improv on October 31, 2009, at Ash Street Saloon for the club's 15th Year Anniversary Halloween Party.

6PM: I'M PERFORMING AT ASH STREET ON HALLOWEEN, SATURDAY, 10/31

2009-10-28T20:25:00.001-07:00

Saturday, October 31st: Ash Street Saloon's 15 Year Anniversary Halloween Party

2009-10-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

Main Stage
9:30 Frank Furter and the HotDogs
10:15 Hillstomp
11:55 Pierced Arrows

2nd Stage
8pm to 9:30pm Dj's Miss Carriage & His Terectomy

1st Stage (BBQ'ing on back Patio 4 to 8)
4:00pm Elvis - Party Kick off performance!
4:15pm Kate Mann
5:00pm Westward, The Wagons
6:00pm Mike Daily
7:00pm Chris Newman Undead Acoustic

Cover Charge 1st Stage: $2 (wristbands for all event access on sale at 3:30pm at Ash St door)

Cover Charge @ 8:00pm: $10 (day of advance wristbands $10)

Raffle sponsors include: Music Millennium, Imperial Tattoo, Toadhouse (Recording), Bart's Barbershop, Barberama, Voodoo Doughnut, and PBR. Over a $1000 in Prizes (over 20 prizes in all). Raffle announced after Hillstomp's set.

Ash St Saloon 21 & over
225 SW Ash St
Portland, OR 97204

www.ashstreetsaloon.com

Mr. Viced Honest - "Charmian Kittredge"/"Listen"

2009-09-21T16:55:00.000-07:00

Mr. Viced Honest played "Charmian Kittredge" and "Listen" at "Music, Words & Glitch" at The Tonic Lounge in Portland, OR, on July 9, 2009. Mr. Viced Honest was Adam Hungate, Luke Strahota, Chutz Ponderosa, Whitney Woolf and Mike Daily. Filmed by Gabe Barber.

Mr. Viced Honest "Listen"

2009-07-08T19:08:00.000-07:00

Mr. Viced Honest is playing its debut show on Thursday, July 9, 2009, at The Tonic Lounge (3100 NE Sandy) in Portland, OR. We will be one of seven bands/performers on the bill for "An Evening of Music, Words & Glitch."

"Listen" features Luke Strahota on drums, Adam Hungate on guitar, Whitney Woolf on electronics, Chutz Ponderosa on bass, Mike Daily reciting "listen" by Steve Richmond ("listen we sacrifice the fame / stick to poetry / make a move into prose / and somehow we've lost / that certain touch / that shoe in my face / it's the novelist's fame / that short story writer / is only a short / story writer / listen we stick to poetry / we didn't want all that / false publicity / all that crap to build a / legend / listen we had a few hobbies / we had a t.v. / we had a record player / we had / a dozen healthy plants" / "listen" by Steve Richmond [1976, Red Work, Black Widow], with additional lyrics by Daily: "Mr. Viced Honest / Mr. Viced Honest / Mr. Viced Honest / superb! / he wrote / he fed birds wild seed / when his washer broke he filled it with dirt / and planted a fern / he bet on boxing: / Hagler over Hearns / Marvelous! / he wrote / he yearned for two paid weeks in Europe / but / why go anywhere? / his personal credo? / have no living heroes"

Video produced by Mike Daily

Thursday, July 9: The Tonic Lounge Presents An Evening of Music, Words & Glitch

2009-06-26T11:59:00.000-07:00

"Get one musician to perform and you have a concert. Get seven together, add elements of spoken word and sound experimentation, and you get ART. So goes the formula for this unique night of overlapping performances."
--The Portland Mercury
An Evening of Music, Words & Glitch, 9 p.m., Thursday July 9, The Tonic Lounge, 3100 N. Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR 97232; 21+, $5,
www.myspace.com/thetoniclounge

Michael Bruce founded the Sonic Lozenge record label (Gulls, cuss cuss cuss, audio©RIP). His live sets and recorded works are as unique in sound as the gear involved: drum machines, synths, feedback loops, and a few effects, preferring the hands-on feel of vintage hardware.
www.soniclozenge.com
www.myspace.com/michaelbruced

Pecos B is a "spoken weird" artist who bridges the gap between MC'ing and stand-up comedy.
www.myspace.com/pecosb

Sticks Downey is a three-person rap group combining the rhymes of Johnny Wockenfuss (CAC), backing vocals by footsolo, and bass by Talik. Debut CD When the Belt Changes Hands out now on Sly Records.
www.sticksdowney.com
www.myspace.com/sticksdowney

Mr. Viced Honest is a psychedelic rock show featuring novelist Mike Daily, writer of Gagaku Meat: The Steve Richmond Story. "MR VICED HONEST" is an anagram for "STEVE RICHMOND."
www.myspace.com/mrvicedhonest

Drugstore Cowboy is all-out country rock. New CD Sonic Qualudes available from Deer Lodge Records.
www.myspace.com/theedrugstorecowboys

Onemachine creates sound sculptures from tape loops, analog effects, vintage hi-fi equipment, multiple sound-making gadgets and electronic inventions. No computers, digital instruments, recorders or samplers are used.
www.myspace.com/1machine

audio©RIP makes glitched-up live beats and has been known to freestyle on occasion. Listen to "Plumb Water" and "Bang Bang" @ drop.io/audiocrip
www.myspace.com/audiocrip

2009-06-06T15:48:00.000-07:00

Mr. Viced Honest practice at The Enginehouse in North Portland on May 24, 2009.

Mike Daily "Mr. Viced Honest"

2009-05-30T23:20:00.000-07:00

Mike Daily performs "Mr. Viced Honest" at Portland Aggressive: An Evening of Tough Love at Ella Street Social Club in Portland, Oregon, on May 28, 2009. Filmed by Whitney Woolf. www.myspace.com/mrvicedhonest

Category: Entertainment

I'm reading Thursday, May 28th . . .

2009-05-22T18:00:00.000-07:00

FLYER DESIGNED BY WHITNEY WOOLF

Steve Sweet at Luke Strahota's Birthday Karaoke Throwdown 5.8.09

2009-05-09T02:16:00.000-07:00

Steve Sweet at The Alibi in Portland, Oregon, on May 8, 2009. Birthday Karaoke Throwdown for Luke Strahota. Filmed by Mike Daily.

www.myspace.com/stevesweetrockappella

"I know you disliked parties / and postal holidays / and Jack London's second wife . . ."

2009-05-03T16:29:00.000-07:00

"Charmian Kittredge" (1:31) by Mr. Viced Honest

Subject: p o e m

2009-04-18T10:35:00.000-07:00

From: Mike Daily
Sent: Fri 4/17/09 10:07 PM
To: Greg Higgins

D.I.Y.

my drummer–I like saying
that–"my drummer"–my
drummer's former band used
a smoke machine.

I want to borrow it for our
first show this summer.

Mr. Viced Honest needs a
smoke machine.

when I told my friend Pecos
he said, no. no smoke machine.
not that it's bad for you but
they kick out a noxious fog.
use dry ice in coffee cans.

http://www.mrvicedhonest.wordpress.com

Re: p o e m‏
From: Greg Higgins
Sent: Sat 4/18/09 10:13 AM
To: Mike Daily

d.i.y. pt. 2

my band used a smoke machine
five gallon bucket
dry ice
water
fan

got kicked over
in a moment of pit anarchy
a big chunk of ice
stuck to my drummers
ankle

got drunk and forgot about it
the result was dead skin

so think hard about that
when you rip into
the crew favorite

see you in the pit.

Sticks Downey Videos on YouTube

2009-04-14T18:51:00.000-07:00

Sticks Downey: Johnny Wockenfuss, foots, Talik
Creepy snapshot by Mike Daily. Creepy good.
Photo taken at The Report Lounge in Portland on April 9, 2009

Sticks Downey "Gambler's Conceit" 4.8.09

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) perform "Gambler's Conceit (Spinderella's Big Score)" at The Space in Salem, Oregon, on April 8, 2009. Filmed by Mike Daily.

Coolzey w/ Sticks Downey "Do You Know?" 4.8.09

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) perform "Do You Know?" featuring Coolzey at The Space in Salem, Oregon, on April 8, 2009. Filmed by Mike Daily. Sticks Downey: www.sticksdowney.com and www.slyrecords.com and www.myspace.com/sticksdowney Coolzey: www.psrecords.net and www.myspace.com/coolzey "Do You Know?" is a track from When the Belt Changes Hands (Sly Records, 2009) by Sticks Downey www.cdbaby.com/cd/sticksdowney

Sticks Downey "A Very Blunt Question" 4.8.09

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) perform "A Very Blunt Question" at The Space in Salem, Oregon, on April 8, 2009. Filmed by Mike Daily.

Sticks Downey "End The Scene" 4.8.09

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) perform "End The Scene" at The Space in Salem, Oregon, on April 8, 2009. Filmed by Mike Daily.

Sticks Downey "Here's How You Do It" 4.8.09

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) perform "Here's How You Do It" at The Space in Salem, Oregon, on April 8, 2009. Filmed by Mike Daily.

Sticks Downey: Live in Olympia (4.7.09)

2009-04-09T14:27:00.000-07:00

"These Monitors Are Frigid"

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) play "These Monitors Are Frigid" at 4th St. Tavern in Olympia, Washington, on April 7, 2009.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYmON3XfjuY

"A Frame Away"

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) play "A Frame Away" at 4th St. Tavern in Olympia, Washington, on April 7, 2009.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJdM9Z-H2Sc

"I Am Going to Destroy You"

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) play "I Am Going to Destroy You" at 4th St. Tavern in Olympia, Washington, on April 7, 2009.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w30WbLQQuEc

"Forceful Exposition"

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) play "Forceful Exposition" at 4th St. Tavern in Olympia, Washington, on April 7, 2009.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HZ--ZdhR9Q

"Do You Know?" feat. Coolzey

Sticks Downey (Johnny Wockenfuss, foots) featuring Coolzey play "Do You Know?" at 4th St. Tavern in Olympia, Washington, on April 7, 2009.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3xYXA8QLW4

Sticks Downey
www.sticksdowney.com
www.slyrecords.com
www.myspace.com/sticksdowney

Coolzey
www.psrecords.net
www.myspace.com/coolzey

"These Monitors Are Frigid," "A Frame Away," "I Am Going to Destroy You," "Forceful Exposition," and "Do You Know?" are tracks from When the Belt Changes Hands (Sly Records, 2009) by Sticks Downey
$10: www.cdbaby.com/cd/sticksdowney

GAGAKU MEAT: THE STEVE RICHMOND STORY

2009-04-02T20:43:00.001-07:00

Mr. Viced Honest's Note: Gagaku Meat: The Steve Richmond Story by Mike Daily is now available to order for $5 from Powell's Books by clicking here. Gagaku Meat is a 32-page, 19,000-word journalism piece written about poet Steve Richmond. The 8-1/2" x 11" format pamphlet features rare photos, book covers, letter excerpts, ephemera and more (special thanks to poet and Impetus Editor Cheryl A Townsend, and to Mr. Leedy for printing this special edition). Santa Monica abstract artist and close friend of Richmond, David Garcia, was interviewed for the article, as well as 25 poets, writers and publishers including Gerald Locklin, FrancEyE (Frances Smith, mother of Charles Bukowski's daughter, Marina), Al Berlinski, John Martin, A.D. Winans, Kurt Nimmo, Linda King, Nila NorthSun, Richard Peabody, Mat Gleason, Ron Androla, S.A. Griffin, Alan Kaufman, Jeffrey Weinberg, Don Wentworth, Ed Smith, Alan Catlin, Billy Childish, Pat deTurk, Ben Pleasants. Three poets contributed exclusive sidebar poems about Richmond: Jim Chandler, Todd Moore and Neeli Cherkovski (Cherkovski's is titled, "You Were Angry").

Steve Richmond says he is "enthralled" about Gagaku Meat. Bang on the link below to order a copy.

POSITIVE JAM

2009-03-13T22:07:00.000-07:00

A new Charles Bukowski-inspired magazine

2009-02-26T20:31:00.000-08:00

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EDITOR JAN HALLERS:

Hello buknet members

It took a while, you may ask the contributors,
but yes, we are finally ready to announce the first publication of
Purple Glow Press.
Ponder and Black Swan have been collaborating
for over a year to create buk scene.
A new magazine it is, promoting unpublished poetry and new
essays on Bukowski and original art work.

buk scene 1 is a limited edition of 252 copies, 200 numbered, 26 lettered and a special black and white edition of 26 numbered copies.

112 pages, big format: 8.5" by 11"

Flat in the middle of the magazine, we are featuring a 32 pages article on Steve Richmond, written by Mike Daily. It is titled Gagaku Meat.

The numbered edition is $15, the lettered edition $25 and the special black & white edition is $17.
The magazine will be shipped from Canada where it is being printed as we speak.

The lettered copy will include a beautiful purple blank page of acid free Canson paper with a hand printed letter, and perhaps a hand scribbled doodle, if time permits.
Then, we will add two different unpublished postcards, from oil paintings inspired by photographs of Charles Bukowski, plus a colored print of the painting Buk and Tina, on photographic paper with a personal greeting. An added feature is that the Gagaku Meat article will be printed on goldenrod paper.

The regular numbered edition will also include a colored postcard
of Buk and Tina.

The special black and white edition will differ by featuring a black and white cover with buk scene 1 in red, followed by a red blank page of acid free Canson paper with a hand printed number and a small drawing, if time permits, plus a black and white print of the painting "Bukowski", on photographic paper with a personal greeting and an unpublished black and white postcard, profile of bukowski (oil inspired by a photograph taken by Linda Bukowski.)

You can order buk scene 1 by sending a private message to Ponder, or send an e-mail to purpleglowpress@hotmail.com (this is NOT our paypal address), then the payments can be paid through paypal.

In order to keep the postage as low as possible, we will be sending the magazines one at a time as letterpost, to avoid sending them as small packet, which significantly boosts the shipping cost. The mag. weights almost one pound, so we will try to keep the postage as low as possible.

Shipping to the USA is $6.50 and shipping to Europe is $13.

Part of the buk scene 1 content

Tribute poems to Steve Richmond by Todd Moore, Neeli Cherkovski and Jim Chandler.

Unpublished essays on Bukowski:

Flowers For the Grave of Charles Bukowski
A journal written in the days after Bukowski's death by David Barker.

Bukowski: Wrack & Ruin. The Destruction & Salvation of American Poetry
by Hosho McCreesh.

Harry Calhoun's "a small foot in the Small Press" (includes excerpts of unpublished Charles Bukowski and John Martin letters.)

A visit to the Dew Drop Inn (plus photographs) by David Barker.

The Birth of Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook by David Calonne.

Oil paintings by Jocelyne Desforges (black swan):
Charles Bukowski and Tina Darby in full color.
Bukowski from a photograph by Linda Bukowski, Post Office, the book cover of The Last Night of the Earth Poems in full color,
detail of Bukowski (book cover of Portions of a wine-stained notebook), Bukowski, from a photograph of Bukowski by Michael Montfort.

Unpublished poetry: Michael Phillips, Steve Richmond, Stephen Hines, David Moscovich, Linda King, Justin.Barrett, Christopher Cunningham, Justin Hyde, Whitney Woolf, Father Luke and others.

Gagaku Meat: The Steve Richmond Story, by Mike Daily.
Gagaku Meat is a 32-page special feature including rare photos, book covers, letter excerpts, ephemera and more.

Daily interviewed a lot of poets, writers and publishers including Gerald Locklin, FrancEyE (Frances Smith, mother of Bukowski's daughter, Marina), John Martin, A.D. Winans, Linda King, Ron Androla, S.A. Griffin, Alan Kaufman, Mat Gleason, Billy Childish and many others.

Here is a preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmQcGjYF3fY

In memoriam - Michael Montfort, by David Calonne.

All ink drawings in buk scene 1 by Jocelyne Desforges.

Unpublished poetry by the late Dave Church, (written on the back of letters to A.D. Winans.)

Photographs by Lawrence Robbin: Charles Bukowski & Linda Lee Beighle in 1976.
Steve Richmond reading FUCK HATE in front of his cave in 1976, (this photo is the back cover of buk scene 1.)

Tribute poems to Charles Bukowski by Hosho McCreesh, Justin.Barrett, and others.

Column on the American Small Press by Rodger Jacobs.

Tribute poems to Dave Church by A.D. Winans and Glenn W. Cooper.

http://bukowski.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5299

J & J
purpleglowpress@hotmail.com

GEORGE GALLO

2009-02-24T19:03:00.000-08:00

Strawberry Yogurt O's

2009-02-22T22:40:00.000-08:00

"Franken Berry for adults."

--Mick O'Grady
Portland, Oregon

{ who the hell do we think we are }

2009-02-18T11:05:00.000-08:00

{ who the hell do we think we are } An original collection of work from The Writers Workshop, at http://www.theundeniables.org

We write. Every day. We craft our work to become undeniable. Those qualified Undeniable, via harsh critique sessions, are published. This is the cumulative result of seven sessions: the best selections of over one year of writing, every day. Ten authors, ranging from university professor to world traveler to factory worker, to, to, to. All searching for the capital A (Art) of literature. Featuring: Allan G. Aquino, Elaine Dolalas, Tony Francesconi, Narinda Heng, Tani Ikeda, Helen Kim, Vicky Luu, Erik Matsunaga, Edren T. Sumagaysay, Grace Young

Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: The Undeniables
Category: Literature & Fiction
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-578-01165-3
Copyright: 2009

For more information, please visit: www.theundeniables.org

--erik matsunaga erikmatsu@gmail.com

Parallel Planes of Existence Jeff Stewart

2009-02-09T21:09:00.000-08:00

Jeff Stewart on February 8, 2009. http://www.timeandskin.com Question from Whitney Woolf. Filmed by Mike Daily. Portland, Oregon.