tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39972770565480251732023-07-17T21:58:29.053-07:00Ox-Eyed DogYour Loyalty DemandsJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02387356703333627774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997277056548025173.post-42259244640867805672011-08-23T06:13:00.000-07:002011-08-23T06:13:27.998-07:00Everything is easy...all that glitters is an ox-eyed dog...and wide angle lens...when you could dangle your own?Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02387356703333627774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997277056548025173.post-41883603949707346042011-08-17T06:32:00.000-07:002011-08-17T06:32:18.196-07:00WITH RESPECT: Jordan Krall<br />
Last night I had trouble falling asleep. So, like you do, I picked up my copy of Jordan Krall's KING SCRATCH and re-read the appendixes, in anticipation of my upcoming tattoo. And while I read, I was struck with a thought.<br />
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Strike that, I was struck with an absolute truth:<br />
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If you aren't reading Jordan Krall, you aren't reading right.<br />
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Now, I'm not just saying that because Jordan's a really good guy and a good friend, I'm saying it because he's a DAMN fine writer and one of my personal favorites. I felt the same way about his books before I ever met him, but knowing Jordan just makes the experience all the better. His books are well-worth your money, and after you read them you'll wonder why it took you so long to discover the glory that is KRALL.<br />
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Reading Jordan's work is like injecting creativity into the most uncomfortable places you can imagine. It is a game-changing experience in a very real sense. When I first read SQUID PULP BLUES, I was taken back to the feeling I had the first time I read Lansdale, or Vonnegut. The feeling that I was in the presence of a massive imagination, yielded by a truly gifted storyteller.<br />
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So do yourself a favor. Pick up some of Jordan's work and bear witness to one of the best in the business. Your loyalty demands.<br />
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Jordan's books are available here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jordan-Krall/e/B002BMBTXW/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1313586523&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Jordan-Krall/e/B002BMBTXW/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1313586523&sr=1-1</a><br />
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His newest book, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE APOCALYPSE DONKEYS, is out now from Copeland Valley Press: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Valley-Apocalypse-Donkeys-Jordan/dp/098715611X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313587641&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Valley-Apocalypse-Donkeys-Jordan/dp/098715611X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313587641&sr=1-1</a><br />
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And Jordan's own site, Fistful of Bizarro, is right here: <a href="http://jordankrall.wordpress.com/">http://jordankrall.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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With Respect,<br />
Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02387356703333627774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997277056548025173.post-77673133733437806862011-07-01T04:07:00.000-07:002011-07-01T04:07:35.853-07:00So this is it then, yeah?<br />
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And so, having done this, what now do we do?<br />
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Do we review things? Do we discuss? Do we inflict with a lunatic enthusiasm the things what I hold dearest to me in the hopes that YOU too will enjoy it?<br />
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Probably. Might not. Could do, though.<br />
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And so for now, I leave you with a gift. A song. A collection of notes by them CARDIACS there, off their massive album "Sing to God".<br />
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Track Four.<br />
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Fiery Gun Hand.<br />
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Enjoy.<br />
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With Respect.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02387356703333627774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997277056548025173.post-24209251372611080102011-06-13T11:13:00.000-07:002011-06-13T11:13:17.375-07:00So that's this then, is it?It would seem I've made a blog, then.<br />
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This can only end in tears.<br />
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Watch this space.<br />
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Something may happen.<br />
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Most things will not.<br />
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Thank you.<span></span>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02387356703333627774noreply@blogger.com0