Interview with Ken Baumann

xiu xiu's cover of 'under pressure' (featuring michael gira)

update

i'm going through some very difficult times

i wasn't late for the ppow reading

it was okay

the audience was the largest i have ever had

two separate girls said they liked my poems afterwards

and then later i was waiting for a light to change and a girl who had been at the reading was standing next to me and she didn't say anything, i really wanted her to

recently in an elevator a teenage girl said i looked cool, i felt really happy

it's hot

i found a really shitty book shelf on the street, so that's good

i'm just really poor and unhealthy and terrible to be around

i think tonight i'm going to clean my room, i might go to atlantic city and not sleep, i'm not sure

last night i got drunk, i think i'm going to be late for my reading

i threw up last night and then i threw up a lot today and then just now i threw up

'garden state'

photograph by sally mcinerney

the nicest

got off work tuesday sometime, went home, drank three budweiser tallboys, did laundry, cleaned my room, ate eggs, talked to people on gmail, talked to people on the phone, tao and kelly came over, tao made beet juice, i made carrot ginger lemon juice, kelly and i drank carrot ginger lemon juice, i said something like 'i haven't had juice in so long,' i felt happy, kendra came over, soffi and alice came over, went to sunac with kelly, bought kale and a grapefruit and a cucumber, we went back to my apartment, i put chopped vegetables in nori rolls with nutritional yeast and shoyu, other people ate nori rolls while i held them, i felt happy, i said something like 'this is exactly what i should be doing' or something, soffi and alice left, i connected my external hard drive to jesse's computer, connected jesse's computer to the tv, watched 'the squid and the whale,' jesse and kris came home, sabra called, sabra and her friend came over, sabra said something like 'do you have any gin,' i said 'not really,' a while later sabra said something like 'i wish there was beer,' i said something like 'you should go get some,' sabra and her friend left, the movie ended, sabra and her friend came back with beer, tao and kelly left, jesse and kris and sabra and her friend and kendra talked, i played tetris, sabra and her friend left, kendra went to bed, i went to bed

update:


video by kelly ginger

entering white cecilia

got off work monday, took a shower, got nintendo 64 in the mail, played nintendo 64, ate something, drank a can of coors light, went to klong with miles and his friend, came back to williamsburg, bought a six pack of budweiser tall boys, miles bought magic hat, went to the apartment, wanted to watch the simpsons but couldn't find my external hard drive, watched 'psychic kids' or something with jesse and kris, drank budweiser, miles went home, went to bed i guess

i couldn't picture this

got off work thursday, met connor, went to burger king, ate shit, paid two dollars to use the internet, tao's blog was blocked for being mature content or something and then it stopped working, went to penn station, met abby and charmaine and bryn, we got on a train, transferred at jamaica, drank a modelo, got off the train, east hampton, we got in abby's car, we drove to her parents' house, i was tired, ate food probably, went to sleep, woke up friday, ate food probably, drank a beer i think, we went to the beach, drank beer, smoked a spliff, went to abby's parents' house, drank beer, cody came over, drank whiskey, went to sleep, woke up saturday, bryn cut my hair, cody went home, we dropped bryn off at the train, we drove around i guess, i think we went to burger king, we went to abby's parents' house, drank beer, went to a party, some kid said i was a pirate, i drank beer, talked to ellen briefly on the phone, drank rum, drank vodka, threw up a little in abby's car, we went to abby's parents' house, went to cody's mom's house in montauk, drank beer in montauk, ate tombstone pizza in montauk, woke up sunday, went to some burger place, went to the beach, saw terry richardson, went to cody's mom's house, cody went to work, we went to abby's parents' house, i don't know, didn't do anything probably, ate food probably, we started watching 'grandma's boy,' i kept saying 'this is terrible,' i drank a beer, went to sleep, woke up monday, was kind of tired all day

you're still my fag

wednesday, got off work, went home, drank a sparks, franco came over, franco drank a corona, franco rolled a joint, i got in the shower, i got out of the shower, franco wasn't there, sat around, maybe cleaned a little, drank a gin and tonic, took train to columbia, met kendra, went to nicole's open studio, drank a lot of free alcohol, left with kendra and nicole, got on the one, got off at eighty six, nicole and kendra went to bushwick i guess, met soffi, got on the one, got off at fourteenth, met justin at a cafe, walked to kim's video, called tao, tao met us at kim's, soffi said she was really thirsty, left, tao wanted some foreign movie, i rented it, went outside, soffi had bought us all kombucha, that was nice, soffi went home i guess, called some people, took the l to williamsburg, went to sunac i guess, bought food, went to chinese restaurant, it was closed, i don't really remember, met chris and gregg at the metropolitan, went to my apartment, miles and sabra and sabra's roommate were already there, made big salads, chris talked about minimalism, sabra's roommate left, started watching movie, chris talked on the phone, movie was boring and started skipping, watched clarissa explains it all for a little while, went to the alligator lounge, got a table with miles and tao and sabra and justin, chris and gregg got a table, ate pizza, drank beer, chris and gregg left without saying goodbye, tao said he felt sick, tao left, justin and sabra got on the l, went to my apartment with miles, smoked pot, listened to the grateful dead, miles went home.

hot dog

video by travis gaston

cliff jump 2

video by travis gaston

through the trees and in my car

got off work three forty five, did bullshit, gmail, soffi called, told her i'd call her, met kendra klong six o'clock, it was fine, two for one singhas, thai food, texted a bunch of people to come over, i think catherine sort of confirmed, got 'river's edge' at kim's, got wine at trader joe's, sang the velvet underground's 'heroin,' kendra didn't recognize it, got on the l, home, saw deniz by the elevator, she looked cute, jesse's here, called soffi, she's tired, i'm drinking gin and tonic, jesse and kendra are talking, i'm brushing shirley, don't know if anyone is coming over

into a wall

got off work 330, met soffi upper west side, took the 6 to 34, went to cartridge world, walked around, bought coffee for my dad for his birthday, said 'should i buy sneakers,' bought groceries, took l to brooklyn, went to my apartment, kendra came over, checked my email for a while, drank a can of pabst blue ribbon, ate sushi, jesse and franco and franco's friend came over, smoked pot (?), charmaine came over, something illegal happened, told kendra 'notice what is happening right now,' charmaine left, jesse talked about buying groceries, tao came over, drank more, soffi put music from my computer on her ipod, tao and kendra and soffi and i left, went to alligator lounge, tao and soffi left, drank budweiser, ate free pizza, whatever, left the bar, kendra bought a six pack of red stripe, walked around, did more regrettable things, wanted to kill myself, watched seinfeld, it was the one where susan dies, watched the simpsons, it was a halloween episode, drank one red stripe, kendra drank several in a row, went to bed, fucking hated everyone.

supersoak that ho

got off work friday sometime, tried to buy gordon's gin at astor and broadway, they needed a driver's license, went to bushwick, vacuumed my old room, left my key, called kendra, she wasn't around, bought tanqueray gin in bushwick, took the bus the wrong way for a few blocks, took the j to lorimer, took the bus to my apartment, changed my clothes maybe, saw jesse and chris, left with jesse, he went to sunac i think, i went to catherine's reading at the lucky cat, talked to catherine and her friend, tao came, sat with tao, justin came, i texted a lot of people to come to my party, someone read, catherine read, tao and i left, got chinese food, saw the alligator lounge, talked about the alligator lounge, went to the alligatorlounge, shared pizza and beer with tao, tao's friend came, went to bodega, bought sparks, tao's friend was really strange, she bought cigarettes, walked to my apartment, talked to jesse and chris, people came: justin, miles, kendra, penelope, catherine and three of her friends, maybe other people, drank gin and tonic mostly, also sparks, peak organic beer, went to my room a lot, changed my clothes, listened to the rolling stones by myself, smoked pot with miles and kendra, was really tired or something, said to someone 'this is my favorite part of being drunk, everything sounds like a movie, you know? just listen to this stuff,' people started leaving, everyone was gone, got on the g train with miles, got off at glasson, went to a bodega on my way to ellen's, ellen met me there, i felt really happy to see her, walked to ellen's house, fell asleep right away i think while she packed all her stuff into a moving van, she woke me up at six, we moved her bed into the moving van, her mom came, we put more stuff into the moving van, her mom drove the van, ellen drove her mom's car, i was with ellen, driving was okay, we listened to music, stopped at rest stops, ellen said 'i really want to see you eat an m&ms cannoli,' i ordered one, ellen's mom paid for it, when i opened it it had sprinkles instead of m&ms, that was okay, ate the cannoli, got to boston, moved ellen's stuff into her apartment, helped take apart a bed, listened to the new lil' wayne album, took the t to some other part of boston, went to boston's only raw vegan restaurant, food was okay, talked with ellen about how eating shitty food makes us both feel terrible, kind of decided to start being raw vegan again, walked around for a little while, took the t to ellen's apartment, played rock band with ellen's roommates, i'm not good at playing rockband at all, smoked pot with ellen and her roommates, ellen's roommate drove us to a movie theater, laughed a lot while buying my ticket, they kept showing the previews twice, watched wall-e with ellen and her roommates, fell asleep during nearly all of wall-e, ellen's roommate drove us back to ellen's apartment, fell asleep right away i think, woke up sometime, walked to thrift store, looked at clothes, was kind of tired, walked to co-op, bought organic fruits and vegetables, bought kombucha, drank kombucha, walked to ellen's apartment, made smoothies, ellen's roommates were making macaroni and cheese, they needed milk, ellen drove us to the co-op, bought milk, ellen drove us back to her apartment, gave her roommates milk, did nothing for a little while, took the t to the bus station, got on the bus, bus took four hours and forty five minutes, read a little bit of last year's noon, got off bus, bought vegetables at bowery wholefoods, second avenue f didn't have uptown service, walked to broadway lafayette, went to apartment, ate salad, saw jesse and franco and franco's friend, smoked pot, drank a can of pabst blue ribbon someone left at the party, they left, ate brocolli, drank another can of pabst blue ribbon, talked on gmail for a little while, fell asleep.

oh why can't i be making love

got off work sometime, met kendra at think coffee, talked on gmail chat for a minute i guess, walked to klong, ate thai food, singha beer was buy one get one free, went to kgb bar, saw people read, tao and soffi went to counter, went to williamsburg with kendra, bought stella, went to my apartment, jesse was here, checked my email for a while, jesse and kendra bonded, i guess, uh, i don't know, listened to music, smoked, drank, tao and soffi came over, watched american psycho,
drank gin and tonic, tao and soffi left, made eggs with cheese, ate eggs with cheese, felt good and bad at the same time or something, got pissed off at everyone, went to my room, kendra bought me a really weak drink, felt pissed off at everyone, talked on gmail chat

feels stupendous

got off work around 515, talked to connor on the phone, took trains downtown, met kendra at sarah d roosevelt park, went to wholefoods, walked around, ate ice cream with wine in it, met kendra's sister, ate fried potatoes and chicken, didn't pay for anything, an old woman got fresh with kendra's sister, i don't know it was confusing, left wholefoods, walked in sarah d roosevelt park for a long time looking for the opium magazine literary death match, felt sick, found the opium magazine literary death match, sat down, listened to things for a while, catherine texted me, i texted her, left the opium magazine literary death match early, bought a peach snapple, drank a peach snapple, felt depressed, called a bunch of people to come over, called connor to come over, went to angelica kitchen, saw tao, tao gave me gross food, i felt like i was in a dream kind of, went to trader joe's, felt amazed, bought food, took train home, put food away, looked around the apartment, my dad called, connor came over, watched the soulja boy ice t videos, drank gin and tonic, miles called, miles came over, miles brought beer, drank beer, listened to the kinks, played sorry, i don't think i ever played sorry before, i said didn't there used to be a big bubble thing in the middle with dice in it, someone said that was trouble, i said it's fun getting into trouble, looked at my apartment, smoked pipe tobacco, ate a frozen pizza, said should i drink gin and orange juice, someone said something about how it would be okay probably, drank vodka and orange juice, connor and miles smoked cigarettes, tao texted me, i texted tao, tao came over, tao brought a lot of bread products, connor miles and i ate bread products, tao left, smoked more tobacco, just played tetris for a long time, listened to the notorious b.i.g., connor and miles left.

but it's so smashed and torn

got off work at 430, ate chicken wings, a seaweed salad and a taco at wholefoods, got kind of lost for some reason, heard an older black woman say i hate faggots, got to williamsburg, went out the wrong exit, went to sunac, bought potatoes kale and red pepper, walked the wrong way for a few blocks, walked home, watched the ice t / soulja boy videos on gawker, talked to jesse for a few minutes, met chris, they left, kendra came over, made potatoes kale and red pepper, i took a shower, drank gin and tonic, smoked, walked to lazy catfish, free pbr (limit one per customer), didn't see anyone attractive, ate doritos, walked to alligator lounge, kendra said two pbrs and the girl said we don't have pbr and kendra said two buds and i felt upset for a second and i said no and then kendra looked at me and i said no never mind it's good, drank bud, ate free pizza, talked shit on the alligator lounge, talked shit on the lazy catfish, left, bought soda water, walked home, drank gin and soda, kendra read less than zero, i read collected stories of richard yates, i didn't really like the stories i read, kendra told justin to come over on the internet, he said he'd bring bourbon, looked out the window, checked my email a lot, justin came, told us about his weekend, told us about a teaching job for the fall, he didn't bring bourbon but he burned me the first beat happening cd, which i'll enjoy hearing, tao and kelly came, they'd been to counter, we all sat in the living room for a while, listened to purple rain, tao said can i look at your books, and walked towards my room, i said i'll defend them, and walked towards my room, i think kelly came in in a little while, and then kendra and justin, and then we went to the living room again, and then kendra and justin walked to the store to get tonic, and tao and kelly and i played scrabble, and tao complained that he couldn't play well with the board facing away from him, and i offered to turn it towards him when it was his turn, i actually offered this twice, but he said no, kendra and justin came back, kendra read less than zero, justin played with the cat, tao said do you guys like conan, i felt happy, he said conan was on in ten minutes, tao's really good at scrabble, kelly kept score but she didn't add it as we went along, i think, so i couldn't really tell what was happening, i imagine tao won, tried to put on conan, couldn't find it, found a spanish-language comedy program about homeless people with blacked out teeth that looked funny, but it was kind of distracting, tried to get a seven letter word, couldn't, i think tao did, maybe twice, came into my room, everybody came into my room, kendra put songs from my computer onto her ipod, tao started putting songs from my computer onto his ipod, kendra, justin and kelly left, tao checked his email for a while, we both talked to soffi on gmail, i talked to tao about my plan to be really unhealthy, told tao i worried about becoming fat, tao said he didn't think i would become fat, felt happy sort of, tao left, ate a frozen pizza, one thousand calories.

the corporate offices of 'the name of this band is the talking heads' have moved

to 68 richardson st apartment 501 brooklyn ny 11211

please direct all inquiries there

nintendo 64

i want to buy a nintendo 64

i want golden eye 64 and four controllers

does anyone want to sell me that

tell me how much money

creative writing

i think i'm moving to williamsburg monday

my magazine is being shitty. i don't understand how to use my printer i think is the main thing. thank you blake and colin and miles for liking my magazine long after it has stopped being hip and new.

update: i just had an idea on how i can print my magazine without feeling upset. i think i'm going to print the pages out and then copy them and then copy the back on them and just do one page at a time twenty times and then do the next page twenty times. it's kind of stupid but i think not that stupid. i hope it works. i hate my printer a lot. that scene in 'office space'. how long has it been since you saw 'office space'? it's been a long time for me. i want to do that sometime. and drink corona light.

dipset dipset dipset dipset!

dipset dipset dipset dipset!

this is a personal ad

i want to lie down next to someone

and maybe take painkillers, but since they're hard to get probably just drink gin

and listen to early spiritualized, or something

and be really quiet

sometimes i'll say things like 'hi'

and you'll say 'hi'

quietly and nervously sort of

like a mouse

update

i'm 92-95% done working on my novel

i'm going to submit it places now

do any prestigious publishing houses want to give me money for it sight unseen?

thank you

patti smith was a nigger

i think i drink water too fast or something

i blogged here

philadelphia fucking sucks

new wayne is motherfucking fire

8.7
-pitchfork

9.0, just for when he talks about politics for a long time at the end of 'misunderstood'
-every time a police officer gets shot i throw a party

last night

i called catherine and then later she called me back and then later i was like 'i feel sad that catherine didn't call me back' and then tao said 'i thought she did call you back' and then i remembered and i said 'oh yeah. i'm glad she called me back'

foreign islands

my blog has gotten really bad

i'm going to start making it better maybe

i think i'm going to make a new blog with just videos of me drinking

so this blog will be literary again

okay

going away present

i was in vermont for a little while

i am at my apartment

*

last night i wrote six people's names in my notebook

then i crossed out two of the names

then i crossed out all of the names a lot so that the names aren't legible anymore

*

i really like the album 'rust never sleeps' by neil young

*

i'm in the new lamination colony

*

no one has blurbed my bear parade book in a long time

i think if someone blurbed my bear parade book i would be motivated

picture of me eating a cheese fry sandwich *INTENSE*

photo by kendra grant malone

sandwich by tao lin

solomon j. guggenheim fellowship

i'm buying two pairs of pants from american apparel and thai food and maybe beer

'i think if my life could get any worse, this blog post would make my life worse'

i enjoyed casino gambling for the first time saturday night

it was 'incredible'

*

issue 3 (tao lin) of my magazine is done

one copy exists

it has a green cover and where it should have tao's bio it just says 'tao lin bio' twice, because i forgot to put it there

also there are other things wrong with it

the other nineteen copies will be 'normal' sort of

i will make them later

i just ran out of ink

yes

paypal $5 to zachary.german@gmail.com

*

i just thought 'it's time to reject all the people you have been putting off rejecting for like a month even though you say on the internet that you respond within 24 hours'

and then i looked at my email thing and i didn't understand

i was confused by what i did and did not send or something

it's hard to explain

here: everyone is rejected

please submit more

$75

*

also does anyone want to go on a date with me? see a movie, go to quintessence or something

i mean a date where we like each other or something

i don't know

not quintessence probably

i wish quintessence played better music or something

i wish 'raw food culture' was really really different from the way it is now

but yeah i guess a movie and quintessence

but we would know quintessence is really funny and we would laugh at it sort of

is this 'extremely far-fetched'

*

it's hot as a bitch

*

last night i drank six beers and then i ate a cheeseburger and french fries and drank a can of coca cola

i felt really bad when i woke up today

today i ate a grapefruit

i am going to lifethyme on my way to work

i going to drink coconut milk and meat blended together and eat two apples and a grapefruit

maybe a peach

maybe part of a watermelon

later i'm going to eat a salad

kale red pepper red onion cucumber nutritional yeast black pepper sea salt nama shoyu cold pressed olive oil

later i might drink a smoothie

figs grapefruit lemon strawberries blueberries

*

also last night when i was waiting for the cheeseburger and french fries and can of coca cola i said 'do you like lil' wayne' to girl that was also waiting for 'food'

i don't really remember what happened after that

i felt really surprised

*

i stopped being vegan

i eat non-vegan unhealthy things now when i am being unhealthy, in addition to vegan unhealthy things

i stopped being vegan because i don't care about animals

i think i feel a little worse when i eat non-vegan unhealthy things than i do when i eat vegan unhealthy things

'faggot'

*

poll: should i put cacao in my smoothies

feeling lost

i feel like a character in a brett easton ellis novel

i've been listening to the album 'so much for the afterglow' by everclear a lot

i don't know if i like obama or hilary more

i don't know what i want to eat today

out of control gay alcoholic teenager

'clinically depressed'

healthiness

verdict healthy.



verdict unhealthy.

listening to the rolling stones and thinking about how they looked in the 1960s and 1970s makes me feel really happy

i like the rolling stones a lot

are there any books about the rolling stones that i would enjoy reading?

i am going to write a poem about the rolling stones soon

i am going to submit it to something

i am going to start submitting to things

the rolling stones

'amazing'

from "Eat When You Feel Sad"

Robert is dreaming. Robert and his English teacher are standing between a chalkboard and a white screen. Robert touches his English teacher’s breasts, over her blouse. He thinks “She probably got her blouse at Fashion Bug.” Robert kisses his English teacher’s face. He says “You’re hot.” Robert winces. He touches his English teacher’s crotch, over her khaki pants. Robert pushes his middle finger and his forefinger up. Robert’s English teacher’s face tilts back. Robert kisses his English teacher’s neck. Robert’s English teacher makes a sound. Robert feels sad.

not from "Eat When You Feel Sad"

Robert thinks "I just shaved." Robert walks into a bodega. Robert takes two twenty four ounce cans of Coors beer out of the refrigerator. He walks to the counter. He puts the cans on the counter. The man behind the counter says "You have ID?"
Robert says "Yeah." Robert hands the man behind the counter ID. Robert hands the man behind the counter two dollars.
The man behind the counter says "Twenty four."
Robert says "What?"
The man behind the counter says "Twenty four." Robert opens his book bag. The man behind the counter picks up a black plastic bag.
Robert says "I don't need a bag." Robert puts the cans in his book bag. The man behind the counter begins ringing up the person behind Robert in line. Robert closes his book bag. He leaves the grocery store. Robert crosses the street. He walks to his building. He unlocks the front door. Robert walks to his apartment. He unlocks his apartment door. One of Robert's roommates is talking on her cell phone. Robert says "Hi." Robert's roommate stops talking on her cell phone. Robert and his roommate talk. Robert thinks "I want to be drinking Coors beer." Robert and his roommate stop talking. Robert walks to his bedroom.
Robert's roommate says "Hey, if you're going to the grocery store or something, do you think you could pick up some toilet paper? We're running low and I bought the last roll."
Robert says "Yeah that's fine." He closes his bedroom door. He opens his book bag. He takes out a twenty four ounce can of Coors beer. He opens it. He drinks Coors beer.

change in 'the name of this band is the talking heads'

i have rejected every submission except for tao lin's so far

i have decided to change the format

only submit whole books of poetry (25-30 poems)

you don't need to spend a lot of time on them

but they have to be really good

i think like an hour and a half to two hours writing them and one half hour to one hour editing them should be enough

i will pay you $75 upon publication if i accept your book

thank you

issue 2 is available

paypal $5 to zachary.german@gmail.com and i'll send you issue 2

worst blog post ever

i got new underwear from american apparel

it's organic

i saw 'blue velvet' at sunshine cinema last night at midnight

i fell asleep a lot

i only like the parts with dennis hopper now

i feel better kind of then i did a couple weeks ago, but i'm not sure

i haven't been blogging very much

i read 'what we talk about when we talk about love' by raymond carver recently

i liked reading it but didn't care about it a lot

i got 'anagrams' by lorrie moore in the mail yesterday

i am going to read it soon

i just stood up after lying down for a long time and now a lot of weird things are happening in my eyes

i slept in my contacts last night

Eifel Tower!!!!!!!!!YEAH!!!

update

'the name of this band is the talking heads' volume 1 issue 2 features poetry exclusively by me, and is 'officially' out next friday, may 16, though will be available for mail-order starting tomorrow

'the name of this band is the talking heads' volume 1 issue 3 is going to feature poetry exclusively by tao lin, and will be 'officially' out may 30

submissions for 'the name of this band is the talking heads' volume 1 issue 4 will be considered until midnight, june 7, and will be 'officially' out june 13.

no one has submitted to my magazine yet UPDATE

update: people have submitted. i have not accepted any submissions yet. a few people have been 'close'.

video by tao lin of me reading at kgb bar 5/2/08

zachary german @ kgb bar 5/2/05 from Tao Lin on Vimeo.

'the name of this band is the talking heads' is now a magazine looking for submissions

‘the name of this band is the talking heads’ is a new, extremely limited edition biweekly poetry magazine.

volume 1 issue 1 (sold out) and volume 1 issue 2 (coming soon) feature my poetry exclusively. in the future, i would like that to change.

to submit to ‘the name of this band is the talking heads’, email zachary.german@gmail.com with the subject line ‘the name of this band is the talking heads submission’, or send submissions with a self-addressed stamped envelope to zachary german 1282 bushwick avenue brooklyn ny 11207.

all submissions will be read and replied to within twenty-four hours.

simultaneous submissions welcome.

submit as much and as often as you’d like.

contributors will be compensated per accepted submission, by check. each contributor will also receive one complimentary copy of the issue which features his or her poem(s).

to buy 'the name of this band is the talking heads', paypal money in the following amounts to zachary.german@gmail.com, or send check or money order to the address listed above:

one year subscription (26 issues) – $70
½ year subscription (13 issues) – $40
individual issues (write for availability) ¬– $5

(postage paid worldwide)

professional 'the name of this band is the talking heads' website coming soon

'the name of this band is the talking heads'

'the name of this band is the talking heads' is sold out

i just finished writing 'the name of this band is the talking heads volume 2'

to pre-order email me

update

drinking a martini out of a plastic cup is never quite the same

where's my old-school death cab for cutie fans out there? what what


there's a lot i want to tell you but i'm really busy

come to my reading friday (details are on the right somewhere). i'm going to have copies of my new, extremely limited edition poetry chapbook 'the name of this band is the talking heads'.



"The video is featured in a diner with flashbacks of Joey with his ex-girlfriend. He feels depressed during the video and sees his ex with a new boyfriend and looks away. When he leaves, Joey then hides from her inside the kitchen while trying to tell he loves her. After telling her, Joey enlightens everyone with some dance. As he dances with her, he notice a ring (engagement or marriage) and feels depressed again. During the video, the girl doesn't seem to be shocked that she saw Joey at all."

miles ross interviewed me for his blog

click here to read it

if you have a blog, or are just interested in learning more about me, and would like to interview me, email me

i like being interviewed

update:

daryl the blacksmith interviewed me

my recollection of this interview is hazy at best

zacpistol

2004-2006

philadelphia

by travis gaston

from "Eat When You Feel Sad"

Robert wakes up. His mouth is dry. It’s three AM. Robert is wearing pants and socks. The bedside light is on. Robert goes downstairs. The lights are on. The TV is showing the DVD player’s screen saver. Jim is asleep on the couch. Robert pours a glass of water. He drinks of water. Robert pours another glass of water. He drinks the water. He puts the glass in the sink. Robert thinks “I hope my mouth isn’t always dry.” Robert goes upstairs. He sits near his computer. He plays the album Curtis by 50 Cent. He thinks “I like this.” Robert goes on gmail. He has no new email. He thinks “I wish I had new email.” Robert thinks “I just woke up and I wish you were awake and I wish you were here.” He thinks “I am deep.” Robert looks at a bag of cashews. He thinks “Will I ever have a girlfriend again? Will eating cashews make my mouth dryer? Should I take off my socks?”

hi

i wish i had video footage of how i spent the last forty eight hours

i would watch it

and know that it was really valuable

i just googled "zachary german"

the first result is a poem at 3am magazine

i want the first result to be my blog

i think my juicer is broken

i wish i had kombucha