Had a great conversation with Brendan Constantine about our new books. His new, third collection is “Calamity Joe” (Red Hen Press, 2012) and we spoke about the through lines in his new book and mine. (“Death of a Mauve Bat“). Click the player to hear the archived edition.
Check out this interview with me by Jessica Houston on her show “An Affirming Flame” on the World Wide Word Radio Network. We had a great time talking about all things Canadian, generally revolving around my recent two books “Sinzibuckwud!” (written in Montreal) and “Death of a Mauve Bat” (Written in Toronto.) Thanks for the great conversation Jessica!
Thanks to Joanne Baines for this slew of new videos of me reading at the Pondwater Society reading this past December. Check them out: (use the arrow keys to the left and right of the video to scroll between the 8 videos in this play list.)
Brendan Constantine and I recently performed at the Baines House for the monthly PondWater Society reading in Covina, CA on Saturday, December 11, 2010. This video is insane and you should probably not watch it. Thanks to Joanne Baines for having us!
I was the featured “informationist” at the Lightbulb Mouth Radio Hour hosted by Derrick Brown and Mindy Nettifee in Long Beach, CA on February 17, 2010. Check out the interview and poem here:
A 10 minute interview with me at the Cobalt Cafe, mostly about the Cobalt reading with
a bit about my history in poetry, produced by the nice people at www.Poetry.la (September, 2007)
A 10 minute video of Rick reading at the Valley Contemporary Poets reading in Tarzana California, shot by the nice people at www.Poetry.la (June, 2007)
Commentary recorded while walking across Westminster Bridge in London, mixed with guitar and song vocal by me, from the CD Audio Companion to the Book Stolen Mummies (Ain’t Got No Press, 2002)
Spoken word track of a poem written in London, recorded and mixed in Sherman Oaks, CA, with guitar Accompaniment by me. from the CD Audio Companion to the Book Stolen Mummies (Ain’t Got No Press, 2002)
A song about Godzilla and his special diet of household luminaires.
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