Social Heat Buttons

Jack Ramunni and I just made these butties for his ongoing Social Heat project. Obviously, this is an essential part of everyone's Spring 2012 wardrobe. They are available wherever Jack Ramunnis may be found.

Other News:

* I featured Martin Hugo and Chelsea Dirck's artwork on Beautiful/Decay.

* Anobium interviews Cassandra Troyan re: the Ear Eater reading series. Troyan also has a book, THE THINGS WE EMBODY ARE THE THINGS WE DESTROY slated to be published in 2013 by Tiny Hardcore Press.

* The Sidekicks have a Monster House-centric video for "Baby, Baby."

* Bloomington's Beaker has a new album available for download.

* Natalie Shapero has a poem in the March 15th, 2012 edition of The New Republic.

* Mubi linked to Banalization's Peter Doig post in an article published today.

Do It Together Fest 2010

Each year since 2007 my Monster House roommates Richard Wehrenberg and Matt Scheuermann have organized a DIY punk festival called "Do It Together Fest" in Kent, Ohio. This year's iteration takes place over September 10th & 11th at The Vineyard and at Professor's Pub.

Wehrenberg, a renowned poet as well as an accomplished DIY promoter, said, "It's going to be pretty cool, I guess."

Scheuermann, of Punknews.org's band/record of the year, The Sidekicks, said, "It's your typical fest."

But would your typical fest have Tao Lin, author of Shoplifting From American Apparel and the forthcoming Richard Yates, fly in to read, slapping himself or his publisher with "mad" fees, and staying with Jordan Castro + Jordan Castro's parent(s) for four days in Solon, Ohio? Would your typical fest do that?

No. It's the most internet-literature-DIY-punk fest in the world. Or, at least, more so than Berea Fest.

Also out of the norm: rumored "awesome" after show will feature the debut of underground hip-hop sensation, Monstrosity. The first in the wave of 3rd floor hip-hop acts that call The Pocket home. Soon we will have something to rival St. Catherine's incipient "Spy Girl" scene.

Full DIT Fest schedule after "The Jump."