tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30311680556629536772024-02-08T13:48:52.593-05:00The JargonMy editor is bigger than yours.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-40857976189653492792010-10-22T10:32:00.003-04:002010-10-22T10:45:12.788-04:00Thieves Jargon 203<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8FTXCqxtwo8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8FTXCqxtwo8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Bang-up job by Dan Scannell and the rest of the editorial team putting this month's issue together. Any time we can lead an issue off with <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=232">Spencer Dew</a>, we're in good shape. Spencer's one of our favorite writers, and it's been all too long since we've seen him in these pages. <br /><br />Also great to <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=637">Carl Miller Daniels</a> back with the big dicks. <br /><br />I'm also surprised that it's taken this long for <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1468">indie-circuit wrestling</a> to make its way back to TJ, but I'm glad it's back. <br /><br />Also liked the work from this issue's newcomers, especially the late-night city creeps in <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1471">Where Do You Go?</a> and Lara Konesky's mother/son/Jesus flash <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1469">The Second Coming</a>.<br /><br />Happy Halloween, everybody.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-39999784997943849332010-09-03T10:52:00.003-04:002010-09-03T11:19:45.925-04:00Thieves Jargon 202<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YxAPKtOe0fQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YxAPKtOe0fQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Contrary to popular opinion, Thieves Jargon still lives. Dan Scannell and Joe Goosey have done a good job of pulling together another installment. I'm particularly fond of Anelise Chen's <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1466">Life is So Many Olympic Exertions #2</a>, KJ Hays' <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1465">Birdfeeder</a>, and Gretel My's <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1463">Various Value-Added Products, Various By-Products</a>, which has a Delphine-Lecompte like feeling to it. <br /><br />Speaking of <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=49">Delphine Lecompte</a>, I was excited to sell a dozen copies of <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/press/content/kittens.php">Kittens in the Boiler</a> to Brown University, where the book will be taught to undergrads this fall. Thieves Jargon has gone Ivy League. <br /><br />Still more Delphine, as she's resurfaced in a brief interview at The Damned Human Race: <br /><a href="http://www.thedamnedhumanrace.com/?p=935">Part 1</a><br /><a href="http://www.thedamnedhumanrace.com/?p=944">Part 2</a><br /><br />Speaking of <a href="http://www.thedamnedhumanrace.com/">The Damned Human Race</a>, they also have a three part series outlining the development of the cover for Kittens in the Boiler, as well as the cover artist's Belgian meeting with the author in question:<br /><a href="http://www.thedamnedhumanrace.com/?p=868">Part 1</a><br /><a href="http://www.thedamnedhumanrace.com/?p=884">Part 2</a><br /><a href="http://www.thedamnedhumanrace.com/?p=921">Part 3</a><br /><br />Speaking of Thieves Jargon Press, <a href="http://ndtheory.blogspot.com/">Mike Boyle</a> has a <a href="http://www.redfez.net/redfez/SubPage1.php?page=SubStory&ID=147">new story</a> published at <a href="http://www.redfez.net/redfez/index.php">Red Fez</a>, an excerpt from his <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/press/content/dollhouse.php">Dollhouse</a> sequel. <br /><br />Speaking of Red Fez, I said goddamn, there are a lot of Jargon alumni in their fall issue... Brent Poweres, Luis Rivas, Karl Koweski, Josh Olsen, Steve Wheeler. Might be worth checking out as you wait for 203.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-87452511830566570442010-08-04T20:17:00.003-04:002010-08-04T20:59:37.043-04:00Thieves Jargon 201<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VGLinT-Pdyo&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VGLinT-Pdyo&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Any thoughts on <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=207">Thieves Jargon 201</a>? I'm personally trending toward <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=582">Robert Kloss'</a> <a/ href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1453">The Loam</a> (where the hell did that come from?) and <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=732">Megan Roth's</a> <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1457">two poems</a>, in specific, "The Airshells." <br /><br />As always, I leave the rest of the discussion up to you.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-9394218010076807072010-07-05T13:11:00.002-04:002010-07-05T13:18:31.649-04:00Issue 200<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FdW1CjbCNxw&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FdW1CjbCNxw&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=7">Eric Jones</a> has been with us since <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=1">Isssue 1</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=46">George Sparling</a> has been with us since <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=12">Issue 10</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=293">Joel Van Noord</a> has been with us since <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=83">Issue 81</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=303">Kenneth Mulvey</a> has been with us since <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=87">Issue 85</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=364">Randy Dalzell</a> has been with us since <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=107">Issue 104</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=407">Josh Olsen</a> has been with us since <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=127">Issue 124</a>.<br /><br />Thanks for reading all this time.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-27355970087901206322010-05-09T10:31:00.005-04:002010-05-09T21:59:16.284-04:00Thieves Jargon 199<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAwliet2vqo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAwliet2vqo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />I'm pretty sure I sent the singer in the band above a copy of "Kittens in the Boiler" when it came out. You can plainly see the influence in the scene. <br /><br />Welcome to <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=204">Thieves Jargon 199</a>. Scannell brought together some interesting fiction that I really enjoyed. <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1440">Stove Hands</a> starts with a guy burning his hands on a stove and gets weirder from there. <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1444">Danny Sadsack</a> and <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1441">Razor Wire</a> give the the gift of the city. Matt Salesses has <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1446">Epidemics</a> stories popping up like funky rashes, and I like seeing one in TJ. <br /><br />As for the poetry, a lot of sex, only nobody's having any fun. <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=637">Miller Daniels </a>dick poems always make me laugh, I kind of wish I knew about somebody paying homage to the female anatomy these days quite like Carl dedicates to the men. <br /><br /><br /><b>In other news</b>:<br /><a href="http://www.kneejerkmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:staring-at-the-landscape-by-joel-van-noord&catid=13:stories">Joel Van Noord acts like a woman.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thebaumer.com/post/582486528/i-am-walking-across-america-tomorrow-i-am-taking">Mark Baumer is walking across the country</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://stuffcatslikes.blogspot.com/2010/04/3-pretending-that-natasha-richardsons.html">Cats are pretending Natasha Henstridge's death had an important impact on their lives.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://headzthenovel.com/">Headz the Novel by John Colagrande</a> has sparked a bidding frenzy.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-50831669752966752762010-04-23T09:49:00.002-04:002010-04-23T10:02:38.650-04:00Enter Joe Goosey<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m7HHpEt3K50&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m7HHpEt3K50&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />"Hey Matt. Funks occur. Three hangovers in four days ain't bad. I had a massive one last week that set me back about a full business week. Katie had to come find me on the side of a main road eating an omelet with my hands."<br /><br />Happy to announce <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=508">Joseph Goosey</a> is coming on as poetry editor for Thieves Jargon. I've been a big fan of his work for a while now (city-kid imagery mixed with self-awareness and longing), and I think he's only going to get better moving forward. If he can identify poetry that's somewhere in the same neighborhood of interesting as the poetry he writes, we should be in good shape. <br /><br />Viva le Goose!Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-36487550669850348952010-04-05T21:49:00.003-04:002010-04-05T22:10:59.320-04:00Million Writers Award<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aJJE90ESVvo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aJJE90ESVvo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.storysouth.com/millionwriters/millionwritersnotable_2009.html">Million Writers Award</a> is underway again, always one of the coolest times of the year for this tiny sector of the world. I'm happy to say that Andrew S. Taylor's vagina dream <a href="http://thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1341">That Which Dreams Does Not Sleep</a> picked up a notable story mention and will be representing Thieves Jargon. We'll find out in a month or so if it makes the cut to the top ten. In the meantime, there were a ton of other Friends of the Jargon who got nods as well, including:<br /><br /><a href="http://annalemma.net/features/swallow.html">Mel Bosworth</a><br /><a href="http://clapboardhouse.wordpress.com/welcome/a-pile-of-shirts-ripped-from-the-body-by-kevin-wilson/">Kevin Wilson</a><br /><a href="http://jmww.150m.com/Spaide.html">Kevin Spaide</a><br /><a href="http://www.mississippireview.com/2009/Vol15No3-July09/1503-071009-00SalazarMercyLavinia.html">Fortunato Salazar</a><br /><a href="http://www.noojournal.com/view.php?mode=1&issue=ten&id=205">Crispin Best</a><br /><a href="http://therumpus.net/2009/05/the-forgotten-movie-screens-of-broward-county/">Richard Grayson</a><br /><a href="http://www.sundress.net/stirring/archives/v11/e3/huait.htm">Tai Dong Huai</a><br /><a href="http://www.swinkmag.com/gregames.html">Greg Ames</a><br /><a href="http://www.conjunctions.com/webcon/bell09.htm">Matt Bell</a><br /><a href="http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1756">Zdravka Evtimova</a><br /><a href="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/clay6618/christ-middle-finger.jpg">Mather Schneider</a><br /><br />Congratulations everybody!Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-111694824605806982010-03-15T19:52:00.002-04:002010-03-15T20:18:53.067-04:00Thieves Jargon 198<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/keeSEJG4XzU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/keeSEJG4XzU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />First off, huge thanks to --Ed. Dan Scannell, who undertook the site redesign project. We've been talking about this since before he came on board, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Paramount for me was changing the font from that tiny Arial to something bigger and easier to read. Everything else was more or less his idea. I like the new organization of the authors and artists and links. The horizontal layout is a nice touch. We'll see if we get any traction on the ads. Like the new color scheme. Something for Dan to be proud of accomplishing. <br /><br />But everybody knows that looks aren't everything, so I'm happy to know there's some substance underneath that pretty head of hair as well. Personal favorites from issue 198 include <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1439">Renaldo's All-Night Shave</a>, <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1436">Having a Heart Attack</a>, and <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1433">Brown I</a>. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time in a long time that we've had an issue made up entirely of first-timers. <br /><br />And dig that innocently innapropriate cover art. Promise mommy you won't sit on Uncle BJ's lap. <br /><br />Issue 200 is coming soon. Any special plans?Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-64841590552589879182010-02-04T20:56:00.004-05:002010-02-04T21:20:50.404-05:00Thieves Jargon 197<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2tsiOIQ7mu0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2tsiOIQ7mu0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Dan Scannel made it <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=202">made it worth the wait</a>. Adam Rothstein has a <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1429">bone infection</a>. Quentin Collier <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1427">has something different</a> growing on the inside. We also have <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1428">Joe Goosey</a>, who I think is one of the more interesting poets in current operation. If you like his poem, I recommend you check out his chapbook <a href="http://poptritus.blogspot.com/2008/12/chapbook-joseph-goosey-comfortable.html">A Comfortable Place with Regular Sunshine</a>. In adddition, Drew Jackson's short short <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1430">Sisyphus of Anacostia</a> ends on a rare high note. And Sean Jackson's <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1432">Not Even Jail</a> take the bold move (for the online writers) of actually covering a large amount of ground.<br /><br />I do hope you'll enjoy. And when you're done here, there's always Madore's Lit Dispatch, which just dropped <a href="http://litareview.com/10/1feb.shtml">Issue 19</a>. <br /><br />And how about a little trip through the archives, because Madore dragged me out to Amherst to hang out with Mike Young, editor of <a href="http://www.noojournal.com/">Noo Journal</a>, where we drank beers with <a href="http://eddiesocko.blogspot.com/">Mel Bosworth</a>, and these two fellows:<br /><br />Ben Kopel, whose <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=914">Poem strapped to the radiator for making too much racket</a> is one of my absolute favortes.<br /><br />Gabe Durham, whose <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1195">Eight Times in the Everywhere</a> set the stage for my late-summer, 2008. <br /><br />Madore left a hat in my car, which I've been wearing around. I'd like to tip that hat to <a href="http://ylarivera.blogspot.com/">Andy Riverbed</a>, whose blog I'd be happy to shamelessly rip off any old day. Hope you make it up to Boston, even though the winters would destroy you. <br /><br />In the meantime, <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=293">Joel Van Noord's</a> book "Surf Music Travel Sex" should secure agency representation in the next few months, and <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=303">Kenneth Mulvey's</a> new poetry manuscriupt is sitting on my desk as well. Plenty to do, plenty to get done...Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-39545758302923614742009-12-28T14:53:00.002-05:002009-12-28T14:57:30.668-05:00Thieves Jargon 196<a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=201">Issue 196</a> went live sometime over Christmas weekend, and it's a good one. Love the expat and the Russian girl in <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1421">Tanya's Bare Legs</a>, and the JS Khan's <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1426">demon monoglogue</a>. <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/author_details.php?author=205"> Caroline Kepnes</a> always brings her fastball, and Carl Miller Daniels <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=1422">is as gay as ever</a>. <br /><br />Dig it.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-46551387168971505202009-12-24T09:56:00.001-05:002009-12-24T09:56:57.530-05:00Why you cryin'?Holly jolly, y'all.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Spmqbs8YCW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Spmqbs8YCW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-57080778492258865422009-12-16T09:54:00.003-05:002009-12-16T10:03:30.238-05:00Poetry editor neededI'm sad to see Spencer Troxell moving on, he brought a thoughtfulness and perspective to the position that I really enjoyed. But co-editors are made to go on to other things, and I don't really mind that. <br /><br />Poetry editors work in conjunction with --Ed. Dan Scannell to read, evaluate, send rejection letters, and accept an occasional piece of work for Thieves Jargon. You'll correspond with lots of nice writers and a few disgruntled ones. You'll read enough work that yours will only get better. <br /><br />We're looking for somebody that's been published in Thieves Jargon before, and therefore knows what we like to publish. You need to have an appreciation for street-level writing, MFA-grade craft, and an eye for that one unique line. <br /><br />Interested candidates, please send an email to thejargon at gmail dot gom, listing a few of your favorite poems, either from our archives or links to other journals.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-14715585420316105312009-12-06T13:16:00.001-05:002009-12-06T13:18:27.183-05:00Punk RockIggy Pop weighs in on the issues of heart and craft.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iOJRSpi0GOQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iOJRSpi0GOQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-12795616922177469832009-11-28T12:26:00.002-05:002009-11-28T12:49:12.965-05:00Thieves Jargon 195Love the "Horse Slump" piece by Rhodes Stevens. Nice to see xTx, the internet's biggest tease, lurking around these parts. Big ups to bowling alley representation, always welcome in these parts, especially the candlepin variety. Thomas Mundt's "The Creep" hit me right. Good issue, gang.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VfudoT-iTVk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VfudoT-iTVk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-233001307447613442009-11-24T11:07:00.002-05:002009-11-24T11:10:32.306-05:00XgivingEat pie, drink wine.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EmpMqa89wx8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EmpMqa89wx8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7v0eth4XAM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7v0eth4XAM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-36459280400816948792009-11-16T22:56:00.002-05:002009-11-16T23:06:08.963-05:00Catalogue of Childhood Fears<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaenMX8p04U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param 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type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-66603577328155745412009-11-15T10:02:00.000-05:002009-11-15T10:03:15.173-05:00Dock Ellis<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_vUhSYLRw14&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_vUhSYLRw14&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-60681728182147979122009-11-08T17:47:00.001-05:002009-11-08T17:48:41.601-05:00Bleach is 20<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fscb7PPLOQc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fscb7PPLOQc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-87586182679179062962009-10-30T10:25:00.001-04:002009-10-30T10:25:48.351-04:00Happy Halloween<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/na2W38tLp_Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/na2W38tLp_Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-10363405361970689482009-10-26T14:08:00.001-04:002009-10-26T14:08:27.834-04:00Issue 194<a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/index.php?issue=199">Read</a> and discuss.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-73421761679198855142009-10-22T14:27:00.002-04:002009-10-25T11:26:31.443-04:00Shreddin'My kids someday will be doing stuff I’ll never understand. People ten years younger are already leaving me in the dust. <br /><br />If you haven’t already, check out <a href=http://ylarivera.blogspot.com/>Andy Riverbed’s blog</a>. He doesn’t update often, but when he does, it’s an event. Embedded music, translations, links to his own work, links to other people’s work. In a lot of ways, this is better than a literary journal, it’s more of a magazine. Punk rock aesthetics. I’m especially enjoying his new collection up at <a href=http://www.readsomewords.com/index2.html>Read Some Words</a>, a journal I haven’t heard about until now but which publishes some poet I admire. The poems in<a href=http://www.readsomewords.com/missedconnections%20/1.html>Missed Connections and Casual Encounters</a> were all published originally in that cool journal Craigslist. Public performance at its finest. <br /><br />Now Madore’s <a href=http://litareview.com/>Dispatch</a> has incorporated audio, with original songs included with each issue. <a href=http://litareview.com/cgi-bin/load.cgi?dl/09/DISPATCH14.1009.IS.pdf> Issue 14</a> gets me excited because the author, Ian Singleton, is in the writing portion of the grad program I’m a part of, and I’m pretty good friends with the girl who edited the piece. <a href=http://www.pankmagazine.com/?p=906> He’s also getting his work out there</a>.<br /><br />And somewhere down the road, once I get <a href=http://www.everydayyeah.com/> Mark Baumer’s</a> new book. Wait, Mark Baumer has a <a href=http://brownmfa.tumblr.com/> new blog</a> about life as a getting-paid member of the Brown University MFA program? <br /><br />“We are selfish and feel entitled to add to the world's clutter. It is our right to do exactly what we love, and to do it as well as we please.”Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-2283873992231174042009-10-15T14:38:00.003-04:002009-10-15T14:41:05.569-04:00Chonto<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7kI84chCZ74&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7kI84chCZ74&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />"I did what I had to do... I injected heroin into the monkey's head."<br /><br />This is something I found on a <a href="http://www.wholphindvd.com/">Wholphin</a> DVD. I can't recommend Wholphin enough. This quarter's issue features a Joseph Gordon Leavitt-directed adaptation of an Elmore Leonard short story starring Eric Stoltz and Xander Berkeley.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-69453125486813850442009-10-11T15:28:00.003-04:002009-10-11T15:31:39.364-04:00Darrin OliverIt's always a treat to go way back and read Steve Shea's <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=27">Ode to Darrin Oliver</a>, especially because Darrin Oliver is still pitching. <br /><br />Related link: <a href="http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=27">Carl Everett</a>. Everett doesn't belive in dinosaurs and once headbutted an umpire. He was traded from the Red Sox for Darrin Oliver.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-1456054308964371902009-10-08T23:31:00.003-04:002009-10-08T23:42:28.182-04:00Science geek take noteAll this talking about Wired magazine and <a href="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/moon-shot-part-deux-even-more-ways-of-observing-the-lcross-impact/">did you see they're going to crash a satellite into the moon just to see what happens</a> and you can watch NASA chase-craft coverage in about eight hours? Why didn't they tell me about this before now?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html">NASA TV</a>.Matt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3031168055662953677.post-88157868116620636132009-09-29T19:45:00.002-04:002009-09-29T19:50:17.948-04:00How to get an author published<b>From:</b> The Jargon<br /><b>Date:</b> Monday, March 12, 2007 12:06 AM<br /><b>To:</b> Vagabond Press<br /><b>Subject:</b> query<br /><br />Is Vagabond Press accepting manuscript submissions? <br /> <br />I edit an online literary journal called Thieves Jargon (www.thievesjargon.com). One of my better writers has a manuscript of short stories, I thought I'd ask around on his behalf. The guy's name is Spencer Dew, he's a streetwise divinity student with a taste for exotic food, rare drink, and weird sex. Both his style and content cross between Henry Miller's thrill of the tactile and Chuck Palahniuk's pulpy intensity. He writes from Chicago, and his work sweats city grime. <br /> <br />Hey, I'm just sayin'.<br /> <br />Best,<br />Matt DiGangi<br />Thieves JargonMatt DiGangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08555215751271956516noreply@blogger.com39