Podcast appearances and mentions of Jerry Stahl

Visco Disco: The Stupid Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2018 34:02

Rowan Petty is a conman down on his luck. He's flat broke, living out of cheap hotels, and wondering how it all went wrong. His car quits on him in Reno, and he takes a job there on the bottom rung of a lousy phone scam. When he's not swindling lonely widows, he tries to turn nickels into dimes at the poker table. One snowy night, he crosses paths with a sweet-talking hooker who's tired of the streets, and sparks fly. When an old friend of his turns up spreading a rumor about two million dollars in army money smuggled out of Afghanistan and stashed in an apartment in Los Angeles, it seems like a chance at the score of a lifetime. So Petty and the hooker head south, and straight into trouble. A wounded vet, a washed-up actor, and Petty's estranged daughter are all players in the dangerous game they find themselves caught up in. For the winner: a fortune. For the loser: a bullet to the head. Praise for Richard Lange "Lange writes of the disaffections and bewilderments of ordinary lives with as keen an anger and searing lyricism as anybody out there today. He is Raymond Carver reborn in a hard cityscape. Read him and be amazed." -- T.C. Boyle, author of The Harder They Come "When you find yourself rooting for the killer in a grisly crime novel, you know you're in the hands of a real writer. Every character feels like flesh and bone."-- Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review "Lange is incapable of creating a character that isn't memorable. Even the most minor are indelibly sketched.... The zone where literary fiction meets genre fiction is a crowded borderland these days. Lange proves himself comfortable on both sides of the line."-- Antoine Wilson, Los Angeles Times "Richard Lange is a natural-born storyteller."-- Ron Rash, author of Above the Waterfall "Make all the comparisons you like-Cormac McCarthy, Dennis Lehane, Martin Scorsese-but Richard Lange is a force of his own, the high standard for crime fiction." -- Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon, The Wilding, andRefresh, Refresh "Lange stands out as the greatest young crime writer of his generation, precisely because he doesn't write crime - he writes literature." -- Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight and Bad Sex on Speed "The Smack just might be Mr. Lange's best yet, and that's saying something. His Los Angeles tableau of concrete and graffiti and neon is as sharp as razor wire. The characters are authentic down to the bone, the dialogue pitch-perfect believable, the desperation palpable, the situation urgent, the story riveting. Simply put, The Smack wallops you upside the head with its bad-ass-ness."-- Tom Cooper, author of The Marauders "If Elmore Leonard and Dennis Cooper collaborated on a novel, they might produce something as exciting, harrowing and emotionally powerful as The Smack. Call it a literary thriller or call it thrilling literature--Richard Lange is emerging as the master of a new kind of novel: One that delivers breathless, gripping action while anchored in the authentic troubles of the real world. The Smack arrives like a genuine miracle--that rare thriller that will jack your pulse even as it breaks your heart."-- Adam Sternbergh, author of Shovel Ready "The Smack is much more than a crime novel. It is a novel about life itself. The secret to great writing isn't just to observe. It's to create a world that readers understand at least as well as they do their own. Richard Lange has accomplished this, and more. His sensitivity and pacing are reminiscent of Raymond Carver, Charles Willeford, and Jim Thompson." -- Gerald Petievich, author of To Live and Die in L.A. and The Sentinel "It's hard to imagine Richard Lange wasn't, in some previous life, a hustler from Reno with a girlfriend named Tinafey he met on a professional date who goes to LA to steal a fortune from a one-legged soldier home from Afghanistan and a host of other terrifying individuals. The characters are real and satisfying, the relationships will warm your heart and break it at the same time. The Smack is convincing, hectic and terrific fun."-- Joe Ide, author of IQ Event date: Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 7:30pm

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#73: Scot Sothern - "A Peek Into The Lives of Sex Workers"

Artist Decoded

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2017 78:24

Writer / photographer, Scot Sothern, bounced around for forty years. In 2010, at 60, his first solo exhibit, LOWLIFE, photos and stories of life with street prostitutes, was held at the notorious Drkrm Gallery in Los Angeles. His first book of the same title was published in the U.K. by Stanley Barker in 2011. The British Journal of Photography called LOWLIFE, “The years’ most controversial photobook.” Scot’s work has since been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London, and Paris. In 2013 he began a biweekly column, Nocturnal Submissions, for VICE Magazine, and Curb Service: A Memoir, was published by Soft Skull Press. STREETWALKERS, stories and photographs was published by powerHouse Books in February 2016. Writer, Jerry Stahl, called it “An absolutely amazing and essential book." BIG CITY, published in 2017 by Stalking Horse Press, is Sothern’s first novel. Guest Interviewer: Nolwen Cifuentes www.artistdecoded.com

TWIN PEAKS S02E04 "Laura's Secret Diary"

Twin Peaks Podden

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 116:00

Välkomna till det fjärde avsnittet av Twin Peaks andra säsong. I sann Jerry Stahl-anda (mer om det i podden) är det här ett relativt flamsigt avsnitt och podden tar en sig en liknande sväng. Det här är avsnittet där vi får träffa domare Sternwood och hans ”assistent” Sid, Donna och Maddy leker detektiver igen och skall stjäla Lauras hemliga dagbok av Harold och Hank får oväntat besök av Josies "kusin". Utöver själva storyn så debatterar vi HUR man faktiskt skall uttala Digestive, vi spånar kring det klassiska ämnet om hur stor procent av befolkningen som onanerar på jobbet (fråga inte hur vi hamnade där) och vi diskuterar även vett och etikett vid tipsande om restauranger.

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Visco Disco:The Stupid Show 7/15/16 Lydia Lunch Gerry Visco

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2016 59:01

Host Gerry Visco interviews the legendary Lydia Lunch, confrontationalist post-punk no-wave singer, spoken word artist, poet, writer, photographer, and actress who has never been one to hide the madness--that’s putting it mildly. Lydia talks about her current projects, the salon performance she had at the Roxy Hotel and we play some of her new songs and classics no wave songs. We also included reading from writer Jerry Stahl and artist Bibbe Hansen at the Salon. Broadcasting her inner angst has always been Lydia Lunch's style as well as her gritty charm. A Lunch quote: “I’m a very sympathetic person, but that doesn’t always come across in my work because I’m too busy being mad at everything.”

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Who Killed Laura Podcast Ep 11 - Filly Trouble

The Who Killed Laura Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016 68:01

Who Killed Laura Podcast Episode 11 - Filly Trouble On this episode of the Who Killed Laura Podcast, entitled Filly Trouble, Scott and Christopher discuss the fourth episode of the second season of Twin Peaks, Laura's Secret Diary. We have fond memories of the novelization penned by Lynch's daughter Jennifer that looked exactly like the one Donna finds at Harold's place. Directed by Todd Holland, this episode has 4 credited writer, Jerry Stahl (of ALF fame), Mark Frost, Harley Peyton, and Robert Engels. Airing on October 20, 1990, the ratings continued to slip, now down to 12.8 million losing nearly a million viewers from the previous episode. Have you been reading Laura's Secret Diary? Did you celebrate Twin Peaks Day in February? Are you watching along with us? Let us know what you think! Reach out to us on social media: Google + and Gmail: WhoKilledLauraPodcast@gmail.com Facebook: facebook.com/WhoKilledLauraPodcast Twitter: @WhoKilledLaura1 Instagram: @WhoKilledLauraPodcast Tumblr: http://whokilledlaurapodcast.tumblr.com And don't forget to subscribe and review The Who Killed Laura Podcast on iTunes http://goo.gl/O18jf9

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Radio Hour: Showtime's “Billions” and “The Imaginary 20th Century”

LA Review of Books

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2016 28:28

On this week's show we discuss the new Showtime series “Billions,” Jerry Stahl returns to endorse Philip Kerr's trilogy of Berlin novels, and we're joined by professors Norman M. Klein and Margo Bistis to talk about their new book and companion multimedia project, “The Imaginary 20th Century.” Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 2:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.

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#258 Jerry Stahl

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2016 106:40

The Pushcart Prize-winning writer (Permanent Midnight, I Fatty) shares about the loss of his father to suicide, his mother's belittling of his manhood, his recovery from heroin addiction and always feeling like an ashamed outsider. This episode is sponsored by www.GoodTherapy.org Follow Jerry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/somejerrystahl

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122 - Jerry Stahl

News Whore with Mandy Stadtmiller

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2015 67:23

Pushcart Prize-winning author Jerry Stahl is a legend: of comedy, of writing and of sobriety. He’s written many amazing books, most recently “OG Dad” and is perhaps best known for penning “Permanent Midnight” (made into a movie with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson). Also, he’s a writer for “Maron” on IFC and used to do heroin while writing “Alf” back in the day so dude knows his shit. RiotCast.com

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THE DEAD BALL ERA with Jerry Stahl

The New York City Crime Report with Pat Dixon

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2015 69:26

A Bronx WOMAN THROWS HER BABY OUT THE WINDOW A BASEBALL COACH MOLESTS A KID ON THE TEAM THUGS GANG RAPE HOOKERS IN 5-STAR HOTELS WITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST JERRY STAHL SPECIAL THANKS MANDY STADTMILLER

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Episode 236: Dr. Caligari (1989)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2015 176:33

We're discussing Stephen Sayadian's 1989 film, Dr. Caligari. Co-written by Jerry Stahl, the film tells the tale of a patient at an asylum run by the granddaughter of the infamous German doctor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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TPB: Dr. Caligari

RadioTitans.com » Grown Ass Men

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015 176:29

We're discussing Stephen Sayadian's 1989 film, Dr. Caligari. Co-written by Jerry Stahl, the film tells the tale of a patient at an asylum run by the granddaughter of the infamous German doctor.

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Episode 66: Guests Jerry Stahl and Fred Wolf

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2015 104:25

Koz, Ed and Maria had a spectacular two hours with two of America's most distinctive and successful humor writers: Jerry Stahl, the darkly funny writer of the memoir "Permanent Midnight," about his battle with heroin addiction while writing for TV shows like "ALF," and now the writer of the hilarious essay book "OG Dad" about his misadventures as a dad in his 60s. Dealing with twisted tales from his days of addiction, followed by Koz admitting his own lowest moment with alcohol, plus crazed tales from his career with "CSI" and much more, this is an amazing interview! Then Fred Wolf "SNL"s head writer through much of the '90s, came to discuss his new movie with David Spade, "Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser." He talked about Chris Farley, Spade, "SNL" and his own incredible life before comedy writing. You wont' want to miss this!!!

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L’émission du jeudi 18 juin 2015m

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2015

[...] Heureuse dans le trépas et la souffrance, la Salle 101 célèbre en avance la mort de Charles Pasqua en chroniquant différentes petites choses : Perfidia, de James Ellroy. Moi Fatty, de Jerry Stahl. Alexandre Jacob, l’honnête cambrioleur de Jean-Marc Delpech. Repose en paix. « J’ai écris un roman de SF, mais chuuuuuut, j’assume pas » nous confie [...]

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L'émission du jeudi 18 juin 2015m

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2015

[…] Heureuse dans le trépas et la souffrance, la Salle 101 célèbre en avance la mort de Charles Pasqua en chroniquant différentes petites choses : Perfidia, de James Ellroy. Moi Fatty, de Jerry Stahl. Alexandre Jacob, l'honnête cambrioleur de Jean-Marc Delpech. Repose en paix. « J'ai écris un roman de SF, mais chuuuuuut, j'assume pas » nous […]

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Episode 607 - Haley Joel Osment / Jerry Stahl

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 90:14

Haley Joel Osment not only survived being a child actor, he was one of the most celebrated child actors of all time. Haley and Marc talk about the massive run of success he had during his youth, why he left Hollywood, and why he came back. Also, Marc's good friend Jerry Stahl stops by to discuss Jerry's second chance at fatherhood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast.

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KIRKER BUTLER reads from his debut novel PRETTY UGLY

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2015 40:12

Pretty Ugly (Thomas Dunne Books) From Kirker Butler, a writer/producer of Family Guy, comes a satirical look at a dysfunctional southern family complete with an overbearing stage mom, a 9 year-old pageant queen, a cheating husband, his teenage girlfriend, a crazy grandmother, and Jesus. After eight-and-a-half years and three hundred twenty-three pageants, Miranda Miller has become the ultimate stage mother. Her mission in life is to see that her nine-year-old daughter, Bailey, continues to be one of the most successful child pageant contestants in the southern United States. But lately, that mission has become increasingly difficult. Bailey wants to retire and has been secretly binge eating to make herself "unpageantable;" and the reality show Miranda has spent years trying to set up just went to their biggest rival. But Miranda has a plan. She's seven months pregnant with her fourth child, a girl (thank God), and she is going to make damn sure this one is even more successful than Bailey, even if the new girl is a little different. Miranda's husband, Ray, however, doesn't have time for pageants. A full-time nurse, Ray spends his days at the hospital where he has developed a habit of taking whatever pills happen to be lying around. His nights are spent working hospice and dealing with Courtney, the seventeen-year-old orphan granddaughter of one of his hospice patients who he has, regrettably, knocked up. With a pregnant wife, a pregnant teenage mistress, two jobs, a drug hobby, and a mountain of debt, Ray is starting to take desperate measures to find some peace. Meanwhile, the Millers' two sons are being homeschooled by Miranda's mother, Joan (pronounced Jo-Ann), a God-fearing widow who spends her free time playing cards and planning a murder with Jesus. Yes, Jesus. A bright new voice in satirical literature, Kirker Butler pulls no punches as he dissects our culture's current state of affairs. It's really funny, but it's also pretty ugly. Praise for Pretty Ugly “To the pantheon of comic American fiction-kings – think Nathanael West, think Terry Southern - let us now add the name of Kirker Butler. In fine-tuned, generous prose that careens from screamingly funny to downright poignant, Pretty Ugly tells the tale of Miranda Ford, a pretty little girl with big-time, beauty pageant dreams. Butler has written a laugh-out-loud joy-ride of a book, the kind you don't want to finish, and find yourself pressing into the hands of loved ones once you do. But don't listen to me, grab it yourself. Kirker Butler is the real thing, and I can't wait to read his next one.”—Jerry Stahl, author of Happy Mutant Baby Pills “The person who wrote this book asked me for a quote, so I gave them one.”—Ricky Gervais “Pretty Ugly is everything you'd want in a novel: funny, poignant, exceedingly well-written. I look forward to reading it.”—Stephen Colbert “I love this book, and I think Kurt Vonnegut would have loved it, too. In fact, it might have been his favorite book of all time. Hell, I'm just going to go ahead and say it: Kirker's book is hilarious, and it was Kurt Vonnegut's favorite book of all time.”—Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and Ted “What I've read of this book I have liked!” —Amy Sedaris “Miranda Miller and all the people of the South that orbit her are the dunces of the Confederacy you've been waiting to meet. They make one shockingly bad decision after another yet you will still be constantly surprised and delighted by every outcome. Bad things happen to bad people. Good things happen to bad people. Hilarious things happen to everyone. And there's a funeral so nutty that the only person who gets out with his dignity intact is the dearly departed. You may think you know something about children's beauty pageants but Kirker Butler has created a world that makes ‘Toddlers And Tiaras' look like a nineteenth century book club meeting.” —Bean, KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show “A funny, slam-bam-thank you, ma'am, voyeuristic look at the world's most dysfunctional family. I could not put this book down!” —Jennifer Garner, actress Kirker Butler is an Emmy nominated writer and producer. His TV credits include Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and The Neighbors among others. He has a new show, Galavant, which will premiere on ABC Television in January 2015. Butler is also the writer of the graphic novel, Blue Agave and Worm. Kirker grew up in Kentucky, and now lives in Los Angeles with his family.

Jerry Stahl - Author

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2015 70:57

Matt shares some life changing news with Jerry who lends his wisdom and council that has Dwyer holding his sides with laughter. Jerry also discusses his new book OG Dad, and what it's like being a father late in life. Jerry and Matt also explore adult diaper play. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Episode 1502: Recover Rewind Review / Clean and Sober

Since Right Now

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2015 61:05

Ep. 1502 Recover, Rewind, Review Clean and Sober In which Jeff, Matt and I discuss the 1988 Michael Keaton rehab/12 Step classic then finish with an extended discussion that covers the 12th Step, the 11th tradition and anonymity in recovery. Referenced: Atuk. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atuk) The screenwriter, Tod Carroll’s unfilmed, and supposedly cursed, script. It’s taken the lives of at least three well-known substance-abusing actors. Jerry Stahl. Writer of both screwball, illegal alien sitcom, Alf (http://youtu.be/Eo5tBDXyQno)and his autobiographical story of his heroin addiction—and Ben Stiller tragicomic vehicle—Permanent Midnight. (http://youtu.be/LF5I7Tcrgq0) All clips from the film Clean and Sober / 1988 / Warner Bros. With the exception of “My name is John…” clip from Dear John (TV) / 1988 / CBS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_John_(U.S._TV_series))

Jerry Stahl - Writer

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2015 81:47

Author and legend Jerry Stahl returns to the CWMD mics to explore the themes that he and Dwyer seem to love most in life, neurosis, death, dead dads, scandal and fun with guns. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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L’émission du jeudi 11 décembre 2014

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2014

[...] dégoulinante de bonheur en pensant aux kilos de nourriture grasse que les pauvres se réjouissent de manger prochainement pour oublier leur statut d’esclave, la Salle 101 te gave spirituellement avec Clameurs, par Richard Comballot, Intrabasses, par Jeff Noon et Thérapie de choc pour bébés mutants, par Jerry Stahl. Hop ? « Je perds la littérature dans [...]

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L'émission du jeudi 11 décembre 2014

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014

[…] dégoulinante de bonheur en pensant aux kilos de nourriture grasse que les pauvres se réjouissent de manger prochainement pour oublier leur statut d'esclave, la Salle 101 te gave spirituellement avec Clameurs, par Richard Comballot, Intrabasses, par Jeff Noon et Thérapie de choc pour bébés mutants, par Jerry Stahl. Hop ? « Je perds la littérature […]

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Jerry Stahl,Author II

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2014 52:06

The legendary Jerry Stahl returns for his monthly visit with Dwyer to discuss herpes, climate change, smoking crack with Oprah, Oscar Levant and the depressions of writing a memoir. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jerry Stahl - Author, Screenwriter

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2014 94:38

Author of Permanent Midnight, I, Fatty & Happy Mutant Baby Pills Jerry Stahl joins CWMD in what may be the funniest episode to date. Jerry and Matt explore their similar lives of dead dads, being the town outsider and the huge god sized mommy hole in the center of their beings. They also get into writing, bitterness, skin problems and life with stalky ex's See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BUKOWSKI BIRTHDAY PARTY featuring JERRY STAHL, RICHARD LANGE, and DAN FANTE

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2014 57:14

Ham on Rye, Post Office, and The Women (new editions from Ecco) To celebrate what would have been the 94th birthday of literary legend Charles Bukowski (born August 16, 1920), we're throwing a party featuring Jerry Stahl, Richard Lange, and Dan Fante, reading excerpts of their favorite Bukowski works. A birthday cake and tasty beverages will also be served, thanks to our sponsor, Ecco, who just published new editions of three of Bukowski's most popular novels. Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in 1920 in Andernach, Germany, to an American soldier father and a German mother, and brought to the United States at the age of three. He was raised in Los Angeles and lived there for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944 when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp. Jerry Stahl is the author of the narcotic memoir Permanent Midnight and Perv—a Love Story, both Los Angeles Times bestsellers, as well as the acclaimed novels Pain Killers, Plainclothes Naked, and I, Fatty. He has written extensively for film and television. Richard Lange is the author of the story collection Dead Boys, which received an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the novels This Wicked World and Angel Baby. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2004 and 2011. He lives in Los Angeles. Dan Fante is the author of the memoir Fante, the novels 86'd, Chump Change, Mooch, and Spitting Off Tall Buildings, and several books of poetry, short stories, and plays. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

WE DROPPED A BOMB ON YOU: A BEST OF SLAKE READING featuring JOHN ALBERT, JONATHAN GOLD and LAUREN WEEDMAN

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 64:38

We Dropped A Bomb On You: A City and Its Stories: Los Angeles: The Best of Slake I-IV (Rare Bird Books) Cofounded by former LA Weekly editor Joe Donnelly and current Los Angeles Times Arts and Entertainment editorLaurie Ochoa, Slake is a literary journal that sets a new template for the next generation of print publications -- collectible, not disposable; destined for the bedside table instead of the recycling bin. It's a whole new way of looking at Los Angeles and the world. We Dropped a Bomb on You is a devastating compendium of essays, fiction, and photo essays from the first four issues of Slake. Featuring previously unpublished work by Aimee Bender, Mark Z. Danielewski, Dana Goodyear, Jerry Stahl, John Albert, Jonathan Gold, Lauren Weedman and many many more, this collection marks a return to storytelling with polished essay, memoir, fiction, poetry, and profile writing that is disappearing in a world of instant takes and unfiltered opinion. John Albert cofounded the semilegendary cross-dressing band Christian Death and also enjoyed a stint as the drummer in Bad Religion. He lives in Los Angeles and has contributed to LA Weekly, Hustler, and BlackBook, among others. He won the Best of the West Journalism Best Sports Writing Award in 2000, for the LA Weekly article from which Wrecking Crew derived. Jonathan Gold is a food critic who currently writes for the Los Angeles Times and has previously written for LA Weekly and Gourmet. In 2007 he became the first food critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. He is also a regular on KCRW's Good Food radio program. Lauren Weedman made her television debut on Comedy Central's Emmy Award-winning THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART as a featured Correspondent. It was at that same time that Lauren was a regular on NPR's national, political satire show, REWIND and appeared in her solo show, HOMECOMING, Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre. The New York Times said of Lauren and HOMECOMING, “Like Bob Newhart in his early stand-up routines, she's particularly good at making her points – and making us feel clever. Most important, she's just plain funny, physically and verbally.” Lauren has contributed short stories to Slake magazine, Swivel and her short story “Diary of a Journal reader” was included in Dave Eggars “Best of Non Required Reading 2007”. Sasquatch Books released her first book, a collection of comedic essays, A WOMAN TRAPPED IN A WOMAN'S BODY (TALES FROM A LIFE OF CRINGE) which the Kirkus Review identified as one of the Top Ten Indy Books of 2007. Lauren currently lives and performs in Los Angeles.

JIM RULAND reads from FOREST OF FORTUNE

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 36:51

Forest of Fortune (Tyrus Books) Skylight Books is very excited to welcome Vermin on the Mount's very own, Jim Ruland! Something's not right at Thunderclap Casino… While working the floor at the casino on the ultra-rural Yukemaya Indian Reservation, Alice is visited by a mysterious woman. Alice wants to believe her new epilepsy meds are causing her to hallucinate, but the apparition keeps coming back with terrifying information about the reservation's secret history. Pemberton, a hard-partying copywriter from L.A. who was kicked out of his apartment by his fiancé, is having a difficult time adjusting to life on the rez. His new boss at the casino has severe anger-management issues, his drinking is getting out of control, and he's attracted the attention of a drug-addled biker. Lupita is no stranger to casinos, but she's never seen anything like this: a slot machine that compels people to keep playing until they've lost everything. Lupita's been on been on bad runs before, but this machine is different. This one is evil. As the three of them come to terms with the ways in which they are haunted by the past and struggle to turn their luck around, they must confront the malevolent force at Thunderclap that won't rest until old wrongs have been made right. Praise for Forest of Fortune “Forest of Fortune captures the soul and voice of hard-luck, hard-living Americans in a way that conjures up earlier masters like Raymond Carver and Richard Ford. Jim Ruland has an uncanny ability to get inside his characters – the small-time gamblers, washed up ad-men, and ladies of a certain age with a taste for one-armed bandits who people the casino at the center of the novel, the aptly named ‘Thunderclap.' It's been a long time since I've read an author with this much heart and talent. I really loved this book.”–Jerry Stahl, author of Happy Mutant Baby Pills andPermanent Midnight “A little spooky, very funny, and thoroughly engrossing from start to finish. Ruland writes with real aplomb and takes no prisoners.”—Fiona Maazel, author of Woke Up Lonely “Jim Ruland's debut novel Forest of Fortune celebrates casino luck, mostly bad. A tour de force about a casino's back rooms and environs, Forest of Fortune delivers on the seductive hardboiled territory of dread and despair. I'd bet plenty that you'll like this.”—Terese Svoboda, author of Bohemian Girl “Beguiling, nimble, and wonderfully weird, The Forest of Fortune is an out-of-left-field gem.”—Patrick deWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers “American culture is now casino culture, as anyone with a mortgage or student loan or 401(k) knows all too well. Jim Ruland's terrific novel gets to the heart of the matter, his characters struggling mightily to keep their heads above water, to find something better, something more, in all the wrong places. Smart, honest, darkly funny, Forest of Fortune is a powerful debut from a writer of real talent.”—Scott O'Connor, author of The Untouchable and Half World Jim Ruland is a Navy veteran, former Indian casino employee, and author of the short story collection Big Lonesome. He is the host of Vermin on the Mount, an irreverent reading series based in Southern California. He is a columnist for the indie music zine Razorcake and writes "The Floating Library," a books column, for San Diego CityBeat. His work has been published in The Believer, Esquire, Hobart, Granta, Los Angeles Times, McSweeney's, Oxford American and elsewhere. Ruland's awards include a fellowship from the NEA and he was the winner of the 2012 Reader's Digest Life Story Contest. In April 2014, Lyons Press will publish Giving the Finger, co-written with Scott Campbell, Jr. of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch. He lives in San Diego with his wife, visual artist Nuvia Crisol Guerra.

[EXPLICIT] The Post-Punk Algonquin Round Table: Peace, Plants & PMA

The Rich Roll Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2014 141:14

Oh snap — s*$%t is about to get real!Back by popular demand, I am overjoyed to bring together two of my most popular repeat guests on the RRP — John Joseph and Mishka Shubaly– for an epic threesome.Call it my Post-Punk Algonquin Round Table: uncensored ruminations NYC style on sobriety, writing books, eating plants, running ridiculously long distances, expanding consciousness, walking a spiritual path and PMA — John's personal mantra for positive mental attitude.I cannot overstate how much I love these guys. And on the mic they never disappoint.As you might suspect, the Cro-Mags' frontman aka Bloodclot returns to do what he does best — incite, provoke, educate and entertain. Straight talk directly from the streets of the Lower East Side with one singular, driving purpose: getting people to “wake the f&*k up”, expand consciousness and take control of our lives.Not to be outdone, Mishka fills the co-host role today and holds his own with JJ (not easy), rounding out the conversation with his always humorous, astute observations on the creative, athletic, sober life.But the predominant subject of today's show revolves around the release of John's new book — a completely updated and rewritten version of his previously self-published cult hit: Meat Is For Pussies: A How To Guide For Dudes Who Want to Get Fit, Kick Ass and Take Names*If you're a long-time listener to the show, my boys need no introduction. If you're new and unfamiliar with these phenomenons, I urge you to check out my earlier introductory posts and tune into their multiple previous appearances (hyperlinks to previous shows in the below Notes).As for JJ, suffice it to say the guy is a true American original. Lower East Side thief, abuse survivor, drug dealer & brawling gutter rat reborn as spiritual warrior. CBGB Street Poet. Punk-ass Robin Hood. Plantpowered Ironman. Spiritual evangelist.A life story so astounding, I can only describe it like this:“Take a little Charles Bukowski, add some Hugh Selby, Jr., throw in a little Jerry Stahl and finish it off with a light dusting of Paramahansa Yogananda. Then toss them all in a Martin Scorcese movie, douse the whole thing in kerosene and light it on fire. That is John Joseph.”But John is also one of the most spiritual, giving cats I have ever met. The guy who will always engage a stranger on the street; and literally move mountains to help a less fortunate soul in need — and never ask for anything in return.A the end of the day, all you really need to know about John is condensed into this little gem that recently appeared on Vice.com– the most entertaining “how to make a green smoothie” video of all time:Meditation; service; sobriety; GMO's; the “V” word; the nutritional plight of the everyman; balancing life as both an athlete and creative person; and what it means to truly be a man — these are the topics of the day. And yes, we address head-on the heated controversy swirling around the title of John's new book. My opinion? This is a great book. It's not written for the converted. It's written for the guy who wouldn't pick up VegNews Magazine if it was the only thing left on the entire planet to read. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

JERRY STAHL discusses HAPPY MUTANT BABY PILLS with RICHARD LANGE

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Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2014 33:59

Happy Mutant Baby Pills (Harper Perennial) About Happy Mutant Baby Pills: Lloyd has a particular set of skills. He writes the small print for prescription drugs, marital aids, and incontinence products. The clients present him with a list of possible side effects. His job is "to recite and minimize"—sometimes by just saying them really fast and other times by finding the language that can render them acceptable. The results are ingenious. The methods diabolical. Lloyd has a habit, too. He cops smack during coffee breaks at his new job writing copy for Christian Swingles, an online dating service for the faithful. He finds a precarious balance between hackwork and heroin until he encounters Nora, a mysterious and troubled young woman, a Sylvia Plath with tattoos and implants, who asks for his help. Lloyd falls swiftly in love, but Nora bestows her affections at a cost. Before Lloyd clears his head from the fog of romance, he finds himself complicit in Nora's grand scheme to horrify the world and exact revenge on those who poison the populace in order to sell them the cure. Jerry Stahl is the author of Permanent Midnight; I, Fatty; Perv—a Love Story; and Plainclothes Naked. He has written extensively for film and television, and his work has appeared in Esquire, Details, Playboy, and other publications. He lives in Los Angeles. Richard Lange was born in Oakland, CA and grew up in California's San Joaquin Valley. He's the author of the novels Angel Baby and This Wicked World and the short story collection Dead Boys. His short stories have appeared in The Sun, The Iowa Review and Best American Mystery Stories, and as part of the Atlantic Monthly's Fiction for Kindle series. He received the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was a finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Jerry Stahl - Episode 215

CooperTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 59:59

Steve Cooper talks with writer Jerry Stahl. Jerry is best known for his memoir about addiction Permanent Midnight which a film adaption was made starring Ben Stiller. He has also written seven novels including I, Fatty, Love Without, Perv - A Love Story, Plainclothed Naked and the recently published Happy Mutant Baby Pills. His TV writing credits include ALF, Thirtysomething, Moonlighting, Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks and CSI. He has also written the HBO movie Hemingway & Gellhorn and the hit Bad Boys 2.

Jerry Stahl

ID10T with Chris Hardwick

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2013 60:52

The very interesting and insightful Jerry Stahl stops by the show to talk about being addicted to heroin, using life experiences for creative works and what really makes a person positive or negative!

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[EXPLICIT] The Punk Iconoclast on GMO’s, The “V” Word & Expanding Consciousness

The Rich Roll Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2013 127:27

S$#*t's about to get raw. Authentic. And real.Back by popular demand, Cro-Mags' frontman John Joseph– aka “Bloodclot” — returns to the podcast today to do what he does best – light fires, blow stuff up and burn the house down. All for the sake of getting people to wake up, expand consciousness and take control of our lives.Weaned from the ailing womb of Scorsese's Mean Streets, JJ is a true American original. Lower East Side thief, abuse survivor, drug dealer & brawling gutter rat reborn as spiritual warrior. CBGB Street Poet. Punk-ass Robin Hood. Plantpowered Ironman. Spiritual evangelist. A life story so astounding it echoes some demented amalgam of Bukowski, Hugh Selby, Jr., Jerry Stahl, Eckhart Tolle & Paramahansa Yogananda.Plus he can write. His tale of survival is so vividly depicted in his autobiography Evolution of a Cro-Magnon, it's currently being adapted into a movie. And July 2014 brings Harper Collins' wide release of his previously self-published (and currently out-of-print) cult hit Meat is For Pussies*– with a foreword by yours truly.But more anything, this boy can spin a yarn. JJ's first appearance on the podcast was a massive hit, and we barely scratched the surface of John's ability to opine and pontificate on a vast array of subjects — life on the streets, GMO's, Monsanto, the strange history of Aspartame, the power of meditation, the importance of expanding consciousness, the problems with the “V” word, what it means to be truly punk in this post-millenia era, and why meat really is for pussies.If you're new to the show, be sure to check out JJ's previous appearance in RRP 41. It's like a bomb exploding in an elevator.Thanks for stopping by, happy holidays, and I hope you enjoy our conversation!P.S. – Stitcher.com is currently taking votes through 12/24 for it's annual 2013 Stitcher Awards for best podcasts. If you have been enjoying the show, do us a solid by heading over there and voting for us for Best Health + Lifestyle Podcast. They permit you to vote as many times as you want, so I won't have any issue if decide to vote multiple times. Voting closes 12/24 so would be great if you could do it straight away. But only if it feels right to you. Thanks!SHOW NOTES* Donald Rumsfeld and The Strange History of Aspartame (Huffington Post): huffingtonpost.com* 2013 Stitcher Awards – Vote Through 12/24! stitcher.promotw.com* John Joseph on Facebook: facebook.com/john.joseph.739326* John Joseph on Twitter: twitter.com/jjcromag See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

AfterPartyPod: Jerry Stahl

Light Hustler

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2013 74:15

Permanent Midnight author Jerry Stahl is, bar none, this generation's king of junkie lit. Dark and hilarious, Permanent Midnight was an insta-classic that was made into a movie with Ben Stiller as the lead and Stahl has followed it with a succession of other nihilistic novels—including his latest, Happy Mutant Baby Pills. He and TheAfterPartyGroup's Anna David have known each other since Stahl blurbed her first book in 2005. Here they discuss heroin, sobriety, swearing, life coaches, meditation, yoga, writing and so much more.

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LARB Podcast #48: Jerry Stahl

LA Review of Books

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2013 65:46

Colin Marshal talks to Jerry Stahl about his newest books, Bad Sex on Speed and Happy Mutant Baby Pills.

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92 - Jerry Stahl/Lockup - Inside San Quentin

It's That Episode

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2013 38:57

Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight, Happy Mutant Baby Pills) stops by to enter the world of San Quentin Prison with MSNBC's "Lockup." Jerry talks about his experience working with inmates at San Quentin, comes up with the title for his next book, and learns why "gassing" is the grossest thing that can ever happen at a prison.

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Mike Sacks - Humorist & Author

The One Way Ticket Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2013 33:59

Mike Sacks has worked at The Washington Post and currently works on the editorial staff of Vanity Fair magazine. He has written for The New Yorker, Time, Esquire, Vanity Fair, GQ, Radar, Believer, Vice, Women's Health, Salon, Premiere, New York Observer, McSweeney's, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. Sacks has published three books: And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Humor Writers About Their Craft (F+W Press); SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk (Random House); Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason (Tin House). Sacks is also the co-editor of Care to Make Love in That Gross Little Space Between Cars (Random House), with contributions from Louis C.K., Zach Galifianakis, Dave Eggers, Amy Sedaris, Patton Oswalt, Nick Hornby, Allison Silverman, Fred Willard, Jerry Stahl, Julie Klausner, The Pleasure Syndicate, and others.

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Richard Lange

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2013 28:37

Angel Baby (Mulholland Books) A woman goes on the run in this intense and cinematic thriller by an award-winning writer. To escape the awful life she has descended into, Luz plans carefully. She takes only the clothes on her back, a Colt .45, and all the money in her husband's safe. The corpses in the hallway weren't part of her plan. Luz needs to find the daughter she left behind years earlier, but she knows she may die trying. Her husband is El Principe, a key player in a high-powered drug cartel, a business he runs with the same violence he has used to keep Luz his perfect, obedient wife. With the pace and relentless force of a Scorsese film, ANGEL BABY is the newest masterpiece from one of the most ambitious and talented crime novelists at work today. "Richard Lange has a PhD in badass, and in Angel Baby he leads the reader through every can't-look, can't-look-away corner of treachery and sleaze, violence and danger. Lange stands out as the greatest young crime writer of his generation, precisely because he doesn't write crime--he writes literature." --Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight "Angel Baby is a bone-crushing nightmare parable: bad people doing the wrong things for love." --Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine Richard Lange is the author of the story collection Dead Boys, which received an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the novel This Wicked World. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2004 and 2011. He lives in Los Angeles. Photo by Beth Coller THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS ON MAY 17, 2013. COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM THIS EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED HERE: http://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780316219822

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Jerry Stahl - Bad Sex on Speed

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2013 38:42

Bad Sex on Speed (Barnacle Book/Rare Bird Books) and The Heroin Chronicles (Akashic Drug Chronicles) Bad Sex On Speed is a savage, careening, hyper-real nightmare of a novel, taking us to the depths of Amphetamine America. Told with no concession to traditional narrative, in the voices of those in the grips and on the fringes, the stories that emerge are at once devastating, hysterical, and--perhaps most terrifying of all--going on all around you, all the time. Stahl digs deep into the psyche of the most demented and dispossessed among us, returning with a vision so unsparing that those not prepared to experience the screaming depths of speed psychosis up close and on the page should back slowly away and return to their lives unscathed. In The Heroin Chronicles, Eric Bogosian, Lydia Lunch, and others join Stahl in mining the hazards of this deadly narcotic via original short fiction. Jerry Stahl is the author of six books, including the memoir Permanent Midnight, (made into a movie with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson) and the novels I, Fatty and Pain Killers. Formerly "Culture" columnist for Details, Stahl's fiction and journalism have appeared in Esquire, the New York Times, and the Believer, among other places. He has worked extensively in film and television and, most recently, wrote Hemingway & Gellhorn, starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman, for HBO. COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM THIS EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED HERE: http://tinyurl.com/ajbyy8l THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS FEBRUARY 7, 2013.

Slake Issue 4

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2012 61:31

Slake Issue 4 The editors behind Slake: Los Angeles, A City and Its Stories, clean up with a collection of stories and images inspired by Dirt -- dirty politics, dirty air, dirty gossip, dirty sex, dirty family secrets and the dirt beneath our feet. Slake: Los Angeles is devoted to the endangered art of deeply reported narrative journalism and the kind of polished essay, memoir, fiction, poetry and portrait writing that is disappearing in a world of instant takes and unfiltered opinion. Designed with an artist's eye and published in a full-color, perfect-bound format, Slake: Los Angeles sets a new template for the next generation of print journalism -- collectible, not disposable; destined for the bedside table instead of the recycling bin. Seductive in its looks and content, Slake, created by former LA Weekly editors Joe Donnelly and Laurie Ochoa, marks a return to storytelling. Most important are the voices of Slake, some of the nation's finest writers, photographers and artists who live in Southern California and bring to Slake their own individual visions of Los Angeles and the world beyond. Contributors to Slake's past issues include Jerry Stahl, Luke Davies, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Gold, Geoff Nicholson, Michael Tolkiin, Michelle Huneven, Dana Goodyear, Sandow Birk, John Albert, John Powers, Judith Lewis, Iris Berry, Steven Kotler, Daniel Hernandez, C.R. Stecyk, Arty Nelson, Yxta Maya Murray and many more.

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Episode 75 — Jerry Stahl

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2012 76:34

Jerry Stahl is today's guest. He's the author of several books, including the memoir Permanent Midnight, which was adapted into a film starring Ben Stiller. Other titles include novels like I, Fatty and Pain Killers. And most recently, he co-authored ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

L’Émission du jeudi 19 avril 2012

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2012

[...] Grâce à la Gentillesse de Patrice de Maistre, la Salle 101 s’affranchit de l’angélisme post-stituationniste en parlant de tout un tas de trucs, dont Dehli Noir, recueil de nouvelles policières paru chez Asphalte, Les Amateurs, de Brecht Evens, et Perv, une histoire d’amour, de l’excellent Jerry Stahl. La drogue, c’est bon. « On dirait ce qu’on [...]

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L'émission du jeudi 19 avril 2012

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2012

[…] Grâce à la Gentillesse de Patrice de Maistre, la Salle 101 s'affranchit de l'angélisme post-stituationniste en parlant de tout un tas de trucs, dont Dehli Noir, recueil de nouvelles policières paru chez Asphalte, Les Amateurs, de Brecht Evens, et Perv, une histoire d'amour, de l'excellent Jerry Stahl. La drogue, c'est bon. « On dirait ce […]

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Episode 57: Night Dreams (1981)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2012 58:40

An avant-garde adult film, Night Dreams shows the erotic fantasies of Mrs. Van Houten (Dorothy La May) in nightmarish detail. Directed by F.X. Pope (Francis Delia), the film was written by Jerry Stahl and Stephen Sayadian.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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TPB: Night Dreams