Hey guys. I know I’ve been neglecting you. This new job allows little time for anything other than working. Then when I get home I have to do things like get my next book ready to go. Thus, the website suffers. Consider this a peace offering. Here is Lera Lynn covering TV on the Radio’s Wolf Like Me. And it is FANTASTIC.
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It’s a matter of great personal shame that I don’t speak any language other than English. I learned Spanish once, but it only took a year for that to disappear. I know some Latin, lot of good that does me. I tried to learn French once, but at that I failed miserably. And I regret that now more than ever, as I received my first foreign language review today, and it’s in French. The google translation is spotty at best, but here it is in all its glory. It ends with a 10/10, which I take to be a good sign.
http://abulon-gaming.blogspot.com/2012/02/that-which-should-not-be.html
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What is it with ad departments screwing up the Super Bowl this year? They must have gotten their advice from the Patriots receiving corps. Come on people! First the ice hockey and now this. Hat tip to http://www.awesome-robo.com for pointing this one out.
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I guess the geniuses over at Budweiser America think we can’t handle hockey. Hello, the Miracle on Ice?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/its-a-shame-this-super-bowl-ad-will-only-air-in-c
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No one can sing like the incomparable Adele, but that doesn’t stop people from trying. Below are two covers of “Rolling in the Deep.” The first is a FANTASTIC rendition by some of our deployed soldiers deployed. And wow can they sing. The second is a compilation of covers from around the world. Some good, some . . . not. Enjoy! Oh, what does this have to do with the primary? Nothing, actually.
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I am coming to you LIVE from the capital of Massachusetts, home of the American Revolution, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Tom Brady. I’ve started my new job, but I am in that awkward place where nobody knows if I am incompetent or not. Thus, I have time to talk to all of you!
Boston is a city of eternal conundrums for me. It is easily my favorite town in America. I love the weather, the feel of the city, the environs of New England, the sports teams, the food. It’s just all fantastic. But man is it far away from Alabama. Alabama’s home. It’s where the heart is, as it were, and I want to return to Alabama one day and put down roots. But while I love Boston concretely, my love for Alabama is more abstract. I’ve yet to find a place in Alabama that fit me. Alas, if only Boston were in the South.
Oh well. My time in this great city is limited by the nature of my job, so I suppose I will just enjoy it before I leave it forever. We are starcrossed lovers, doomed to be apart. To borrow a line from Shakespeare, “Never was a story of more woe, than that of Brettiet and his Bostono.”
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Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People is probably the most overrated song of the last year. But the Miracles of Modern Science cover of Pumped Up Kicks? Now that’s something Pitchfork can get behind! Actually, they’d probably hate it, just like they hate everything that is good and decent. But I like it, and here it is. Enjoy!
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This will probably ruin my horror street cred . . .
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Great book. Check out the review here. I need to find some books to review that I don’t like so people don’t think I am a softy. Problem is, if I don’t like a book, I usually don’t finish it.
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I threw “The Chamber” up on Smashwords for free and in two days a hundred people have already downloaded it. I’m beginning to think that free short stories might be a great way to advertise the novel. Check it out if you are interested.
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Hey guys. Wanted to share some good news. That Which Should Not Be has made the second round of the International Thriller Awards for Best First Novel. Now, I have no idea how many rounds there are (hopefully not 16 or something), but I wanted to share the good news anyway. I will keep you informed. Also,voting has started on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards. Cross your fingers. If I win one of these things, I’m gonna make JournalStone write me a Wikipedia article. Always wanted one of those . . .
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Beware The Shadows 