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Forrest Armstrong

About Me

I like to write surrealism... I live in Needham... I play bass in a band called The Kymera Effect, and guitar in a band called The Beat Junkies, check us out. Thats it

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My Interests

Writing, Reading, Skateboarding, Music, Surrealism, Bizarro, Irrealism, any project that features Danger Mouse, Salvador Dali, Quantum Mechanics, Metaphysics, Shaolin Monks, Scientists and Mathematicians, William S. Burroughs, Psilocybin Mushrooms, and Dragon Ball Z.

I'd like to meet:

Writers, Publishers, Thinkers, Anarchists, Pacifists, European Dictators, Salvador Dali, and Jesus Christ.

Music:

(caps for emphasis) 311, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Aphex Twin, Arrested Development, Assorted Jelly Beans, AT THE DRIVE-IN, The Beastie Boys, Big D and the Kids Table, Bob Marley, Catch 22, The Chinkees, CHOKING VICTIM, CIRCA SURVIVE, cKy, Color and Talea, Cursive, DANGER MOUSE, DANGERDOOM, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Dr. Dre, Dr. Octagon, Eminem (Slim Shady LP ONLY), EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, Foo Fighters, The Fugees, Gang Starr, GZA, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Incubus, INDK, Interpol, Jedi Mind Tricks, Karsh Kale, Led Zeppelin, LEFTOVER CRACK, Link 80, Long Beach Dub Allstars, M.I.A., The Mad Conductor, THE MARS VOLTA, Method Man, MF DOOM, Madvillian, MF Grimm, Miles Davis, Mogwai, Morning Glory, Mos Def, Mu330, Nas, ODB, Pandafied, THE PHARCYDE, PINK FLOYD, The Postal Service, Radiohead, Raekwon, Rage Against the Machine, Ratatat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, RX BANDITS, Schaffino!, Sister Nancy, Skankin' Pickle, THE SMITHS, Soulive, Sparta, The Specials, Stray Bullets, Streetlight Manifesto, The Strokes, Sublime, Suicide Machines, System of a Down, Thursday, TWISTS, WU-TANG CLAN

Movies:

DARREN ARONOFSKY is a genius... that said: Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Trainspotting, The Wall, Eraserhead, A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life, Un Chien Andalou, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Holy Mountain, The Prestige, Shaolin Master Killer, What the Bleep Do We Know?... Film is just as potent inspiration for me as literature, in many cases.

Television:

Whatever's on comedy central, I guess. I don't really watch TV.

Books:

William S. Burroughs, Steve Aylett, Allen Ginsberg, Philip K. Dick, Carlton Mellick III, Gregory Corso, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Danielewski, Ernest Hemingway...

Heroes:

William S. Burroughs, Buddha, Gordon Lu, Steve Aylett, The Mars Volta, Salvador Dali, Darren Aronofsky, Allen Ginsberg...

My Blog

Submissions close WED, 4/30!

The anthology I've been editing for Raw Dog Screaming Press, Avant-Garde for the New Millenium, is almost full!  So I'm closing the doors to all submissions after Wednesday,&n...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:33:00 PST

Interview in THE DREAM PEOPLE and more...

Hello all, Issue 29 of The Dream People came out at the beginning of April, featuring an interview with Jase and me regarding our recently released art-novella, This City is Alive.  The...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:48:00 PST

SUBMISSIONS NEEDED: Avant-Garde for the New Millenium

Exciting news!  I'm editing an anthology for Raw Dog Screaming Press to feature all the best avant-garde and experimental writing being made today, projected to be released early 2009. ...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:54:00 PST

"Liquid Paris" in Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens

My story, "Liquid Paris", is included in issue 7 of Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens.  Issue 7 is available for free as an online .pdf and features a lot of flash fiction by writers li...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:41:00 PST

Order THIS CITY IS ALIVE by Friday and get it by Christmas Eve!

The book Jase and I have been putting together for over a year now is finally here! For the holidays I'm offering a special deal with shipping:Order This City is Alive by Friday and I will get it to y...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:50:00 PST

This City is Alive: available for pre-order now!

Coming Soon... THIS CITY IS ALIVEBy Forrest Armstrong and Jase DanielsOrder now from www.forrestarmstrong.com   From cold dead island with archaic fragments of a society long since passed to s...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:11:00 PST

ForrestArmstrong.com Live now!

Check out my new official website! ...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:57:00 PST

"Euphotan, Protoplasmic Flash, and their Properties" in The Journal of Precognitive Memories

Nail and Chevy, main characters in the upcoming novella by Jase Daniels and myself - This City is Alive - have put together a paper detailing the drugs protoplasmic flash and eupho...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:50:00 PST

"Junk-Pure" in The Big Stupid Review

Check out my new story, "Junk-Pure", in The Big Stupid Review.  The Drill Press is an innovative and exciting publication that does things very differently and I'm proud to be a part of it. ...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:50:00 PST

The Swallow’s Tail 4

The fourth issue of The Swallow's Tail available online here.  Featuring more literature than any Swallow's Tail before it. NOVELLAThe Instigation Bureau by AD DawsonSHORT STORIES by Jason E...
Posted by Forrest Armstrong on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:10:00 PST