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The Sad Bastard Book Club

SBBC Comes A... Oh, Nevermind.

About Me

Truth of the matter was... stories was everything and everything was stories.
-Harry Crews (From Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/2/2005
Influences: Tom Waits, Munly, 16 Horsepower, 187 Calm, Low, Crass, Faun Fables, Bjork, John Hodgeman, Salvador Plascencia, James Morrow, David Sedaris, Salman Rushdie, Al Burian, Stephen King, Guy Maddin, Shepard Fairey, Ascender Descender, Marcel Duchamp, Matthew Barney
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tips for Planning Your Next Eviction Party (Part I)

Contrary to popular belief, it takes careful planning to throw an eviction party. Any asshole can call up his friends and say, "Bring the respirators, we are barbequing indoors tonight." Sledgehammers...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:20:00 PST

So Thats How You Do It!

It should come as no surprise that I am an NPR listener. With my faux intellectualism, smart looking spectacles and quasi-concern for the world surrounding me (so long as it doesn't require more effor...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:37:00 PST

Doing Things the Hard Way

Good Evening and Hello, It should be noted that the SBBC has not played a show for over a year at this point. I seem to have forgotten that "bands" play these things they call "shows." (Though many ...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:16:00 PST

It’s Touching Moments Like This That Remind Me Why We Don’t Talk Much

Well Hello Again, Two new songs in a week? Could it be that things are picking up speed here again over at Chez SBBC? Perhaps. Who really knows. It's all ebb and flow on this end. Feast or Famine. A...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:43:00 PST

I’m Having the Hardest Time With Titles Lately

Hello All, Just a quick update. I've put up a new song (finished roughly 15 minutes ago). For the moment it is called Don't Say What You Mean, Mean What You Don't Say, though I'm thinking that is a ...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:12:00 PST

new music? really? wow... I so dont care anymore.

Editor's Note: The below mentioned song has been hanging out in "processing" limbo for a couple of days now. Hopefully it is making friends, but more likely, it is alienating other limbo oriented song...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:56:00 PST

Mother Issues! Gender Issues! Orphan Experimentation! Exclaimation Points!

Hello Friends, Forgive me for yet another suggestion (and yet another absent musical update), but I have been very excited about seeing this film for quite some time. Futhermore, I think it's a film...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:33:00 PST

A Summer Reading List for Those Who Don't Like to Read

Hello There Friends, During my High School years, I was a bit of a nerd (okay, I still am, but at least the acne has ended). I was an AP student. You know the ones, they had Shakespeare books beneat...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:54:00 PST

An Update From Ms. Manners (well, not the real one... she's a bit of a bitch)

Well Hello Friends, It's been far too long, and I'm afraid it's my fault. I just wanted to give you a little update on what's been going on over here in Sad Bastard world: nothing. You were expectin...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:09:00 PST

Attention World Travellers! (or at least West Coast Vagabonds)

Hello Friends, I have a favor to ask of you all. The beard and the banjo will be accompanying me on a West Coast tour this summer, but alas I don't know of many interesting places to play. If any of...
Posted by The Sad Bastard Book Club on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST