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Alan

Founder, Burning Sky Records, the home of Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Living: Edward Norton, Bill Clinton, Bryan Ferry, John Updike, Richard Galliano (*check! - done!)Deceased: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Raymond Carver, John Lennon, George Harrison, Pete Ham, Lee Harvey Oswald, Joan of Arc

Music:

Beatles, Badfinger, Queen, Roxy Music, The Jam, The Clash, The Vapors, Angel City/The Angels, Cold Chisel, The Chills, Toy Love, The Clean, Cheap Trick, Teenage Fanclub, Jellyfish, The Posies, 3 Lb. Thrill, Triple Fast Action, Fig Dish, Toadies, Jen Trynin, Love Nut, Myracle Brah, Skycycle, Sugarbomb, Whiskeytown, OK Go, The Darkness, Jackdaw4, Wolfmother, Skybombers, The Exploders, Jet, The Have, Richard Galliano, DC Cardwell, Deanna Wesson, The Sunpilots, Drop Trio, The Honey's

Movies:

Dawn of the Dead, Gummo, The Shining, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Flash Gordon, Rocky, American History X, In The Company of Men, Freaks, The Departed

Books:

Authors: Raymond Carver, John Updike, Charles Bukowski, Mary Gaitskill, Kevin Canty, David Foster Wallace, Augusten Burroughs, Jeffrey Eugenides, John Kennedy Toole, Stephen King, Cormac McCarthy

My Blog

"Consequences," part 1

This is my favorite short story that I've written.  It's in 5 parts.  Please give it a read if you are so inclined.  Cheers, Alan Consequences        When Jole...
Posted by Alan on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:15:00 PST

"Consequences," part 2

     Going from the darkness of the bar into the light outside mainlined hot July sunshine straight into the back of my eyeballs which made me shake my head like a wet dog, which o...
Posted by Alan on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:13:00 PST

"Consequences," part 3

       The guy had his hands up to protect his face, but I still got a good look at him.  He seemed to be about my age, and was a couple inches shorter and a lot skinnier...
Posted by Alan on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:10:00 PST

"Consequences," Part 4

Read on.... one more chapter to go  after this...    The guy spat out a bitter laugh that sounded like a car backfiring.  "Whatever," he said, recovering and shaking his head. ...
Posted by Alan on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:24:00 PST

"Consequences," Part 5

     Suddenly, this warm feeling came over me out of nowhere.  I smiled to myself.  It felt like I had finally grabbed tight onto something that I had been trying to find...
Posted by Alan on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:20:00 PST