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Mike Amato

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About Me

I'm a writer/comedian. (If you're wondering what happened to my old profile, myspace deleted it because of one picture of my ass.) Read my stuff online at SmokeLong Quarterly and Word Riot , or in print in Etchings .
Read my SmokeLong interview .

What's the key to making humor work in writing?
When characters are ironic, they're uninteresting. Real humor comes from eccentric, obsessive, passionate people behaving in eccentric, obsessive, passionate ways.


From a review of Heaven by the Highwayside :

'Heaven by the Highwayside’ by Mike Amato is an incredible opener for the issue and displays some remarkably solid writing.
The atmosphere in ‘Heaven by the Highwayside’ (This title, by the way, floors me. Amato has a wonderful sense for the way words sound.) was so vivid, I can’t imagine I’ll be able to shake it any time soon.
The dust whipped past and Buck quickly snatched up some diesel fumes with his nostrils before they got away. This so perfectly encapsulates the idea of craving the pure, experiential sensation of something.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The motherfucker prig who deleted my ass.

My Subway Stripper video that has nearly half a million views and is all over the net:

Horticulture! with Greg Gilbert

Andy Kaufman Awards at Caroline's

My Blog

I met my Baby Doll! (Carroll Baker 1956)

 Baby Doll (1956) is my favorite movie.  And Carroll Baker's performance in it is my favorite performance ever. Time Magazine called Baby Doll "Just possibly the dirtiest American-made motion picture ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Check out my new video: the Elements Song

Me performing the Element Song by Tom Lehrer.We made this video at 2:00 am on Thanksgiving after many eggnogs.Check out this video: Elements Song
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:24:00 GMT

fucking Lower East Side....or drunk posting after a night with the normals

fucking lower east side..........  fucking lower e s on w/e the WORST is when i try to go out with the normals.  try to be like the normals and go to a BAR.  on the w.e on the les. ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:13:00 GMT

September

It's raining now, I hear. You love the rain. It always made you sleep when you were a baby. It was the September rains that made you sleep the deepest. This time of year is a very special one for ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:22:00 GMT

high-blogging: this is why I never smoke

yeah, not drunk but the other nice inbibulation.ok so. Do you know what I'm saying? Tru I haven't said it yet, but think about this: When I finish this post, it will have been said, and it'll be up on...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:29:00 GMT

SNL raped me

..idea-expression dichotomy: the "ideas" that are the fruit of an author's labors go into the public domain, while only the author's particular expression remains the autho...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:43:00 GMT

Ireland pics featuring Matt Lauer!

Check out my Ireland pics featuring Matt Lauer.and the rest of my Eurotrip in my pics.
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:43:00 GMT

Scorpio women, beware...

I’ve picked up just a bit of astrology thanks to close, dear astrologer friends...still probably more than a straight man should have. Actually, most of the signs are a mystery to me since most ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:03:00 GMT

my booty, my choice

Yes sir, my little exercise in public humiliation and sensuality has yielded a bit of a sensation on blogs and news sites like gothamist and JOSSIP and fan forum for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs!Check ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:24:00 GMT