Hey now!
After two beautiful days in Rushford and two days in Angola, I'm rested, relaxed and ready to rock out at Desiderio's on Broadway as part of the trifecta of talent, the lineup of all lineups, the MONSTERS OF VERSE! Carrie Gardner and I have wanted to do a project together for years now and after a few months of planning and the gracious extra publicity compliments of R.D. Pohl at the Buffalo News as well as Jane Kwiatkowski yesterday in the Buffalo News' 'Spotlight' section (thanks, Jane!), I think we're positioned to have one hell of a blast. Think Twice Radio is all set to record the evening, Shaky Stage is ready to bring the house down, and I've prepped a few solid rants guaranteed to not only tickle your funny bone, but break it clean off! We'll be filming the event as well as snapping quite a few pictures (which I'll be posting up online later this week), so for those of you who are making it out tonight, thanks in advance. I couldn't be more excited.
As for other news, 'On Spec', a brand spanking new piece is up on this month's issue of Acid Logic. It's a deep, personal exploration into my writing process that my editor Wil Forbis claims is 'the best piece you've ever written about writing'. That's high praise coming from Wil. If you want to give it a read, click on over to:
http://www.acidlogic.com/on_spec.htm
There's also a new issue of Night Life out today (Week 82, to be exact) with 'Double Barrel Diplomacy', another new rant aimed squarely at our touring Canadian traffic in Buffalo. Odds are that I'm not going to make friends up north with that one, but so be it, it needed to be said. Pick it up on stands and gasp in horror at the full tilt outlandishness of my fury!
And finally, I've formed a new alliance with a Buffalo publication/web giant whom I've never freelanced with before: Buffalo Rising!
I'm proud to announce that I'll be running a series of local and national print and web based celebrity reviews for Buffalo Rising. I'm looking forward to the new working relationship and can't wait to see what great interviews and opportunities arise from the arrangement. I'm glad to be part of the team!
And finally, we're SEVEN days away from the inaugural episode of the Big Words I Know By Heart radio hour on
www.thinktwiceradio.com . I've got guests coming out of the woodwork for the next year, so this promises to be an interested ride for listeners, guests, and yours truly. I'm talking writers, musicians, artists and yes, even adult film stars. You had to see that coming.
Anyhow, that's it for now. I still need to relax and get centered so that I can give 100% tonight when it's my time to shine. Additional thanks goes out ahead of time to Carrie Gardner and Shaky Stage for making this what will be a night to remember. Let's party!
Excelsior!
Tom Waters