Got invited to record an off the record episode of Textual Healing. I read a short story of mine called “State Line Limbo” and chose the Tom Waits song “Burma Shave” to accompany the selection. Next weekend a full interview with Mallory Smart will be available. You can listen to my public restroom reading (keeping it classy) of “State Line Limbo” here.
Last week, it was my pleasure to have a long conversation with one of my oldest friends, Billy McCall, on the very first episode of Behind The Zines Podcast. We chatted about my “career” of zines and DIY publishing over the last 25+ years.
Rare live appearance August 31st in Lawrence, Kansas. I’ll be tabling at Paper Plains zine festival.
Temporarily closing my Etsy storefront in favor of selling my zines on this website this September.
“We Should Close”
88-page long, quarter sized zine about working in a record store. Complete with silly good times and tales of weirdo collectors of vinyl. Comes with its own playlist on YouTube or Spotify. Only $3!
It’ll be available soon, and I’m STILL sorting out an online store-front. So if you want a copy right away, shoot me an email. weirdodujour@ proton.me
“Make All Our Dreams Come True: 3 Years in Milwaukee”
A 2-buck chucklefuck. Written and assembled in under 5 days, this quarter size zine is 40 pages long. A bitter stream-of-consciousness-like rant about the foibles of moving to Milwaukee from Chicago. Highlighting memories of jobs, apartments, and neighborhoods with a slowly imploding marriage in the background. I wrote this in a flashflood of memories that wouldn’t recede in hopes of being able to finally let some stuff go so I could move on.
I’m sorting out an online store-front at the moment so if you’re wanting a copy right away, shoot me an email. weirdodujour@ proton.me
My mug and a mention of Weirdo Du Jour appear in Dave Hoekstra’s article about Feed, over on Block Club. Of course, I had to rope Dmitry Samarov into this, too.
Restock of Ornery Cuss and Cathode Ray Mission #1-3 at Quimby’s! 1854 W North Ave in Chica-go-go!
Also, look at this cool thing I saw today:
This and a lot of other weird stuff at Graveface Chicago / Terror Vision record shop. Fun things everywhere to look at, video rental, and a mini morbid museum. The cat was my favorite, but I was also delighted by a small exhibit dedicated to David Huggins. If you only like stuff that’s cool, I highly recommend Graveface. Have a beautiful weekend, weirdos!
I wrote a zine, and it’s not about horror movies, but it does have a lot of monsters.
Ornery Cuss is a dark humored perzine with 11 short stories about mental illness, addiction, and grief.
Locally, it is available at Quimby’s Book Store & Chicago Comics. Soon, it’ll be available at Atomic Books in Baltimore, MD, and other distros across the U.S.
If you’re not in Chicago and can’t wait, Venmo $4 (+$1 s&h) to ‘weirdodujour’ and put your mailing address in the notes. I’ll even throw some little stickers in.
TW: drug and alcohol use, domestic violence, sexual assault, and death