July 2017
The Smashwords Summer Sale—Final weekend!
Just three days (Saturday/Sunday/Monday) left in the Smashwords annual summer sale. All of my books are 75% off through July 31; simply click on the Buy with coupon button, or use the coupon code SSW75 at checkout.
Here are the links:
This Is Not the Book That Will Save Your Life
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/717550
…but for the thoughts running through my mind
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/702209
‘Dear Wednesday…’ Love Notes to the Days of the Week, Volume Three
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/695024
‘Dear Tuesday…’ Love Notes to the Days of the Week, Volume Two
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/695000
This Is Fifty-three
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/663864
Coffee Stains
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/605573
Refusal to Remain Invisible
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/574838
Quiet on the Outside…
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/555023
‘Dear Monday…’ Love Notes to the Days of the Week
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/542407
The Imperfect Document
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/528714
Journalism
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474249
Separation Anxiety
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/444694
Of course, the great thing about Smashwords is that you have your choice of format: ePub or Kindle.
And don’t forget to check out the month’s other offerings from indie authors:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1/newest/1
In the scripted words of the late Alan Rickman:
(28 July 2017)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Feeling surprisingly decent today, considering my too-late bedtime last night.
Love,
Kevin
(28 July 2017)
Whither P.M. Dawn?
I was listening to a bit of P.M. Dawn on YouTube earlier, and did one of my occasional searches in hope that some of their previously unreleased material might have come to light since Prince Be’s death last year. I did find a couple of things—but the real gem was not on YouTube, but on dailymotion.com, where there are a couple of songs from the infamous Fucked Music album (which never saw a proper release), as well as the song below—from another (apparently) unreleased project, The Jim Sullivan Syndrome. A sampler CD containing four full-length songs—including the officially released single, ‘Amnesia’—and four clips was available, but the album itself never followed.
Given how poorly the P.M. Dawn legacy has been handled, it seems unlikely that proper releases of any new material recorded before Prince Be gave Doc G the okay to carry on under the P.M. Dawn name will be forthcoming.
This has nothing to do with me or my activities; rather, I wanted to share this video here so I won’t have to go searching for it again…
(28 July 2017)
Resistance Song of the Day
Who do you write your love letters to? (a poem)
Title inspired by a tumblr post by Vasilina Orlova…
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Encore presentation: 1987
Upon discovering that Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ was released on this day 30 years ago, I was going to compile a list of songs from 1987. But that list failed to capture what it was that made that year in music such a significant one for me. Thus, I compile and re-post the entries in my abandoned effort five years ago to recount my life that year through music and mixtapes: Continue reading
Shadow man (a poem)
Self-explanatory…
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Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
Yay for decent sleep! Weird dreams, though…
Love,
Kevin
(27 July 2017)