Monday, March 28, 2011

Josh Alan Friedman on Nelson Algren

"He is not just a writer, but a Guardian Literary Angel, a Symbol, a counterweight to the corporatocracy. In his last years, he emphasized this, and I quote: “Big Business Kills.” Well, maybe we need standardization and assembly lines to build automobiles, but the sphere of this domination seems so powerful and out-of-whack, it throws off the balance of life. “Big Business Kills.” Those words echo in every bank bailout, every Enron and Bernie Madoff scandal that rapes a million people, every soulless concrete and glass skyscraper that uglifies the skylines of American cities."

Josh Alan Friedman's speech honoring Nelson Algren from last week's 102nd birthday party celebrating the late writer is now on Black Cracker Online. Click here to read it in its entirety.

Josh Alan will present Black Cracker (along with a short set of atomic acoustic guitar) this week at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee and Quimby's in Chicago. For details, click here.

Friday, March 18, 2011

BLACK CRACKER in Chicago March 29!

Tuesday, March 29 is Black Tuesday in Chicago as Josh Alan Friedman brings Black Cracker to Quimby's Bookstore! Join us for an evening of Quality Lit and atomic acoustic guitar starting at 7 pm.

Click here for Josh's full schedule in the Midwest.

Quimby's Bookstore is located at 1854 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622


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Black Cracker is available NOW; signed copies are available here.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

BLACK CRACKER in Evanston March 25!

Friday, March 25 is Black Friday in Evanston as Josh Alan Friedman brings Black Cracker to Bookman's Alley! Join us for an evening of Quality Lit and atomic acoustic guitar starting at 7 pm.

Click here for Josh's full schedule in the Midwest.

Bookman's Alley is located at 1712 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201-3775


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Black Cracker is available NOW; signed copies are available here.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Josh Alan Friedman to honor Nelson Algren in Chicago

The Nelson Algren Committee has invited Josh Alan Friedman to speak at their annual Nelson Algren Birthday Party on Saturday, March 26. The event will be held at the Wicker Park Arts Center, 2215 W. North Avenue in Chicago's Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhood.

Festivities begin at 8 pm. Admission is $10 at the door, $7 for seniors and students with ID. Drink tickets are available to those wishing to toast Algren; complimentary snacks and door prize drawings add to the fun.

Full event details (and more on Algren) can be found on the Committee's website, here.

Algren's 1967 mugshot



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Click here for Josh's full schedule in the Midwest.

Black Cracker by Josh Alan Friedman is available NOW; signed copies are available here.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

"The Lord Will Make a Way (Yes He Will)" By Rev. Raymond Branch

To view on YouTube, click the above image. To watch via Vimeo, see below.



Recorded at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, January 2011.

© 2011 Rev. Raymond Branch, Wyatt Doyle

Visit Reverend Branch's website here.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

BLACK CRACKER in Milwaukee March 28!

Monday, March 28 is Black Monday in Milwaukee as Josh Alan Friedman brings Black Cracker to Boswell Book Company! Join us for an evening of Quality Lit and atomic acoustic guitar starting at 7 pm.

Click here for Josh's full schedule in the Midwest.

Boswell Book Company is located at 2559 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211


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Black Cracker is available NOW; signed copies are available here.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Return of the Living CRACKER!

He's the unscrupulous realtor in Poltergeist, Sheldon the network exec on Larry Sanders, Uneeda Medical Supply's "Frank" in Return of the Living Dead (and graverobber "Ed" in Part II). And for those on the East Coast, the face and voice of Pathmark stores for decades. More? How about Broadway, television, Wall Street, Mulholland Dr. and Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. James Karen does the cover!

Black Cracker is available NOW; signed copies are available here.

photo © 2011 Wyatt Doyle

Thursday, March 10, 2011

BLACK CRACKER in the Midwest!

Josh Alan Friedman is bringing BLACK CRACKER to the Midwest in a big way, making four appearances in Illinois and Wisconsin this month. (Click on city names in for full details of each event, including maps and driving directions.)

Friday, March 25 he'll kick things off in Evanston, at Bookman's Alley. (7 pm; free admission)

Saturday, March 26 it's on to Chicago where he'll speak at the 22nd Annual Nelson Algren Birthday Party at the Wicker Park Arts Center. (Admission: $10 at the door, $7 for seniors and students with ID)

Monday, March 28 he'll be in Milwaukee for an evening at Boswell Book Company. (7 pm; free admission)

Tuesday, March 29 it's back to Chicago, where he says farewell with a bang at Quimby's Bookstore. (7 pm; free admission)

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

"I Want to be Loved" by Rev. Raymond Branch

To view on YouTube, click the above image. To watch via Vimeo, see below.



Recorded at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, December 2010.

© 2010, 2011 Rev. Raymond Branch, Wyatt Doyle

Visit Reverend Branch's website here.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Billy the CRACKER

Billy the CRACKER: The great Clu Gulager (The Tall Man, The Virginian (TV), The Last Picture Show, Return of the Living Dead) does the cover.

Read David Del Valle's extensive interview with Clu for Psychotronic here.

Black Cracker is available NOW; signed copies are available here.

photo © 2011 Wyatt Doyle