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Random Awesomeness (part 209)
- Listen to Joe Perry’s New Solo Song With Terry Reid, ‘I’ll Do Happiness’ [Ultimate Classic Rock]
- Watch: Unreleased The Highwaymen Gig [The Daily Beast]
- 2016 TSR: An Interesting First Week Of The Season [The Shlabotnik Report]
- Custom Baseball Cards Highlights 2016 – Trevor Story [Jason’s Custom Trading Cards]
- Custom ’55T for Reds barrier-buster Escalera [Bob Lemke’s Blog]
- This Web App Identifies Unnecessary Words In Your Writing [mental_floss]
- Movie Mobiles: Recreating Famous Cars from the Silver Screen [Great Big Story]
- THIS is what I’ve been up to lately… [The Infinite Baseball Card Set]
Random Awesomeness (part 208)
- The David W. Niven Collection of Early Jazz Legends, 1921-1991 [Internet Archive]
- Fun with Junk Wax & Bubble Gum [Tan Man Baseball Fan]
- The 12 genres of baseball photos from Photo Day [SB Nation]
- 2016 Royals Spring Training: Edinson Volquez [A Hair Off Square]
- Unearthed: Killer Photos from Van Halen’s ‘1980 Invasion’ Tour! [Van Halen News Desk]
- 13 Writing Lessons From Stephen King’s On Writing [Writers Write]
- Every 1970’s Topps Reds Base Card [Red Cardboard]
Random Awesomeness (part 205)
- How Rob Halford Ended Up Fronting Black Sabbath for Two Shows [Ultimate Classic Rock]
- Watching Snape’s Scenes in Chronological Order Makes Harry Potter Way More Heartbreaking [Nerdist]
- 5 weak words you should avoid & what to use instead [Crew]
- Edgar Allan Poe Had a Time Machine and I Can Prove It [History Buff]
- Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and other presidential candidates get made into ‘Garbage Pail Kids’ cards by Topps [Daily News]
- Free Download of Breakin’ the Chainz Live in 2005 [CRASHDÏET]
- Padres customs to shatter your perception of reality [Baseball Card Breakdown]
Hey punk, why don’t you write something?
I consider Steve of the White Sox Cards blog a friend. I have had pleasant experiences exchanging 2.5×3.5 pieces of cardboard with Steve on several occasions. I can overlook the fact that he roots for the White Sox, and I share his love for horror.
Sometime in the last year, there was a call for submissions for an anthology of “roadkill horror” stories. I posted about it on this blog, but being a slacker didn’t get my story submitted in time. Steve, however, did. And he is now a published author.
And he is about to be published again. You should go to KnightWatch Press and order a copy of Roadkill Cafe and, as soon as it is available, purchase a copy of Code Z, which will also feature a story by my friend Steve.
I had forgotten about KW until Steve mentioned it yesterday. I surfed back over to the site, and there are several anthologies accepting open submissions now. The one due the soonest (October 31) is Machina Mortis: Steampunk’d Tales of Terror.
I’m not very familiar with the steampunk genre, so I probably won’t write a story for that particular anthology. I may study it and perhaps put some thoughts down on paper, but I doubt I will submit anything this round. However, I wanted to bring it to your attention, just in case you happen to have a horror-themed steampunk story bouncing around in your head.
Happy haunting!
I do some stuff over there, too.
Some of you may recall that I used to host a radio show, Hard Rock Nights. A few months ago I handed over hosting duties to Brian Basher, and he has taken the show to heights I never imagined. There is a big announcement planned after the Super Bowl (which is tonight, I’m being told), and I can’t wait to see how far he takes this things.
Even though I’m no longer the host, I still do some writing for the new site. There is a little link in the top menu for JT’s Corner. That’s me. Sometimes random, often tongue-in-cheek, always music-related.
There are others writing for the site also. If you like your rock a little heavier, check out Keep It Metal w/ Myron S. In addition to that, press releases are posted all the time to keep you up-to-date with rockers around the world.
I invite you to check it out, leave a comment or two, and tune in to Hard Rock Nights. (Oh, and follow HRN onTwitter for udpates, too.)
