Weekly Roundup for 8/30/13
Every Friday, the Akashic team highlights industry news, reviews, and features from around the web. This week’s roundup comes to you from Akashic interns Melissa Bean and Yaima Villarreal!
August 2013 News & Features
“Suicide Note #3” by David L. Robb
I shouldn’t have dropped acid today. But then, that’s what I always say. I live on the third floor of the Mars Motel in Yuba City. If you lived in the Mars Motel in Yuba City, you’d drop acid, too. But this time is different . . .
Johnny Temple interviews Troy D. Johnson, President, Founder, and Webmaster of AALBC.com
Akashic publisher Johnny Temple interviews Troy D. Johnson, founder, webmaster, and President of AALBC.com.
Akashic Insider: Johnny Temple at Work (as related pictorially by the Akashic staff)
Akashic Insider: Johnny Temple at Work (as related pictorially by the Akashic staff).
“A Different League” by Carrie Cuinn
Two a.m. at The State Diner came with a refill on my half-drunk coffee and an impatient smile on the lips of the waitress who’d been hovering nearby. My appointment was late, but my wallet was empty, so I couldn’t afford to leave. A week of poor sleep, too much caffeine, and more than one drive-thru meal meant my stomach was churning like the Buttermilk Falls after a storm, but I glanced over the menu anyway . . .
Girls Against Boys with special guest David Yow
After a summer of European touring, noise-rock band Girls Against Boys return to the East Coast with four live shows this fall in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC and a brand-new EP (forthcoming).
“Counting Backwards” by Caroline Bock
10. If you can count backwards from 10, you are not drunk . . .
The Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival is this Saturday (Free!)
The Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival is this Saturday, August 24th, at the Monument in Fort Greene Park @ 2pm!