May 2012
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Adam WarRock: New single "WIZZYWIG" is now... →
Promotional rap song for local comics artist Ed Piskor’s upcoming book Wizzywig.
adamwarrock:
In promotion of Ed Piskor’s new graphic novel from Top Shelf Comics, I did a song (w/ beats by Mikal kHill). That song was featured in the trailer for the book, that was featured on sites like BoingBoing. Watch that video here!
You can download that song for free. If you would…
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WatchCome and then Don’t come back!
staircasewitfits asked: Hey, I was surfing through various links on this tumblr and the project sounds really rad! I noticed you pointed out that there's several months unavailable for 2012 registration. Does that mean you can register for a specific month a while ahead of time (say registration in june for the november 2012 session)?
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Congratulations Jamie!
Big congratulations to former visiting writer Jamie Ross on the publication of his second book, Fallow La Friche: Unsettling Eastern Ontario.
April 2012
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CITY OF ASYLUM/PITTSBURGH PRESENTS “REA
DING THE WORLD 2012.” 5 unique events, 10 authors, 9 musicians
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh is the only regular presenter of international authors in Pittsburgh. City of Asylum/Pittsburgh also is known for presenting multi-disciplinary collaborations between authors and musicians. Reading the World 2012 is a series of readings, concerts, and collaborations featuring authors and musicians from...
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Visiting Writer Reading @ CLP Northside Branch
Visiting Writer James Payne releases his chapbook he completed during his stay, and Tya (Columbus writer and Skylab resident) will be reading a part of her book-in-progress about Tunisia. Gunna be good.
Monday 4/30 - 4:30am until 7:30am
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Allegheny Regonal (meeting room), 1230 Federal Street, Pittburgh PA
AND!!! To get you in the mood here is a video of our...
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A Film About Billy: For Us By Us Juvenile Fiction →
afilmaboutbilly:
We’re doing layout work for A Film About Billy right now, and it’s taking me back a bit.
I’ve hardly put this project down my entire adult life. I started the story when I was a teenager, and on the 6th of next month I’ll be 25. It’s hard not to feel crazy when I think about it—about how I…
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Margaret Killjoy Returns
The Cyberpunk Apocalypse’s first visiting writer is back in town reading the book he completed durring his month in Pittsburgh!
What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower: Being An Adventure Of Your Own Choosing
This Saturday APRIL 21st, 5pm @ the BIG IDEA BOOK STORE
Margaret’s first reading of this story was one of the most fun readings I’ve attended (the audience decided what would...
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Wrote A Pop City article about Cyberpunk's move →
dirtydesk:
It’s a short article about the move. It is nice to keep putting out little things.
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Reading @ the new Cyberpunk Apocalypse April 26th...
UPDATE: Pittsburgh’s favorite Gunner will be rhyming at this event!! Don’t miss it!
Xavier Maldonado read at the old Cyberpunk Apocalypse last fall, now he’s back. This Chicago poet writes about identity and unripened fruit in a collection of poetry called Explorers Are We. He is touring with Tara who writes about being trans, queer, and poly in the poetry zine Stunned Lungs...
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You Don't Know Dick: You Don't Know Dick: Brief... →
youdontknowpkd:
“The world we actually have does not meet my standards.”
Did you know that Philip K. Dick once saved the life of his infant son by speaking Greek, a language he did not know? Or that he could write an entire novel in eight to twelve days as long as he kept a steady diet of vitamin pills and…
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WatchGive them money don’t give them money. Live and die by the silicon crystal.
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Shirky through Matthew Ingram: Publishing is no... →
futuramb:
if traditional publishers — of all kinds, not just the book industry — want to maintain some of the value they have had in the past, they will have to stop thinking about controlling the process of distribution or the delivery platform, and think more about the services they can add for authors and readers.
This is really the only way to manage disruptive changes within a field or...
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Iran expected to permanently cut off Internet by... →
infoneer-pulse:
Millions of Internet users in Iran could soon be permanently cut off from the Web, social networks, and e-mail.
In a statement released last week, Reza Taghipour, the Iranian minister for Information and Communications Technology, announced it plans to establish a national intranet within five months in an effort to create a “clean Internet,” according to an International...
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Pittsburgher 3d Prints adapters for kids... →
Way to go. Seriously. Good work.
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Artnoose gets a Chicago Zine Fest shout-out! →
Congratulations to our resident Artnoose for getting a shout-out from one of the Chicago Zine Fest organizers.
March 2012
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zine of the month club
This month is two comic zines in one pack. To be shipped tomorrow.
Join up at our store.
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Press moving party!
Please join us in either location on Saturday to get the rest of the printshop moved over!
ker-bloom:
Tomorrow, March 24, brave the threatened rain and help us move two beasts of machinery from the Cyberpunk basement to the new location across the Allegheny River. Show up at 5431 Carnegie St. in Lawrenceville at noon to be part of the loading-up crew, or wait until about 2 pm and show up at...
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Ballerinas Dance with Machine Guns: FILM... →
loneberry:
I will be doing an event at Warren Wilson College in the Preston House at 6:30 on Thursday. If you are in the area, please come out. Maybe we can also go for a walk in the hills or along the Swannanoa River, swallow misty mountain spirits and kiss the ground while whispering, thank you, thank…
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Please help--5 multiple choice question... →
We’re doing a short little questionnaire to see if we’re on the right track with the grant we are writing. It’s about readings and if they are boring.
It a few seconds to complete, and we could really use the data.
thanks
-dan
Urban Food Production: Noam Chomsky Endorces JILL... →
urbanfoodproduction:
*Let’s make Jill Stein famous (we can’t get her elected but we can get more people talking about green issues instead of all the unimportant ones they keep talking about)* MIT Professor Noam Chomsky has endorsed Jill Stein for President of the United States. He made his endorsement in a letter…
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Ballerinas Dance with Machine Guns: RESOURCES ON... →
loneberry:
I upload some articles and linked to some books I’ve read recently (or somewhat recently) on prisons. Feel free to download and share the links with friends. We should have a conversation about this material sometime. Read it and let me know what you think.
Articles
Asian American…
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Message from our friend Karin Lillis
Our friend Karen Lillis is fundraising for a book tour. She’s a wonderful writer and a great friend to the Cyberpunk Apocalypse. Please do see what she has to say.
FROM KAREN: I’m doing an IndieGogo book tour fundraiser, and one prize is a copy of WATCH THE DOORS AS THEY CLOSE.
Perk Number Two: “For $15, you’ll get a signed and inscribed copy of Watch the Doors as They...
Anthology seeking submissions... could be fun. →
excentricyoruba:
Story Length: 1,500 to 15,000 words
Deadline: July 31, 2012
Story Description: Stories must contain a main characters or characters of African descent and elements of steam technology. The story can take place in the past, present future or alternate reality as long…
Yūsuke Murata comic fun →
Creative and innovative comic techniques.
Short video about Mexico City's letterpress... →
ker-bloom:
Al-Jazeera video about individual letterpress printers who set up shop in market booths in Mexico City.
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Ed Piskor interview →
dirtydesk:
Here’s an interview I did with the local comic artist Ed Piskor for cbs local.
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Ian Page →
dirtydesk:
Here is an article I did for CBS local about Ian Page.
February 2012
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