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[Feb. 26th, 2009|08:06 am] |
I'm looking for a good book on publishing books, zines, etc with LULU. I don't like downloads. Any suggestions?
If you haven't checked out the online component to Calliope Nerve, please my all means, check out: http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Nobius |
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| Calliope Nerve 17: A Crash Course In Brain Surgery |
[Nov. 14th, 2008|10:16 am] |
"The words are cutting deep inside my brain." --Budgie
The newest issue of Calliope Nerve is now available and featuring an interview with small press maverick Jason Behrends of What to Wear During An Orange Alert as well as works from an impressive line up of writers including J.D. Nelson, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Jim Benz, David McLean, Ariel Lee, Christian Ward, Felino Soriano, Puma Perl, Sergio Ortiz, and John Grey. Our thanks goes out to the contributors for this issue.
Due to recent finances, we are only offering free printed copies to contributors, if you are a contributor and would like a copy, please contact us. Otherwise printed copies are available for three dollars by check, money order, concealed cash, or for $3.30 per issue via pay pal. Email nobius (AT) gmail.com for details. Digital copies are always free of charge.
You can support Calliope by purchasing your Amazon.com products via my personal weblog White Rabbit -*Black Hole* or by purchasing products available at our on-line store. Donations to sell at the store are always welcome.
Speaking of weblogs, Calliope will be launching it's first site including original content in the near future. (More details soon.) Submission guidelines for both the zine and the blog remain the same.
We'd like to kick off the site with Thirty Days of Calliope. In other words, thirty or more original pieces to be published over a month's time. And we have several major projects in the works that will run under the Calliope Nerve banner.
If you enjoy this issue, spread the word. Also we are always up for flyer/advertising/link trades and the likes.
Have a great week. Keep the faith, keeep poetry. God is ink.
Peace, love, death metal,
Nobius Black
out. |
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| Black Clouds Follow |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|12:30 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  pessimistic | ] |
I planned to blog about moving and about how well some odd thing I've found sell like Free Comic Book Day books.
I planned to tell you about two new blogs I plan on launching before year's end and how I enjoy being more self reliant economically and making my own future.
I still plan to talk about these things but instead I get to talk about how the gas company won't turn on my gas because they say I have two leaks. It'll only cost $1500-$2000 to fix. So, now I have to find $2000.00 and probably find an attorney to see if I can go back on the seller. (If it's even worth it.)
Everywhere I go, the black cloud follows. I try not to let it get me down but sometimes........... |
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| Twilight World Zine |
[Jun. 27th, 2008|09:07 pm] |
Got and read my complimentary copy of Don Field's Twilight World Zine Version. Thanks Don.
This issue gives us some tidbits on Don's personal history, his publishing credits, examples of his art and comics, as well a nice smattering of zine and related reviews. Don's uniqueness is spread through and through.
Follow the link to get your own. |
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| Poet Intervention |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|01:13 am] |
"I pay for you in tears." --Madonna
Poet Intervention
Anymore
My Heart an (anchor)
&
I am not here. |
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| A War of Frogs |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|01:12 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Godsmack: Asleep | ] |
"Bring me the Disco King!" --David Bowie
"Everyone got twisted up." --Cold
A War of Frogs
eVOLVe
symbolism
of the one Finger salute
& my tongue
catching
FLieS. |
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| Red Fez 19! |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|01:41 am] |
REd FeZ issue 19 is knocking at yo door.
If you fancy your hinges, best to let 'er in.
Red Fez 19!
This issue is extra special brought to you by guest editor, Jeffery Van Den Engh.
We have Poetry by:
Zachary Moll
David Sparenberg
Corey Mesler
Gerald So
Wayne Mason
Micheal Lee Johnson
Dan Provost
Jack Henry
John Sweet
Nicholas Karavatos
Stories by:
David Sparenberg
Zack Wilson
Adam Moorad
J.D. Riso
Illustrated Poems by
Jeff Crouch
Woo-hoo!
Check it.
Red Fez 19!
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| Diamonds Among the Turds |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|01:39 am] |
"How in the world could it come to this? Couldn't you see that you'd gone too far?" --Winger
Anyone who knows me, knows Nobius is metal. Like bread and butter, we go together. I'm the better looking half. Me and my good hair.
Or something.
Or something else.
Definitely it's the hair. Good hair is the most important quality in a person you know.
Do I have a point?
Oh yea... Hair bands aren't metal in the least. (There goes that hair fetish again.) If they're your thing, that's cool. Don't take offense, to each their own. I'm a Sepultura, Pro-Pain, and Melvins kind of dude. I like it screaming between the eyes, fists like hammers fillin' the sky, and a few bodily injuries for good measure. (Just like Christmas at Grandma's. Now those were the days!)
Spandex is for super heroes.
However amongst all the turds of the late eighties and pre-grunge nineties there are gems. I really like this song from Winger. (Never thought I'd say that.) Only when I sing my daily set in the shower, the song is punk. (Now if only I had Tommy Lee on drums.) Just ask the howling dog next door.
But that my friends is a story for another day. Check out the video for Madalaine (I prefer it blind folded) while I check out another Bud Light.
It is Father's Day after all.
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| Calliope Nerve XV!: Under Glass, We |
[Jun. 7th, 2008|09:05 pm] |
"I see nothing but old people and stopped clocks." --Warren Ellis
Calliope Nerve Zine 16: Glass Under, We is available now free of charge via email. Inspired by this Charles Bukowski piece:
The original print run is sold out! I will advise you when we go back to print again, in the meanwhile enjoy the works contained in this issue including pieces by:
David McLean
Ariel Lee
J.A. Tyler
Christine Stoddard
Lyn Perry
Scurvy Bastard
Jeremy Hanson
Jason Behrends
Gary Beck
Theo Moller
David LaBounty
Alan King
Glen Chestnut
Billy Jno Hope
Adam Hinton
Tony Nesca
Felino Soriano
Nicole Isabella
Luis Cuahtemoc Berriozabal
Charles Bukowski
Michael Lee Johnson
Shawn Misener
Chris Major
Edited by Melissa Lebruin and me, I'm Nobius Black.
More information about Calliope Nerve can be found at this link. Support the magazine by ordering your Amazon products here and shopping our store located here.
God is ink, Poetry is prayer. Calliope Nerve: Name your Muse.
To get your send an email to nobius at gmail dot com. |
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| Bazooka Joe |
[Apr. 16th, 2008|10:45 am] |
"Mockingbird, wish me luck." --Charles Bukowski
"If I am exempt from one thing as an artist, surely it is knowing what my government is doing." --Cerdwen Dovey
Gabcast! White Rabbit - *BLACK HOLE* #10
Bazooka Joe
Truly, Truly,
I say to you:
A comic in ever piece.
No words for
far too long.
Punch drunk now.
(Alcohol induced
horizon event.)
Brain pull/
not even -Light from on High-
Escapes.
More whiskey!
Puritanical Bukowski
--that Spontaneous bastard--
Make me wanna combust.
Let's burn together!
SiMULACRA:
A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham;
-- now usually in a derogatory sense.
My ink brother:
I copy/clone DNA.
(never be You.)
pail
only
a Scar on a Stage,
momentary Pop star...
Prima donna poet Joe
Questing for immortality.
The internet changed everything.
I like to blow
pretty pink bubbles
before the taste
wears out. |
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| Red Fez 17 is up! |
[Feb. 23rd, 2008|07:26 pm] |
Red Fez Issue #17 has launched!!!
Red Fez #17.
go
see
read
Then tell us what you think of all new things fezzery.
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| Calliope Nerve XV: Pleasured Hands |
[Jan. 5th, 2008|12:08 am] |
"...from the sky, from the Earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. ...We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it." --Pablo Picasso
This version, of this song, inspired the new super-sized edition of Calliope Nerve. Jam out and then email nobius AT gmail.com for a copy of Calliope Nerve XV: Pleasured Hands. (Note: Copies delivered via email are free, but print copies are $5.00.)
This issue features works by:
Jim Benz
Sheila E. Murphy
Sarah Felder
J.D. Nelson
Amanda Boschetto
Michele McDannold
David McLean
Zachary Bush
Ray Succre
Glen Chestnut
Miles J. Bell
T.R. Healy
Joseph Veronneau
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Jonathan Hayes
Raymond Farr
Michael Grover
Tolu Ogunlesi
Gary Beck
Justin Hyde
Felino Soriano
David LaBounty
Christopher Major
Joseph Goosey
Karl Koweski
Jason Behrends
Shawn Misener
Melissa Lebruin
Ariel Lee
Guest Editor and Poet James Dilworth
And myself, I'm Nobius Black.
For more information on the magazine and submission info go here.
Calliope Nerve: Name Your Muse! |
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| New Fed Fez Up |
[Jan. 4th, 2008|11:26 pm] |
The new issue of Red Fez is now up. And though I helped edit, the rest of the team deserves the real credit. Click here to read.
Poetry by:
Scurvy Bastard
Shaindel Beers
John Sweet
Stephen Morse
Joseph Veronneau
Joel Sweeney
Corey Mesler
John Rocco
Joseph Goosey
Kenneth Pobo
John Dorsey
William Doreski
Robert T. Tiffin
Michael Cuglietta
Michael Frissore
Judy Brekke
w/ Stories by:
Dean West
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
William Taylor Jr.
DB Cox
Brought to you by the all new Fezzed-Up Crew:
Michele McDannold
Rob Taylor
Chris Deal
Nobius Black
& of course,
the man w/ the plan-
Leopold McGinnis.
Enjoy w/ our many thanks
and best wishes for a
Happy New Year.
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| How I Learn to Love Our Bomb Strange Candy In Six Measures |
[Oct. 15th, 2007|07:55 am] |
| [ | music |
| | SiXX AM: Pray for Me | ] |
"She said, 'Tell me are you a Christian child.' And I said, ' Mam, I am tonight...'" --Marc Cohn
How I Learn to Love Our Bomb Strange Candy In Six Measures
1)
Your troubled air
empty ink
infatuate
Me. Jackie Paper.
page soul Calligraphy/
Could be a mess.
2)
THiS iS hOW:
-I-
Learn to love (Our Bomb)
Strange Candy Holocaust
Between Us.
L O V E
dynamite
Complex light balanced
In a nugget center
Mmmhhhmmm...
good pill push
commercial world.
3)
POeT
& previously released p*rn star
remixed
FROM THE DAY I sued
God
the soul vibrates
like angels wayward
flapping.
4)
Apparently,
the
Maker
responds
to
law
suits
when
poems
are
written
with
long
over
bloated
titles
by
long
over
bloated
authors.
Delicate
Ego.
The Nobius Formula:
Evaporate.
5)
Assume identity makes
*TONGUE* telling
Well spoken Poe corpse.
Not even the
magic marker--
Universal Hippie
Can smoke
OPUS.
6)
Arrhythmia desire.
Don't know a f*u**ing thing about goodbyes...
So let me love/leave
Exit brain left
With
some-elusively
sought
Forgiveness
Dignity
this nite.
--Nobius Black |
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| Trowel Destiny |
[Oct. 14th, 2007|11:39 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | SiXX AM: Pray for Me | ] |
"Because the drugs never work... Another cog in the murder machine. They said, 'All teenagers scare the living sh*t out of me.' They could care less as long as someone'll bleed..." --My Chemical Romance
"White Trash Beautiful. I swear to God it's true. I'm coming home to you girl." --Everlast
"And she drags me to church but I'm scared to commit." --Sixx A.M.
Gabcast! White Rabbit - *BLACK HOLE* #9
Trowel Destiny
Rooted
Panic Soil
LiFE flowers grow
Upside Frowns,
Crying Clowns,
Not quite nature intended.
(Man is involved.)
Old Gods wear New Masks
You, Gardener digging
Hardly take notice
Yet rooting for
that something more
Tell me,
"No big deal.
I'm looking for
Where that damn
Icarus landed
And all of my
lost days."
One tear.
a Trowel of Destiny!
Formerly known as Spear.
This the last time I go
Blind dating
With that cat with the sandals,
That dude
Named Jesus.
--Nobius Black |
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| Calliope Nerve XIV: THE Queen |
[Oct. 6th, 2007|01:42 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | The Melvins: Queen | ] |
"My wealth is words. And I invested wisely in poetry." --Nobius Black
Calliope Nerve XIV: THE Queen is available now and free of charge. In grand Calliope tradition this issue features a wide range of styles and pieces by both seasoned and new creators including Melissa Lebruin, Billy Jno Hope, Zachary C. Bush, Jim Benz, Joe Nolan, and me, I'm Nobius Black.
This issue's featured artist is the incomparable Jim Benz.
A Cup of Coffee
arrhythmia
could it be another morning?
ungodly
perhaps I’m dead
oh for the climate of dreams
found lacking, found
casting aspersion
on daybreak
full of songbirds
full of meaningless
ennui or conflict, snarling
eggs be damned, give me coffee
--Jim Benz
Due to a limited print run, this issue is being distributied by email only to the general public. Send your email address to nobius at gmail dot com.
Submission info is located here. (We are always looking for talent.) Internet link trades, advertising, back issues, and flier swaps available.
To support Calliope order your Amazon products via my web log: White Rabbit - *BLACK HOLE*.
Name your muse! Calliope Nerve. |
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| Lucy Crooked House (The Nobius Tree) |
[Sep. 15th, 2007|08:43 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Guns 'N Roses: My Michelle | ] |
"No one knows how the Princesses leave their rooms at night... Or where they go to dance." --Dungeons & Dragons (Dragonlance)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God." --The Gospel of John
Lucy Crooked House (The Nobius Tree)
Skin Walk
Crooked House
Of Mists
Holds Soul
Poetry dreams
Lesser Prophets
Mouth
say something beautiful
I feel words.
(tHEM all.)
It's what I do.
Fretful workings
Belong with other men.
wiLL it take us forever?
to transcend
to become script
to morph Spirit
Write God.
Ink will tell.
Started today with ten essential
Vitamins/Minerals
It'd take ten bowls
Of that other kind!
(Wheaties Natural Selection.)
I'm finally buff enough
To get with Lucy Lieu!
I heard it
from you Love...
The sound of
Your heart
brEAKing
& the pruning
of the Nobius Tree.
The star of my own work.
--Nobius Black |
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