Other Websites of Interest
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Wred Fright
Go Metric!, pop culture zine that I write for, masterminded by Mike Faloon.
The Joslyns, I played guitar and occasionally sung with this group when I first moved to Cleveland. The best description I heard of us was "a drunk Joy Division".
Out Your Backdoor, my book publisher, Jeff Potter, check out his other publications.
Team Fright, another of my old bands, on GarageBand.Com.
Underground Literary Alliance Press, the imprint of Out Your Backdoor that publishes The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus--check out their other great books!
Wred on Amazon
Wred on MySpace, some tunes and links to more friends, though as with all the social networking sites I'm on I seldom if ever visit it, so any messages are best sent via good old fashioned regular email.
Zinewiki, a zine encyclopedia that has entries for Wred Fright and another for The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus.
The original Wred Fright website and more, more or less, archived courtesy of Internet Archive: Wayback Machine.
Wred on GoodReads, books I like and links to more friends.
Wred on Shelfari, even more books I like and links to even more friends.
Wred on LibraryThing, yet more books I like and links to yet more friends.
Wred on Twitter, embarrassing, yes, but at least I'm still not on Facebook . . . yet.
Literature
Adventures In Hypertension, Victor Schwartzman doesn't just write novels, he is a novel.
Astound Comics, great comic book and graphic novel store in Westlake, Ohio USA!
Attacking The Demi-Puppets, King Wenclas's blog, home of provocative literary commentary and criticism from an Underground Literary Alliance perspective.
Brady Russell, Underground Literary Alliance member and Renaissance Man.
Crazy Carl, blog by author of the classic Fat On The Vine.
Eddie Willson, talented British author of the great underground novel The Black Car Leaving.
Gorsky Press, a great indie lit publisher!
Jack Saunders, legendary undergrounder and quite possibly the most prolific writer in the world.
Jeff Somers, science fiction writer and zine legend responsible for the long-running The Inner Swine.
Jim Munroe, indie lit trailblazer from Canada.
K.M. Dersley (or, as I like to call him, "The Derz") lives on The Ragged Edge and helps keep underground literature kicking in the U.K.!
Leopold McGinnis, from the land of many good things such as the Big Turk candy bar and a Tim Horton's donut store on every corner comes Canada's latest underground writing wunderkind.
Literary Vision, this literary ezine picked up where the late, lamented Babel left off.
Mac's Backs, the coolest bookstore in Cleveland+.
Outsider Writers, a group of writers I belong to.
Red Fez, lit ezine run by Leopold McGinnis.
Sean Stewart of Thoughtworm, librarian, zinester, and secret ninja warrior.
Underground Literary Adventures, Pat King of Cathedral zine and I used to edit this now defunct blog featuring writing by the Underground Literary Alliance, the zine literary group, and other indie/underground/zine writers, but there's still plenty of good reading to be found there!
Underground Literary Alliance, a group of zeen writers I used to belong to.
Underground Literary Reviews, ULA book and zine reviews!
ULA Poetry and Fiction, the successor to Underground Literary Adventures.
Visible Voice Books, the coolest bookstore in Cleveland proper!
The Whirligig, blog version of a lit zine, run by ex-ULAer J.D. Finch.
Zine World, zine reviews a go go!
ZineBook.Com, a great zine resource!
Music
The Balomai Brothers, Cleveland rock and roll mad geniuses.
David Talento, the man of many talents.
Joe Jack Talcum Bootleg of the Month, hear me interview the Dead Milkmen, and check out the rest of Joe's cool site while you're there!
Metaphysical Zoo, one of Keith Knudson's many musical projects.
My Mind's Eye, great record store in Lakewood, Ohio USA!
Music Saves, indie rock and roll record store in Cleveland!
Pat's In The Flats, my favorite rock and roll bar in Cleveland.
Razorcake, great indie/punk fanzine!
Square Records, indie rock and roll record store in Akron!
Pals
Have A Nice Summer, Gina's blog, and you know you want to answer the Friday question.
Heights Eats, Ben and Sarah offer a guide to good grub. Yum!
Politics
American Civil Liberties Union, seemingly among the few Americans left who understand the Constitution.
Amnesty International, human rights organization.
GreenPeace, international environmental activists.
This And That
Cool Cleveland, find cool things to do in Cleveland.
Scene, Cleveland's alt-weekly newspaper.
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