Jan
31

Spectral Ganglia: Poetry And Sound Experiments

The Literary Underground’s Project U Radio first “open mic” call in show. Join Lindsey Thomas and Lynn Alexander for Spectral Ganglia: Poetry and Sound. What the hell is  ”spectral ganglia”? Who cares, cause this is some badass radio, coming straight to you live on Friday evening, Feb. 3, at 11 p.m. EST, 8 p.m. PST.  Get involved and call in to  share whatever you’ve got going on. Uncensored, unclicked, uninhibited, naked radio featuring YOU. Be a part of this by calling in: (805) 856-2808. Find the show page HERE where you can log in, set reminders (get an email before our shows) and follow. You can also listen to on-demand archives of previous shows and download them to your ipod or whatever device. Hell, you can even download it to your phone. If you still have dial up or sleeping kids or live under a bridge but have a cell phone, you can opt to bypass the whole computer situation and listen through your phone. Just call in and you will hear it.

How does a radio “open mic” show work? Easy. You call in, you wait, we say your area code to let you know that you are live- and off you go. How about five minutes? Cool? OK. Let’s do this. We don’t care if you are a burning piece of hot hipster shit or a first timer, just trying out some stuff. The U loves you.

Project U Radio is a project of The Literary Underground, a community and resource for writers, publishers, and readers of the independent press.

Jan
04

Radio Raffle Time!

 

Got five bucks? Got more? Feeling guilty, 1%??? Welcome to the first LU Radio Raffle! All you have to do is toss a donation in the kitty (see right column) and your name will be added to the famous Fez, where lucky winners will be drawn LIVE on our January 13 Project U Radio show. See fine print for the legal blah blah blah.

Fancy yourself an aficionado of international cuisine?

You could win a GIFT BASKET OF CONDIMENTS, courtesy of Frankie Metro, maintained under ideal refrigerator conditions and lovingly culled from visitors at the Kurky Hostel.

Live and breathe weaving? We are offering a plush pile of organic fibers, groomed and hand trimmed by Broncho John in his Hoosier Hippie Haven, a rescue sanctuary. Broncho bathes and rehabilitates hundreds of hippies each year, releasing them back into the wild as scrubbed citizens. We appreciate his donation to our raffle as some of our staff have utilized his services.

We are lucky to have a gently used pair of supportive compression stockings and diabetic footwear courtesy of Phyllis Miller over at Project U’s favorite hi-rise. Don’t miss out on this valuable combo as she assures us that they were very expensive by 1978 standards.

We have an assortment of items from the medicine cabinet of Paul Corman-Roberts, including some prescription! Yes, folks, this is truly the mother lode of prizes and they aren’t even expired.

Brian Fugett donated a case of Pupperoni Dog Treats and he is willing to throw in a chap if your dog considers himself a reader of smutarama. Speaking of smut, Karl Koweski graciously donated an economy size tub of Polish Hammer Love Jammer petroleum jelly, sealed. (see fine print below)

We have more prizes, and more opportunities to get your paws on some serious literary memorabilia. But you have to pay to play. Paypal, mail, or promise your donation to the Literary Underground between now and when our radio show airs and your name could be drawn for a piece of history!

Raffle Disclaimers:

By reading this legal stuff, you are agreeing to it.

The organizers are not responsible for the quality or integrity of any prizes listed and make no representations as to their fitness for use or consumption.

The organizers will not be responsible for any injuries, illness, lost wages, damages to property or person, that may result from the acquisition and use of raffle prizes.

Please consult a doctor before enjoying compression stockings.

The wooden duck collection may or may not have come from Frank Reardon.

We cannot guarantee the seal on any Polish Hammer products, or that they will arrive with any packaging or instructions. Please lube responsibly. Don’t operate machinery or drive while using Polish Hammer products.

We frown upon the use of any medications intended for others and we want it to be known that we categorically disapprove of the donations of Paul Corman-Roberts. We happen to know, as well, that his generic nasal spray is expired.

Prizes may or may not be actually awarded and no literacy assertions are to be understood from the Pupperoni/chapbook combo pack on the part of your dog or any others.

Use common sense. Donate, but don’t have high expectations. Thank you. Good luck!

Jan
03

January 6th, Project U Radio @ The Literary Underground

TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION: Relationships and Writers: Have you ever dated a writer/poet? It has been said in some articles that the arrangement is doomed from the start, while others say that when it fits, it is a unique experience that serves to further both people’s creative endeavors…This Friday, we open up the phone lines to singles and couples alike, in order to find out which is more prevalent: the disastrous affair, or the inspirational union? Call in to speak on: 805 856 2808 Friday 7PM WEST 8PM MT 9PM CST 10PM EST.

Hosted by Frankie Metro, Lynn Alexander, and Paul Corman-Roberts.

You can call in or send a comment to be read if you want to chime in anonymously. You can also leave a comment here with your name if you can’t call in. All welcome, uncensored, unscripted, unhinged.

 

Dec
18

January 13: Tainted Dayton Show And Raffle

Brian Fugett (pictured below) is becoming a man this month at a private party but none of us are invited so we will express our disgust while we try to raise some money for Project U Radio with a raffle of awesome prizes. These prizes are so awesome that we can’t even post about them here. As a teaser, however, we will say that we just might have a basket of laundry for you to try to win and sniff from Phyllis Miller herself. We’re talking ripe compression stockings, straight from the Hi Rise! Five bucks, via paypal, and you get a chance to win. All proceeds go to Project U Radio operating expenses, nothing fishy. Just trying to toss some money in the Literary Underground kitty.

In this segment, we will dis-honor Mr. Brian Fugett with some roasting and ribbing as we celebrate his 40th with some well deserved abuse. The call in number is (805) 856-2808. This is the link to the show page where you can listen through your phone if you have cheap-ass internet, listen online, listen to the archive, or call in to say something. *here*.

Here is your chance to holler about hamsters, poetry grenades, aerosol cheese, porn-a-rama, and Karl Koweski.

Karl Koweski, here is your chance to holler about Gordon Lightfoot.

Gordon Lightfoot, here is your chance to holler about being Canadian.

And Canadians? You can holler about having Leopold. Eh?

Leopold can’t holler because he will be too busy.

Plus, he’s kinda locked in an old refrigerator. Because he’s a raffle prize.

Dec
13

January 20, 2012, Segment 5, Project U Radio

Segment 5: January 20, 2012.  ”Editorial Discretion”. Editors, would you publish work with content that you think is personally objectionable (i.e. racism) if you thought it was an otherwise good piece? How do you feel about a blanket policy about certain kinds of content, such as “We don’t publish anything that includes sexist elements”. Do you make distinctions as far as language, character, etc. and have you had this issue come up when selecting work for a zine, website, journal, or project? Do you find the line of subjective interpretation to be difficult? Have you rejected work that you thought was well written because it contained something that you thought to be offensive or thought might offend readers? Beyond offensive, but perhaps hurtful or harmful?

If you want to start at the beginning, check out the archives *here* for our Censorship show, December 2, 2011, where we discussed movements like The Citizens For Decent Literature whose aim was to suppress literature that organizers felt was “objectionable”. Inspired by this and being a fan of free speech, Literary Underground’s Michele McDannold started a printed publication by the same name and soon after, a website to showcase poetry online. Brief editor of the website content, Michael Goscinski, was invited on to talk about censorship and a lengthy conversation ensued.

My distinction on the difference between censorship and editorial discretion is simple- one involves the systemic suppression of free speech through an authority either by their own undertaking or under pressure by a group that has lobbied for suppression. The other involves the discretion of a content producer and their right to have standards with respect to content. If I have a magazine, I have the right to decide that I don’t want any content that involves clowns. (to use my example from the show) We are looking at my right as an owner and producer to discretion, which I believe to be important. But censorship would involve the government telling producers that they cannot publish content that involves clowns. This distinction takes away editorial discretion with a blanket rule across the board, presumably (they say) for societal or other benefit. This is an external, imposed control meant to assert one group’s moral or religious view onto another group by limiting clown content. ……  Read the rest of this entry »

Dec
12

Welcome to Project U Radio

Welcome to the Literary Underground’s Project U’s Radio/Audio blog, where we will be posting information and links about upcoming shows, topics, guests, and more. We will also post a schedule as episodes are organized.