tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54812278405576225882012-02-16T06:43:19.796-06:00Music, writing, bourbon, and the Dallas Mavericks, in no particular order.Zac Crainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540499657870535404noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481227840557622588.post-80807611759886973662010-08-20T11:56:00.003-05:002010-08-20T12:02:55.035-05:00

Not that anyone checks this on a regular basis, but apologies for almost exactly a year between posts. I'll try not to let that happen again. I'm shooting for six months this time, then gradually walking my way all the way back to, like, once a week. ANYWAY.The occasion for this visit: another post by me at FreeDarko, this time re: Josh Howard. It's right here. Thanks again to Shoals for letting

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I wasn't worried what would happen when the book came out. I knew what I had done. I knew that the gripes and accusations that had been aimed at me in the (long) run-up to its publication didn't have any real basis in fact. But there had been so many slings and arrows to deal with, I still wondered what the reaction would be. Not really from reviewers. From Darrell's fans, and his family.The

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I found out recently Black Tooth Grin is getting a second printing. So thank you to everyone who bought a copy, and a special thanks to those who encouraged others to buy a copy to.In other words: thanks Mom and Dad.

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I work as a senior editor at D Magazine. Here, my boss and friend Tim Rogers reviews the reviews of Black Tooth Grin.

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It's been a long time. Much longer than I expected or wanted. If you know me, you know my family has been dealing with a terrible loss, and we're just starting to get back into the normal swing of things -- though, of course, we're adjusting to a new normal. So, June was the most bittersweet of months. Anyway. Business as usual starting next week.As always, thanks for your support.

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Read more of Mr. Witthaus' very kind review here.

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Read the rest of Mr. Boyd's review right here.

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Haven't seen what it looks like in print, but here it is online. I think my parents will be more proud of this than the book.

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"He'd wake up at midnight, roll out of bed, drag everybody down to -- what was it? -- Babydolls, the strip joint, for last call, basically, for breakfast."

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But at least they spelled my name right. Oh, wait -- hold on. Scratch that.(You can't say I don't post the bad ones, too.)

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There's a photo I didn't expect to see five years ago.

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"'And right next to it was this giant ass with this drill going into or something that said "Pantera."'"(That made you want to go here, right?)

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Live-blogging Mavs/Nuggets tonight with FreeDarko's Bethlehem Shoals at InsideCorner. Join us, won't you?

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Bethlehem Shoals of FreeDarko saw My Bloody Valentine last night. I saw them last Wednesday. We compare notes here.

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"According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, in the ensuing melee four people were arrested on charges including 'battery, inciting a riot, and cruelty to an animal after an angry patron punched a police horse in the neck.'"

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I wish I had screen grabs of all the different iterations of the Amazon page for Black Tooth Grin, and especially all of the release dates that appeared there. The original, sort of wildly hopeful date was, I believe, sometime in November 2007. Then that was pushed back a few months. Then a year. I kind of lost track at one point. As of a few days ago, it was May 26. Now, and I do believe finally

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