The Indepdnent Film Channel (IFC) will air Alan's short film "Five Stories" four times in the month of May. "Five Stories" is an adaptation from Alan's perzine, Pressed Between the Pages.
Show times:
Mon 05/07/07 12:40AM
Sat 05/12/07 07:45AM
Tue 05/22/07 06:55PM
Wed 05/30/07 12:50AM
(all times are eastern)
"Five Stories" follows a dream in which two brothers collect artifacts representing their memories as they traverse the labyrinthine floors of a surreal five-story house. Fire rips through the house, incinerating the memories the boys were unable to save as they attempt to escape through the attic window, five stories above the ground.
Emerson Dameron live at Around the Coyote
Written by Alan Lastufka
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Fall of Autumn presents Emerson Dameron reading to us about flags, World War II, nazi's, and his love for Hogan's Heroes. Recorded live at Chicago's Around The Coyote 2007 Winter Arts Festival.
Bazooka Joe's job is to be prolific. He's the author\creator\host of the Small World Podcast, a frequently updated (sometimes more than thrice a week) podcast on, well, whatever story tickles Joe's fancy. Bazooka Joe is hardly new to broadcasting. A pirate radio personality and long time fixture of the San Diego music scene, Joe's been around the block more than a few times, and that shines through with his incredible shows.
My mom called me the other day to ask me if I heard about the Virginia Tech shootings. That particular day I wasn't paying a lick of attention to the news wires that worm their way into my computer and I don't normally watch television news, so it was quite a shocking surprise when I clicked and found that over 30 people had been killed in the worst school massacre ever. Like most parents, her cares and concerns were oriented towards myself and my brother. While I've been out of college for ages now, my brother is still in school, and I often think of going back. "It's so horrible, that could happen anywhere, that could have been you or your brother" she said with a very genuine sounding worry in her voice.
Tracey, being the fine, upstanding citizen she is, arrived at SKA House in the afternoon after a half-day of work. Sluggy and I, being the dirtbags we are, were still in bathrobe watching Homestar Runner with dirty pint glasses and empty booze bottles strewn about from the previous Shitty Movie Night. Nothing of high importance, like finishing my screenplay, had been accomplished; it’s fairly obviously that something low on the list of priorities, like three days’ worth of dishes, had even crossed my mind.
Phase two of our scheme happens in the moments I've got my foot on the gas keeping this piss colored van sputtering through the first rays of morning while Mandy sits in the back – stretching latex over a nozzle – preparing the stolen balloons. We’ve got the good colors. Pink, black, green... well... actually... it's my fault for making a mistake in the isles of Wal-Mart – mistaking GREEN for BLUE before slipping the package into my pocket. We were avoiding blue, but... it's too late. Screw it. We've got everything – balloons, helium tank, reel of nylon twine, and one crazy fucking idea. No turning back.
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Fall of Autumn presents Brent Kado of AvantChicago, reading Malachi Ritscher's Mission Statement. Malachi Ritscher committed self-immolation on the side of the Kennedy Expressway during morning rush hour on Friday November 3, 2006, as a protest against the Iraq war.
With a month’s notice, Calico moved back to Gallipolis. Much to her chagrin, it caused no drama, and I had a new roommate before she’d even started packing. I had the apartment to myself for about a week, and at first it was pretty awesome to be able to lounge in the living room in my underwear eating spaghetti and watching obscure violent Japanese movies.
Her name was Kate Vicious. The name fit her; she was brutal. Brutal in a good way—her messy punk hair with all the colors leaking out of it, her skin stained from too much eyeliner. She was hardcore in a way that all our suburban kids wished they were hardcore. She was the first girl I met who was more than just an aesthetic. I was young then and easily impressionable. I thought I was dirty because I cut my own hair and I wore jeans from a thrift store. Kate Vicious was different than me. She was grimy, and she was real.
First, a big thank you to our judges; Jeremy Robert Johnson, Dan Halligan and Robyn Charles, we all appreciate your time and hope you enjoyed reading everyone's pieces.
Now, for our winners:
First Place: "A History Of Disappearances" Wendy Spacek is our grand prize winner and will be receiving their entry reprinted in the summer issue of our Quarterly print zine and fallofautumn.com's main site, a one Year subscription to Verbicide Magazine, courtesy of Scissor Press, $20 Gift Certificate to Fall of Autumn, a handmade journal from Robyn Charles, a Zine Grab Bag and a tube of handmade organic vegan lip balm by Kate Sandler!
Second Place: "The Tainted" Sharon L. Pruitt is our runner-up winner and will be receiving their entry reprinted on fallofautumn.com's main site, a $10 Gift Certificate to Fall of Autumn, a handmade journal from Robyn Charles, a Zine Grab Bag and a tube of handmade organic vegan lip balm by Kate Sandler!
Third Place: "The Redemption of Thomas McMann" Caroline Tigeress is our third-place winner and will be receiving their entry reprinted on fallofautumn.com's main site, a handmade journal from Robyn Charles, a Zine Grab Bag and a tube of handmade organic vegan lip balm by Kate Sandler!
