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Go ahead and start judging, friends. The book now has a cover. Many thanks to the great Jayna Wallace for taking the jacket photograph. She captured this shot after a Watershed show at Little Brothers in Columbus, February 2005. The … Continue reading →

The spankin’ new Watershed single, “American Muscle” b/w “Sticky Bomb,” is now posted here and at the spankin’ new Watershed website. Dig the lyrics and credits at bandcamp. Is “American Muscle” a sympathetic portrayal of an unfairly maligned international banker … Continue reading →

The Louisville Review has just published my play, “Los Camioneros” (“The Truckers”). It’s the story of three immigrant smugglers in Galveston, TX, told from the point of view of the smugglers themselves. Click HERE to go to the journal’s homepage, … Continue reading →

Don’t call it a comeback, kids, but November is shaping up to be a big month for the mighty Watersheds. First, in early November, the band will release a new single, “American Muscle,” about which, more later. Second, on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

The frustrating thing about being a fan of a band is that it’s so damn hard to express how much you love the songs you love by that band. Transcendent. Sublime. Totally fucking kick ass. Pick your adjectives and adverbs. … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to “Towing and Recovery,” a short story of mine that was just published in storySouth. It features Mike Dulaney, a car-towing, crime fighting superhero!

I’ve received some sweet news in the last couple weeks, the kind of news you’re always hoping to find when you open the ol’ In Box. One: The mensches at storySouth (True guardians of the New South, I say. Kinda … Continue reading →

Next week I head back to Columbus, where my mates in Watershed and I will continue work on a new record. The plan is to release the album early next year, to coincide with the publication of my memoir, Hitless … Continue reading →

An Open Letter to Braxton Miller Dear Braxton, This week we Buckeye fans got the news we’ve been bracing for ever since Jim Tressel stepped down: that your teammate, the phenomenally gifted Terrelle Pryor, would be following his coach out … Continue reading →

I’m pleased as a parakeet to report that on June 14 Crown will publish Break the Skin, the new novel by my friend and writing teacher, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin. The title comes from a line in the Watershed … Continue reading →