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p.s. Hey. I'm back. Let's get caught up. I'll be speeding along today a bit so I can speak to/with several days' worth of comments, and apologies in advance for that. ** Friday ** David Ehrenstein, Hi. That's a big indeed on Cale's godlike-ness. ** xTx, Hi, pal. No doubt we'll be switching places on the 'doing well' status any time now. That's so great about your accumulating novel! It's going to be a biggie, wow, very cool. 'So it goes…'…incredibly well in my book! ** Tosh Berman, Hi, Tosh, I'm so, so sorry to hear that about Gilles Verlant. I saw something about it in the French news while I was away. Serious condolences and hugs, my friend. ** Steevee, Hi, Steve. Very nice. I haven't seen Cale live since the era that I concentrated on in the gig post for no good reason. Your qualification re: 'SBTL' is duly noted. Long story short, I'm doing the p.s, offline today, so I can't share any links, but I look forward to reading your GCN piece. ** Heliotrope, Hi, Mark! I remember all of those Cale gigs. Not where the Busta Cherry one was very well, though. Maybe at the Starwood? I can't remember whether those gigs were on my list either, ha ha. I saw that about the Dodgers. Cool! And their controversial post win swim or something? Jeez, who knows, maybe they have the stuff this year. Dude, seeing you is the sweetness. ** Zach, Hi, Zach. Both very cool songs, agreed. I don't know what my fave Cale song would be. I do really love 'Engine' a lot. There was no youtube video for it, so I couldn't include it. That might be my fave. Wow, that's crazy impressive about the guy who plays with Cale. All is well with you, I hope? ** S., Hi. How was the festival? Tell me! ** Dom Lyne, Hi, Dom! Really nice to see you! I'm really, really happy to hear that you sorted out your heroin habit. I so hate that drug. And, obviously, it's great that you've broken back through with your writing! Man, you sound really good! I'm so happy and proud of you and excited and hopeful, my friend. Lovely paragraph. Lots of love. ** Omar, Hi, man! It's a great thing to see you here! My sincere condolences about your great friend's passing, and, yes, it would be great and an honor if you would like to do a post/tribute to him here. Please do. You're moving to Berlin! Wow, fantastic news! ** Misanthrope, Hi, G. If I heard there was a 'gayest' anything ever, I would avoid it like the plague. Maybe 'sexiest' is better? I don't know who Ronan Parke is. I think I've reached Kyler Moss burnout. Of course I love mushrooms. Eat them virtually every day, actually. ** Saturday ** MyNeighborJohnTurturro, Hey, man! Good to see you! My blog is blog-not-grata in your libraries, eh? Those escort and slave posts are going to be the death of here someday, I guess. They probably only stock 'MLT''cos that was published by a Scottish publisher, and because my old, longtime UK publisher Serpents Tail is letting all my other books go out of print and die, which doesn't help. How's everything in your head and world? ** David Ehrenstein, Hey. Like I said, I'm doing this p.s, offline, so I can't use links at the moment, so I'm just sitting here wondering if the 'Goldsboro Mon Amour' is Bobby, and I'll find out later. ** xTx, Hi! Yeah, I'm angling to do the Winchester Halloween experience this year maybe, if I'm lucky. Love, me. ** Randomwater, Hey! Wow, really nice to see you! No, I don't know that Alan Moore thing, but I'll try to see it, for sure. Everything's great here, thanks. You work at House of Pies! Whoa, yeah, I know that place like crazy. The job's okay? That's really funny and great. ** Bill, You should do Winchester House. It's, like, so close to you. My trip was great, yes, thank you. I went to NYC. ** S., Hey. Like I said up above a couple of times, I can't use or share inks today due to offline p.s. writing, but I'll check that asap. ** hyemin, Hi. That error sounds really beautiful, actually. I love errors most of the time. Good luck with what you're working on. Customs were easy-peasy this last trip, lucky me. ** L@rstonovich, Hi, L! Oh, man, really best wishes with your health stuff. Hopefully you're markedly improved now. It's as blustery here as Paris ever gets, which isn't too blustery, too. Lots o' love. ** _Black_Acrylic, I'm so happy you loved 'Mouchette'! I so agree. That's great! ** Nemo, Hi, Joey. Okay, let me figure out my traveling schedule. It's busy but up in the air, dates-wise, and I need to get that sorted anyway. Cool about the Fanzine work. Love to you and Jarrod too! ** Monday ** Bill, Hi, Bill! ** David Ehrenstein, Lots and lots, in fact. ** Grant Scicluna, Hi, man! Wow, you're about to start shooting or even are shooting maybe by now? Best of the best of luck, not that you need such theoretical input. It's over by Sunday! That's really fast, isn't it? Let me know when you'll be in Paris. I have traveling ahead but hopefully we can make it work. ** Flit, Hi, Flit! Me too. Not a trace of that guy in ages. I hope he's okay. ** Rewritedept, Yuck, ha ha. That show does sound really good. Pray tell. ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T. Yeah, got your email/post! Thanks a billion. It'll launch here on Saturday, Oct, 5th. ** Steevee, I hope your eye got sorted. ** Kyler, Hi there, buddy/d.l. whom I bumped into during my mysterious trip! It was great to see you, however briefly. ** Grant maierhofer, Things go very well, thank you. Wow, do I know Blanco's music? Maybe not, or else I'm just spacing out at the moment. That book? Again, space out, so I'm not sure. Like I said up there somewheres, I'm link-impaired today. I'll check those this afternoon. Cool! ** Sypha, Feel better, James! You must be the most productive sick person ever. What's your secret? ** Misanthrope, Bon appetit! ** Tuesday ** David Saa V. Estornell, Sir! ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, D. It was Bresson's birthday, and I forgot? Shit. ** Steevee, Glad your eye took care of itself. ** Rewritedept, My weekend was super great, thanks. Holy fucking ouch. ** Wednesday ** Flit, It does very well, Fliterooni. Shit, I can't use/do links today, like I said. Ugh. I'll will definitely explore that link and your other recs in a bit, though. Thanks! ** Bill, Trip was splendid, thanks. Hope yours is at least that. How was NYC? We must have just missed each other. ** Robert-nyc, Hi, Robert. No, I don't have copies of many of the Little Caesar issues. I thought Fales Library had them, but I just visited there while on your turf, and they don't. Yikes. My mailing address: ℅ Centre International des Recollets, 150 rue du Faubourg St. Martin, 75010 Paris, France. Thanks so much! ** David Saa V. Estornell, Thanks, sweet D. ** Jack, Hi, Jack! Ha ha, such a good line, and you found such a great context/poem for it over on pantaloons! ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff! Thanks a bunch for the blog posts props. My trip was really good. Yeah, a bunch of trips are on the horizon, being schemed, planned, and cemented. That artist residency sounds like just the thing. Getting to work on a new novel when one has just come out is the path to sanity, if you can manage that. ** Grant maierhofer, Hey. Glad you dug it, man. Excited for your 'BSC' thing. Alert me when it's up, if you remember. ** _Black_Acrylic, Oh, man, so sorry about you not getting the residency. That's a lot of appliers to compete with. Sucks, but you'll end up in an even better situation, I'm sure, ** Steevee, I've never found much of personal interest in Drake's stuff. I'll give the new one a try, though. Thanks for the word. ** S., Hi. Nice potential house. I dream up houses all the time. How's the Ginger Baker doc? Such a weirdo. Yes, write a story! ** Thomas Moronic, I remember when you guys did that. ** Okay, we're caught up. Sorry again for speeding and for the temporary no links problem. Uh, more Halloween for you today. Apologies for what may be a lengthy load time. See you tomorrow.