CTJ PRESS: News That’s Fit to Print for a Man Who’s Fit to Be Tied
Joshua Madden (@maddenjoshua), Arts & Entertainment Editor of The Baylor Lariat, picked my brain and found 27 cents in lost change and a stale Funyun from 1997 in the folds of my gray matter. The resulting feature is the first and only solo interview I have granted for any publication, and hopefully not the last. It was...
The Baylor Lariat Interviews CTJ About His Book, Which No One Can Buy (Yet)
Joshua Madden (@maddenjoshua), Arts & Entertainment Editor of The Baylor Lariat, picked my brain this week and found 27 cents in lost change and a stale Funyun from 1997 in the folds of my gray matter. The resulting feature ran today. It’s the first solo interview I have granted for any publication, and hopefully not...
Hunting for Musical Easter Eggs: An Interview with Indie-Rock Icon Mitch Easter
Mitch Easter’s name suits him well. His records are obscure, hidden in record shops all over the world like so many Easter eggs. In the ’80s, he fronted the North Carolina-based jangle-pop outfit Let’s Active, and released an EP and three full-length records. While iTunes and eMusic offer a few isolated songs from my favorite Let’s...
International DJG Day Coverage: Enough Content to Capsize the Continent
I hereby declare today to be International DJG (Danny J. Gibson) Day. If you are concerned that this day might somehow overshadow some other holiday no one celebrates, you are free to file a complaint with your Congressman. Go ahead, really. Because nothing is going to stop today from being International DJG Day. Tonight is Danny’s gallery...
(im)PRESS(ed?) for DJG’s Album/Exhibit
This is a big week for Danny J. Gibson. His show opens Friday in Kansas City, the two of us are going to be on NPR’s Kansas City affiliate, KCUR, and a feature on Danny is going to appear in The Pitch. It’s a mass media feeding frenzy, and Danny and I are the...
A Harrowing Hallelujah: An Interview with Author Heather Gilion + Book Giveaway
Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. – Job 13:15 Before I met Heather, I only knew who she was because life’s fatal finger had smeared ashes on her forehead, making her something of a living reminder of the reality of death in this world. I read about her in a newspaper,...
The Time-Traveling Bookbinder: Hagen Miller Teaches the Future About the Past
Hagen Miller is living proof that human beings do not need elaborate contraptions to travel through time. He voyages into yesteryears each time he binds a book using the methods of his forefathers from centuries past. His work is proof that the theme song from Reading Rainbow was not, in fact, a lie. When that...
On Winning and Losing Wars: An Interview with NYC’s Tara-Leigh Cobble
“No one would watch this film / Where redemption never comes / And the garden is lost to the darkness / And the lover dies unloved. All the hatches were battened / I don’t know, I don’t know what happened / So I cried out to the captain / Forgetting I’d thrown him to the...
The Star-Lassoer: An Interview with V2/Bella Union Artist Stephanie Dosen
In 2003 I opened for Stephanie Dosen at Churchill’s Coffeehouse in Springfield, MO, and it was like opening for a pixie from another planet who spends her free time lassoing stars and befriending constellations. Since we were at a coffeehouse, it was not difficult for me to imagine her pouring milk from the Milky Way into...
A Free Christmas Album That’s Worth Billions: Sam Billen & Josh Atkinson’s “A Word of Encouragement”
If you hear someone rustling around in your chimney this week, refrain from calling the police. No, Santa Claus has not decided to deliver presents early this year. Someone else is descending, rendering his presence utterly useless this Yule. Lawrence, KS residents Sam Billen and Josh Atkinson are headed for your hearts and hearths with...
A Radio Broadcast Featuring CTJ & DJG (Right-Click & Save Target)
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