I can't believe I had to edit out clapping. Some days I give up.
Tuesday, October 06, 2026
In the Quiet Room
Poet Mark Tulin and artist Edward Michael Supranowicz break the silence this Tuesday at Oddball Magazine.
This Week's Most Distinguished Network Name
It's amazing what people will name their online networks. I'm always
trying to hijack Wi-Fi when I'm commuting, so I often come across a
number of interesting names. Every Tuesday, I post the most impressive
and/or cringe-inducing names.
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| Thanks for giving me this just in time for October. |
Caught in Kenmore
I don't know much about Nathan Bowen, but this piece in Kenmore Square really captures the musical spirit of the area that persists no matter how much gentrification has tried to kill it off.
Monday, October 05, 2026
Tonight
Saw a group of people in the Forest Hills T stop singing.
One was dressed in a dinosaur costume.
It's all well and good when spring is in the air.
But fall just...hits different.
Third Time?
Glad to have my photography with Eric Goldfarb's poem on the recent botched execution of Christa Pike. It's up now at Oddball Magazine.
If I Only Could
If I had the time, I would do a followup to my Coyote Vs. Acme review with an article on all the fan art that ships Wile E. Coyote with the Road Runner.
Unfortunately, it would take a lot of back and forth interviews with young artists who may not even bother responding to messages from an older weirdo asking questions about their work.
We'll see what happens.
You Might Learn Somthing Today
Life lessons for my girlfriend are in today's Anne Skove comic.
Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
Don't Call Him Charlie
We have Mike Mesterton-Gibbons on the real royal family to open the week over at Oddball Magazine. Have a happy Monday! Hope to see you alive at the end of it.
New and Upgraded
Started a new journal, so it needs stickers. I've started with free ones from this particular overseas press I hope to bring up later today.
Surprise Yourself
When your appointments are finished and your partner asks you to pick up toner for school, why not walk all the way down to State Street and take a picture of the John Hancock along the way?
Getting Back in the Groove
I wanted to catch up last week but couldn't due to exhaustion.
I'm a little more rested. Somewhat more healed.
Let's see if I can have a productive Monday for once.
A Quote from Cape Cod
Going to post a sticker I found down in Provincetown. The quote "You'll trip if you keep looking back" is actually taken from a Gucci Maine quote. Sorry, RWK.
Halloween Themed Graffiti, Week One
This is some ghost graffiti I found in Kenmore a while back. Probably faded away by now, as ghosts and street pieces often do. Let's see if I have enough to last the month.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
Republican politicians are killing us and people voting republican are killing themselves. We all need to vote in November.
My Monday Morning Music
For this Halloween month, I'm focusing on the kind of everyday modern horror I've been featuring at Oddball Magazine. The techno music of Chris Korda of the Church of Euthanasia fits this perfectly One of his most recent works, "Apologize to the Future," also serves as a retrospective of his life's work.
Sunday, October 04, 2026
James Behind the 3 Ball
James Conant passed away over a decade ago. Two months later, I lost my grandmother and sister, which placed me in a stupor for the rest of 2015. Years later, I still owe him a proper eulogy. There are pieces of his artwork I'm hoping to scan later this month. Here's a piece that was never used for Jason Wright's Jagged Thoughts poem column in Oddball Magazine.
Your Weekly Dose of God
Saw this while out and about yesterday. That's the thing about religion. You can't really control who people are going to canonize as saints. Even if it's a joke, it means something.
Saturday, October 03, 2026
Friday, October 02, 2026
My Friday Evening Music
One last song from The Atomic Wranglers with a title that at least sounds optimistic. Check out their music.
Tonight: First Fridays Youth Open Mic with Ana G. Delgado Cruz
Held at the First Baptist Church on 633 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. Doors open at 7:00. Click here for more info.
Wisdom Spake
Looks like Bruce Wise and Wise Words is closing us out. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this week.
Thursday, October 01, 2026
The Pursuit
James Van Looy's poem column is back.
I hope he's back at Stone Soup Poetry soon.
For now, enjoy his work at Oddball Magazine.
Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 9-30-26
From this week's online gathering. A quieter September than expected closes with October promising to be feistier. Join us in October for special features Mignon Ariel King, Timothy Gager, and much more.
Farewell, September
September is over. Thanks to everyone who came out to our last all-open mic of the month. Please join us in October on the 7th for special feature Mignon Ariel King.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Looking Ahead
The year 2026 made me their prison b-tch.
In October, we'll be getting matching jail tattoos.
No One Got My Haiku Today
No one knows how to highlight?
Oh, well.
See you tonight at Stone Soup Poetry.
Goodbye, September.
October awaits!
The Other Way Now
I liked juxtaposing the humanizing of a confederate general then bringing us back to reality via those being dehumanized today with poetry by Emily Jo Scalzo and artist Eric N. Peterson.
Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this final September Wednesday. We'll see you in October.
Down Goes the Wall
An interesting pattern of work this Wednesday starts here as poet Russell Thorburn and photographer Jennifer Matthews kick things off at Oddball Magazine.
Go Go Angelo
Angelo D’Amato makes an appearance in this week's Lyrical Somerville with a very Boston piece. Read his poem now in The Somerville Times.
On the Other Hand
The "No Ice" graffiti that's been around for a while had it's first big hit in a while with a sticker placed right in the middle of it. Putting the number for the Veterans Crisis Hotline on a graffiti decrying a unregulated paramilitary group is certainly a...look?
Nice to Know
It was a rough summer for graffiti, but the "No Nazis in JP" writing on this pole is more or less intact. I say "more or less" because it looks like someone took out the "s" in "Nazis." Because it's hard to photography art on a pole, I often miss the "s" and can't tell when this happened.
A Moment of Comics
Reading through James Robinson's Starman this week. Interesting how he was trying to "jokerize the obscure golden age her Ragdoll and make him a Charles Mansonesque cult figure. Very "Batman Beyond" in execution with propper hits dropped very early in the series. Below is a page from Starman #11 by Robinson with pencils by Tony Harris and inks by Wade Von Grawbadger.
American Haiku: Trump Beats Back Press
When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku.
An American Haiku doesn't care about tradition, formality or history. it takes as long as it wants to make its point because America. You can read
others I've written since by clicking here and scrolling down.
Beginning next week,
I will fuck your farm fresh eggs!
I will fuck your farm fresh eggs!
They're unfertilized!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Thinking of lost friends this year. Deta Galloway is not even six months gone. A fact I can barely believe. This morning I'm highlighting one of the last poems we published in Oddball Magazine during her lifetime. Read "Inside" and take care of each other today.
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