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Cup of TNB: Episode #3: Nick Belardes

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Cup of TNB is a podcast hosted by Joseph Matheny. Every few weeks, Matheny interviews authors who contribute to The Nervous Breakdown. In this episode, he talks to Nick Belardes, whose book of bizarre trivia, Random Obsessions, is now out in paperback from Viva Editions.

The GSpot: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl)

Written by Joseph Matheny. Filed under G-Spot, Interviews, Jon Lebkowsky, Joseph Matheny, book soup, c word, community behavior, conferencing system, convergence initiative, cyberpunk, digital convergence, eff eff, electronic frontier foundation, email list, gpsot, hacking phreaking, internet hacking, literary zine, magalog, mitch ratcliffe, nick belardes, random obsessions, software platforms, the well, virtual communities conference, worldchanging. Tagged , , , , . 6 Comments.
Joseph Matheny in conversation with Jon Lebkowsky about the beginnings of the public Internet, hacking, phreaking and the rise and fall of the “C” word (Cyber) , social media and a host of other remembrances of recent history. Also, remember to come out to Book Soup 9/9/9 for Random Obsessions and Strange Stories with Nick Belardes, [...]

Random Obsessions and Strange Stories @ Book Soup in LA

Written by Joseph Matheny. Filed under Announcement, Books, G-Spot. 3 Comments.
Part of the Random Obsessions Book Tour In support of Nick Belardes and his new book Random Obesssions 9/9: BOOK SOUP Event: “Random Obsessions and Strange Stories from Special Guests” West Hollywood, Calif. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Details: Rich Ferguson, Stefan Kiesbye, Lenore Zion of TheNervousbreakdown.com and Joseph Matheny. We’ll be recording it in video and audio to release as a GSpot in the [...]

The G-Spot

Home-brewed, 100 proof podcast with your host Joseph Matheny. In it you will find a delectable blend of original musics, audiobook and drama excerpts, interviews with artists and media theorists of the fringe, and hints of strawberry and motor oil.  Sometimes, other members of the Alterati editorial team sit in as well. Archives of the [...]

The GSpot #41- Nick Belardes Part 2: The Lords of Bakersfield

Written by Joseph Matheny. Filed under Books, Conspiracy/Fascism, G-Spot, Gspot, Joseph Matheny, Lit, Music, People, Rumors, aftermath, bakersfield area, colleague, conspiracy theorists, county executives, defense attorneys, denials, institutions, justice system, lords legend, lords of bakersfield, lore, nick belades, nick belardes, novel, podcast, prosecutors, sprinkling, stephen tauzer, truth. 1 Comment.
  The Lords of Bakersfield. Until recently, it was a little remembered local legend, of interest mostly to conspiracy theorists. [...]

The GSpot #40: Nick Belardes- magic realism, bugs and 9/11

Written by Joseph Matheny. Filed under G-Spot, Joseph Matheny, abc news, bakersfield area, brad listi, cnn, corporate comedy, day of the dead, de los muertos, debut novel, dia de los muertos, fiction story, g pod, independent, l a times, lords of bakersfield, magic realism, paperback writer, podcast, reality and dreams, roman candle, sense of history, september 11 2001, twitter, urban myth. 13 Comments.
Joseph Matheny  interviews Nick Belardes, talking about his Twitter novel Small Places and his on-line magic  realism piece Thick White Crust.  (Part 2 of this interview here) N.L. Belardes Fact Sheet: Bio: N.L. Belardes is a journalist, blogger and videographer. He is the editor for a Bakersfield area news site start-up called Truxtun Avenue and is the [...]