Category Archives: other voices

Listicle Faves

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Gordon

Longtime visitors will recall this site once focused on media advice, vestiges of which remain in the Blog menu above or Tags on the right. Industry Q&A, tips, and fun recs. Social media replaced that demand, though I do miss … Continue reading →

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“City Trees” single/mix

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Gordon

This folk/rap collab drops today, which I took on after completing Bucket’s The Spider and the Butterfly album, detailed on my new MIXING page and below. I received voice and guitar tracks set to a percussion loop, and feeling it … Continue reading →

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Bucket mixes

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Gordon

Hear my work on the new MIXING page, including current Bucket projects! Last year, an old friend from my author circles asked about improving some mixes his musical duo recorded on his phone. They used an interface called an iZotope … Continue reading →

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“Me & Whiskey” music video

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Gordon

I shot and edited this using one cinema camera and a GoPro in available light, for red-dirt country band Sons of Sterling. Over 100 Facebook users have reshared it.

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Music from Larkspur Underground – free download

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Gordon

Last year, I scored the serialized horror podcast Larkspur Underground, written and produced by Michael Paul Gonzalez in Los Angeles over 11 episodes. You can read more about that process in this blog post. With the first season concluded, now’s … Continue reading →

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Scoring “Larkspur Underground” podcast

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Gordon

Visitors to my Music page know I’ve produced many tracks for multimedia. Theme songs, spot cues, drops/bumpers, etc. However, the closest to a complete score that I’d recorded was for my 2006 short film Featurette, clocking in at a mere 19 minutes. … Continue reading →

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Solarcidal Tendencies

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Gordon

This anthology contains my short story “‘Burgatory” originally published at Solarcide a few years ago, but which has been offline for a while. It’s about a life-insurance salesman facing his mortality as planes of the multiverse collide. From the publisher: … Continue reading →

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On Rating Books

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Gordon

You may have noticed that I read a lot of four- and five-star books. That’s not me being generous with my ratings, it’s because most were prequalified recommendations from those whose tastes I trust. Neo-noir, crime fiction, southern gothic, literary … Continue reading →

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Favorite Reads of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Gordon

I managed to consume 32 books this year. Most came from small presses, and were quite good. Plenty has already been said about the big titles, so I focus on reviewing the underserved authors worthy of your attention. Because I’m … Continue reading →

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Interview by TW Brown

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Gordon

Author of the Dead series and Zomblog series, TW Brown also contributed a story to The Booked. Anthology, having been a fellow former guest of the podcast. I answered some writerly questions on his blog, wherein I managed to insult … Continue reading →

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The Tobacco-Stained Sky

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Gordon

A couple of years ago, I read Andrez Bergen’s excellent post-apocalyptic sci-noir novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat, and began a correspondence with the author, interviewing him for The Velvet and keeping in touch all friendly-like, as we do. A few books … Continue reading →

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UPDATED: Books and Booze Live

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Gordon

That’s right, having just celebrated their first anniversary as a podcast, the Books and Booze crew is throwing down with a shindig on June 22. Readings, dinner, drinks, debauchery, and inevitable hijinks. Cicero’s is a great location, right in the … Continue reading →

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The Booked. Anthology

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Gordon

First of all, if you’ve never listened to Booked. Podcast before, I’ll wait while you get clicky and download some eps. Or stream it—whatever—just get it in you by any means. Odds are good they’ve reviewed something you’re thinking about … Continue reading →

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AWP 2013 — Boston

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Gordon

Usually, this is where I would regale you with tales of torporific panels led by respected authors, new writerly techniques learned, rockstar-studded reading events, and sweaty hands shook. This recap will contain none of those. Okay, very few of those. … Continue reading →

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“Shivaree” story at ManArchy

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Gordon

Just in time for Halloween, ManArchy staff authors contributed a week’s worth of quick scary/spooky stories to set the mood and prickle your nape hairs in this witching season. Mine’s called “Shivaree” and warns about getting nosy with some noisy … Continue reading →