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changing the name of this ‘site’ to ALT LIT PROPER
— i am alt lit (@alt_lit)December 19, 2014
the stuff from the past 3-4 wks abt alt lit has been rlly shocking for me b/c of this fact–i don’t know you, i only know you by yr names
naturally there’s a disconnect, b/c of the form, the medium
the founder of IAAL is ‘retiring’
founder joshspilker has finally 'found’ some1 to give this thing to
he’s giving it to rachelpattycake b/c she keeps 'asking’ abt it
he just changed all of the passsswords
he is making rachel 'promise’ that if she sells IAAL for $1million dollars or 'something’ to an established media company looking for 'authentic street cred’ that she must give joshspilker part of the 'profits’
u are all witnesses
joshspilker also just downloaded the IAAL twitters file b/c he wrote most of them basically & may create 'status update lit’ history, idk
josh says 'thankks for the memories & all of the 'interacts’’
josh says 'special thankks to matthew sherling, stephen michael mcdowell, austin islam & chris dankkland’
josh says 'not sure what to do w/ iamnotaltlit
josh says 'does any1 remember when we had frank hinton on the short-lived web series 'iaal: confidential’ we would’ve made bradlisti proud’
josh says 'wish spreecastx wouldn’t have 'kicked us off’ & wish netflix would’ve picked us 'up’’
josh says 'does any1 remember when i gave peterbd’s book a 100.0’
josh says 'visit my website at 222.joshspilker.calm
josh says 'does any1 remember stephenmichaelmcdowell asking questions to kitty pryde’
josh says 'does any1 remember when we ggave HUSMW a 'zero’’
josh says 'does any1 remember anything’
‘you’re not much use to anyone’ by david shapiro // houghton mifflin/new harvest amazon, 2k14
review by josh spilker
finished reading this book, a hardcover version from the library and turned it over, it said $25 or higher in Canada
was immediately like, 'i would not pay $25 or higher for this book except in very few circumstances’
circumstances that came to mind include:
‘walls’ by andrew duncan worthington // civil coping mechanisms, 2k14
andrew duncan worthington’s internet presence
thoughts by josh spilker
seems like andrew sent me this book, then i read it over the course of a month or so
this book reminded me of guillaume’s 'new tab’, adam wilson’s 'flatscreen’ and the beginning of benjamin lytal’s 'map of tulsa'
‘witch piss’ by sam pink // lazy fascist press, 2k13
thoughts by josh spilker
seems like i have read 'several’ sam pink things and poems etc, rlly only remember 'person’ some of 'rontel’ and some of 'no hellos diet’
so rlly i’m going off 'person’
when all of THIS blows over, i think sam pink will be left standing in a more important position than we’re currently giving him credit for
(((I DONT WANT HIS CREDITT SCORE PLS SHOW SOME 'RESPECT’)))
‘you can make anything sad’ by spencer madsen // publishing genius, 2014
seems like i remember watching spencer ride his book in a promo for 'a million bears’ and the video got 'RT’d’ by steve roggenbuck mebbe and i remember thinking 'wonder if i can get a million bears for free’ and i think i did
(((STUPID HISTORY LEZZONS)))
pretty sure i read that but don’t remember too much abt it, felt generally 'impressed’ by it and i think i ended up asking spencer abt where to print books in the pre-sorry house days
that was about 1 email i think
(((HWATS THE POINT OF THISSS)))
pretty sure 'amb’ was poetry, but i don’t want to call YCMAS 'poetry’ tho some have defined it that way, seems instead like 'random access memories’
(((THAT IS NOT A HIP IAILLUSION NO MATTER WHAT YR DAD’S DOG THINKKS)))
› #altlitisdead #longlivealtlit
feel like i ‘created’ this blog for this very ‘moment’
always been ‘very interested’ when ppl would define ‘themselves’ as alt lit and then ‘move away’ from that tag
the simultaneous embrace then disgrace
‘new tab’ by guillaume morissette // vehicule press, 2k14
thoughts by josh spilker
seems like any1 who writes a longform fiction prose novel in this scene should automatically be in the '90s’ or something but i’m not going to give this a score this time for reasons i dont want to get into (((AND FER REASONSS WE DON’T WANT 2 HEAR)))