This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Four - Waiting for Tipper Gore. Redux. And Re-Release.

Episode Four, good times, not that taping all the podcasts aren't good, they are, a lot. This episode stars Terri Griffith and Joanna Topor MacKenzie from The Parlor and Caroline Picard of The Green Lantern Gallery Press. Did we mention that the times were good? Good.

Holy frijoles. Wow. Crazy. Awesome. Nuts. The QUICKIES! annual fundraiser is this Tuesday. Jemc. Picard. Gray. Dodson. Burch. Butler. And Tanzer?

We are quite geeked to let you know that TBWCYL, Inc, spokesperson Ben Tanzer will be reading this coming Tuesday as part of a way stellar line-up at the annual QUICKIES! fundraiser extravaganza. There will be Jac Jemc, podcasted here, Elizabeth Wylder, Kate Duva, Caroline Picard, podcasted here, Aaron Plesak, Amelia Gray, Casey Bye, Zach Dodson, Richard Thomas, Aaron Burch and Blake Butler. And while this may go without saying, we really think you want to come. No really, because, one, it's going to be crazy good, and two, we feel pretty certain it will change your life. A lot.

New City Lit 50.

The New City annual Lit 50 list is out, with the theme this year being "Who really books in Chicago." They decided not to focus on any straight-up writers or poets this year, which is probably good for our egos here at headquarters, and they sort of ignored the whole blogosphere, for example the fine team at Pete Lit, one of our first podcasts, or the crew at Orange Alert, not to mention the ladies of QUICKIES! and Pilcrow, podcasted here and here respectively, but they still listed a number of friends and supporters of ours who we would argue do not get nearly enough attention otherwise. These include, Oprah (#1), well okay, not Oprah, and no we haven't podcasted with her, yet, but does include among others Suzy T. from the Book Cellar (#34), Gina Frangello from Other Voices' Books (#37) and Caroline Picard from the Green Lantern Press (#45) the latter of whom we did podcast with way back when. Overall, its an interesting list, and mostly comprehensive, and frankly, anyone who wants to take the time to list literary anything is pretty awesome as far as we are concerned, so big props to New City for the support and attention.

This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Four - Waiting for Tipper Gore.

Please join us for the international premier of This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Four - Waiting for Tipper Gore. As previously discussed this episode is a conversation between TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer, Joanna Topor MacKenzie and Terri Griffith of The Parlor and Caroline Picard of The Green Lantern Gallery and Press. It is highly entertaining and was recorded over much crowd noise and drinks at The Beachwood. Topics range from The Bangles and Truman Capote to Mel Gibson and The Road. We hope you enjoy it and we thank our guests for not just their time, but their willingness to pay for this interviewer's drinks.