Blog Posts for Alan Black

Up to No Good

Alan Black — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:27:14 -0800

When was the last time you were up to no good? It's a bit of a walk, lots of dark lanes to run through, a steep hill too with cliffs. Falling off as the cliff crumbles.

The Trenches in Modern Barfare

Alan Black — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:31:09 -0800

Bartenders across the world took a pounding on New Year's Eve.

bartender mother of three killed by thrown bottle

Alan Black — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:39:35 -0800

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/28/uk-crime-pub-death

testtests

Alan Black — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:03:09 -0800

Is everybody high on TV? I'm convinced that Wolf Blitzer is on pot cookies. His marvelous range of spectacle is as lean as his stubble and absolutely convincing. Wolf is a fan of The Who.

Shaggy Kilt

Alan Black — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:02:45 -0800

I was listening to a comedy radio channel, the first thing that came up was a song called The Scotsman, sung a capello by Bryan Bowers.

The End of the American Whoop-Shriek

Alan Black — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:39:44 -0800

Aye! Americans can cheer. And they have learned to do it together.

The Call

Alan Black — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:10:00 -0800

Hey, you San Francisco freaks, you had better watch out.

Dostoevsky in a Cell

Alan Black — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:29:23 -0700

I failed to sleep in a small room last week. Lying on the bed, spread like Jesus, one palm on the right wall, one on the left.

GREAT STORYTELLER AT EDINBURGH CASTLE PUB THIS WEEKEND

Alan Black — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:51:04 -0700

Scotland's best storyteller, Irvine Welsh, is reading from his new novel at the Edinburgh Castle Pub in San Francisco on Saturday September 20 at 9pm. Irvine's performance is always mindblowing.

LOW PRESSURE - NUMBER 2

Alan Black — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:53:04 -0700

A man I knew died last week. Stomach pains started on a Saturday. I'll let it pass, he said. It will go away. It always does.