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Alexander Hacke & Danielle de Picciotto (hackedepicciotto) INTERVIEW 2026
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Gary Lachman Interview (Blondie) 2026
5/21/2026
Andre Relis and Nick Mead filmmakers (I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol film) 2026
5/01/2026
Yes, Poetry, YES!!! Featured Reading by Alexander Laurence May 2nd 2026

Yes, there will be a Zoom poetry reading and discussion this Saturday. Alexander Laurence will feature, reading from his book The Analog Body. Our powerful Open Reading will follow the feature. Click on the underlined link below at the appointed time to join the reading.
Poetry Reading & Discussion, Saturday May 2, 2:00 PM PDT
To Join by Telephone: (669) 444-9171
Meeting ID: 840 4579 5179
I first met Alexander Laurence in the mid-1980s through common friends at the Cafe Babar reading in San Francisco. He was active in organizing readings and interested in avant-garde writing and art. He became a journalist and publisher with his magazine Cups which specialized in cafe culture and ran through the 1990s. He currently has a podcast called The Portable Infinite. All these titles are linked above.
His ideas about writing are interesting and perhaps a different cross section from the mainstream. The following is taken from the Afterword in his book, The Analog Body. He’s more interested in The New York School poets (O’Hara, Ashbery, etc.) than most of the Beats. Those Beats he mentions are lesser-known experimental poets, such as Robert Creeley and Jack Spicer. He comes out of L.A. and admires later L.A. poets in the NY School vein, such as such as David Trinidad and Amy Gerstler. He was at CSULB with Gerald Locklin and, while enjoying Bukowski, prefers the work of John Fante. He was inspired by the outlaw music-poetry crossovers of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Jim Carroll, Gil Scott-Heron, or Leonard Cohen. He read and was taken by the Modernists, French Symbolists, and Surrealists, nurturing an affinity for avant-garde exploration and art. He found his way to Cafe Babar, appreciating Danielle Willis and David Lerner. His book includes poems to notable but less-remembered poets of that era, such as Dominique Lowell and Joie Cook. He also found his way among the Language Poets of San Francisco in that era. In these scenes he’s been eclectic—a participant without feeling himself a member of any. Here are two paragraphs of text about poetry from his book, followed by a few poems he thought would be good to share.
Alexander Laurence
“What does the word Poetry mean in 2024? Not very much. Many people write “poetry” but few of them read the Poetry of the past. I define Poetry as the concentrated use of language. It is saying the most with the fewest words. I acknowledge that the best poetry is a combination of feeling, sound, and thought, expressed in an unsentimental way. It can involve wit and comedy. It can draw on the history of literature. Often there is some originality of form or language involved, and it’s not just rehashing a vague notion of “poetry.” The best work has imagery that is crystal clear and has a purpose. It can have music, cadence, and philosophy. Poetry should have the feeling of being written, edited, and distilled… Always re-written, re-edited, and reduced. I don’t get a sense of elevated language with most contemporary poetry and poetry readings.”
“I see my own poems as one long extended dream. Often during the poem, I am traveling somewhere unknown. Words sometimes separate from objects. I can’t find the exact name for the thing before me. Objects swerve into other objects. Language doesn’t work. It’s in this dreamlike state I often find myself. Reality is coming apart and I losing myself in the dream.”
4/22/2026
BOB BERT interview 2026 (Beach Bongo Bloodbath)
4/08/2026
PORTABLE INFINITE AUTHORS INTERVIEWS
PORTABLE INFINITE
AUTHORS
INTERVIEWS
I have interviewed so many writers over the years. There are text and videos. You can click on their name on the right column. Here's a list:
Living (born mostly 1940s–60s)
Alexander Theroux (b. 1939)
Ali Smith (b. 1962)
Arthur Nersesian (b. 1959)
Blake Nelson (b. 1965)
Bret Easton Ellis (b. 1964)
Bruce Benderson (b. 1946)
Bruce Issacson (b. 1956)
Catherine Texier (b. 1947)
Chad W. Post (publisher/translator)
Christopher Sorrentino (b. 1963)
Christopher Zeischegg (b. 1980s)
Coerte V. W. Felske (b. 1960)
Craig Clevenger (b. 1964)
Dennis Cooper (b. 1953)
Doug Brod (b. 1970)
Douglas Coupland (b. 1961)
Edwidge Danticat (b. 1969)
Eurydice Eve (b. 1964)
Gordon Lish (B. 1934)
Ian Svenonius (b. 1968; writer/musician)
Irvine Welsh (b. 1958)
Jack Skelley (b. 1952)
John Robb (b. 1961; music writer)
Jon King (b. 1955; musician)
Julian Ríos (b. 1941)
Mary Gaitskill (b. 1954)
Michael Gira (b. 1954; writer/musician)
Nicholson Baker (b. 1957)
Pat Thomas (b. 1964; music writer)
Peter Carey (b. 1943)
Poppy Z. Brite / Billy Martin (b. 1967)
Rikki Ducornet (b. 1943)
S. E. Gontarski (b. 1949; Beckett scholar)
Siri Hustvedt (b. 1955)
Susan Daitch (b. 1954)
Tom Lecky (poet)
Will Self (b. 1961)
William T. Vollmann (b. 1959)
Deceased
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
Andrew Vachss (1942-2021)
Barney Rosset (1922–2012) – Grove Press publisher
David Markson (1927–2010)
Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006)
Harry Mathews (1930–2017)
Martin Amis (1949–2023)
Ronald Sukenick (1932–2004)
Stephen Dixon (1936–2019)
Not primarily authors / Other entities
Creation Books – UK indie publisher
Grove Press – publisher
Cafe Babar – NYC venue
3/11/2026
Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave Interview 2026 (PUNK: The Last Word)
2/06/2026
Howard Paar Interview 2026 (ON Klub and Top Rankin' novel)
Howard Paar helped shape Los Angeles culture before most people knew it was happening. A London native who landed in L.A. at a pivotal moment, Paar founded The ON Klub, a legendary underground venue that became a breeding ground for punk, ska, mod, the Paisley Underground—and the first live rap shows in the city, in collaboration with Sugar Hill Records.
That same instinct for uncovering hidden worlds drives his fiction. His novels Once Upon a Time in L.A. and Top Rankin’ are raw, noir-inflected portraits of music, crime, and subculture, drawn from the margins of a city in constant reinvention. Whether building scenes or writing about them, Paar’s work captures culture at the moment it ignites.
#TPII59Website: HOWARD PAAR
Instagram: Instagram
1/16/2026
Steven Brown Interview 2026 (Tuxedomoon)
12/01/2025
JULEE CRUISE interview 2016-2017
JULEE CRUISE would have been 69 today.
Julee Ann Cruise (December 1, 1956 – June 9, 2022). I was in contact with her a lot during 2016-17. She was in Twin Peaks: The Return. We were talking about doing shows again with a live band. That never happened. Here's our conversation:
JULEE CRUISE:
So glad to have you, Alexander on my private Facebook page- thank you, I got rid of a bunch of people this week, cause they're boring. Awful, but I got you! Thanks Again! julee
Alexander: Oh cool thanks.
I'm doing the entire piece of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl, to music, I’m speaking the whole 50 some minutes, and cool paintings!!
Alexander: I went to the Allen Ginsberg + Hal Wilner thing at the ACE hotel last year.
I wasn’t aware of your beef with Bryan Adams? I just only realized that you were in
Zoo
Magazine. I was supposed to be the music writer. No one told me.
JULEE CRUISE:
Oh I just hate that pretentious magazine, signed under false pretenses from photographer and The Stylist is a Horse Face Moron! How's that?
And hated Bryan Adams Creepy pop muzak.....I'm too honest I guess.....Like the editor, the writer cheated.....Fuck him!
Alexander: how did he cheat?
JULEE CRUISE:
An older issue A Freaking 10 hr. Shoot, I told Matt Colombo the photographer, I'll do this but no candids..... all awful candids!
Alexander: I like the photos.
JULEE CRUISE:
I've been holding this in for a very long time.
Alexander: I was there when Bryan did photos on Billy Idol. I felt he made Billy look older than he actually is.
JULEE CRUISE:
He didn't shoot me, Matt Colombo, and he promised me access to all photos. He thinks he's gonna use them? Hahaha! Let em mold......no ugh said. Thanks though Alex, you are a Pro.
Alexander: They didn't even tell me about it. I would have done the definitive interview. While I was editing and helping Kim Fowley with his lame book, they let some German hack do the interview. Some of those guys at Zoo Magazine don’t speak English.
JULEE CRUISE:
Unprofessional! Too stark with that Nameless joke of a stylist! I looked like a clown! Which I went with it, I thought Art. Disappointed wish I'd never said yes!
Alexander: the first question sucks “you were 30 when...?
” what kind of question is that?JULEE CRUISE:
He is so uncomfortable with Americans, the worst interview I've ever had in my very long career!
Alexander: I have never heard of him. Maybe he was an intern?
JULEE CRUISE:
I forgot his name, he's a nobody.....but when I remember that Brit, I'll tell you....7 photo spread. Nice Art Department and their. Layout, very handsome. I tossed the mags out.
(Alexander shares The Reverberation Appreciation Society Presets A Tribute To Pet Sounds here.)
JULEE CRUISE:
Love love love love them!!! You? Alexander, thanks being a rock for
me during one hell of a Temper Tantrum! And mine are exhausting! I
love Levitations! I actually listened, Nice collective of classic but
simple and fresh, You Good Mab! Thank you. Thank you for your patience, and kindness....I dig You!
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We sure are Friends now!!!
JULEE CRUISE:
Ahhhhh you are adorable!!! Thank you. Yes, Sometimes I hold it in all things then a Storm of the Century! .......It I Love! I read you loud and clear!
JULEE CRUISE:
Perhaps you should! Or not.....I still think its........
You changed your profile pic yes??
JULEE CRUISE:
Haha! I like original you!
I have to be soooo God Damned careful........what I say, I know better . It was soooo fun, until all of them betrayed me....
Namalee Bolie and Matt Columbo, just wrecked the whole "deal" She is Monster Bitch, and He is So Greedy!I got hurt, my business did too, but now I can say I'M THE QUEEN OF SONG IN TWIN PEAKS and they aren't $?! Hahaha!!!
Alexander: are you going to do that Twin Peaks convention?
JULEE CRUISE:
My husband is such a Pro, Man, he wouldn't even write my brothers obituary, if he could not confirm facts. He takes his Oath very seriously.....He'd rather go to jail!
I'm singing Yes.
I know, But the internet is journalism, I hired my Publicist back!
That's the way of the world of getting noticed, when you don't wanna be!!! I'm such a recluse. I love it!!!!!
JULEE CRUISE:
It's gorgeous! Was going to send to Keith Strickland. The B52s real guy who actually writes love grooves and songs...
It was sooo much Fun with them...... .
Alexander: I met them B52s a few years ago when they played Hollywood Bowl at the afterparty when they played with The Human League.
JULEE CRUISE:Keith and a lot of the band itself left, but Kate, Cindy, and Fred are so great too! I don't know Cindy, I took her place for some giant tours.....
Alexander: yeah I think that I remember that.
JULEE CRUISE:
So you do music and Are a Journalist?
Alexander: YES.
I think Keith was still with them in 2012
that was his last tourYeah, I wrote some books.
JULEE CRUISE:
Cindy can't sustain the high notes night after night she loses her voice. I'm really strong. ..... do you like it?
Alexander: to make more money I tour manage some indie bands
JULEE CRUISE:
Wow, You live in New York?
JULEE CRUISE:
Writing that is...do you like it?
Alexander: I can send you some books
JULEE CRUISE:
It's all here!
Alexander: where do I send them?
I still have my place in Brooklyn, and I have live in LA and SF too.
JULEE CRUISE:
I'd love that! Send to Ssshhh, 308 West 30th Street #4B New York, NY 10001 USA
Alexander: I am watching you a clip of B52s
yes you are better than Cindy
with Sara Lee tooJULEE CRUISE:
Lived here 30 yrs and overnight, it changed, we've got a Home in the Berkshires though...Ha! Cindy is Amazing in the studio! Man!
Ohhh I was in a Broadway Show at that time, nothing but rest Work Rest Work,
Alexander: did you see Cabaret?
Or Hedwig?
JULEE CRUISE:
JULEE CRUISE:
And I've done House of Blue Leaves on Broadway...Lots of things.......
Alexander: I will check it out
JULEE CRUISE:
Commercial voice overs! $$$$$
Alexander: I had some friends who were working on Broadway in the 1990s
so I was there a lot 1995-2005
JULEE CRUISE:
JULEE: I was to be New ortho Understudy for 5 min. Then the road called.....so was I! Well, all the Twin Peaks Traveling as their mouthpiece.JULEE CRUISE:
I was juggling so much, all over the world, now, only my Golden can get me out in public, I shy away from the press....JULEE CRUISE:
I must run out (horror) and get some diet Coke.
JULEE CRUISE:
Thank you, my friend, you are the Best!!!! Love illuminates!!!
Alexander: oh yes diet coke the best
JULEE CRUISE:
I'm an addict. Must drink. And Ice water!
Alexander: keep up the positive
JULEE CRUISE:
I
will Man, With you around? Easy. .......
Alexander: keep your head down, but spread the love
JULEE CRUISE:
Always, with a smile Always but I'm acting! Ha!
Picture of Ace Hotel LA:
Alexander: here I am from last year
JULEE CRUISE:
Ohhh Great! You know, Millie my Golden was dying and I Would Not Leave her.......thank God I didn't, go to sing for David. She had a few more months before she died in my arms up at the house . The press was so rude, David may not have received the message. That Foundation and it's inept employees. Or Maybe, it's not for Anyone to Understand. But I really was ready to go ! Just set. Then Mil, had a heart attack......I wasn't going to leave a fantastic love of mine.
Alexander: Yes you can't be at every event
it was sad seeing other people do karaoke versions of you though
Moby wasn't any good4/30/16, 8:33 PM
JULEE CRUISE:
Hahaha! Thanks Alexander! Yer the coolest ! Moby..…
Alexander: should be getting it soon
5/8/16, 3:45 PM
JULEE CRUISE:
Yeah! Eeeeeee! ! Cool picture is that you with a beard?? You look great, can't wait till I get it! You are a Scream and a great comfort and fkin FUN!!!
Alexander: no it's Allen Ginsberg
JULEE CRUISE:
Hahaha! And I'm not even finished with my Trying to have the
gentleness and the renews to actually finish All of Howl. Huge cool
musicians on it. AHHHHHH ! YEAH!!!
JULEE CRUISE:
So cute. Love the guitars...gotta save!
JULEE CRUISE:
I
love your photos
all
of them. And you are a journalist, Christ, what am I doing now Haga
ga!
JULEE CRUISE:
Gotta find, a GREAT PRODUCER for a follow up to Me and King Dude, Thomas Cowgill wrote a FABULOUS song for me! And It comes out July 1st. Who should I ask???
Alexander: nils rodgers
JULEE CRUISE:
We are Friends!! Do you think? Wow, of course.........
Alexander: make it work
JULEE CRUISE:You are the Coolest friend I've met in a very long time! Thanks
5/8/16, 4:51 PM
JULEE CRUISE:
Hahahahawww! I become Ocean.........cool down Jules and breath...now my TM time.
Alexander: BOWIE??
JULEE CRUISE:
He
was going to sing with me on something else too. He's a really great
friend. We both used The Looking Glass a recording studio in
Manhattan, and Ha! We became great friends.........you know The
Family of David Lynch...It's not as Big a World as you Think!
,
Did I tell you I'm a Mother of a Golden Retriever Puppy?? I'm
obsessed with my Canines....it's supposed to work...Ed has only been
gone 4 nights, and her schedule, sessions, Playdates, Jesus, They Are
Bottomless Pits Of Need!!
JULEE CRUISE:
I've been deluged by Managers, (more)...Booking Agents, Promoters ick, just tour sleeve stuff that I've had to listen to the spiel....I don't know what to do, tour or not?
JULEE CRUISE:
Alex!!!!
I’m still here
JULEE CRUISE:
I'm
ha! So obnoxious. ...
Alexander: who's in your band?
JULEE CRUISE:
Hahaha! Fabulous Funny Great Photo!!!, I want the best, for just a few gigs West Coast, East Coast, Like Tracy Wormworth on Bass Sterling Campbell, Drums Amanda Kramer on Grand and Synth Station, ...
Alexander: oh cool
JULEE CRUISE:
And of course Robin Danar...my Sound Guru ...
He won't reduce, well yeah, he would, but sometimes you can get them for a lot less, because it's a favor and kinda fun to do something different…
Alexander: have you toured America recently?
JULEE CRUISE:
No! Years and features with European Bands, German, England, most but Not The States as Me! I mean The B52s spoiled me, The other Artists and Warner Bros spoiled me....No. I haven't.
Alexander: i see
JULEE CRUISE:
Yeah, I'm scared......I hate you.
Alexander: really?
I'm scared toobut it's not me up there on stage
JULEE CRUISE:
Ha! no yer not!
JULEE CRUISE:
When I'm up there....I'm absolutely in magical land, and all is Fun!
Alexander: that's good
JULEE CRUISE:
As Long as I'm Surrounded by pros, who do their job, their Art!
Alexander: I look forward to those shows
You really think I should? Like maybe make some $$$$$ too? Damn I hope so, sick of working for free!!!!
Alexander: aren't you already doing Twin peaks fest?
JULEE CRUISE:
Yes! It should be OK, as long as I can be left alone when I want.
I'm staying at the Salish, Full view of the Falls, Yeah.......I better move quick now, I'm keeping you and Just needed your opinion...the Climate of The Times....
Alexander:
yeah you should play some showsit would be like Tom Waits or Nick Cave
Very limited right??, Nick Cave, God, you know he lost one of his twins in a mountain Fall??
Alexander:JULEE CRUISE:
And I wish I were as cool as they are, but not in the.......WOW! REALLY???
I just saw him at a funeral
JULEE CRUISE:
Art Linkletter's Daughter!! Dr. Dad, would always tell me I shouldn't do Acid in the early Seventies! I was too high strung, my hippie brother agreed.......fuck......
Alexander: yeah
JULEE CRUISE:
Are you coming????
Alexander:
you are not missing anythingIf you are doing some proper shows, I would like to see that
Yeah.......and San Francisco is the coolest place to play.....
Alexander: like where?
JULEE CRUISE:
That's the 25,000 USD Question.....I need 50% guarantee up front.Alexander: haha 50% of 25,000?
JULEE CRUISE:
That Music is Really beautiful, but it wasn't FUN...or Me! I'm a Drag Queen Doll.....it's S O S L O W......so I'm putting in new single out July 1st with Thomas Cowgill...it's the Best Song and He is Really an interesting funny serious hard working guy......
Wish I could tour with them...King Dude. .....Alexander: that would be good
JULEE CRUISE:
well gotta Feed and play with Gracie!!!!!!!! Starting your book.........! My solace!
Alexander: all the best AL
JULEE CRUISE:
Thanks Al, I adore you..
Ahhhhh! No, went to sleep laughing at King Dudes TJ COWGILL Photo, priceless! !!!!
6/3/16, 5:38 PM
JULEE CRUISE:
You dumped me! Jesus, I hate these 1995 symbols Google has decided. Damn! I miss you! Ha!!
Alexander: I am here
JULEE CRUISE:
Hi!
Alexander:
I was on the phone for 3 hourswhat is new?
is it hot in NYC?
JULEE CRUISE:
Hahaha! I love the phone!!
Alexander: are you a Bernie bro?
JULEE CRUISE:
No.........Hilary.
Alexander: me too
JULEE CRUISE:
But Bernie is OK, Man! I'll take him, otherwise I'm leaving for Ireland! Hahaha! Sorry gotta go...my car is here...gotta do some work! Later?
Alexander: are you going to Dublin?
JULEE CRUISE:
Roscommon
south about 15 km, My family has land and we have homes.....
Alexander: sounds good. You should call me.
JULEE CRUISE:
How late??JULEE CRUISE:
Oooo!
Hey Man! I've severely ripped a muscle in my solar plexus (upper
stomach in between my lungs, so I'll check it out when I wake up in
the middle of the night.....Thank You!!! I've missed you, and a big
thankee for your support, I look through scanning on my posts...and
there You were...so cool...♡♡♡♡.....
Alexander: thanks
JULEE CRUISE:
OK.....but
I've got to lye down...and stay down.....I had an MRI today....it
really hurts......f u c k !!!
Alexander: be good
Yeah......I'm not, but I'm trying....I won't take pain killers....But
BIzzyNess is sorta out of control.......I've put them off .......
But
I signed with a Groovy Mgr....soon, I can work and have my Friends I
only answer on here...! I dig ha! You Man!!!!
Alexander: I came back to LA in summer 1992
I remember seeing Nick Cave at the Roxy
JULEE CRUISE:
I WAS
WITH THE B52S AT THAT TIME.....I
THINK!
I
opened for Nick Cave in New York, when he was soon proud of his
Twins....
Alexander: oh Bad Seeds
JULEE CRUISE:
Oh yes the B52s I've got to move away from the windows, my place is floor to ceiling windows! Yeeaaa....
Alexander: will you be bombed
JULEE CRUISE:
I doing a duet with Lydia Lunch and I'm on The Jeffery Lee Pierce project next year with Nick Cave, Kid, Isabelle Campbell Blonde and lots of great bands.....
Alexander: I believe in you
JULEE CRUISE:
Oh my God, it's killing me!, Ohhh, You are the Best, That means so much coming from you Alexander....♡♡♡, I am!!!
You are my info! When Haha! I found out about that pop singer from you, I went Ohhh nooooooNice Guy though! Really, But, John Reynolds, A Great Friend, nay do something for me! He's Sinead O'Connor's first husband and a Great Producer....That's what I wanted.....
He is in London, a Really Great Guy.Alexander: make it work
JULEE CRUISE:
Yup, I must!Your opinion means a lot to me
Alexander: I have to go now.
JULEE CRUISE:
♡ keep me in the loop!
Alexander: definitely
JULEE CRUISE:
Thanks Alexander!
Alexander: It's been a pleasure.
JULEE CRUISE:
Alexander...…
you are my Go To Guy....I adore you. Thank you.......![]()
YOU ARE VERY WRONG! NEVER!!!!!!
Alexander: I hope so
JULEE CRUISE:
Oh yeah! Jesus, I called that office and told them off a bit and said they van expect an accounting from my Lawyer Chris Wen.
Alexander: lawyers are good
JULEE CRUISE:
JULEE: Not now. MY LAWYER US THEE BEST ALONG WITH MY FINANCIAL ATTORNEY. I BEAT THEM ONCE AND LET THEM KEEP THE MONEY, NO WAY NOW! BECAUSE THERE'S HIDDEN MONEY IN THAT ACCOUNTING OFFICE.It will really irritate David Lynch, and That I will enjoy!
Plus, I'm a Federal K-9 handler with an order of protection for the rest of my life.....some things that happened to me......I'm going to make his Life and That Bitch Sabrina Sutherland life HELL
Alexander: no season 4?
JULEE CRUISE:
They are watching this now. They hacked my account. And That! Is a Federal Offense.
Ohhhhh yes!
Alexander: they hacked your account?
So I love to go to the worst porno sites just for their viewing pleasure.
The worst Shit you've ever seen. And I like porn. But this is wow sick stuff!
Alexander: okay
JULEE CRUISE:
I
must get off and call David Lynch’s House Now
Alexander: take care
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