Joe O'Brien

writer / editor / musicmaker / public librarian / Master of Information / ardent agnostic / moderate radical / coyote capricorn / cruciverbalist (they/them)

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

Good day internet! Let us jerk our knees, mount our high horses, gallop thru echo-chambers & cudgel strawfolk with our blunt'd reason-clubs!

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

To all the library books that got weeded this year #InMemoriam
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[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

@BrendanCByrne @wantonsun @rudytheelder @bcmerchant @billsquirrell @RCleffi @imperica @steel_weaver Excellent!

[Ms. Ezra Furman @ezrafurman]

@sapphicspielbrg thank you for the tv glow. I just saw it. Born 1986 raised in the suburbs and trans so … yeah. Need I say more. Thank you.

[FLAPPERHOUSE @FLAPPERHOUSE]

Next month will mark the 10th anniversary of our first issue's publication. Maybe we should do something to celebrate the occasion...?

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

Cameron Suey has written some of my all-time favorite horror stories, and now he's making this awesome podcast. It's like if Carl Sagan's "Contact" took place in the Twilight Zone. Each episode is menacingly mysterious and ultimately stabs you in the gut with a dagger-sharp twist

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

@bmackcollector @deerhoof I enjoy listening to "+81" and "Dummy Discards a Heart" with my kid

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

When I heard that @josefkstories has a new podcast coming out, I shivered with twisted glee & smashed that subscribe button

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

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I wrote a poem about drifting away & staying afloat, and the Heavy Feather Review was kind enough to feature it on their site.

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

Started watching Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS and it's kind of adorable how it seems to insist that WALK HARD doesn't exist, like how my 2 year-old insists she doesn't need a diaper change when her pampers are filled to the brim with poop

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

I expect I'll come to hate this just as much soon enough but until then sure, why the hell not

[wife of báthory @fierystatehotel]

Marc and I collab’d a meme. Feel free to use it.

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

Twitter just notified me that because I'm a public librarian they're gonna start labeling me as a 'state-funded pornmonger'

[FLAPPERHOUSE @FLAPPERHOUSE]

Nine vernal equinoxes ago...

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[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

I love the premise of this new podcast, and so far it's off to a fascinating start

[Ira Rat @eyerarat]

Alright, so I started a podcast after a decade of making fun of the idea of me starting a podcast.

It's... Not Worth Living episode one @ElsbyCharlene.

I don't know if the distro has gotten it anywhere else, but here you go if you got Spotify.

https://t.co/LVUDKfwn2N

[Excuse Me Mag @MagExcuse]

Hey folks, EXCUSE ME Mag is open for subs! The theme is UNWINNABLE GAMES, and we're looking for short, weird fiction, approx. 500-1500 words. No pay & no sub fees. See https://t.co/Et75nMc0QJ for details-- potential contribs get a free digital copy of the latest issue. Thanks!

[Bob Mould @bobmouldmusic]

SPOT was a wonderful soul who loved making music, documenting the scene, and unconditionally supporting all the projects that bear his name.

Thank you, SPOT. You gave so much to all of us.

[Mark Borchardt @morethescarier]

Hot off the press and now in beautiful, blazing color, the new issue of @MagExcuse has arrived! Order your copy ($6) at https://t.co/tQxk9PkSaH and have a great time in the delightful realm of its aesthetic offerings...

[Joe O'Brien @JosephPOB]

Full-color print issues of the new issue of @MagExcuse are now available. It's got a story I wrote called "Chapel Perilous, New York," alongside much more cool fiction, poetry, & art. Get it at https://t.co/P5ZQl5gI2Z

[Cindy Vasko Photography📀 @Cindy_Vasko]

I've never been a centerfold, but look where the tackiest photo I ever shot landed! I just got my copies of the fab, fun Excuse Me Magazine, showcasing my Abandoned Honeymoon Resort images/notes. Thanks @MagExcuse for the feature & the centerfold 🥳- love isn't dead after all.❤️

[Excuse Me Mag @MagExcuse]

I'm already going to the post office this weekend, so you may as well throw your hat in-- 11 fantastic features by a whole bunch of interesting and creative ppl... click the link to get the print edition NOW for just $6 shipped: https://t.co/fS0Mo72Cju ...