Benito Vila

Benito Vila lives in a remote fishing village on Mexico’s Pacific coast. He can be found in the ocean when he’s not typing.

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pre-sale Love love #7 open now! https://t.co/8lgBhj15sH

Kissing Builds Up Your Mouth is in Love Love #7. In good company. Lisa Marie has a cool tote and t-shirt for this one. The pre-order link is live.

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VOICES 2023 Preview https://t.co/LD1LGJ3ecc

Dahlias, Gods & Mermaids. The 2023 issue of VOICES. I'm not in this preview, but five of my poems were selected for this edition. More on those soon. VOICES is available by clicking through the links. Click the preview for poems & art.

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Also available in conjunction and bundled is a brand new book from Peter Stampfel called "Stampfel on Weber and The Complete Boston Broadsides 1964-1967" The 140 p paperback book contains every essay Peter Stampfel wrote for the Boston Broadside, and two essays on Steve Weber.

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We are thrilled to announce the 55th (yes you read that right) anniversary super deluxe edition of the Holy Modal Rounders psychedelic masterpiece Indian War Whoop, more info below but if we had you at "Holy Modal" you can order it right now, right here: https://t.co/aSjPYxV0zm

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GREG IRONS: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST https://t.co/iLp0tOuzZB via @PKMBook This portrait came together with the help of a lot of people in Greg’s life—friends, family members and collaborators—including Robert Crumb, Tom Veitch, Chuck Eldridge and Ron Turner. Enjoy.

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CHASING DOWN THE WANDERER: THIRTY MINUTES WITH DION https://t.co/XyHb5NOqMa # via @PKMBook

Shaman and blues man, Dion has a different definition for genius. And he has a good sense of the oak tree he’s become.

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RON TURNER’S LAST GASP: WEIRD & WONDERFUL COMIX SINCE 1970 https://t.co/GgZWuXYiI4 # via @PKMBook

Blasphemous. Vulgar. Rude. Ugly. Polite society goes name-calling when it doesn’t understand what it's seeing. That's the way it is with comix.

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Remembering and celebrating the legendary Tuli Kupferberg, counterculture poet, author, singer, cartoonist, pacifist, anarchist, publisher, and self-proclaimed “world’s oldest rock star” (co-founder of The Fugs) - https://t.co/7KW6xAQlF2

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LOOKING WEST WITH LARRY MCMURTRY

A look at the American West, a conversation leading me to Larry McMurtry, WK Stratton and George Laughead. It’s likely McMurtry’s last interview. He didn’t do those often and died shortly after we had our back-and-forth. https://t.co/Ko7Z0coWTz

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SAM COOKE: EPITOME OF COOL https://t.co/1SUVETFKTk via @PKMBook

A little Sam Cooke for you...Watch the clips...

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BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: TRUTH, JUSTICE & BUFFY’S WAY https://t.co/rHR2Rd0ojD # via @PKMBook

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Jorma Kaukonen, 79: Guitar Legend Staying Curious and Giving Back | AGEIST

A side of Jorma for Thanksgiving! Jorma and I talked by email last month, and David Stewart of Ageist posted our conversation on his site tonight. Vanessa Kaukonen provided pix!
https://t.co/opbqIPxkEa

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TULI KUPFERBERG: THE RIGHT-NOW ART AND WORDS OF A FUG
https://t.co/AbrY98NKIg

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Tuli from Paris, with Love Love https://t.co/gCdXnMVaNP

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Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?

Ringo drum solo. Paul John and George guitar solos.

And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.

AND IN THE END: A LOOK AT THE LAST DAYS OF THE BEATLES https://t.co/xh50wlJLcr

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FAMILY GUY: THE LEGACY OF SPALDING GRAY https://t.co/bi8uP0nugX # via @PKMBook

His boys, Theo and Forrest, and his wife, Kathie, on Spalding’s gift for the theatrical, his insistence on honesty and his uncanny knack for being heard.

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BASEBALL BOOKS AND MOVIES TO HELP MAKE IT THROUGH THIS SEASON

I miss baseball. So does Alan. He asked me for a list of my favorite baseball films. I sent him those and three books, too. Alan had a book list of his own favorites already going. Enjoy.
https://t.co/q8FAyrrDXP

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REBEL WITH A CAUSE: A DAUGHTER'S TAKE ON THE LEGEND OF NICHOLAS RAY

Wow. I can’t stop saying wow. The legacy Nick Ray left; the way her daughter has learned to be a powerful part of it. Wow. https://t.co/EiedO0BzN7

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FREDERICK WISEMAN: THE DIRECTOR WHO MAKES THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY https://t.co/BxPGRl4SEZ # via @PKMBook

His puzzle-like edit process: When I have all the rushes, there’s nothing together. I only have loose pieces and I have to find what I think are going to be the corners.

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THE ENDLESS SUMMER OF JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD, ARTIST AND PUZZLE MASTER

Crazy World Ain’t It... https://t.co/Yioj5uiJot