KLBJ BLOCKED MY EMAIL!!! >:( Can one or all of you please tell the world via your FB that KLBJ blocked me from sending emails to them. I’ve sent a few emails their way, the last was to the Bob and Dudley show asking them to plug my autobiography on the air. The book is about my life as a... More
The Mighty Fitz 42 years ago today, the “Mighty Fitz” went down into the drink. Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the event with his 1976 magnum opus. 29 men lost their lives on Lake Superior that brutal November day. Lightfoot cut his studio version of the song short by 29 verses in their honor. More
Published! Thanks everyone for the Bday wishes! Much <3 to you all. And here’s another miracle: my first article ever has been published in Action Magazine! It’s my degenerate piece on SXSW. Thanks Sam Kindrick for taking a chance on a chronic ne’er do well! The piece is being run in two installments. Click this link... More
Urban Cowboy Progeny Just imagine: if Bud and Pam had made a go of it and produced offspring, the chin dimple on that little bastard would have been UNSTOPPABLE…could catch a bullet in that thing. More
Letter to LA Lloyd Letter to LA Lloyd- Program Director at KLBJ Fm 93.7 Dear LA Lloyd, Hi, my name is Seamus. I know that my email says James Martin, but that’s because of some troubled communication between Google and I. I’ll straighten those hucksters out in due time, don’t worry. Anyway, I wanted to bring something to your... More
27 Questions Favorite smell? Perineum Last time you cried? I’m crying now Favorite pizza? Pizza deez nuts Favorite flowers? Naked Man Orchid Did you go to college? I was enrolled Untie your shoes when taking them off? I untie everything Roller coasters? Roller boogie Favorite ice cream? Grape Favorite past time? I always enjoy half-past nine Shorts... More
Dear Union Pacific Dear Union Pacific, My name is Seamus and I have a heavy tale to lay on you. On Thursday morning I was heading to work and a train was stopped on the tracks blocking everybody who was trying to get to where they were going. It was about 6:50 am and there were lots of... More
The radio has been playing lots and lots of Tom Petty lately The radio has been playing lots and lots of Tom Petty lately. Deep cuts and all that. So many good musicians are facing the final curtain these days. It’s very sad, but boy howdy does it cut down on air wave treacle. Now, I’m not saying that I want ANYONE to expire. Not at all.... More
Oh Say Can You Kneel: All mouth and no soul, welcome to the new American way The Facebook has been burning the laughing fire over this football-kneeling-national anthem imbroglio. And man do I love it! Threads filled with screaming human drama; opinions hurled, feelings hurt, teeth bared-heads up. It’s definitely what I signed up for when I slithered on to this toxic piece of 21st century Neverland called social media. It... More
How to not get published…EVER Dear Seamus, Thanks for sending us “Ear Worms.” We’re sorry to say that it’s not right for The Sun. This isn’t a reflection on your writing. The selection process is highly subjective, something of a mystery even to us. There’s no telling what we’ll fall in love with, what we’ll let get away. Writing is... More