The Counterforce with Aug Stone

A fantastic conversation with Mike Nagel about writing, authors, music, swimming, quitting drinking, and much more. Mike's books Duplex and CulDeSac are hilarious little masterpieces, check 'em out https://www.michaelscottnagel.com/ https://autofocusbooks.com/store/p/duplex-mike-nagel https://www.instagram.com/mike__nagel/ https://x.com/misternagel https://bsky.app/profile/misternagel.bsky.social  

Chatting to Jessamyn Violet about writing, music, the difficulties of making art these days, therapy, and her ace new book Venice Peach   https://jessamynviolet.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jessamynviolet/?hl=en https://bsky.app/profile/jessamynviolet.bsky.social https://shop.maudlinhouse.net/#venice-peach  

Talking to Dan Tremaglio about dreaming, writing, his Mount Rushmore of authors, and his excellent new book The Only Wolf Is Time https://www.dantremaglio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dantremaglio/?hl=en https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_only_wolf_is_time/  

Talking to Brian Alan Ellis about KISS, KISS, more 80s hard rock, KISS, his writing, House Of Vlad Press, and more KISS. Check out his latest collection, The Errors Tour. I have never laughed harder at a book https://houseofvladpress.com/brian-alan-ellis https://www.instagram.com/depressedwriterasshole/ https://x.com/brianalanellis  

An excellent conversation with Kyle Seibel about writing, performing, perseverance, and his killer new story collection Hey You Assholes https://www.instagram.com/kylerseibel/ https://x.com/kylerseibel https://bsky.app/profile/kylerseibel.bsky.social https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kyle-seibel-hey-you-assholes-preorder    

Great conversation with The Church frontman about his many projects, what he wants from music, and new album The Road To Tibooburra   https://www.instagram.com/stvklby/ https://www.thechurchband.com/  

I had a freakin' blast chatting with the Powerhouse of ROCK that is Conan Neutron. We covered just about everything in this marathon session, and his latest Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends record, The Way Of The Neutron, is great, one of the best records I've heard this year   https://neutronfriends.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-of-the-neutron https://www.instagram.com/conanneutron/?hl=en https://www.neutronfriends.com/ https://x.com/conanneutron?lang=en https://bsky.app/profile/neutron.bsky.social https://lnk.bio/neutron  

A real pleasure to finally chat to Tim Lane, author of Your Silent Face and Phil's Siren Song. Talking books, music, Joy Division of course, the brilliant 80s bands that soundtrack his novels, and much more   https://www.yoursilentface.com/ https://www.instagram.com/inlovewithplaid/ https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-41-books      

A fun chat with filmmaker Bobby Miller about his debut novel, Situation Nowhere, in which a new energy drink is causing folks to explode. Talking books, film, comics, and more https://www.bobbymillertime.com/ https://thebobbymiller.com/situationnowhere https://bsky.app/profile/bobbymillertime.com https://augstone.substack.com/    

A pleasure to chat with Goolkasian, Heather Morgan, & Adam Wade about the first Replaced By Robots mini-album. A psychobilly/surf-rock cheerleader freak-out heralds three killer new wave tunes. Plus Goolkasian tells a good Cars-related Elevator Drops story. And much more... https://replacedbyrobots.hearnow.com/the-experiment https://replacedbyrobots3d.bandcamp.com/album/the-experiment-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_oA01satw https://augstone.substack.com/