Your host: Paul Debraski. This photo: circa 2007. Or perhaps, 1977.
Here’s the inside scoop. I went to the University of Scranton, attended Boston College as a graduate student in Philosophy, and after doing a stint as a web designer, I earned my MLIS from Rutgers a couple years ago. Thank you for looking and hi everybody.
I am currently a Librarian at a public library in New Jersey.
Hi Paul,
I work for a public relations agency in Toronto called Media Profile. I am working with the Edmonton Folk Festival (www.efmf.ab.ca) and I am trying to get info on the festival into the hands of influential music bloggers, as I think they might want to know about it.
For context, the Edmonton Folk Festival isn’t strictly for your typical folk artists. Some of last year’s performers included Broken Social Scene, Cat Power, The Sadies and Ron Sexsmith. From what I can see by reading your blog, these are all bands I think would resonate well with your readers.
I didn’t see many posts regarding music festivals on your blog, but I am curious to see if you would be interested in receiving information as it becomes available.
Let me know what you think,
– Scott
Hi Scott,
I’m happy to advance the cause of good music. Let me know what I can do to help. And, even though I don’t have any real interests to conflict with, I’d likely mention in some what that I talked about it with you ahead of time…just so people don’t think I’m jetting off to Edmonton!
Thanks Paul
Paul, If you haven’t already acquired a copy of Drawers & Booths, I will gladly send you one in return for a review. You can research me at Ara13.com, though I remember you checking out the book on Amazon. Let me know via ara13c@yahoo.com. Thanks. Ara
Hey – why did I not know of this blog?!?
Miss you.
Well, you see I didn’t tell anyone about the blog. I wanted to earn my massive fan base through honest to God hard work. It was the worst job of salesmanship ever! How ever did you find it?
Sneaking around at Al’s.
Wow….Great blog, Paul!
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Hi,
I enjoyed your posts about Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing…, especially the one about what was left out in the magazine versions of the articles. However, I don’t think that reading Derivative Sports in Tornado Alley is an autobiographic text for large parts. If you have access to the Critique archive, look for “David Foster Wallace’s Hometown: A Correction” by Charles B. Harris. I believe that Harris explains that Wallace did not state his actual hometown in the article and that several “facts” mentioned in the text are also fictional. So, I don’t believe that the mold story is based on an actual event, just like Wallace probably did not know anyone named Antitoi. I guess the article can jsut be regarded as a very short precursor to Infinite Jest in some ways.
I don’t know how much of this debate about that article is known in the usual DFW circles.
Best wishes!
Andreas. thanks for this. I was going under the impression that essay=true. Which I know now isn’t.
Paul,
Great blogs (this and the others in your blogroll). I run an independent blogging site and I would love to include you as a featured blogger. Check out the site and email me if you are interested.
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indieposit (at) gmail (dot) com
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Dear Paul,
Thanks a lot about such a good review of AGA-BOOM!
We really glad that you enjoyed the show and shared your thoughts on your blog! You made our day!
Iryna and Dimitri ( AGA-BOOM)
Wow! Well thank YOU for putting on such an amazing show.
Hi Paul. Nice blog – I just noticed you’ve recently posted a few of my tracks, thanks for that!
Also, I can help out with the “MPC” dilemma (as noticed in your post):
It’s an Akai sampler/drum machine that I use from time to time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhHJLi9e4y4 (Joplin MPC)
Thanks Mitchmatic!
I love your CD and hope that a few folks get turned on to it through me.
And thanks for setting me straight on that MPC…my mind was nowhere near that as an answer!
Hi Paul,
I run a site called The Electric Typewriter which is a collection of links to great magazine length non-fiction, articles and essays.I was hoping you might be able to recommend some favourites for us to feature on the site.
If you take a look here http://tetw.tumblr.com/all_authors or here http://tetw.tumblr.com/111_Essential_Articles_and_Essays, you’ll see that we have already collected many of the best pieces by a lot of the authors/from a lot of the publications you mention. I’d be very grateful if you could find a minute to let me know which authors/pieces you think are missing.
Best regards,
Dan
Hi Dan,
I’ll see what I can do. I’m a bit swamped at the moment, but I’ll give it some thoughT!
Hello Paul!
I’m interested in getting in touch with you. What’s your mail?
Kind regards,
J
As well read as you are — we have a teacher looking for a book for her class -7th grade- and I wanted to pick your brain for a few ideas.
any way to get in touch with you?
I just saw your review of Tom Bissell’s book of essays Magic Hours. You liked his essay on the Underground Literary Alliance, taking it at face value. One point you missed: that it was an intentional, albeit artfully crafted, hatchet job on us.
At my own blog I did a four-part series taking apart Bissell’s essay, showing it for what it is. The series can still be found posted at http://www.kingwenclas.blogspot.com, at the left under “Fun Stuff.” I invite you to take a look.
Thanks.
-Karl “King” Wenclas
Thanks, it certain was brutal. I’ll happily read your rebuttals. Thanks for writing.
Hi Paul – I just realized I don’t have your email address, hope it’s ok to leave a message here.
I just found out about Coursera (free online classes in everything), and I signed up for a free design course starting Oct 22 – I’ll probably get bored and drop out quickly, but the first assignment is to design a shirt, so I thought I’d see if I’m ready for PR ;).
https://www.coursera.org/course/design
Karen
Hello, there,
You posted about my book awhile back, I think. I just wanted to say thank you for reading. And to offer that if you still have questions as to whether it’s actually poetry, I’d be happy to share my thoughts on that very excellent question – what *is* poetry, you know, and *how* do you know when it is? (And does it matter?)
Be well.
Rebecca Lindenberg
What library Paul? I manage several entertainers and am wondering if any of them performed at your library.
Such a great avatar picture!
Always wondered if librarians really and honestly like their job?
Thanks. It’s not terribly current, but is not far from what’s in my head. In my experience most librarians really do love their jobs. We love helping people and finding things. I think we largely dislike the hours and the rather low pay. But the job itself is pretty groovy.
Ha! Love that you chose “groovy” which holds true to your comment about the picture not being far from your thoughts.
Hi Paul, I just found your review of “Thin Crust” published in the March 2017 issue of the Walrus. Thanks so much! I don’t often google myself so this is a bit late getting to you. I’m really glad you enjoyed the strangeness and the humour in this piece. All the best to you, I’ve signed up to see what else you are reading. And I also love your profile picture.
All the best!
Erin
Hi Erin,
I get so few comments that I tend to ignore them even when non-spam people write. So, apologies for waiting so long to say thanks for checking my site out. I really enjoyed your story a lot. Hope to read more!
Hi Paul is there a way to search up Rheos related posts so that I can add the links to your reviews to my rheostaticslive.com pages for those shows?