Rob Callahan is an author of books and a wanna-be man of leisure.
He is currently co-drafting a lengthy novel about the disappearance of Fae in
Scotland, with more than the fair share of writing being done by his lovely and
talented co-creator, MontiLee Stormer.
He is also seen occasionally taking part in panel discussions on genre and writing.
Wednesday 01 October 2008 at 5:41 pm
In the month of October, breast cancer is recognized by survivors, family and friends of survivors and/or victims of the disease. In no manner is such recognition more controversial or noted than the infamous Boobiethon. Every year, hot young amateurs with webcams (Oh yeah, I've just tripled my unique visit count.) from around the world show the goods to anyone willing to donate $50 to the cause, and aren't you just? Also of note, my writing partner MontiLee Stormer has provided them with content again and, as "MontiLee Stormer Nude" (Now that's quadrupled it.) is among the occasional recurring search strings that bring people to my blog, I imagine many of you will be rather willing to donate to this particular charitable cause.
Wednesday 01 October 2008 at 4:13 pm
If you thought Gene Roddenbery's vision of the future, with its great big dials, flashing bulbs and reel-to-reel tape-powered computers was dated, have a look at these French post cards published circa 1910, which took as their subject the many advanced technologies to which we would presumably have access in the far future year 2000 AD. You'll see somewhat accurate predictions of tanks and construction equipment alongside more laughable images of students wired into a central teaching machine and the flying horseless carriage. Ah, the elusive flying horseless carriage... a century later we still have yet to escape the lure of its futurist wiles.
Thursday 25 September 2008 at 11:03 pm
Long before I wrote, and just before I gained some notoriety for my work on social causes, I wore dual hats in production and news features for an underfunded hybrid of a public/college radio station known as KVSC. In those days I often got quite excited when I caught something I'd produced being broadcast. "Hey," I'd often remark, "they're playing my work!" Well, after a while the novelty wore itself down. This was due in part to my simply having heard my work so frequently before and in another part to my work having so saturated the catalogue of pre-recorded promos, pushes, sweepers, sounders and IDs by the time I departed that I'd have had to stand around pointing it out every ten to fifteen minutes if I wanted to call attention to every instance in which my work got played.
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Wednesday 17 September 2008 at 2:40 pm
As long as the fan boards are ablaze with arguments on the verge of invoking Godwin's Law over who should play Doctor Who when Tennant leaves the series, I'm throwing my official endorsement behind Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Thursday 11 September 2008 at 4:40 pm
This from Stephanie: "The Electric Arc Radio crew has left the raucous old ’hood we've been writing and singing about and created the brand-new, radio-style musical—Don’t Crush Our Heart!. It’s about an indie band, urban planning, the long arm of the law, and, of course, L-O-V-E. And because we love you, we want you to be there. Performed live from the book at the fabulous Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis, this new show asks the question: Can a city councilman really prevent an indie pop band from moving to Brooklyn? The answer is rock-opera, Perry-Mason history, and it's called Don't Crush Our Heart!"
September 20, The Ritz Theater, 345 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN, US
Friday 05 September 2008 at 5:53 pm
Video of the final battle. Police surround Marchers on Thursday evening, use gas grenades to herd them onto an overpass, trap them there, then arrest them.
Thursday 04 September 2008 at 4:22 pm
I always meant to put a book together on the original Camp Coldwater occupation (in fact, it was this that first got me started as a writer... Well, I say it was this, but it was also being a hard left-leaning columnist in the '90s... Well, I say columnist, but it was more like guest editorialist... Well, I say editorialist, but it was more like a giant guilt trip to all America in 600 words or less, couple times a month... Well, I say all America, but it was mostly just Saint Cloud and people who knew what the internet was back then...) but I just never got round to finishing it. Pleased, was I, as you'd imagine, to discover this week while visiting the current occupation that someone else tackled and completed the project in my stead. I remember Elli King being either tough as seven inch nails or nice as bunnies, depending on whether or not she had mace in her eyes, and I couldn't think of a more well-suited compiler for this book if I tried. True to form, she's refused to put a bar code on it so you'll have to order a copy from one of the small mom n' pop shops listed at the bottom of this page. Definitely worth a read, I think, especially if you somehow managed to be surprised by this week's police actions.
I snapped this last night during the mass arrests downtown. With about fifty kids suffering from varying degrees of injuries and laying cuffed on the sidewalk and street behind them, a group of riot cops paused, posed and smiled for pictures. Like they were on a fishing trip or safari. The lone guy on the right was holding a small camera, and the group of four or five in the center of the shot were mugging, arms around each other, as he took pictures. Soon after I snapped this, another group of cops came and stood in a line in front of me, so as to prevent me taking any more pictures. A few minutes later, one came by and started taking pictures of me, so I told him, "I'll save you some research. My dossier is under Callahan. That's with a C, not a K." I think I came very close to being arrested for attempted helpfulness.
Wednesday 03 September 2008 at 9:47 pm
There's a Rage Against The Machine concert going on in Downtown Minneapolis right now. The venue is surrounded by riot cops, just waiting for it to let out. Tonight I'll hear the grenade launchers from my own window...
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Youtube video of Jean Yves Blondeau covering himself with tiny wheels and racing down a mountain at 90kph. He passes a motorcycle at one point. If we had such terrain nearby, I'd want to try this myself. No comments | ¶
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My neice has suggested that I write some YA fiction, as she'd rather like to be allowed to read my work, and I wonder what you all think. Would I be likely to lose my edge if I PG-13ized my writing and, if so, is that even a necessarily bad thing?
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My friend Brian asked after an interview I once conducted with the late Senator Paul Wellstone. As luck would have it, this is one of a handful of my old interviews that the good folks at the A-Infos Radio Project archived for me. Click and hear.No comments | ¶
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» Day 2 So Far 1. People on vigil at the jail, waiting for releases, report three van loads of riot cops showed up and are giving them the eye.
2. Handful of people arrested in DT Saint Paul today.
3. Dakota people have occupied Camp Coldwater. Reports state they're being surrounded by police as I type.
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» Amy Goodman Arrested The host of Democracy Now gets grabbed and taken behind a line of cops. Next time we see her, her face is full of chemical burns. Witnesses state she was cuffed, then maced at point blank range.
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