What do punk rock, the cult classic buddy flick ROADSIDE PROPHETS, and law enforcement have in common? The answer: author David Swinson. From his time booking and promoting punk rock and alternative legends like the Violent Femmes, Social Distortion, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to his relationships with Hunter S. Thompson and Timothy Leary that helped birth the spoken-word record, SOUND BITES FROM THE COUNTER CULTURE, all the way through his time as a detective in Washington, DC to his acclaimed novels, we learn that some of us are just attracted to troublemakers. Join us.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we say “counter-culture!”

Links:
William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
David Swinson’s website: https://davidswinson.com/

Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards and an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

David Swinson is the author of the critically acclaimed Frank Marr trilogy, The Second Girl, Crime Song, and Trigger. He is also the author of City on the Edge. He began his career at the height of the punk rock movement in the early 1980s. After attending California State University as a film major, he booked and promoted punk rock and alternative music at Fender’s Ballroom and Bogart’s Nightclub in Long Beach.

Would you kill a bigfoot to prove its existence? Author Matt Pruitt stops by to discuss his new book The Phenomenal Sasquatch: Seeking the Natural Origins of a Cultural Icon. We dive deep into the mystery, discussing what makes the iconic footprints so compelling, the infamous Patterson-Gimlin film, and the morality of killing a Sasquatch to obtain a type specimen. The big question: is Sasquatch a physical reality or a product of the human mind?

Today’s drinking game: drink every time we say Sasquatch

Links:
William R. Hincy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William...
William R. Hincy’s website: https://williamrhincy.com/
The Phenomenal Sasquatch ordering link: https://www.amazon.com/Phenomenal-Sas...
Matt's website: https://mattpruittonline.com/
Bigfoot & Beyond pod: https://www.bigfootandbeyondpodcast.com/
Beyond Yacht Rock pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mYti5k...

We live our legacies long before we leave them behind. Join authors John Engell and William R. Hincy as we discuss life, heart-stopping health scares (literally), and John's short story collection. And we get two readings from one of the very best readers in the business.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:19 Introducing author John Engell
00:04:29 Best place to get a drink in San Francisco
00:06:03 Author Reading of "Bridal Bouquet"
00:17:19 What are we drinking?
00:21:02 Writers Grotto of SF
00:26:55 How stage of life affect your writing
00:30:34 John's heart-stopping TWICE
00:33:28 Writing legacy
00:38:27 Writing tips
00:45:14 SHOTS! rapid fire questions
00:52:42 Author reading "Party on the Point"

Brought to you by Whiskey-Winged Lit
Fiction for the modern reader. Life is the accumulation of scars—tell the stories!

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