WHAT TO WEAR DURING AN ORANGE ALERT?

We are proud to be a part of a mutli-blog PVT Giveaway contest today. Each blog has been given a specific song from the new PVT album Church With No Magic (Warp Records). The band has created handmade mixtape cassette for each track. The track that we have been given is called "Timeless". You can stream the track below, and see the tracklist of mixtape the band created for us.

PVT appeared on the most recent Orange Alert Podcast, and if you enjoyed that track or like what see on this mixtape be the first to send your name and address to orangealert31@gmail.com to win this mixtape!

J.D. Nelson "Noise Difficulty Flower" (Argotist Ebooks, August 2010)

It wouldn't be J.D. Nelson if wasn't difficult, but the flow and general tone in his latest collection seems less experimental then his past work. Nelson seems more focused in Noise Difficulty Flower. He is finding himself consumed and consuming, and isn't at all satisfied. This collection is filled with pop culture, but it's culture as filtered through the complex filter of Nelson.

Noise difficulty Flower is a collection that spans from 2007 to 2010. Nelson considers these near science-fiction, and that comparison seems fitting in many places through out the collection. It's currently available for free here. The very cool cover art is by Rich Cortis.

Michael Nudelman "Niagara Falls (After T.C. (Not the same T.C. as It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This 7))" (ballpoint pen on paper, 8 x 10)

This from Michael's upcoming exhibit, Light & Magic, at Thomas Robertello Gallery which will run from September 10 - October 16, 2010.

Listening:
1. A Classic Education: Italy is home to the newest band to join the Lefse label. Listen to: Gone To Sea (mp3)
2. Vonnegutt: This Atlanta band is all about the funk. They just signed to Purple Ribbon/Favorite Gentlemen (the respective labels of Outkast's Big Boi and Manchester Orchestra.)Listen to: Bright Eyes (mp3)
3. The Americans: They're back and have Sean Lennon helping with their new ep coming in November. Listen to: Requiem (mp3)

Reading:
1. My Head is Buried by Andrea Kneeland

Episode 24: I Like Pasley

* PVT: The Quick Mile
* Sam Prekop: The Silhouettes
* Mary Hamilton: When Me and Theodore Look at the Sky We Pray For Rain (Live from The Orange Alert Reading Series)
* Rakaa: Aces High (ft. Evidence, Fashawn And Defari)
* J. Bradley: Just Do It
* Backwords: And Then Sigh
* Javelin: Lindsay Brohan
* Natalie Edwards: Live from The Orange Alert Reading Series
* Jaill: The Stroller

Mary Hamilton thinks Theo Huxtable is cute. She works as an optician. And co-hosts QUICKIES! Chicago. She digs circus freaks and Bull Shannon from Night Court. She once worked as a barista. She once had long hair too. I remember it. And I miss it. She doesn't do dialogue and she is currently obsessed with the weather, though she may or may not have once been obsessed with Tootsie Rolls. Mary Hamilton also has a new collection out, We Know What We Are, the winner of the Fourth Annual Rose Metal Press Short Short Chapbook Contest, which is filled with blasts of sometime surreal short fiction that is equal parts obsession, an ode to freaks and outsiders, sadness and celebration of pop culture as a filter for all that bangs around Mary's still shorn head.

Theo Huxtable. What up?

Sam Prekop Old Punch Card (Thrill Jockey, Sept. 7th)

It is rare that I am completely shocked but a new album, but the new album from Sam Prekop has done just that. Old Punch Card is Sam's first release since 2005, and it really comes out of nowhere. In fact, Prekop had this to say about the album, "I'd have to say this record is pretty much unlike anything else I've done". Prekop is the leader singer and main songwriter for the band The Sea & Cake, but us also a painter and photographer.

The Zoo, a Going (The Tropic House) by J.A. Tyler (Sunnyoutside, August 2010)

I was pleasantly surprised to receive a book of fiction from my friends at Sunnyoutside, and from the prolific J.A. Tyler no less. If my memory serves it is their first since the release of Rusty Barnes' Breaking It Down back in 2007. The Zoo, a Going finds Tyler playing the role of a young child viewing his family as only a child can. There is feeling of innocence that is constantly being shattered and step on by the sort sighted words and actions of parents. When you are forced to see what seem like the tiniest moments or disagreements through the eyes of a child they become so much more vivid and unnecessary. The child picks up on words and feeling in a way that parents do often understand or care to try to understand.

Listening:
1. Cashes Rivers: Des Monies is home to this surprising duo. Listen to: As I Drift (mp3)
2. Landing on the Moon: California has been popping up a lot lately. Maybe I should move. However, this band is from Omaha. Listen to: California (mp3)
3. How To Dress Well: Abstract chopped up soul from Tom Krell. Listen to: Ecstasy With JoJo (mp3)

Reading:
1. Cracked by Mike Meraz

Episode 23: Bad Omens

* Reporter: Click Shaw
* Pretty Lights: Look Both Ways
* Davis Schneiderman: Excerpt from Drain
* Elephant & Castle: The Look
* Bee vs. Moth: I Listen To Coffee All Day
* Joseph G. Peterson: Excerpt from Beautiful Piece (Live at The Orange ALert Reading Series)
* Nice Purse: Heart Medley
* Chilly Gonzales: I Am Europe
* Justin Blackburn: Kate Reads The Bible