(photo by John Casey. Thanks, John.)

Here's me reading at the SF release party. Videoed by John Casey. Thanx again, John.

upcoming AKMB Events:

September 28: LA, reading at Family Books.
August 11: NYC AKMB/Believer/Blaze in the North American Sky release party at Lit Lounge.
July 31: San Francisco release party at Electric Works with Edmund Welles
July 19: East Bay release party at Rowan Morrison
June: Reading at Porchlight, Cafe du Nord, SF

AKMB has been selected as one of the winners of AIGA's annual 50 Books/50 Covers design competition for 2008! From them: "AIGA’s suite of competitions is widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today, extending a legacy that began more than 90 years ago. Copies [of winning books] are archived at the Denver Art Museum and displayed in the AIGA’s New York exhibition and subsequent traveling shows."

Review, Chico News & Review, Jan. 15, 2009.

Review by writer/mystic Erik Davis on his blahg.

Blogged at the Chicago Reader.

AKMB makes Amazon's Best of the Year So Far: Hidden Gems list

AKMB appears on Craigslist's Missed Connections! "Met you after the all known metal bands reading. We laughed at the crazy lady yelling on her phone. Should have got your number, wasn't really comfortable asking with all your friends around. You were sweet though..."

I'll be featured on an upcoming episode of the new radio show Dinner Party Download soon, hosted by the excellent Rico Gagliano of Marketplace.

Short but good review in the (July? August?) Giant Robot

Detour online mag talks about the power of "the metal naming principle"

Metal Jew calls AKMB "the greatest book ever published"

There's an interview about the book and pics in the July edition of Oakbook magazine, out now

Rolling Stone (May 25, 2008) calls AKMB "the best bathroom book ever".

Encyclopedia Metallum and all the sites used in compiling this book; McSweeney's; Lexa, Alex, & Obi; and all metal bands everywhere anytime. Special thanks to Encyclopedia Metallum, which is a great website, and evidence of the powerful culture that drew me to the AKMB project in the first place. I had been amassing my list for six months before coming upon the site, but it was a great resource, and I’m grateful for everybody’s help in allowing the book to be as complete as possible. I have always seen the AKMB book as a specific physical artifact, a project in itself, and in no way do I intend it to--or believe it can--replace or compete with the Encyclopedia Metallum in any way. The omission of thanks in the book, as an ackowledgement of the enormous efforts made by EM and its readers to amass data, was by no means mean-spirited or intended to cause offense. -- DN