Burn Collector: Collected Stories from One Through Nine

A while ago, I had the opportunity to do a radio show for indie college station, KUOI FM 89.3. I had to choose a name for my show… and I ended up naming my first show “elaborate burn” partly in ode to the electronic group Future Sound of London and also as a nod to a brilliant modern writer, Al Burian. Follow our protagonist as he works for Kinko’s copies, travels on a “hell bus” and personifies existential punk rock wanderer. This is, without a doubt, one of the BEST products to result from the “zine” fad of the 90’s. Written on an ancient 1980’s Macintosh and photocopied with punk rock skill this contains some of the best and most meaningful writing I’ve seen in years. This is, in my opinion, a modern classic, a “new classic” as they say. When I got my show approved, in a moment of stinging irony, I was given the burn in that the Media Director spelled my show wrong resulting in the name “Elaborate BARN!” I got a harsh Burn. I then had to yell at the Media Director to please change it. Another interesting fun when I read from this book on the air, people were dumb enough to think I was reading MY STORY. Wow, profoundly stupid. No, I was reading from this book and please purchase it if you find it interesting. I even said I was reading from a book and people still didn’t get it. College drunkards. Anyway, PLEASE pick this up for a read it’s simply awesome. Al Burian also plays in the band Milemarker. And Hammerhead is a real rock group that actually does in fact have an album called “Into the Vortex.” If you like this you might Jack Kerouac Douglas Adams Kurt Vonnegut