Drinks with Tony

Alex Higley is the author of True Failure: A Novel.

We do a deep dive into the novel writing process and how we’re always being manipulated by stories.

On March 1st at 9am Pacific we discuss Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Our online book group is called Book Smash and register at this link.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Angela Brown is the author of Some Other Time.

We discuss how her and her husband met at 14 in high school, writing speculative fiction, do magic moments happen in life, and so much more.

On March 1st at 9am Pacific we discuss Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Our online book group is called Book Smash and register at this link.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

William Boyle is the author of Saint of the Narrows Street.

We chat Brooklyn Dodgers, Oxford Mississippi, James Joyce, the fun of NOT organizing personal libraries to indulge in the hunt, and so much more.

February Book Smash is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, join us.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Paul Ollinger is the author of Reasonably Happy: The Skeptic’s Guide to Achievable Contentment. He’s also a podcaster and standup comic.

We discuss specific details of when I lost my virginity on my wedding night, his audition for Chelsea Lately, managing resentment with happiness, and so much more.

February Book Smash is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, join us.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Francesca Lia Block is the author of House of Hearts and many other books.

We discuss love and heartbreak, her moment with David Byrne. LA punk rock and how The Go-Go’s inspired her to become a writer, Weetzie Bat, and so much more.

February Book Smash is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, join us.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Craig Clevenger is the author of The Contortionist’s Handbook, re-issued by Datura Books.

On this episode we discuss the glorious holy temple where we worship which is the public library, mental health, how to look back at our books as authors, and so much more.

Join Book Smash January 2025, our book is Berlin Blues by Sven Regener, which we’ll discuss on zoom at the end of the month.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Kim Dower is the author of What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria.

We chat channeling our characters, why poetry gets a bad rap, visiting Baudelaire’s grave, and so much more.

Recorded hours before the fires in LA and due to my lack of sleep and processing all of the events I didn’t record an intro and used the direct audio from the radio show broadcast. Prayers for all in Los Angeles affected and hope for speedy recovery.

dushane.substack.com to join our Book Smash and more.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Joe Clifford is the author of Shadow People and many other books.

We discuss the esoteric ways of writing novels, what success and failure in life can be, how high stakes alleviates anxiety, and so much more.

Join us for Book Smash January 2025 as we read and discuss Berlin Blues by Sven Regener.

Happy New Year and welcome to episode 300 of the reboot of Drinks with Tony.

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Hal Hartley is one of the kings of indie cinema with films like Henry Fool and The Girl From Monday. I taped this about 20 years ago at Dalva in San Francisco. Very happy to find the tape and put it out into the wild again.

Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.

Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk.

This week I dive into greedy eyeballs of actors at industry screenings, how to make left turns in Los Angeles, Knocking on doors as a Jehovah’s Witness, nostalgia for kicking cars of shit drivers, and so much more.

Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is

Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 92.9FM, KPCR-LP, Los Gatos.