PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY

Our guest is the artist/musician Ryan Avery! Some of the projects Ryan's been involved in include: Fathers Day, The Best Friends, Night Wolf, Iggy Pop, Catorce, Uncle Sku's Clubhouse, 8-Bit Porno, and Locking Your Car Doors. Ryan is currently working on a trilogy of albums under the moniker Hi My Name Is Ryan. A 2008 documentary film about Ryan of the same name can be viewed for free via YouTube here. Andy talks with Ryan about: the struggles of performing live during a pandemic, the first time Ryan performed in front of strangers, the benefits of having a live audience, the most serious injury Ryan suffered while performing, and the intrinsic negatives that come with being the subject of a documentary film. Music and merchandise curated by Ryan can be purchased via Ryan's label, Related Records, at relatedrecords.com. Albums by Hi My Name Is Ryan and other Ryan-centric projects can be found at Bandcamp via himynameisryan.bandcamp.com.

Andy goes it alone for this episode and talks about his recent surgery and traveling with his family's new puppy, Lola!

Andy goes it alone and talks about falafel, Philip K. Dick, car problems, plumbing problems, and eating a sandwich off the kitchen floor.

Andy talks about his family's new dog and the Alissa Nutting novel Tampa. Andy admits to being ignorant of The Rolling Stones' discography. Andy speaks glowingly of Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields, the new Bill Callahan album, Gold Record, and Fiona Apple's latest record, Fetch the Bolt Cutters.

Our guest is the cut and paste collage artist Nina Theda Black. Andy talks with Nina about teaching art to 3-year-olds during a pandemic, selling her artwork to notable personalities, and being championed by Anton Newcombe and having her work used for albums by The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Follow Nina on Twitter here. Find Nina's Facebook profile here. Nina's work can be viewed on her Tumblr at NinaThedaBlack.Tumblr.com. Instagram art fans can check out Nina's work on IG here.

Andy talks about his doctor's appointment. Andy's eighth independently published novel, Where Are You Now, Randy Dow?, is now available! If you live in the U.S., check it out at Amazon.com here or from anywhere else in the world by copying and pasting mybook.to/WAYNRD into your browser. Thank you for your consideration and patronage.

Andy talks about the car problems he had over the weekend.

Andy reads the first twenty pages of his upcoming novel, Where Are You Now, Randy Dow?

Andy had another crummy week, but instead of wallowing in self-pity, he sits down at the dinner table with his wife, Juli, and the two eat leftover Chinese food and talk about Chinese food.

Andy throws out a list of things he'd planned to talk about and instead discusses the crummy week he had.