Salt Lake Dirt

Episode 274

Author: Brendan Gillen

Book: Static

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On this episode I welcome author Brendan Gillen to discuss his new novel Static. Brendan shares his insights on character development, the creative process, and the importance of persistence in the face of challenges. Great chat, great book!

Thanks for listening.

Kyler

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Static Synopsis:

For Paul, stealing is easy. When he's hungry, he strolls into a bodega and steals lunch. When rent's due, he steals records and flips them for cash. As a lonely kid growing up in Ohio's Rust Belt, stealing was the only way he could score the hip hop records and production equipment that fueled his musical dreams.

Now he's in NYC fighting to keep his once-ascendant band alive and his life from falling apart. His bank account is flatlining. The love of his life has broken his heart. Bunky, his bandmate, is ditching him for Eloise, a soulful vagabond with an intoxicating voice. When financial trouble forces his parents from their lifelong home, Paul ramps up his stealing to save his family from collapse. And in a fever of creativity, he begins to steal from the voices in his life to make the music he's sure will save his soul.

Set against the modern music industry, where a single social post can change your destiny, STATIC is alive to the weight of familial expectations, the pursuit of our deepest hopes and dreams, and the struggle to make meaningful connections in the anxiety of the digital age. (Vine Leaves Press)

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Episode 273

Bruce Wagner

The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers

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I'm very excited to welcome back Bruce Wagner to the show. Bruce is one of my favorite writers and on this episode he shares insights into the creation of his latest work The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers. We also talk about how Arcade Publishing has begun to reissue several of his previous novels. I highly recommend them all. Links below for more information.

It's always an honor to talk with with Bruce about his work.

Thanks for listening.

Kyler

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Today on the show I welcome back author and musician Jack Skelley. Jack was on last year talking about the release of The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker and this time he joins me to talk about his genre busting new release Myth Lab: Theories of Plastic Love.

Great book, great chat!

Thanks for listening.

Kyler

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This week on Salt Lake Dirt, I am thrilled to welcome the multi-talented entertainer Nicholas King. Nicholas is an actor, musician, and performer whose work has seamlessly seeped into my subconscious making him an irresistible guest for the show. We delve into his impressive career, from his early beginnings in a musically inclined family to his current performances and collaborations.

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Kyler

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This week I welcome author Chandler Morrison to the show. We talk about his latest novel American Narcissus out now on Dead Sky Publishing. Chandler has become one of my favorite writers as of late so it was great talking with him about his work.

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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American Narcissus Synopsis:

"The American dream is dead, and Los Angeles is burning. Stoned and porn-addicted surfer Baxter Kent is terrified of women and anxious to make things work with a sex robot. Acid junkie Arden Coover has a useless philosophy degree and a doomed relationship he believes might save him. His younger sister Tess is considering, or resisting, a convenient but loveless marriage to a wealthy, narcissistic novelist. Ryland Richter, an alcoholic insurance executive with too much money and too few scruples, is seeking toxic solace in the arms of a dangerously unhinged subordinate. As wildfires rage, this lost and hopeless cast makes their way through the embers of Los Angeles and beyond in a desperate search for meaning and connection in a world without a future. Chandler Morrison’s latest satire explores our search for love in all the wrong places, and what happens when we think we find it. " (Source: Dead Sky Publishing)

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This week I return to the Wyoming International Film Festival. WYOIFF has easily become one of my top festival picks and I encourage filmmakers and filmgoers to check it out. The festival takes place July 9-14, 2024 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. If you find yourself anywhere near eastern Wyoming this week, find the time to see some of these incredible films.

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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Episode 269

Filmmaker: Shoval Tshuva

Film: FUNKY

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IG: @shovaltshuva

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2024 WYOIFF

This week I return to the Wyoming International Film Festival. WYOIFF has easily become one of my top festival picks and I encourage filmmakers and filmgoers to check it out. The festival takes place July 9-14, 2024 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. If you find yourself anywhere near eastern Wyoming this week, find the time to see some of these incredible films.

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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In a world where people are expected to quietly die at 65, a scientist desperate for more time needs her long-neglected daughter to take good care--of her.

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This week I return to the Wyoming International Film Festival. WYOIFF has easily become one of my top festival picks and I encourage filmmakers and filmgoers to check it out. The festival takes place July 9-14, 2024 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. If you find yourself anywhere near eastern Wyoming this week, find the time to see some of these incredible films.

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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Episode 267

Filmmaker: Monique Sorgen

Film: LYING IS COMPLICATED

Logline: Melanie tries to get her fake fiancé to come to dinner with her even though she's already ruined his life by pretending they're engaged.

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MoniqueSorgen.com

IG: @moniquesorgen

This week I return to the Wyoming International Film Festival. WYOIFF has easily become one of my top festival picks and I encourage filmmakers and filmgoers to check it out. The festival takes place July 9-14, 2024 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. If you find yourself anywhere near eastern Wyoming this week, find the time to see some of these incredible films.

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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Episode 266

Filmmakers: Zoe Kelly & Elliot Norton

Film: STOCKTON TO TABLE ROCK

Logline: Weeks before graduation, a high school senior confronts her abusive mother and wrestles with whether forgiveness is possible.

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stocktontotablerockfilm.com

IG: @lowergentrystudios

Film Trailer

This week I return to the Wyoming International Film Festival. WYOIFF has easily become one of my top festival picks and I encourage filmmakers and filmgoers to check it out. The festival takes place July 9-14, 2024 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. If you find yourself anywhere near eastern Wyoming this week, find the time to see some of these incredible films.

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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Episode 265

Filmmaker: Christy Stratton

Film: THE RUNT

Logline: Set in 1979, a tween girl must couple skate with a boy to keep from being chosen the 7th grade "Runt" -- a fate which would ruin her life forever.

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TheRuntShortFilm.com

IG: @theruntshortfilm

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