Razorcake Podcast #17: With Sean Carswell
For my second podcast, I decided to celebrate my new novel, Train Wreck Girl. Since I’m both a writer and one of the co-founders of Razorcake, people often ask me about what it means to be a punk rock writer. The truth is, I have no idea. Punk rock is music. Writing is writing. The words on the page only make noise in the readers head. I don’t really see how the two concepts meet. But I do listen to a lot of punk rock when I write. So I gathered a bunch of records and CDs that I listened to while writing Train Wreck Girl, talked with Todd a bit about music and writing, and put this podcast together. Maybe you can listen to it and read the book and tell me what a punk rock writer is.
-Sean Carswell
Playlist:
Grabass Charlestons “Best in Shitty”
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Soviettes “You Should Know”
A-Lines “Four”
Charming Snakes “Ammunition”
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Cinch "Get Up and Get Out"
Routineers “My Apostasy”
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Marked Men “She Wont Know”
Toys That Kill “Breakin’ Out”
Sultans “She’s Gone”
Bent Outta Shape “Tell Me Why”
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Screeching Weasel “Celena”
Also, if you want to see me on my tour for Train Wreck Girl, Ill be at the following places on the following days:
May 28, Wednesday Boxcar Books, 310 A South Washington St., Bloomington IN, 7:00 PM
July 8, Tuesday Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen Street, New York, NY, 7:00 PM. With Mickey Hess, Mike Faloon and Justin Bryant.
July 9, Wednesday Brickbat Books, 709 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, PA, 7:00 PM. With Mickey Hess and Mike Faloon.
July 10, Thursday Commonplace Coffeehouse, 1176 Grant Street, Indiana, PA, 6:00 PM. With Mickey Hess and Ed Carvalho.
July 11, Friday Macs Backs, 1820 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH, 7:00 PM. With Mickey Hess and Fred Wright.
July 12, Saturday Quimbys, 1854 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL, 7:00 PM. With Zach Dodson, Mickey Hess, and Joe Meno
July 13, Sunday Twin Cities Zine Fest, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, 1905 3rd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 3:00 PM. With Mickey Hess and Joe Meno.
July 13, Sunday Arise! Bookstore, 2441 Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis, MN, (612) 871-7110. 7:00 PM. With Mickey Hess and Joe Meno.
July 17, Thursday Changing Hands, 6428 S McClintock Dr., Tempe, AZ, 7:00 PM.
July 20, Sunday Vermin on the Mount reading series, Mountain Bar, 475 Gin Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA (Chinatown), 7:00 PM. With Local Acts TBD.
July 24, Thursday Barnes & Noble, 7849 North Blackstone Avenue, Fresno, CA, 7:00 PM.
July 27, Sunday Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 N Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL, 3:00 PM.
July 28, Monday A Cappella Books, 484 C Moreland Ave., Atlanta, GA, 7:00 PM.
July 29, Tuesday Little Professor Book Center, 2717 S. 18th Street., Homewood, AL, 4-6 PM.
July 29, Tuesday Bottletree, 3719 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 7:00 PM. With Todd Dills.
July 30, Wednesday Barnes & Noble, 780 E. Merritt Island Causeway, Merritt Island, FL, 7:00 PM.
August 14, Thursday Powells Books, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR, 7:30 PM.
August 15, Friday Elliot Bay Book Company, 101 S. Main St., Seattle, WA, 7:00 PM.