Drinks with Tony

Feb 04 2025 299 ep. 59 mins
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Conversations with authors and storytellers since 2002. DuShane is the author and screenwriter of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk, directed by Eric Stoltz, available on Amazon Prime.

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William Boyle #305

Feb 04 2025 56 mins  
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 T

Paul Ollinger #304

Jan 28 2025 57 mins  
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. S

Francesca Lia Block #303

Jan 22 2025 56 mins  
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 podc

Craig Clevenger #302

Jan 15 2025 55 mins  
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 en

Kim Dower #301

Jan 09 2025 56 mins  
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 bro

Joe Clifford #300

Jan 01 2025 54 mins  
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

Hal Hartley #299

Dec 18 2024 63 mins  
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 The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller. Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8p

Tony’s Complaints to God #298

Dec 11 2024 66 mins  
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 The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller.

Tony DuShane’s Book Smash #297

Dec 04 2024 62 mins  
From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane’s Book Smash. It’s my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and some guests, a guide to improving your focus, yammering about Alexandre Dumas, Michel Houllebecq, Henry Miller, Elfriede Jelinek, Marcel Proust, Sayaka Murata, Andrew Miller, Alexander Boldizar, Thomas

David Leo Rice #296

Nov 20 2024 61 mins  
David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel. We discuss Tim O’Brien’s Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to find authenticity as an artist, John Travolta from Look Who’s Talking to Pulp Fiction, Knut Hamsun and traveling through Norway, snd so much more. November 2024 – Read Along with Tony Book: The P