Drinks with Tony

Bucky Sinister is the author of Black Hole , Time Bomb Snooze Alarm , and more. He created and co-produces The Business , a comedy showcase that now happens every Monday at Little Joys in Echo Park, CA. A long time spoken word poet as well as an old school preacher as a kid (as was I), Bucky is an interested fella. I hope you enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify...

J. Ryan Stradal is the New York Times best selling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest . His latest novel is The Lager Queen of Minnesota . Stradal grew up in the midwest, and now he lives in Los Angeles. Also, he used to be a college radio DJ on WNUR . Hey, I used to be a college DJ, too. Great fun. Check out  jryanstradal.com for his book tour dates starting on July 23rd across the United St...

Janet Fitch is the author of White Oleander , Paint It Black , The Revolution of Marina M. , and her new novel Chimes of a Lost Cathedral . White Oleander was an Oprah Book club selection and translated into 24 languages and adapted to a feature film. Paint It Black was also adapted to a feature film by author and filmmaker Amber Tamblyn . Photo by Cat Gwynn. Enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is al...

Rob Roberge is the author of Liar , a memoir, out now on paperback. His previous books include The Cost of Living , Ludlow , Drive , and More Than They Can Chew . He’s a professor at UC Riverside’s Low Residency MFA program for creative writing and founding member of the band The Urinals . Rob not only sings in the shower, he swings in the shower, and he’s a fantastic conversatio...

Duke Haney is the author of Banned For Life , Subversia , and Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland. He’s also an actor and screenwriter, and, as you’ll hear on this episode, he had an early gig as a writer and actor was for Roger Corman and the film Daddy’s Boys . Taped from the former Moonie capital of the world, and now, a fancy cafe called The Alc...

Maggie Rowe is the author of  Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience . She also produces Sit ‘n’ Spin, the longest running spoken word show every third Thursday on at the Comedy Central Stage in Los Angeles. Her TV writing credits include Arrested Development and Flaked . Listen to us apostate heathens shoot the shit and giggle over lots of coffee. Enjoy the show. Drinks with...

Dennis Cruz is the author of The Beast Is We , Moth Wing Tea , and No One: Poems . During our conversation a wee accident happened on the street in front of us, which lead us down an amazing path of chatting about death, suicide, the bible, existence, and oh gawd, we even talked about God. Enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and other outlets, or...

Alex Espinoza is author of Cruising: An intimate History of a Radical Pastime coming out on June 4, 2019 on Unnamed Press. He’s also the author of Still Water Saints and The Five Acts of Diego Leon . We discussed his latest book near the bathrooms at The Alcove on Los Feliz, which, was oddly appropriate for the material. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher ,...

Liza Mandelup is a documentary filmmaker. Her film, Jawline , premiered at Sundance Film Festival and screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2019. The film follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem who built his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl lust, as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee. It will be releas...

Christine Sneed is the author of  Little Known Facts  and Paris, He Said and the short story collections The Virginity of Famous Men and Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry . We drank coffee and indulged in chocolate croissants, then we were jittery and at about 45 minutes into the taping, there was a drop in our blood sugar, so, it sounds like the audio switches to slo-mo speech,...

Saskia Vogel is the author of the novel, Permission . She was born and raised in Los Angeles and now resides in Berlin. Vogel worked as Granta magazine’s global publicist and was an editor at AVN Media Network, where she reported on pornography and adult pleasure products. Enjoy the show. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and other outlets, or listen to i...

C. J. Farley is the author of Game World , Kingston by Starlight , and My Favorite War . He wrote the best-selling biographies Aaliyah: More Than a Woman and Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley . Farley’s latest novel is Around Harvard Square . He’s the executive editor of Audible and former editor of Harvard Lampoon. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Stitcher , and...

Rheea Mukherjee is the author of The Body Myth . It’s her debut novel on Unnamed Press and it’s awesome. Rheea spent her childhood in the US and her teens in India. She came back to the States for college and her MFA, and then returned to Bangalore, where she currently resides. She co-founded Bangalore Writers Workshop in 2012. “Rejection has to be your lover.” Rheea on Drinks with Ton...

Michael Marcus is the author of #1 Son and Other Stories on Punk Hostage Press. One of the main takeaways from this fantastic confessional is that you shouldn’t smoke crack. Michael’s life journey is incredible and fascinating. Enjoy our conversation and if you want to dig deeper into the narrative, definitely get the book. Drinks with Tony is also available on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  St...

Jack Grisham is the author of An American Demon: A Memoir , Code Blue: A Love Story , A Principle of Recovery , and I Wish There Were Monsters . He’s also the founder and lead singer of T.S.O.L , who had a song called Code Blue with the chorus “I want to fuck the dead.” My friends and I discovered the song in 1987, and sang it constantly in English class to the horror of our teac...

Ayser Salman is the author of The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in . She is also writer and producer/editor for companies like Universal Pictures, Miramax Films, Disney, FX, and Lantern Entertainment. Salman is funny, as you’ll find out when you listen to the show and even more… when you buy her book. Drinks with Tony i...

Allan MacDonell is the author of Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex, and Trial by Angel Dust , Now That I Am Gone: A Memoir Beyond Recall , and Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine. Amidst our fantastic discussion on the Los Angeles punk scene, writing, and such, we dig deep into the film  Highlander . Actually, I thought we were discussing the TV series,...

Mitchell S. Jackson is the author of Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family . He’s also the author of The Residue Years and winner of a 2016 Whiting Award. Survival Math has received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, and Library Journal. Yeah, that’s four stars across the board, a rare feat indeed. Read all of his work, listen to the podcast, and...

Irvine Welsh is the author of Dead Man’s Trousers . It’s the final chapter of the saga of the characters from  Trainspotting . Trainspotting was made into a film, you know. There’s also Trainspotting 2 . Welsh’s other books include Filth (also a film) , Crime , Porno , The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins , and many more. Join us as we answer the hard questions, like, if we want...

Poranguí is a musician, healer, and producer. Check out his self-titled album as well as the companion record Guided Journey . “He lives in service to pachamama as an artist and activist offering transformational music and healing experiences designed to awaken the body, mind, and soul.” In other words, an amazing fella with lots of wisdom on the brain. www.porangui.com . My 6-week onl...

Charlie Jane Anders is the author of The City in the Middle of the Night . Her previous books include Choir Boy and All the Birds in the Sky . Her novelette Six Months, Three Days won the 2012 Hugo Award. She hosts Writers with Drinks, and if you’re a writer and find yourself in San Francisco, it’s the best reading series there is….just go, you won’t be disappointed. But wait, there’s even m...

Lee Goldberg ‘s latest book is Killer Thriller . It’s the sequel to True Fiction . Both books are fantastic reads as Goldberg is a master of his craft. He’s written too many books to count as well as scripts and TV shows. We talk about his time on Diagnosis Murder with Dick Van Dyke , his Monk series of books as well as working on the show, his big break into the TV biz, and most...

Gabriel Hart is the frontman of the band Jail Weddings. His twin novellas  Virgins In Reverse & The Intrusion  was released last month on Traveling Shoes Press and includes a forward by  Tav Falco . Lydia Millet is the author of a ton of great books. This is from the DwT archives when I caught up with her promoting Oh Pure and Radiant Heart.  We recorded at Tommy’s Joynt in San Francisco...

Delfin Vigil is the author of Death of a Newspaper Man and  Nikko: Concrete Commando. He’s also an ex-Jehovah’s Witness and was a features writer and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle for many years. Vigil is also the lead singer of Amores Vigilantes . Ned Vizzini is the author of It’s Kind of a Funny Story and Be Chill . This interview is from the DwT archives, circa 2005 or...

Jerry Minor is an actor and comedian. He’s also an ex-Jehovah’s Witness, so, we talk a lot about that and how he has been able to thrive after suffering major losses in his life. Minor’s TV credits include SNL , Those Who Can’t , Comedy Bang! Bang! , Community , Key and Peele , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Lucky Louie , and so many more. Amy Sedaris starred as Jerri Blank and cre...