Drinks with Tony

Hugh Patterson is a chess master, a chess instructor, a writer, and his moniker is Johnny Genocide. As Mr. Genocide, he’s best known for the band No Alternative . He’s a cancer survivor and we talk A LOT about that on this episode. As well as chess. Michael Muhammad Knight is the author of The Taqwacores and many other books including Muhammad: Forty Introductions that came out last we...

hackedepicciotto are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto . Their music and utterly amazing, so check them out as they tour the West Coast the rest of the month. Hacke is also the bass player for Einsturzende Neubauten and has his own solo career. Danielle de Picciotto is also the author of two books The Beauty of Transgression and We Are Gypsies Now . Blixa Bargeld is the lead singer of Eins...

Jay London is a stand-up comic. He was on two seasons of the TV show Last Comic Standing and his other credits include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , The King of Queens , and he’s the opening act for Louis CK’s special Live At The Comedy Store . Edward Furlong is an actor known for his iconic roles in Terminator 2 , American History X , and Pecker . This interview is from the DwT arc...

Scot Sothern is the author of Curb Service: A Memoir , Streetwalkers , and Big City . He’s also a photographer and his portraits of sex workers have been shown in galleries around The States and Europe. William T. Vollmann is the author of The Royal Family , Whores for Gloria , and Rising Up and Rising Dow n. This interview is from the Drinks with Tony archives circa 2005. Wanna write a nove...

Jim Ruland is the author of  Forest of Fortune and co-author of My Damage with Keith Morris. He’s also a long time contributor to Razorcake and runs the reading series Vermon on the Mount . Ruland is currently working on a book with Bad Religion. Marky Ramone was the drummer for The Ramones and his book is  Punk Rock Blitzkrieg . This interview is from the DwT archives circa 2015. Also note,...

Gabriela Herstik is a writer, fashion alchemist, and witch. She is the author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft . She also writes for Nylon and HelloGiggles. Wesley Strick is an executive producer and writer for the TV series The Man in the High Castle . He’s written a ton of other screenplays like Cape Fear , The Saint , and Batman Returns . His novel Out There in the Dark...

Stephen Jay Schwartz is the editor of Hollywood vs. the Author , stories behind the scenes from those who have experienced what has been called development hell. He’s also the author of Boulevard and Beat . Bent Hamer is the director of Factotum , a film based on the novel by Charles   Bukowski . My interview with the Norwegian filmmaker is from the DwT archives circa 2005. Wanna write a nov...

Stuttering John Melendez is famous for his crazy hijinks on The Howard Stern Show and later for joining The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . His book Easy For You To Say digs into his time on both those shows, the ugly and the great. Great read and a fun guest. Adrian Belic received an Oscar nomination for his film Genghis Blues . Since then he directed Beyond the Call and Fallen Not Forgotten . From...

Shawna Kenney is the author of I was a Teenage Dominatrix and co-author of Live at the Safari Club . She teaches at UCLA Extension and co-runs a writing retreat in Denmark called Hamlet’s Hideaway. She’s married to Rich loves to talk about Star Wars. Steve Kilbey is the lead singer of The Church. This interview is from the DwT archives. Known for their album Starfish and the hit Under...

Ben Loory is the author of Tales of Falling and Flying , Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day , and The Baseball Player and the Walrus . He has never watched the game show $10,000 Pyramid, which makes him very cool. See the photo below of his wall of index cards that prompted the references to the game show. Daniel Clowes is the author and screenwriter of Ghost World and Art School Confident...

David Ulin is the author of The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time and Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles . He edited the Books section of the Los Angeles Times from 2005 – 2010. His last name is pronounced you-lin. Wim Wenders is the director of Wings of Desire and Buena Vista Social Club . This interview from the DwT archives was taped in 2005. Check ou...

Matthew Stokoe is the author of Cows , High Life , Empty Mile , and Colony of Whores . We connected years ago when I ran CherryBleeds.com , but this was our first meeting in person because he lives far away, or, from his POV I live far away. And, he brought his lovely wife Elizabeth, and we chatted in Larchmont Village. Steve Almond is the author of (Not That You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obses...

Seth Greenland is the author of The Hazards of Good Fortune . His other books include The Bones , The Angry Buddhist , and I Regret Everything . Greenland has also worked in TV and film on shows like Big Love and Arli$$ . His first appearance on Drinks with Tony was in 2005 when we were young, innocent fellas. Jon Ronson is the author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed . His other books inclu...

Alan Black is the author of Kick The Balls and co-author of The Glorious World Cup . He runs The Edinburgh Castle, a pub in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District that tends to attract literary scumbags like myself and the fella below. Irvine Welsh is the author of Trainspotting and The Acid House . This interview from the archives is from 2006 when he was in San Francisco promoting The Bedroom...

Glen David Gold is the author of I Will Be Complete and Carter Beats the Devil . Our chat includes San Francisco vs. Los Angeles, punk rock, X, stalking John Doe, David Blaine, and how to find some sort of happiness. Kevin Smith is the writer and director of Clerks , Dogma , Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , and is an all out indie film rock star from the school of the ’90s. This interview is...

Liska Jacobs is the author of Catalina . It’s a really good book and she’s a kick to hang out with. We chat about writing amazing books, craft, misconceptions of Los Angeles, and more. Chelsea Handler  hosted a show called Chelsea Lately . She has also written books. I caught up with her at Vesuvio in San Francisco and we chatted about My Horizontal Life . This interview is from the Dr...

Mark Haskell Smith is the author of Blown , Heart Of Dankness , Naked at Lunch , Salty and more. He’s a professor at UC Riverside’s Low Residency MFA program and just a dang fun fella. Larry Clark is a filmmaker and photographer. His films include Kids and Wassup Rockers .This interview is from the Drinks with Tony archives. Wanna write a novel? Check out Tony’s  online class sta...