FAN INTERFERENCE: A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL RANTS AND REFLECTIONS

FAN INTERFERENCE: A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL RANTS AND REFLECTIONS HITS SHELVES ON JUNE 21

Author Book Tour and Readings Slated Across U.S. in June and July

“…For those who love baseball for its charm, history and eccentricities and not merely as something to play a fantasy league around. It's for the true fans who populate the upper deck, not the party animals in the bleachers.” - Chicago Tribune

NEW YORK, NY (June 6, 2013) - Hitting shelves and online bookstores on June 21st, FAN INTERFERENCE: A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL RANTS AND REFLECTIONS  (Blue Cubicle Press, 2013) is an anthology of the best musings culled from over 15 years of the critically acclaimed Zisk zine -- the so-called "Baseball Magazine For People Who Hate Baseball Magazines."  Edited by MIKE FALOON (Go Metric, Egghead.) and STEVE REYNOLDS (Trouser Press, Party Like It’s 1999) and featuring contributions from academics to punk rockers, comedians to fans with an ax to grind, FAN INTERFERENCE examines the intersection of baseball, lifestyle and music -- all colored with bit of nostalgia, a great deal of humor and, often, a tongue planted firmly in cheek.

In addition to Faloon and Reynolds, contributors to the anthology include JAKE AUSTIN (author, TV-A-Go-Go: Rock Music on Television from American Bandstand to American Idol), SEAN CARSWELL (college professor, co-founder of the independent music magazine Razorcake and the independent book publisher Gorsky Press), KEVIN CHANEL (Punk Rock Confidential), BRIAN COGAN (The Encyclopedia of Punk), DR. NANCY GOLDEN (writer; wildlife toxicologist), JOHN SCHIFFERT (author, Base Ball in Philadelphia), TODD TAYLOR (founder and executive director of Razorcake/Gorsky Press Inc.), CHARLIE VASCELLARO (journalist, Washington Post, Chicago Sun Times, Los Angeles Times), ARI VOUKYDIS (comedian/writer, BuzzFeed, GQ, Grantland, etc) and REV NORB (musician; inventor of Sick Teen magazine, former writer for Maximum Rocknroll).

 “Baseball is the most important thing in the world. It's also completely meaningless in the grand scheme of life. These guys recognize that those two philosophies can co-exist in the human brain, which makes their writing a truly electric, and all too rare, jolt to the synapses.” - Variety

Slated for June 25^th at 7:30PM, the FAN INTERFERENCE launch event for will take place at The Bell House in Brooklyn and feature several of the contributors reading from the anthology.  For more details: http://www.thebellhouseny.com.

                                                       

FAN INTERFERENCE LAUNCH AND TOUR

FULL TOUR SCHEDULE (as of June 1, 2013):

Friday, June 28th - Easthampton, MA - Flywheel - 8:00 p.m.

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds, Michael T. Fournier, Duncan Wilder Johnson

ADDRESS: 43 Main Street (In the Old Town Hall), Easthampton, MA

Sat June 29th - Cambridge, MA - Papercut Zine Library - 7:00 p.m.

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds, Michael T. Fournier, Duncan Wilder Johnson

ADDRESS: Lorem Ipsum Books, 1299 Cambridge St., Cambridge MA

Sun June 30th - Portsmouth, NH - Riverrun Book Store - 5:00 p.m.

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds, Michael T. Fournier, Duncan Wilder Johnson

ADDRESS: 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth, NH  

Mon July 1st - Portland, ME - Word at LFK - 8:00 p.m.

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds, Michael T. Fournier, Duncan Wilder Johnson

ADDRESS: 188 A State Street, Portland, ME

Tue July 2nd - Bangor, ME - Nocturnem at Main Street Music Studios - 7:00 p.m.

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds, Michael T. Fournier, Duncan Wilder Johnson

ADDRESS: 56 Main St, Bangor, ME

Thu July 11th - Baltimore, MD - Atomic Books - time TBD

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds Nancy Golden, Charlie Vascellero

ADDRESS: 3620 Falls Rd. Baltimore, MD 21211

Fri July 12th - Philadelphia, PA - Brickbat Books - time TBD

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, John Weber, Mickey Hess

ADDRESS: 709 South Fourth St, Philadelphia, PA

Wed July 17th - Pittsburgh, PA - East End Book Exchange - time TBD

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds

ADDRESS: 4754 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  

Thu July 18th - Cleveland, OH - Mac’s Back’s Books - time TBD

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds

ADDRESS: 1820 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH

Fri July 19th - Chicago, IL - Quimbys - time TBD

AUTHORS: Mike Faloon, Steve Reynolds, Jake Austen

ADDRESS: 1854 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL  

FAN INTERFERENCE LAUNCH AND TOUR

ABOUT ZISK ZINE

Intending to cover baseball from a fan's perspective, the first issue of Zisk was published in the summer of 1999 and is now published twice a season. Named for the former “South Side Hitman” Richie Zisk, the zine is for those who love the charm, history and quirks of America’s pastime. The publication is edited by New York-based writers Mike Faloon and Steve Reynolds and is touted as "the Baseball Magazine For People Who Hate Baseball Magazines." 

For more information and additional tour dates, please visit:

Website: www.ziskmagazine.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ZiskTheBook

Twitter: @ziskthebook

FAN INTERFERENCE: A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL RANTS AND REFLECTIONS (Blue Cubicle Press, 2013)

Anthology - Paperback

238 pages Print - $22.95 / Kindle - $5.95/ PDF - $5.95

ISBN: 978-1-938583-04-9

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