"On the House" is a collaboration between Mike Daily, Forrest Armstrong and Jase Daniels. The track was recorded by Daily (poem) and Armstrong (beats) in March 2010 in Portland, Oregon, then sent to Daniels (production) in England. Alternative Reel is publishing "On the House" for the first time.
ON THE HOUSE
when something breaks
(on the house)
or requires repair
(on the house)
who usually fixes it?
(on the house)
she does.
I say: "when's the coffee
maker gonna get fixed?"
she says: "I don't know."
I say: "I'm wasting money
always stopping for coffee."
she says: "I know."
I say: "I didn't waste any
money today, though."
"what do you mean?"
she says. "you got one--"
"--on the house," I say.
"I got one on the house.
the girl gave this to me and
said it was on the house."
she wonders, why?
I pause, for effect.
I say: "let's just say I
was in the right place at
the right time."
she says: "somebody
didn't pick up their
coffee?"
I say: "let's just say I
was in the right place at
the right time."
she says: "somebody
didn't pick up their
coffee."
MIKE DAILY
Mike Daily is a novelist and journalist who performs his work in Portland, Oregon. He edited and published STOVEPiPER (1995), an anthology of poetry, art and fiction. Bordering a bit obsessive in Valley (1998) and ALARM (2007), the Mick O'Grady character examines chapbooks, chance meetings and shaky relationships to find their hidden meanings while liquidating his CD collections. Daily has new poems appearing in the UK annual Dwang 2 (Tangerine Press, publisher of William Wantling's collected poetry) and X-Ray Book Co.'s Bagazine 4 assemblage mag. Daily's blog resides at http://mickogrady.blogspot.com
FORREST ARMSTRONG
Forrest Armstrong is a hybrid artist from Boston, Massachussetts. He is the author of Asphalt Flowerhead (Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink) and the editor of Avant-Garde for the New Millennium (Raw Dog Screaming Press). He also makes hip hop under the name Gasoline Monk. In 2010, Swallowdown Press will release two more of his novels. If you want, you can probably find him walking around Back Bay in a daze, chain-smoking cigarettes and dreaming too hard. Visit him at http://forrestarmstrong.wordpress.com
JASE DANIELS
Vomitus Skink is the audio-ego of animator, illustrator, artist and warlock, Jase Daniels. He lives in the UK although sometimes he wishes he didn't. His first silent graphic novel The Grubby End was published in 2009 (Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink). Find him on the web here: http://www.jasedaniels.com which is also the place to find news on his audio endeavours as Vomitus Skink.