Better late than never..

Good day.

Just a short missive to convey the hearty message that we are currently working on the second issue of The Rashomon Effect. If all goes according to plan, it will be hitting the streets on the 1st of November, and if it doesn't, well... expect it shortly thereafter.

Chapter Two will, once again, feature a number of works from a wide array of contributors, and as usual a few pieces from the Rashomon Effect team. We will include a number of promising writers new to the magazine’s pages, and we hope you will be as enthusiastic about their work as we are.

We will also feature two interviews in the next issue, the first with English beat poet Polar Bear (featured in a post on July 17) and another with American author, Ron Riekki, who will be discussing the art of the written word and his 2008 novel, U.P.

Until then, we are seeking all those discarded essays, rejected stories, loosely lyrical poems and mid-sized rants. Give us your words, your pictures, your wives and your money.

Adieu.

Lion Face Lemon Face

Friend of The Rashomon Effect and prince of creative art circle networking Steve Shaw is currently putting together a night of story telling, photography, and I would imagine some very natty hats at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, London, 8th October.

"LION FACE LEMON FACE brings you a night of Bests and Worsts! Interactive story telling, photography, music and dubious fashion, all in the East End’s fanciest establishment.

Everybody has stories, and we’re giving you the chance to share them. We need YOUR contributions to create a very special night of comedy, confessions and real-life revelations, made entirely from audience experiences."

Also represented at Lion Face Lemon Face will be mega-talented photographer Ashlie Sky who will be connecting the past to the present with live audience portraits.

So if you're in London around the 8th October, support your local flat peaked cap bearer and head down or even better submit an experience through the medium of words. More details can be found here; http://www.lionfacelemonface.co.uk

ATTENTION AMSTERDAMMERS!!

Pay attention all of those who live in Amsterdam.

The Rashomon Effect will now be available in these finer establishments across Amsterdam. If you're in the area, please pop in and grab yourself a copy at the following:

PARADISO AMSTERDAM - WETERINGSCHANS 6-8
CAFE DE SPUYT - KORTE LEIDSEDWARSSTRAAT (AKA KONING DE BURGERSTRAAT) 86
THE GREENHOUSE - HAARLEMMERSTRAAT 64
HOUSE OF TATTOOS - HAARLEMMERDIJK 130C
REPREZENT BOARDSUPPLIES - HAARLEMMERSTRAAT 80
SMALL WORLD CATERING - BINNEN ORANJESTRAAT 14
THE MOVIES - HAARLEMMERDIJK 161
MOST WANTED (LATIN MUSIC SHOP) - HAARLEMMERDIJK 180
WATERSTONE'S BOOK SELLERS - KALVERSTRAAT 152
THE AMERICAN BOOK CENTER - SPUI 12
ATHENAEUM NIEUWSCENTRUM - SPUI 14-16
BIJ ONS VINTAGE - NIEUWEZIJDS VOORBURGWAL 150
PATTA - KICKS & OUTFITS - NIEUWEZIJDS VOORBURGWAL 142
HOMEGROWN FANTASY - NIEUWEZIJDS VOORBURGWAL 87
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT - WARMOESSTRAAT 55
BELUSHI'S - WARMOESSTRAAT 129
HILL STREET BLUES - NIEUWMARKT 14
COTTON CLUB - NIEUWMARKT 5
CAFÉ STEVENS - KONINGSSTRAAT 3

and

@ OPENBARE BIBLIOTHEEK (PUBLIC LIBRARY AMSTERDAM) - OOSTERDOKSKADE 143

At the library, look for these publications and you will find The Rashomon Effect:

The Writer and the World - V.S. Naipaul
The Granta Book of the Long Story
The Big Book of Pulps
The Catcher In The Rye
The Complete Works of George Bernard Shaw
The Complete Works of George Orwell
The Pleasure of the Damned: Poems 1951 to 1993 - Charles Bukowski
The Times Concise Atlas of the World
Up Yours! A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave and Early Post Punk
The New Yorker - August 3rd issue

ALSO: If you happen to pop by an über-seedy porn shop store on Oudezijds Achterburgwal and your tastes lean toward the animalistic and fecally enhanced genres, you might just find a couple of issues of The Rashomon Effect.. happy hunting!


The Rashomon Effect will soon be available at many, many more places across Amsterdam (and the world), just you wait and see..

It's Here! - hot off the Steve Guttenberg Press

At long last The Rashomon is in full Effect! Read Chapter One hot off the press. Fiction, non-fiction, travel stories, poetry, journalism, essays and love notes. This issue features art by Meekins. To download, print off and distribute to your friends, click for The Rashomon Effect in colour or, if printing in Black and White, click The Rashomon Effect in B&W.

Open publication - Free publishing - More poem

Zine - warrior princess.

Time Out Interview

We are hopefully less than a week away from chapter 1 of the Rashomon Effect hitting the streets. What with our full time jobs and being gay for a day this weekend there's been a slight delay. But we've had some blinding submissions, even our very own Colin Delaney has become a regular hairy Byron.

We've also had the great pleasure of working with artist Meekins on the cover art for issue 1, and she's also been kind enough to create and donate some other pieces for the magazine.

In the meantime check out the interview Adam and Grant gave to Time Out Amsterdam last month which was published in the August issue.

It's nearly there.

Stories of pirates both on sea and the internet, lonely old men, cutting chicken, running with the bulls, crossing South American borders, the six word challenge, it's all taking shape. Thank you for your patience. In the meantime check out Polar Bear. We could be jilted lovers... we asked to interview him, he never responded.
Still 'Jessica' has it all: girls, football and words. His flow is ill too. As Adam would say he's 'well poety'.

Polar Bear's myspace

Slug, hip hop's Bukowski?

Atmosphere were in town last night, playing the Melkweg and they put on an extraordinary show. The indie-hip-hop-fan-boys were out in force and Slug and co didn't disappoint. A lyrical whiz when it comes to examining the idiosyncrasies of ordinary scumbag life, Slug got me thinking.
From Wikipedia
'Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work.'

Slug might be the Bukowski of hip hop. The only difference between a description of Charles' influences and that of Slug's, is the city. Minneapolis is a far more disparate and miserable city than Los Angeles.

What is the Rashomon Effect?

Based on a theory, proposed by a film, this is the website of the writing journal of unreliable narrators, herein referred to as Rashomon Effect, aiming to publish a collection of writers and poets, drunks and ramblers based around the globe that may or may not go on to greatness.

If you would like to contribute to Rashomon Effect please email your prospective contribution to therashomoneffect at gmail.com

Until then, find inspiration from these two chaps...