JUKEBOX JIVE Thursday July 31st, 1997 Jimmy had a beat box in his head. His attention, as divided as it was between the sickly sweet sounds of Natalie Imbruglia (and the requisite fantasy material) her smooth resonance emanating from the single headphone hanging from one ear, while his other ear is glued to the cell… Read More Chapter Seven
10th and Ape Canal Wednesday January 8th, 1997 Nina’s sleep cycle is upside down, it hasn’t recovered from moving last week. The pain and inconvenience of finding a new apartment was offset by the change of local to the gay village, Her friend Sally had offered refuge in the form of sharing an apartment. Nina’s… Read More Chapter Four
CONCESSIONS Friday June 21st, 1996 Marvin walked through the door of the Cafe Convo at six minutes after two in the morning he was right on schedule. Marvin proceeded to take up position in the back of the café, arriving at the empty booth and setting to the task at hand, that of compiling his… Read More Chapter Two
DOWNWARD MOBILITY April 1999 C.J.O.B. Radio A.M. 600 Presents Jimmy Yergeau and Book Talk Live from the Old Town Book Shop With Guest Author Marvin Filon this evening live broadcast starting at 8 p.m. “The following excerpt opens Marvin Filon’s examination of the job hunting experience as way of life…” Jimmy’s smooth melodious tones take… Read More Chapter One
In 1996 Nina, Robert and D.G. are forever job hunting, trying in vain to find employment. Their friend and sometimes mentor is a permanent occupant of the local café, Marvin is putting his lit degree to use writing a non-fiction prose novel on job hunting. The irony is not lost on any of them that the dream that they were sold in childhood was never real, that life throws us loops all the time and reality has a way of settling in. Theirs is the story of recyclable youth, it’s become the resume of their lives.… Read More deadbeats
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