Larry O. Dean dot com on feel the noise! Welcome to the homepage for LOD! Here you will be privy to all manner of musical arcana, soapbox-worthy opinions and the latest breaking news about Chicago's favorite witty & sardonic songsmith and his band, The Injured Parties!

REGULAR GIGS

Derek Walvoord joins Larry the
first Thursday of every month for his "Folk You!" singer-songwriter in-the-round showcase, 8:00 p.m. at  UNCOMMON GROUND, 3800 N. Clark, Chicago, (773) 929-3680. The JUNE show (06/02/05)  features DAVE GOLDENSHELLEY MILLER & DAN OLSEN.

NEWS, ETC.

Review of The Injured Parties @ The Mutiny!

Read this recent
Green Bay News-Chronicle  interview with LOD ...

Listen to Larry's interview on WBEZ about Hands on Stanzas!

I AM SPAM, a collection of poems "inspired" by spam email, is out now from Fractal Edge Press!
Read the Columbia College Chronicle
interview with LOD!

Larry has been awarded the
Hands on Stanzas Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for 2003-2004!

Recent recording includes tracks for a
dB's tribute album, to be released on Paisley Pop Records; and a Record Emporium 25th Anniversary comp.

Copies of
IDENTITY THEFT FOR DUMMIES are available now from Zenith Beast Press, or from Quimby's Books. Read great reviews from ChicagoPoetry.com and Rambles!

The
Outsight Radio Hours Internet radio interview is here .

Read
Cosmik Debris magazine's interview with LOD as well as its review of GENTRIFICATION IS THEFT! Also take a gander at Gig City's and the Daily Egyptian's interviews with Lorenzo!

The Me Decade's debut, GENTRIFICATION IS THEFT, is OUT NOW on Chicago indie label, Spade Kitty Records. Co-produced by Mark Schwarz (The Blacks, Neko Case, Chamber Strings, Freakwater), the album is actually the second appearance by The Me Decade: the band gelled during the recording of LOD's SIR SLOB, released in 2001 on Zenith Beast Records.

AMG (All Music Guide)
CD Baby (buy CD's)
Folk You!
Gentrification (reviews)
The
Injured Parties
LOD
IUMA (downloads)
LOD
poetry
Lyrics
Post Office
Sir
Slob (reviews)
Spade Kitty Records
Throw the
Lions to the Christians (reviews)
Topica (email updates)
UBL (Ultimate Band List)
OTHER SHOWS TO GO YA ...

Thursday, May 26 @ 8:30 pm

Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace
Chicago, IL
(773) 478-4408
* Injured Parties with I Love Rich, Winter & Na

Friday, June 3 @ 8 pm
DvA Gallery
2568 N. Lincoln
Chicago, IL
(773) 871-4382
*
Fractal Edge Press authors reading; live real time streaming audio webcast at Ink & Ashes

Sunday, June 5 @ 8 pm

WZRD 88.3 FM
Chicago, IL
(773) 442-4578
* Reading from
I Am Spam

Sunday, June 12 @ 3 pm

Printer's Row
Book Fair
University Center
525 S. State Street
Chicago, IL
(312) 222-3986

Tuesday, June 14 @ 8 pm
The Cafe
5115 N. Lincoln
Chicago, IL
(773) 728-8084
* Reading from
I Am Spam

Saturday, July 2 @ 7 pm
Higher Ground
821 University Ave.
Madison, WI
(608) 263-3948
* Reading from
I Am Spam

... peruse
past performances
I Am Spam ... out now from Fractal Edge Press. May also be purchased online at Amazon.com and Quimby's
Other important people & things ...

Auntie
Fashions
Canned
Meat Museum
Chicago
Poetry
Carmaig de Forest
Creem
Facets
Go-Betweens
Michael
Hall
Chris Hickey
Hot
Doug's
Penelope Houston
The
Hunger Site
I
Want to Fit In
Ian Hunter
Joe Bob Briggs
Lincoln Park
Trixie Society
Michael
Moore
Charles Portis
Psychotronic Video
Quimby's
Stomp Tokyo
Thrift Store Art
Troubletown
Warren
Zevon
Meet THE INJURED PARTIES!
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Pics of The Me Decade from IPO Chicago 2003: go here to see 'em. Also, here's a review of the Spade Kitty IPO 2003 show.
Pics of LOD & The Injured Parties from IPO Chicago 2004 ... here!
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Poetry links, methinks ...
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