It's been a while since a new interview has been posted here on L!F!P!, so let this blog post stand as an update on the state of the project.

This has been a busy summer for me, though not as much in the creative sense as I'd prefer. My business, Diabolik DVD, has been compelling me to work 11-hour days through much of the last few months. While this is good for making money (which I've put into a new roof on my home, the removal of a "cat enclosure" from my backyard, and some new shelves built by the inimitable Kevin Lawrence [as well as purchasing too many records and books]), it has not given me much time for savoring the pleasures of summer. I managed to visit my friend Kathie and Jason (plus cats) in Portland, Oregon for a week and I've been out running in the forest nearly every day. Aside from that, however, it's mostly been work! work! work! As the summer winds down, some formidable life changes are upon me (more about this in the future) and I begin to look forward to an end to the heat and humidity and the return of the exquisite beauty that is fall. 

Stacey Finney contributed several essential interviews to the project over the summer. She has recently had to deal with some family issues, so one of her scheduled interviews was pushed off. She'll likely conduct it soon. I love Stacey's interviews and I'm thrilled that she's taken such an active role in the project.

Karen Kirchhoff's L!F!P! photographic portraits are still up at the Grindcore House. I hope you, dear Reader, have seen them already. If not, you should stop by if you're in South Philly. While I have no idea when they'll be coming down (they've already been up for over two months), they should remain for at least a few weeks to come.

I have one interview in the works (but not yet scheduled) that will fall into a new set of ancillary interviews I'll be calling "Splinterviews." These will be interviews with people I find fascinating but who may not fit into the primary focus of the project (writers, musicians, artists, thinkers, folks who do things I appreciate, weirdos, etc.) or were interviewed before and will talk briefly with me as an update to what's been going on in their life. These (somewhat shorter) interviews will appear in the blog section (this section) of the site, not within the main body of interviews. The first of these should be with a Philadelphia-based nurse who came out of the punk scene. I'll be talking to her about health care (mostly sexual health and reproductive rights) from a punk perspective. I hope to see this come together in late August or early September.

As summer draws to its unofficial close, I thank those of you who are reading this for continuing the support the project. If you like what you hear here, please spread the word about L!F!P! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the project, so feel free to send me a message. Finally: I still have a couple t-shirts left!

P.S. This recent interview with the great Ian MacKaye is a must-hear!

Photo: On a panel at the Philly DIY Skillshare Conference on August 1, 2014.