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spring 2008 issue is live
The First Ever Issue of shaking like a mountain
It’s hard to believe that our little baby hatched just a few short months ago. But here it is, walking on its own two feet ... and look at how fast she’s growing.This past January, the germ for shaking like a mountain was planted. Shortly after, and with the help of a certain Known Human, we began to design our online home, albeit still not entirely sure as to what we were getting ourselves in
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This is a Public Service announcement with Guitars!
Shaking Like a Mountain, an online literary journal about contemporary music, is seeking poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction inspired by the soundtrack of our lives. In a piece called “The Music of Prose,†Richard Goodman wrote recently, “At the highest level, the sound a writer makes on the page is music.†No argument. But the inverse may be true as well. Shaking Like a Mountain i...
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A Two Way Monologue
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When my homey wayne and I set out to start a literary magazine, it was only inevitable that music would play a large part in it. Many of our best-known writers are lovers of music as well. Wasn't it our beloved Nick Hornby who once said that the reason he writes is because he can't make music. Shit, even Stephen King plays the guitar in a band. So does Rick Moody. Shel Silverstein anyone? And t
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When all the world turns into hospitals and jails....
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About a week ago, I got the opportunity to see Mason Jennings at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA. I'd been trying to catch one of his shows for the past three years. While Mason has been playing all but nonstop for close to ten years, East Coast shows have been few and far between. Last year, Jennings signed to a major label and the fans howled in disgust, as they tend to do. But those who wer
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Locating MOG account...