Tony DuShane

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May 10, 2008 @ Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco: Tony will read in the violent spectator sport of Literary Death Match. He won Death Match #6 and seeks to win with maximum bloodshed over previous Death Match winners.

Writing credits include the San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, 7x7 Magazine, SFGate.com, Bookslut, Crawdaddy!, San Francisco Examiner, The Las Vegas Weekly, Greencine, SFStation, Film Threat and more.

Email for examples of corporate work.

Here are a few recent clips:

Nick Cave: Hands Up, Who Wants To Die?, Crawdaddy!
Love Bites: An Interview with Toby Barlow, Mother Jones
For the Deceived, Here's Billy Childish, Crawdaddy!
Miranda July interview, Bookslut
Skinny Puppy, San Francisco Chronicle
Closure is Bullshit: An Interview with James Ellroy, Film Threat
Oh You're So Silent Jonathan Richman, Crawdaddy!
Les Claypool, 7x7 Magazine
Slim Cessna's Auto Club, San Francisco Chronicle
Todd Solondz interview, Clamor Magazine

Here's a few of the people Tony has interviewed and/or profiled for print and radio:

Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Vincent Gallo, David J, Parker Posey, Ralph Steadman, James Ellroy, Miranda July, Todd Solondz, Jonathan Richman, Billy Childish, Peaches, Irvine Welsh, Les Claypool,
Terry Zwigoff, Daniel Clowes, Chuck Palahniuk, Steve Buscemi, Richard Hell, William T. Vollmann,
Kevin Smith, Amy Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Wim Wenders, Edward Furlong,
Larry Clark, Elisha Cuthbert, Dirk Dirksen, Translator, Steve Kilbey, Chuck D,
Skinny Puppy, Badly Drawn Boy, and many more.

But wait, there's more....Tony has written a ton of short stories, some published in anthologies and magazines and has recently completed a novel.

He's also the editor of the monthly literary magazine Cherry Bleeds since june 2000

And just when you thought it couldn't get better, here are more clips:

Mother Jones
Love Bites: An Interview with Toby Barlow (April 15, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Meat Beat Manifesto (April 10, 2008)
Essentials (April 10, 2008)

Crawdaddy
Vincent Gallo: Selling Sperm but not Selling Out (April 9, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Holy Kiss (March 20, 2008)
Essentials (March 20, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Gogol Bordello (March 13, 2008)
Essentials (March 13, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Flexx Bronco (February 21, 2008)
Essentials (February 21, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Om (January 17, 2008)
Essentials (January 17, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle
Vincent Gallo and Rriiccee (December 20, 2007)
Essentials (December 20, 2007)

Crawdaddy!
New Model Army: 27 Years of Underground Cult Rock (November 21, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
David J (November 15, 2007)
Essentials (November 15, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
TSOL (October 18, 2007)
Essentials (October 18, 2007)

Crawdaddy!
Nick Cave: Hands Up Who Wants To Die? (October 17, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Enablers (September 20, 2007)
Essentials (September 20, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Case (August 16, 2007)
Essentials (August 16, 2007)

San Francisco Examiner
Grinderman - Nick Cave (July 26, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Departed (July 26, 2007)
Essentials (July 26, 2007)

Crawdaddy
For the Deceived, Here's Billy Childish (July 18, 2007)
(Same text, print version)

Bookslut
Miranda July Interview (July 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Skinny Puppy (June 21, 2007)
Essentials (June 21, 2007)

Crawdaddy
Rykarda Parasol: The Underhanded Heroine (June 20, 2007)
(Same text, print version)

San Francisco Chronicle
A Do-Over Novel, Pretty Little Mistakes (June 14, 2007)
Heather McElhatton

San Francisco Chronicle
Nerd's Revenge, I Love You, Beth Cooper (June 7, 2007)
Larry Doyle

Crawdaddy
Oh You're So Silent Jonathan Richman (May 23, 2007)
(Same text, print version)

San Francisco Chronicle
Uni and Her Ukelele (May 17, 2007)
Essentials (May 17, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Xiu Xiu (April 19, 2007)
Essentials (April 19, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Badly Drawn Boy (March 22, 2007)
Essentials (March 22, 2007)

Bookslut.com
Vikram Chandra interview (March 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Army of Anyone (February 22, 2007)
Essentials (February 22, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Chop Tops (February 15, 2007)
Essentials (February 15, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Tinkture (January 18, 2007)
Essentials (January 18, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle
Karla LaVey's Black X Mass (December 21, 2006)
Essentials column (December 21, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Peaches (December 14, 2006)
Essentials column (December 14, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
ArnoCorps (November 16, 2006)
Essentials column (November 16, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Slim Cessna's Auto Club (October 19, 2006)
Essentials column (October 19, 2006)

Film Threat
James Ellroy interview (October 10, 2006)

Bookslut.com
Irvine Welsh interview (October 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Mark Z. Danielewski (September 22, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Nina Nastasia (September 22, 2006)
Essentials Column (September 22, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Zen Noir (September 14, 2006)

Greencine
Bent Hamer (August 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Church (August 17, 2006)
Essentials column (August 17, 2006)

7x7 Magazine
Les Claypool article (August 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Contractions (August 3, 2006)
Essentials column (August 3, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Clerks II (July 20, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Bellmer Dolls (June 29, 2006)
Essentials column (June 29, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Blag Dahlia (June 1, 2006)
Essentials column (June 1, 2006)
96 Hours podcast (June 1, 2006)

Greencine
Terry Zwigoff interview (May 12, 2006)
Daniel Clowes interview (May 12, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Billy Childish (April 20, 2006)
Essentials column (April 20, 2006)
96 Hours podcast (April 20, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Frank Portman (April 27, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle
Essentials column (April 27, 2006)
96 Hours podcast (April 27, 2006)

The Las Vegas Weekly
Miranda July (June 9, 2005)

Clamor Magazine
Todd Solondz interview (Fall 2005)

BookSlut.com
William T. Vollmann interview (November 2005)

Cherry Bleeds Literary Magazine
Creator and Editor (2000-present)

Monophonic Press
Editor of Chemical Lust, a sex & drugs anthology (isbn: 978-0-9762020-1-1)

Miscellaneous Book and Film reviews
SFStation.com, KQED, Filmfestivals.com and other media outlets (2001 - 2005)

Short fiction and poetry in various anthologies
including Don't Abuse the Muse and Peralta Press.