What a great article by Whitney Dibo in Time Out Chicago this past week pitching the new books! (Read it – “Slam’s New Round.”) My idealistic pro-democracy friends are going to be upset when they read it. “I don’t believe in democracy [anymore]. I prefer benevolent dictatorship.” And I guess I do, as long as I’m the dictator.

Luckily the books aren’t filled with as many contradictions as you’d find in my soul. As friends say, “Marc is a very complex individual,” which a nice way of saying I’m more than a little screwy at times. So what! I stopped trying to make complete sense a long time ago. There’s no fun in it. Hell, I’m still using a head shot (in the article) that shows me wearing a wedding ring — and you bet that’s pretty screwy.