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Awkward Moments with Men

In my book, This All Encompassing Trip, you’ll notice that many characters come and go throughout the story. It’s always nice to hear about the people that you only encounter briefly throughout your journey. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s not. This is one of the good ones.

If you’ve read the book in detail (and I know that you have), you’ll remember a local musician named Shannon in Hamilton. She brightened up our day in the Steel City by playing us a delightful song while sitting on the pavement of the parking lot.

Since then, she has gone on to Nashville and enjoyed some success in country music as Shannon Lee Briggs. And now she has co-written a book.

Awkward Moments with Men has officially been released – fittingly – on valentine’s day. Shannon Lee Miller, now, is the Canadian blonde, while Megan Leight Byrd is the American brunette. “Belonging in the hapless, hilarious, if not slightly sordid family of wordsmiths, Awkward Moments with Men introduces two strikingly original and endearing voices into the literary landscape. May you laugh, commiserate, and start a fund to help them pay for all the therapy they’re going to need once their parents read this.”

Buy the book on amazon or buy the ebook for your kindle. More information is available on their website. Nice work Shannon!

Infinitum World

Infinitum Limited is the design company that I co-founded with my partner Sophie just over a year ago. Our first project was publishing the book This All Encompassing Trip to overwhelming success. Coinciding with our marketing campaign for the book, we have since branched off into many other ventures including graphic and web design, wedding videos, and book publishing.

Over the past year, our various disciplines have continued to grow and we have slowly built together a small empire that is now fully integrated within our websites. Check out the world of Infinitum for the services that we can provide for all your marketing and creative needs:

–website design and development
–graphic design (print material, logos, branding and identity)
–video production (music, promo, documentary)
–wedding cinematography
–book publishing and design

Pearl Jam Fans video from PJ20 Preparty

Lots of familiar faces here. Check out this fan video put together by Jacob Nelson at the Wishlist Foundation‘s massive preparty at PJ20 in Wisconsin earlier this year.

Wendy Wrocks Art & Wear Custom Shirt

Wendy Wrocks Art & Wear does custom painted shirts out of Ashbury Park, NJ. Check out the latest shirt they did for a customer.

Album Review: No Agenda by Ryan Kralik

Do you miss good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll? Well, Ohio’s Ryan Kralik brings this back with his fifth record release entitled No Agenda. His friendly melodies and endearing guitar riffs attracted the likes of Dave Krusen (Pearl Jam, Hovercraft, Candlebox, and Unified Theory), Rick “The Bass Player” Rosas (Neil Young, Joe Walsh, Buffalo Springfield), Michael G. Ronstadt and Keith Lowe (Brad) to collaborate on the recording.

“This is the kind of music that moves me, it’s heartfelt and deep,” says Krusen, who plays drums on four of the tracks. “I really enjoyed playing drums on Ryan’s tunes.”

The album is a great balance of styles from the guitar heavy Jesus Hates Fags to the folky Center of Every World to the catchy Setting Sun, which is the strongest track from a solid selection. “After the session i couldn’t get Setting Sun out of my head,” Rosas explains. “That’s a good sign!”

Where the album really shines, however, is in its words. “Storm all of the ministries, demand that they set us all free” from The Egypt Riot, “Sometimes they take you, use you for what they need, to drink, to wash, water down their seed” from When You’re the Rain, and “Where will you run to, where will you hide, is that your god on the border or the devil inside” from God on the Border are all part of a powerful message Kralik puts forward on an album that is dedicated to the recent Occupy movement.

Occupy a copy of No Agenda and you’ll be happy you did.

ryankralik.com

This All Encompassing Trip Christmas Sale

Get your copy of This All Encompassing Trip at a special Christmas discount until December 15. It makes for a great gift!

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One year anniversary and Horse Bite

This marks exactly one year since the release of This All Encompassing Trip. It has been a huge success and I am truly thankful for all of you who help make this happen and supported it throughout.

To celebrate the occasion, Infinitum Publishing is officially releasing their second title today, Horse Bite by Seattle author Dave O’Leary. You can get a copy on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Check it out!

Horse Bite Book Launch

My publishing company Infinitum put on a book release party for their latest novel Horse Bite by Seattle author Dave O’Leary. I was also on hand to sign a few books and meet some new people. Here’s a video recap of the exciting event.

You can order Horse Bite online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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