Etc.HOW TO START A COMEDY SCENEWORDS / MARTY SHUTTER Improv and stand-up are strange bedfellows. They both take practice, dedication and preparedness. When an improviser t...byKody FordDec 19, 2013
ArtTRAPPING TIME: A conversation with artist Matt MillerWORDS / MARTY SHUTTER PHOTO / COLLEY BAILEY Matt Miller is an artist who almost fell deeply into the calculated world of money. He was nea...byKody FordDec 18, 2013
MusicThe Idle Class Issue 1 Music SamplerThe response for issue 1 has been phenomenal. As promised, we’ve compiled a music sampler of some of Arkansas’ finest artists....byKody FordFeb 8, 2013
PoetryBryan (A story-poem on the virtue of determination)By Marty Shutter I Will Be Eating Spider Through the Fall Yesterday, watching my fan chains sway in the rhythm of their master centered in...byKody FordOct 8, 2012
ProseExecutive HeroismBy Marty Shutter EXECUTIVE HEROISM: FINAL MOMENTS OF ONE CIVILIZATION Ours is a government of tire inflation guidelines file cabinet hallway...byKody FordSep 12, 2012
Etc.A Conversation with Michael Glazer of The Second CityMarty Shutter Contributing Editor One night earlier in 2012 leaning between us at bar, Julie asks Michael and I, “When does it begin...byKody FordAug 29, 2012
PoetryThe Winds By Marty Shutter What is it with the winds how internally they scurry us about ripping not yet dead leaves from trees throwing them to the ...byKody FordJul 8, 2012
PoetryThe Hemingways LeftBy Marty Shutter the hemmingways of the northside of chicago remain still ride their bikes leaving in their wakes destruction weaker women t...byKody FordJul 8, 2012
PoetryWhyBy Marty Shutter The dust and rocks and asteroids meteors and cosmic rays showering ours and every earth every day must bring with them some...byKody FordJul 8, 2012