{"id":9538,"date":"2016-03-27T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T17:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9538"},"modified":"2018-04-05T06:58:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T10:58:14","slug":"episode-161-dan-perkins-tom-tomorrow-live-njpoet-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-161-dan-perkins-tom-tomorrow-live-njpoet-corner","title":{"rendered":"Episode 161 &#8211; Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) LIVE &#038; #NJPoet Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show #161:<br \/>\nDan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) LIVE + #NJPoet&#8217;s Corner<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5186\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9538-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9538-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Satire is the art of exaggerating for humorous emphasis and to make a point, but how do you exaggerate Trump?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-125-signal-boost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last July<\/a>, I talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/thismodernworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Perkins (aka Tom Tomorrow)<\/a> as he was launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/tomorrow\/25-years-of-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kickstarter to produce <em>25 Years of Tomorrow<\/em><\/a>, a massive quarter-century collection of his <em>This Modern World<\/em> comic strip. It was <em>way<\/em> more successful than he anticipated (356% overfunded!), so at his book launch party at <a href=\"http:\/\/marktwainhouse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Twain House<\/a> in March, we recorded an on-stage followup conversation, plus audience Q&amp;A! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0And buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topatoco.com\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=TO&amp;Product_Code=TMW-TMW25&amp;Category_Code=WELCOME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 Years of Tomorrow!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lEUlhmSJzdo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Does political humor date? Sure, but\u00a0I was writing about gun control and healthcare reform 25 years ago.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topatoco.com\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=TO&amp;Product_Code=TMW-TMW25&amp;Category_Code=WELCOME\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9541\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9541\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-161-dan-perkins-tom-tomorrow-live-njpoet-corner\/tmw-tmw25\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmw-tmw25.jpg?fit=700%2C684\" data-orig-size=\"700,684\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tmw-tmw25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmw-tmw25.jpg?fit=525%2C513\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmw-tmw25.jpg?resize=340%2C332\" alt=\"tmw-tmw25\" width=\"340\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmw-tmw25.jpg?resize=440%2C430 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmw-tmw25.jpg?resize=620%2C606 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmw-tmw25.jpg?w=700 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>Dan &amp; I talk about\u00a0the challenge of satire in this day and age, the benefits of operating under a pseudonym, the ways his life and work have changed as a result of the Kickstarter process, the ongoing labor of his production partners, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topatoco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topatoco<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/makethatthing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make That Thing!<\/a>, looking back at <em>25 Years of Tomorrow<\/em>, the mixed blessing of the internet, the doors that opened when he published a 1,000-page collection, whose hatred cheers him the most, why the internet is like Soylent Green, and more! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go listen<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topatoco.com\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=TO&amp;Product_Code=TMW-TMW25&amp;Category_Code=WELCOME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order a copy of <em>25 Years of Tomorrow<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all fun and games until the crazy man is in the Oval Office.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thismodernworld.com\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9542\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9542\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-161-dan-perkins-tom-tomorrow-live-njpoet-corner\/dsc_04361\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272.jpg?fit=2323%2C1737\" data-orig-size=\"2323,1737\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458427874&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_04361\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272.jpg?fit=525%2C393\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9542 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272-620x464.jpg?resize=525%2C393\" alt=\"DSC_04361\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272.jpg?resize=620%2C464 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272.jpg?resize=440%2C329 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272.jpg?resize=768%2C574 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_04361-e1459100525272.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This episode is also the launch of our new monthly feature, <em>#NJPoet&#8217;s Corner<\/em>, where we&#8217;ll talk with\u00a0philosopher-historian-zen-monk-poet <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@charlesbivona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Bivona<\/a>! (That starts around the 50:00 mark)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5187\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9538-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9538-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, if you want to find out who Dan and Chuck are reading nowadays and get a list of the books we talked about in this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">join our Patreon<\/a> and become a monthly contributor to <em>The Virtual Memories Show!<\/em> At the end of March, the new episode of our patron-only podcast, <a href=\"http:\/\/fearofasquareplanet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fear of a Square Planet<\/a>, will go up with a bonus segment about who they&#8217;re\u00a0reading and why.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_161_-_Dan_Perkins_Tom_Tomorrow__NJPoets_Corner.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-125-signal-boost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Perkins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-139-derf-backderf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derf Backderf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-149-keith-knight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Knight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-137-scott-mccloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott McCloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-peace-poet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Bivona<\/a> (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thismodernworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Perkins<\/a>, better known as <a href=\"http:\/\/thismodernworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Tomorrow<\/a>, is the creator of the weekly political cartoon, <a href=\"http:\/\/thismodernworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Modern World<\/a>, which appears in approximately 80 newspapers across the U.S., and on websites such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Kos<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nation<\/a>. His work has appeared in publications including <em>The New York Times, The New Yorker, Spin, Mother Jones, Esquire, The Economist, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report,<\/em> and <em>The American Prospect<\/em>, and has been featured on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. In 2013 he was awarded the prestigious Herblock Prize in a ceremony at the Library of Congress, and in 2015 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He received the first place Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism in 1998 and 2003, and has also received the Media Alliance Meritorious Achievement Award, the James Madison Freedom of Information Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award from the Association for Education in Journalism, and the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. In 2009, he collaborated with Pearl Jam to create artwork for their album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/13480-backspacer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backspacer<\/a>&#8220;. Dan has published 9 anthologies of his work, and one mega-sized 15-pound, two-volume slipcased edition of 25 Years of Tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Bring Me Down<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/davidanddavidmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Baerwald<\/a>, used with permission of the artist. The conversation was recorded at\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/marktwainhouse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Twain House<\/a>. I recorded the intro and outro on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. 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