Brianland

“High Noon on Hump Day!  The Revolution Will Be Uploaded” 

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Brian Hassett            karmacoupon@gmail.com

Toronto and New York City

Author:  The Temp Survival Guide; Citadel Press, 1997  (”searingly funny” Village Voice)

               The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats; Hyperion, 1999  (2 keynote essays + consultant)

               Another Pious Frenzy - Collected Poems 1977 - 2002  (my ongoing Leaves of Grass)

               Howling Naked On The Road; script for Beat documentary music poetry collage, 2001

               Don’t Be Denied;  father & son screenplay, adventure/musical/romance, 2000

               Holy Cats! Dreamcatching at Woodstock ‘94;  adventure/non-fiction, 1994

Published:  as a short story writer, poet, feature writer, essayist, critic, columnist, reviewer, and songwriter, in such places as The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Complete Woman, Penthouse, High Times, Beat Scene, Relix, Arizona Republic, Brooklyn Eagle, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Winnipeg Free Press, Minetta & Gallatin Literary Reviews, etc.

Published online:  @ Ken Kesey’s IntrepidTrips.com, Literary Kicks.com, the Beat University, Poetry.About.com, PoemBeat.com, Monster.com & numerous others, 1997 - present

Performer of spoken-word-with-music shows at writers conferences, festivals, nightclubs & bookstores in the U.S., Canada & Europe, in places like The Knitting Factory, CBGB, The Bitter End, Central Park Bandshell, the Bowery Poetry Club, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Starbucks etc.

MTVN:  Executive Assistant to President of Ad Sales, John Pokowski & Sue Danaher 1999 - 2002

                Floating Executive & Legal Assistant to Freston, Toffler, Robina et al, 1996 - 1999

Producer:  7-hour multi-artist positive-vibe celebrations in NY, LA & Canada, 1978 - present

Owner:  Spirit Productions & Management, for independent projects, 1983 - the present

Inductor: of Jack Kerouac & Neal Cassady into The Cultural Hall of Fame in Amsterdam, 1999

Teacher:  The Learning Annex, taught Temp Survival courses, 1996 - 1998

Researcher:  Billboard Magazine, Charts Dept., 1985 - 1987

Publicist:  Ren Grevatt Associates, primarily John Scher, Abrams Publishing accounts, 1984-86

Stage Manager:  ‘On The Road - The Jack Kerouac Conference’, Boulder, Colorado, 1982

Concert Director:  NYU 1981-83;  Programmer of the Year (twice)

Production Coordinator:  for the largest anti-nuclear concert in Canada (1982 in Winnipeg)

Assistant Production Coordinator:  to Bill Graham on The Rolling Stones ‘81 tour

Assistant to Press Secretary:  Paul Tsongas’s New York campaign for President, 1992

Edgamacation:  NYU, BA 1984:  Writing, Lit, Beat Studies

Furthermore:   after touring with Yes at age 17, moved from Winnipeg, Manitoba to NYC, was on the road with The Rolling Stones by 19, and have lived in Manhattan ever since;  appeared on many TV & radio programs in both the U.S. & Canada, have press kit of great reviews, etc.