A.C. Koch | Writer
@ackoch.bsky.social
Fiction: Analog, December Mag, Split/Lip and Columbia Journal.
Guitar & vocals: Firstimers firstimersband_denver
Film reviews: spectrumculture.com
Guitar & vocals: Firstimers firstimersband_denver
Film reviews: spectrumculture.com
It’s happening! The Chef André Show has been rescheduled for this Thursday, Nov. 20, 7 pm at Mutiny Information Cafe. Brace yourselves, gird your loins, and wear your best shoes.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It’s happening! The Chef André Show has been rescheduled for this Thursday, Nov. 20, 7 pm at Mutiny Information Cafe. Brace yourselves, gird your loins, and wear your best shoes.
Have to postpone this show due to illness. Watch this space for a new date
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Have to postpone this show due to illness. Watch this space for a new date
Attention Earthlings: I’m playing a bunch of new songs next Friday, Nov. 7 at Mutiny Cafe in Denver, but it won’t mean anything if you aren’t there. Let’s do this thing. 7 p.m., no charge. Wear your best shoes.
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Attention Earthlings: I’m playing a bunch of new songs next Friday, Nov. 7 at Mutiny Cafe in Denver, but it won’t mean anything if you aren’t there. Let’s do this thing. 7 p.m., no charge. Wear your best shoes.
I’ll be playing songs from my new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’ll be playing songs from my new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
Chef André will play songs from his new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Chef André will play songs from his new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
Friends! I’ll be reading from some new stories this evening at Fort Greene as part of the Reading Den series. Hope to see you there!
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Friends! I’ll be reading from some new stories this evening at Fort Greene as part of the Reading Den series. Hope to see you there!
I’m just a boy
Standing in front of the Universe
Asking it to let me watch MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) for the first time again.
Standing in front of the Universe
Asking it to let me watch MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) for the first time again.
September 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I’m just a boy
Standing in front of the Universe
Asking it to let me watch MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) for the first time again.
Standing in front of the Universe
Asking it to let me watch MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) for the first time again.
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Our trip through R.E.M.'s discography reckons with "Reckoning." Was "Time After Time" our least favorite song?
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Discography: R.E.M.: Reckoning - Spectrum Culture
An album that more fully captures the band’s live sound, Reckoning also presents a perfectly balanced set of impeccable, atmospheric songs. It’s one of R.E.M.’s best.
spectrumculture.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our trip through R.E.M.'s discography reckons with "Reckoning." Was "Time After Time" our least favorite song?
spectrumculture.com/2025/08/28/d...
spectrumculture.com/2025/08/28/d...
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The penultimate list is up! We're ranking all of U2's 259 songs. Here's #20-11!
Every U2 Song Ranked: Part Twenty-Five: “Rejoice” (#20–11) - Spectrum Culture
Our penultimate picks are legacy-cementing if not defining.
spectrumculture.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The penultimate list is up! We're ranking all of U2's 259 songs. Here's #20-11!
Happy 3-Week Anniversary to my submission to Clarkesworld still not being rejected yet 👀👀👀
July 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy 3-Week Anniversary to my submission to Clarkesworld still not being rejected yet 👀👀👀
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The beautiful FF#26 cover by @evelynepark.bsky.social is here! In a few months, you'll get to read stories by @thesuiway.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
July 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The beautiful FF#26 cover by @evelynepark.bsky.social is here! In a few months, you'll get to read stories by @thesuiway.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
Happy One-Minute Anniversary to my realization that the words to Stone Roses’ amazing song “I Wanna Be Adored” are NOT “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
July 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Happy One-Minute Anniversary to my realization that the words to Stone Roses’ amazing song “I Wanna Be Adored” are NOT “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
Happy One-Minute Anniversary to my realization that the words to Stone Roses’ amazing song “I Want to Be Adored” are NOT “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
July 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happy One-Minute Anniversary to my realization that the words to Stone Roses’ amazing song “I Want to Be Adored” are NOT “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
Happy Two Weeks Since I Submitted to Clarkesworld and Have Yet to Receive a Rejection to all who celebrate! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
July 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Happy Two Weeks Since I Submitted to Clarkesworld and Have Yet to Receive a Rejection to all who celebrate! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
I caught an advance screening of Ari Aster’s new film EDDINGTON, and when the organizer asked me for a quote afterwards I said, “Nuts!”
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
July 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I caught an advance screening of Ari Aster’s new film EDDINGTON, and when the organizer asked me for a quote afterwards I said, “Nuts!”
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
Thanks so much for reposting!
FFer Read of the Day: "One for Babette" by @ackoch.bsky.social in Cagibi
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One for Babette - Cagibi
by A.C. Koch
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July 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thanks so much for reposting!
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FFer Read of the Day: "One for Babette" by @ackoch.bsky.social in Cagibi
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One for Babette - Cagibi
by A.C. Koch
cagibilit.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "One for Babette" by @ackoch.bsky.social in Cagibi
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Fear not
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fear not
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
For the past two weeks, I’ve been at a writers retreat in New York Mills, Minnesota, Otter Tail County. I’ve been reading, visiting diners, riding country roads, writing new stories and recording new songs. It’s been great and I’ve gotten a lot done, but man, I need some Mexican food.
July 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For the past two weeks, I’ve been at a writers retreat in New York Mills, Minnesota, Otter Tail County. I’ve been reading, visiting diners, riding country roads, writing new stories and recording new songs. It’s been great and I’ve gotten a lot done, but man, I need some Mexican food.
You don’t have to choose between the Beatles and Radiohead or whatever dichotomy you’ve concocted—you can like them all, YOU CAN LIKE THEM ALL
June 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
You don’t have to choose between the Beatles and Radiohead or whatever dichotomy you’ve concocted—you can like them all, YOU CAN LIKE THEM ALL
Don’t you know that George Saunders is Pooh Bear?
June 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Don’t you know that George Saunders is Pooh Bear?
What’s the best way to get around in Mexico City? Lyft? Uber? Taxi?
May 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What’s the best way to get around in Mexico City? Lyft? Uber? Taxi?
I think I speak for us all when I say [*howls with the cacophony of 7 billion voices].
May 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I think I speak for us all when I say [*howls with the cacophony of 7 billion voices].