On The Road With Al and Ivy: Blog

The Quitturz: Book 1 - Nym's Cool Night by Al Handa is now live on Amazon Kindle Unlimited. KU members can read it for free. https://a.co/d/j4LSuCW Book 1 is about the Quitturz's early days in 1977, and their later career in 1987. The Quitturz will be priced at .99 till the end of October, and there will be a free promotion  from October 6th through the 8th.  The ebook will be free to all during those three days. Info: The Quitturz series strips away the 50 or so years of golden memories and mythology about the music and its "movement." It describes a San Francisco culture and ambiance that no longer exists.  The language is late 70s punk; tough, with a sense of humor that may strike some as smart-ass and cynical. In 1977, many of the older musicians didn't understand punk rock. A few encouraged the movement, but many openly disliked or ridiculed the music. Most of the early punks were from a younger generation who didn't want to play old fart music and were h...

On The Road With Al & Ivy - July 6 Topic: Book 1: Becoming A Face is now live on Kindle Unlimited and free promotion  Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K Free Promotion Monday 7/7 to Tuesday 7/8 On The Road With Al & Ivy: Book One: Becoming A Face is now live on KU and will be free this coming Monday and Tuesday. The price will be .99 for three weeks until the regular price is set. Kindle Unlimited readers can download the eBook or read it online for free. Book Overview On The Road With Al & Ivy is a planned trilogy of novels that are loosely based on the author's life in the San Francisco Bay homeless scene in 2016. His travels took him and Ivy to Northern California, Marin County, San Francisco, East Bay, Silicon Valley, Gilroy, Monterrey Peninsula, and Fresno. The On The Road With Al & Ivy novels are about a group of people in 2016, with all of their virtues and flaws, dealing with a catastrophic situation with resilience and making both good and bad choic...

 Now live on Kindle Unlimited  Link: https://www .amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K On The Road With Al and Ivy New book trailer: "On The Road With Al and Ivy—Book 1: Becoming A Face" will be released in about two weeks. As I said earlier in my blog on X, I was working on this book and "The Quitturz," and this one was the first to be completed.

 On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast - Episode 7 is now live! Topic: The biography of Joan of Arc by Anatole France YouTube: https://youtu.be/AMz-BiabX0I?si=-XUuoPCXQ5wIKpbp Also on Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Pocket Casts Joan of Arc is a polarizing figure even in modern times. One of France's greatest satirists wrote a two-volume biography about her. His conclusions will surprise those expecting a debunking of the legend surrounding this remarkable woman. Music: Intro: Mescalene Manny by Handa-McGraw International Episode: Sunday's Moon by Handa-McGraw International Outro and featured: In The Summertime by Mark McGraw #podcast #classicliterature #books #joanofarc #anatolefrance Now live on Kindle Unlimited  Link: https://www .amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new main cover image, plus a graphic for each episode. I wasn't entirely happy with using the image that's going to be used for the ebook cover. The new main graphic is surrealistic and the image depicts the opening prologue of the upcoming ebook, which wasn't included in the Kindle Vella version. The ebook has 50% more content that I held back. The new images are live on Spotify and the other sites should update within 24 hours.  - Al Handa  Episode 5 of On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast:   YouTube https://youtu.be/UzbidX1ji-Q?si=sWMjIsorIT8N1YxN   Also on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, i Heart Radio, and Pocket Casts - Review of Jack London's "The Star Rover." Was it early Science Fiction or a Metaphysical work about reincarnation, mental illness and sanity.  Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new  main Podcast update June 20: ...

Episode 4 of the On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast is now live! YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=muDkgVRj0og&si=3vU-XGkN0Pn4rqqy Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alhanda/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-4-e2kksd2 Also on Apple, Amazon Music, i Heart Radio, and Pocket Casts Topics: The book "Gone To Texas (aka Josie Wales) by Forest Carter, a Homeless Woman's hard choice, outlaw protocols, value of friendship and knowing what's important. Music: Handa-McGraw International: Joyous Noise At The Burnside Church/Sunday's Moon/Maximum Delta Dirge/Interstellar Blowout Mark McGraw: Water Into Wine Time #podcast #josiewales #homeless #books #reviews #music #westerns Now live on Kindle Unlimited  Link: https://www .amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

Podcast Episode 3 now live on Spotify and Apple.  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alhanda/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-3-e2k5k0q Topics: The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Three Musketeers by Dumas, and the Robin Hood myth. Some thoughts on Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck, On The Road by Kerouac Scroll Version, and The Road by Jack London. Music: My Dog Dreams And Becomes A Mermaid Techno Mix, Sunday's Moon and Nigel Raga by Handa-McGraw International. Taylor's Blues by Mark McGraw