Guest Post: Stephen Tully Dierks

Interview with Sam Pink

19 Comments

1. December 17th, 2011 / 4:59 pm shaun gannon—

   where was this at

2. December 17th, 2011 / 5:04 pm stephen—

   the holiday club in chicago

3. December 17th, 2011 / 5:19 pm Ethan—

   WHY DIDN’T YOU SHOW THE HALF-GOTH NAKED-LOOKING GIRL?

   WHY DOES SAM PINK TAKE THE ENTIRE BANANA PEEL OFF THE BANANA?

   WHY AM I KEYBOARD SCREAMING?

4. December 17th, 2011 / 5:31 pm bartleby_taco—

   my man looks buff

   is sam pink the indie lit author that works out the most

   are there other indie lit authors that think they work out more

   who can bench more: blake butler v. sam pink

   i would like to see html giant related exercise video

   i’d like to challenge the html giant community to a push up contest

   the most i can do w/o stopping is probably like 60, i’ll go in the ring w/ any of u

5. December 17th, 2011 / 5:43 pm marshall—

   good idea about moving to the other table

6. December 17th, 2011 / 7:30 pm deadgod—

   was looking at DISQUS, thought DISQUIET US

   kind of like

   or whatever

7. December 17th, 2011 / 8:24 pm steve roggenbuck—

   i can lift the most weights than sam pink i work out

8. December 18th, 2011 / 11:31 am MJ—

   Being able to do 60 push ups and being able to fight are two different animals m’friend.

9. December 18th, 2011 / 8:45 pm bartleby_taco—

   is that a challenge lol Q(-_-Q)

10. December 18th, 2011 / 8:46 pm bartleby_taco—

     just kidding im all about love/kissing/’good’ touching !!

11. December 18th, 2011 / 9:24 pm bartleby_taco—

    does sam pink adhere to traditional christian exercises

12. December 19th, 2011 / 5:15 am Deadgodfan1—

    Dude seems chill.

13. December 21st, 2011 / 8:03 am Anonymous—

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14. December 21st, 2011 / 8:06 am Anonymous—

    goo.gl/tX8v0

15. December 21st, 2011 / 7:25 pm Anonymous—

    tinyurl.com/can5hdg

16. December 22nd, 2011 / 7:42 am Anonymous—

    goo.gl/tX8v0

17. December 25th, 2011 / 11:19 am Frank—

    I’ve never heard two non-15 year old girls say “like” more between words. 

18. December 30th, 2011 / 10:40 pm nATHAN—

    Been following his blog for awhile, bought all the books.  This is the first time I’ve seen a glimpse of him as a real person.  He seems like he has an endless supply of energy with which to create.  I raise my glass to his future endeavors.

19. July 15th, 2012 / 1:26 pm Detector1—

    That final comment: “Is this awesome or is this pathetic…?”  Let that sentiment linger in the air a bit… That sums up pretty much everything I wonder about Sam Pink.  David Letterman has this genius skit that he does sometimes called “Is This Something.”  Basically, he’ll have, for example, a lady riding a horse while also twirling a baton and whistling “Home on the Range,” and the audience votes by applause as to whether or not this IS or IS NOT something.  It’s a brilliant skit of course because it is ridiculous how far people are willing to go to proclaim bull shit art, or to claim something as worthwhile and special when it clearly is nothing.  I know this has a lot to do with post modern thought, and I know David Letterman is aware of how that can be a slippery, dangerous thing; I’m just not convinced that Mr. Pink is…  

    Sam says something like, “why wouldn’t you just start writing stuff and putting it up on the internet?” Why isn’t the answer “because it’s a waste of time?”  Why do people want to read it?  Seriously, please tell me.  I’m not trying to be an ass hole.  Please tell me why we are reading his stuff?  Samuel, why are we reading your stuff?  When there are libraries overflowing with material that is profound and moving and enlightening and engaging, stuff we don’t have to stop and ask ourselves, “is this something?” why does anyone waste time doing what you are doing and/or reading what you are making?  Why should we care?