Catfish McDaris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1953. He’s written poetry and prose for the past 20 years. He’s hopped freights & hitchhiked across the U.S. & Mexico. Catfish lived in a cave & wintered in a Chevy while staying in Denver. His adventures finally landed him at the post office in Milwaukee. He hopes that a catfish farm is next.
David Blaine: I noticed that in all your biographical material Catfish McDaris is born in 1953 and then the story fast-forwards to the time he came home from the Army and started traveling America. Has he ever had a police mug shot taken? What name appeared on the placard?
Catfish McDaris: Steven Carl McDaris. I got busted at 13 for stealing soda bottles for their 4 cent deposit. I no longer drive, but I did for almost 40 years. I quit 7 years ago, when I quit drinking. After my younger sister died, I drove to the graveyard, opened a bottle of Cuervo & got stinkoed. Cops got me for O.W.I. even though I never drove drunk. I tried to take a cop’s gun away; that’s the only arrest as an adult.
"Drunk at the matinee" is a collection of candid poetry about stupid shit that we all experience from day to day.
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