June 2nd, 2009 / 7:02 pm
Author News
Bay Area Reading Tour
Contributors Mike Young, Chelsea Martin, and myself, along with ‘associate’ Brandon Scott Gorrell will be reading at some places in the Bay Area. This is what is known in the internet world as “irl” (in real life). If you’re around, please come and say hello, but be nice, we are not ready for irl altercations. Mike is coming from Massachusetts [follow his tour]; Brandon is coming down from Seattle [follow his tour]; Chelsea and I live in the area.
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Friday June 5th [Mike & Chelsea]:
Epic Summer Art Opening Reading, Manifesto Bicycles (421 40th Street @ Webster) in Oakland CA, 7PM.Sunday June 7th [Mike & Chelsea]:
Poetry of Oroville, CA Reading, Bicentennial Park (Corner of Huntoon and Robinson), 2PM. (First copies of Mike Young’s MC Oroville’s Answering Machine will ‘probably’ be available.) [*Oroville is not technically in the Bay Area, thus deemed a satellite event.]Wednesday June 10th: To be announced/probable
Thursday June 11th [Mike, Chelsea, Brandon & Jimmy]:
Bittersweet Rockridge Poetry Series, Bittersweet Cafe Rockridge (5427 College Avenue) in Oakland CA, 7PM.Friday June 12th [Mike, Chelsea, Brandon & *]:
Common Thread Poetry and Politics with Diamond Dave and Charlie Getter, Pirate Cat Radio Cafe (2781 21st Street) in San Francisco CA, 4PM. Streams online for internet listeners. [*maybe Jimmy.]
Saturday June 13th [Mike, Chelsea & Brandon]:
An Evening of Poetry and Whatever, Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Avenue) in Berkeley CA, 7:30PM.Sunday June 14th: To be announced/probable
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Below are links to the books Chelsea, Brandon, and Mike are promoting. I’m assuming they’ll be reading from their books.
Everything was fine until whatever, Chelsea Martin
During my nervous breakdown I want to have a biographer present, Brandon Scott Gorrell
MC Oroville’s Answering Machine, Mike Young
I know it’s a little early for the latter events, but the first one is on Friday. I’m reluctant to ‘remind’ people with subsequent posts or updates, given the narrow geographical relevance (bay area) to our national readership. I guess what I’m sayin’ is, this is the only post you’ll see from me about this, so mark your calendar, or sharpie the inside of your thigh.
Here’s to champagne not from Champagne, too much vs. not enough hair, and fake people who come to life.
Tags: Brandon Scott Gorrell, Chelsea Martin, Mike Young
and a link to an interview with mike young by logan ryan smith
http://workingforthecity.blogspot.com/2009/05/logan-ryan-smith-interviews-mike-young.html
LRS of transmission press http://transmissionpress.blogspot.com/
who is publishing MC Oroville’s Answering Machine
and pirate cat radio is the motherfucking beat (87.9 on you FM)
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haha how come the pic of mike and the pic of brandon looks the same except one guy is in b&w and the other one is in color.
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June 2nd, 2009 / 7:57 pmmike young—
it’s true: we fly every week to the same secret stylist in Antarctica
we’re like, “just gimme the hyperaffected emotional gangrene”
we’re like, “just gimme the ‘i haven’t slept in a month because i care too much or do i; not sure; seems sweet; make sure to take those semicolons out’”
we’re like “just gimme the existential wax doll”
o Antarctica!
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June 2nd, 2009 / 8:08 pmRyan Call—
‘just give me the amber alert’
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c6616105b2/zach-galifianakis-live-at-the-purple-onion-from-zach-galifianakis
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June 2nd, 2009 / 8:42 pmbrandon—
damn, that was sweet…
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June 2nd, 2009 / 11:00 pmjames yeh—
that’s a good look
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also jimmy’s book is Typewriter
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“It will be a great night of emotion and culture by some of our own. Also, we will have 10% OFF on Chelsea’s favorite Bittersweet Cafe drink, Chocolate Milk.”
- bittersweet’s blog
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we’ll also have trading cards with our faces on them
anyone mention that
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everyone on that flyer is doing weird shit with their eyes.
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June 2nd, 2009 / 9:53 pmJonny Ross—
you mean looking/not-looking at the camera?
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New requirement for book readings: must constantly be in an emotional hurricane? Those photos are something. Jimmy’s rules.
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Jimmy: You win for using that picture all the time. Brother.
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I love Jimmy’s picture
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Jimmy’s photo is, as we say over here in London town, “sheer fucking class”. (Disclaimer: I say that we say that over here in London, but to be honest I don’t know, since the local are all knife-wielding hoodies and I don’t like to go out after six o’clock in the evening.)
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dang (i can’t say ‘damn’) the last four comments were pretty savory (i can’t say ’sweet’)
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jimmy if i ever meet you i’m finna kiss tha shit out yer face.
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‘dang (i can’t say ‘damn’) the last four comments were pretty savory (i can’t say ’sweet’)’
hehe
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i’m definately touching myself over these photos. esp the disaffected hyperaware beard bullshit. superstroking on that
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i have a beard
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i agree although i have never mastered ba- ba kwards backwards skating never ever
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