July 20th, 2010 / 10:04 am
Author Spotlight

THE SICK CITY “CHANGING SEATS ON THE TITANIC” TOUR 2010

Tony O’Neill’s new novel Sick City drops today, and in the wake of it he’s hitting the road. If you are in the trajectory, have a mark! Annotated dates after the break, including NYC, TX & CA…

NEW YORK:
Date:         Thursday, July 22, 2010
Time:         7:30pm
Location:     Greenlight Bookstore
Address:     686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY

DETAILS: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130316030322692&index=1

This is the launch party – free booze, give aways, and lots of interesting craziness.  Plus, Greenlight is a really cool new indie bookstore, and if you live in NY and haven’t visited it yet, then it’s definitely about time you did…

AUSTIN, TX
“NOIR AT THE BAR” (Organized by Book People) http://www.bookpeople.com/
Date:        Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Time:         7pm
Location:     The Gallery @ The Continental Club
Address:    1315 South Congress Ave Austin, TX

DETAILS: http://jessesublett.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/noir-at-the-bar-sick-city-cool-grooves/

This should be a really fun event, made possible by the fine folks at Book People, the legendary Austin bookstore. I’m reading alongside author and musician Jesse Sublett (who was a founding member of the infamous Austin punk outfit The Skunks, and more recently the author of several books – his most recent being the utterly brilliant “Never The Same Again: A Rock’n’Roll Gothic” which I wholeheartedly recommend checking out).  Noir at the Bar will also feature the hardboiled stylings of Harry Hunsicker (“Crosshairs” / “The Next Time You Die”).  It’s going to be a potent cocktail of music and readings, with a healthy dose of booze and who-knows-what thrown into the mix.

LOS ANGELES, CA
Date:          Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time:         7:30pm
Location:     Skylight Books
Address:    1818 N. Vermont AVE Los Angeles, CA 90027
DETAILS: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/tony-oneill-reads-and-signs-his-novel-sick-city

I’m always excited to return to Skylight Books, and they throw a damn good party, so if you’re in LA come down and say hello. SICK CITY is knee deep in the slime of LA’s underbelly, so this would certainly be an appropriate place to check out a reading from it.  Hell, maybe some of the people I based characters on will be sitting next to you.  (If you’re REALLY unlucky, that is…)

PORTLAND, OR
Date:         Friday, July 30, 2010
Time:         7:30pm
Location:     Powell’s Bookstore
Address:    1005 West Burnside Portland, OR 97210
DETAILS:     http://www.powells.com/events/

It’s my first time reading in Powell’s – the king-sized Portland Mecca for book lovers – and it would be really cool to see some friendly faces there.  So please come down, bring a friend if you have one, drag a stranger in off the street if you don’t. And if you don’t have a friend you can bring maybe you should get off the computer; you obviously need to get out more.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Date:         Saturday, July 31, 2010
Time:        7:30pm
Location:    Booksmith
Address:    1644 Haight Street San Francisco, California 94117
DETAILS:    http://www.booksmith.com/event/tony-oneill-sick-city
The last time I was in San Francisco – around ten years ago – I ended up in the closet of a speedfreak tattoo artist getting a target inked between my shoulder blades.  I can’t quite remember why:  I hadn’t slept in many days, and neither had the guy giving me the tattoo, which might explain something.  Help make my long awaited return to the Bay Area even more memorable than THAT evening by telling your friends, enemies and casual acquaintances about this event and showing up for drinks, readings, give aways, etc.

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28 Comments

  1. joseph

      Ima be in NY on Thursday…I hope I get in in time…

  2. Dreezer

      Love the cover. I gather this is not a John Updike pastiche.

  3. scott mcclanahan

      This looks great.

  4. JimR

      Looking forward to the show in LA!

  5. Amelia

      Looking forward to Austin, Jesse Sublett is great too. Thanks for the heads up.

  6. jereme

      the work is fiction but the social commentary genuine.

      i recommend finding a dark room, smoking a thick spliff and getting intimate with this little whore of a book.

      it’s $$$.

  7. joseph

      Ima be in NY on Thursday…I hope I get in in time…

  8. Dreezer

      Love the cover. I gather this is not a John Updike pastiche.

  9. scott mcclanahan

      This looks great.

  10. JimR

      Looking forward to the show in LA!

  11. gena

      finally, there is going to be a good la reading! tony seems awesome. i can’t wait to hear his writing about the real la, and not some romanticized bullshit about living in “the hills” that so many people love to write about these days.

  12. Amelia

      Looking forward to Austin, Jesse Sublett is great too. Thanks for the heads up.

  13. Matt DeBenedictis

      That cover is a slap and tickle. Any reviews of it floating around yet?

  14. Tony O'Neill

      hey thanks for the shout out… just a PS to anyone coming to the LA reading – the legendary dan fante will also be reading…

      matt, there are some early reviews out, you can check them out at my site. just click on the cover and it will take you there…

      http://www.tonyoneill.net/

      looking forward to seeing you guys on the road…

  15. jereme

      the work is fiction but the social commentary genuine.

      i recommend finding a dark room, smoking a thick spliff and getting intimate with this little whore of a book.

      it’s $$$.

  16. Tim

      Why does nobody come to Florida!

      I wouldn’t come to Florida either.

      This book looks great, though. STANDBY FOR BUYING.

  17. Tim

      I feel sad I haven’t heard of this author before.

  18. jereme

      matt, i have read it. it’s fucking good.

      i recommend reading the sweet bitch. so does doctor mike.

  19. gena

      finally, there is going to be a good la reading! tony seems awesome. i can’t wait to hear his writing about the real la, and not some romanticized bullshit about living in “the hills” that so many people love to write about these days.

  20. joseph

      Anybody gonna be up in that NYC?

  21. Matt DeBenedictis

      That cover is a slap and tickle. Any reviews of it floating around yet?

  22. Tony O'Neill

      hey thanks for the shout out… just a PS to anyone coming to the LA reading – the legendary dan fante will also be reading…

      matt, there are some early reviews out, you can check them out at my site. just click on the cover and it will take you there…

      http://www.tonyoneill.net/

      looking forward to seeing you guys on the road…

  23. Tim

      Why does nobody come to Florida!

      I wouldn’t come to Florida either.

      This book looks great, though. STANDBY FOR BUYING.

  24. Tim

      I feel sad I haven’t heard of this author before.

  25. jereme

      matt, i have read it. it’s fucking good.

      i recommend reading the sweet bitch. so does doctor mike.

  26. joseph

      Anybody gonna be up in that NYC?

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