Readings July 2008
I’m doing some readings and such in the upcoming weeks. Sins, sports, and punk rock!
Friday July 11
Porchlight Storytelling
Sixth Anniversary Show: The Seven Deadly Sins
Stories by filmmaker and Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain on PRIDE, Kasper Hauser’s Rob Baedeker on GREED, writer Sarah Gina Jones on SLOTH, crossword puzzle maker Andrea Carla Michaels on WRATH. I will be handling the category of ENVY. Live music by The Ian Fays!
Doors at 7, show at 8pm
$15 admission
Swedish American Hall
2174 Market Street, San Francisco
Advance tickets available at ticketweb.com
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Saturday July 12
F*ck Sports!
A benefit for Litquake literary festival
Readings by:
Beth Lisick: high school long jump record holder, author of Helping Me Help Myself
Alan Black: failed soccer dad, author of Kick the Balls: An Offensive Suburban Odyssey
Jack Boulware: high school equipment manager, three losing seasons, author of upcoming punk history Journey to the End of the East Bay
Bucky Sinister: born from the fumes of NASCAR, author of All Blacked Out & Nowhere to Go
Eddie Muller: SF’s “Czar of Noir,” son of legendary sports columnist Eddie “Mr. Boxing” Muller
Jennifer Sey: former gymnast, author of Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams
Emcee: Bob Calhoun aka Count Dante, professional wrestler, and author of Beer, Blood and Cornmeal: Seven Years of Incredibly Strange Wrestling
Music by: Naked Lady Wrestlers, legendary San Francisco punk-spoken word pranksters
Show at 9pm
Books for sale at this event
$10 suggested donation benefits Litquake 2008
Edinburgh Castle Pub
950 Geary St., San Francisco
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Thursday July 17
Inside Storytime Reading Series
presents PUNK
Readings by:
Frank Portman (King Dork), Stephanie Kuehnert (I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone), Erick Lyle (On the Lower Frequencies), Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves (Nina), and Ammi Emergency.
I will be guest MC, and tell a quick story or two about the making of the upcoming punk oral history Journey to the End of the East Bay.
Show 6.30-8.30 pm
Edinburgh Castle Pub
950 Geary St., San Francisco
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Saturday August 16
The Return of Rëzzin!
The much-anticipated triumphant return to the stage of Rëzzin, San Francisco’s premier stadium-sized stoner-rock act! Classic hits, new material, new bio on new myspace page! Arena rock like you’ve never seen or will likely again in your lifetime. Performing live, one set only, at the city’s legendary, moderately-priced, drunken-sailor bar on the edge of the world, the Bay View Boat Club!
8pm – midnight
Admission: free!
Bay View Boat Club
489 Terry Francois Blvd. (China Basin St.), San Francisco
Directions