Spanks For Coming!

Big ups to all my L.A. peeps who came to hear me read—and sweat profusely—at Book Soup tonight. Also, mucho spanks to Julia, Tyson and Charles at Book Soup for running such a radtastic event! They even interviewed my snarky butt on their podcast. Stay tuned for a post with that tasty ear candy!

Back 2 Life, Back 2 Reality

In the past three weeks, I’ve been to Cleveland (to surprise my mom for her birthday), New York City, Buttfuck, New Jersey, and Philadelphia (for Rockstar Taste Of Chaos)  and Austin, Texas (for the SXSW Music Conference). I can hardly remember my own name, let alone what time zone I’m in. I just got back on Sunday from nearly a week in Austin and I’m almost too pooped to pop.  I spent most of my time seeing great bands, eating guacamole, walking up and down 6th Street, sweating, seeing bad bands, shaking hands, kissing babies, stepping over horse poop and stuffing my face with tortilla chips. I wrote all about it on Buzznet, but in…

This Is The Reason I Haven’t Been Sleeping

After weeks of toiling over modular overlays, character counts, and search engine optimization , I’m so proud to announce the launch of Buzznet’s new homepage. I think it’s so pretty to the eyes—but that’s just my humble opinion.   Finally, a proper place to house all my hair-brained ideas—like our new feature “I Want That”, which details all the ridiculous things I spend money on and “Popsicle Interview,” which pins me against various band members to see what kind of conversation we can have before our frozen treat melts! Groundbreaking, right? Let me see… What else have I been up to? I’ve been cooking a bunch, which isn’t weird in and of itself, but the…

More about Leslie Simon

Leslie is the author of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World, out now through It Books. She is also the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.