Urban Outfitters Awesomeness
Great news, kiddies! Actually, it’s effing EXCITING news that deserve a bunch of exclamation points!!! The radtastic peeps at Urban Outfitters have started selling Wish You Were Here online. True story!! If any of your friends, family, enemies, frenemies or what-have-you have not ordered the book yet, you must tell them to hoof it over to Urban and add that sh*t to their shopping cart STAT! Do not pass “go!” Do not collect $100! I... Read More
Au Revoir, New York City
Thanks to my new fave airline Virgin America, I’m currently cruising over my least fave city (Kansas City, MO) at 35,000 feet while surfing the interweb. No, it’s true. I’m using the internet from space! Okay, I’m not exactly in space, but I’m super-high in the sky and that’s close enough for me. I just spent the last nine days in New York City, where I spent most of my time partaking in the following activities: 1.... Read More
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! Have you ever seen a more beautiful crowd—especially my friend Bonnie, who's looking gorgeous in the front row. What a packed house! Flattered. Beyond.... Read More
Attention, Los Angeles Friends And Family
Do you like books? Do you like to hear people read books out loud? Do you like to hear people read books out loud at cuter-than-cute bookstores like Book Soup? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you totes have to come out Tuesday, April 21 and hear me read from my newest book Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide To Your Favorite Music Scenes—From Punk To Indie And Everything In Between. I’ll probably take the stage around... Read More
Your Daily Emo
Just had the bestest interview with the talented Don Edwards from Your Daily Emo. Little did I know thatI was appearing on the last episode of the show. What an honor! Fear not, emo fans. Don’s starting a new podcast called Diamond Boy’s Automatic Soundtrack, which should appear on iTunes in the next couple weeks. More deets can be found on Don’s blog. PS… You can also download the interview on iTunes, just in case you want... Read More
Talk Radio Talk
Tune in tonight to hear me babble on the following awesome podcasts: At 7 PM EST, 4 PM PST, you can find me on Your Daily Emo with Don Edwards. He’s one of the most bril peeps on the planet!! Then, at 12 AM EST, 9 PM PST, you can find me on EIY Talk Radio with Sarah Saturday and The Infamous Mr. Dean. I’m such a podcast slut. I totes get around. I’ll prolly be live Twittering from each of these shows so, if you’re not already... Read More
The Only Thing Missing From My Coffee Table Is Coffee
Coffee table? Where art thou? Great news for my L.A. peeps. I’m doing a reading of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide To Your Favorite Music Scenes—From Punk To Indie And Everything In Between at Book Soup on Tuesday, April 21. It starts at 7 PM and will go until one of two things happen: 1.) my throat gets so dry I can’t croak out another word 2.) I get tired of picturing everyone in their underwear and need to put on my shades Get... Read More