Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    
Thanks, kids! And don't forget to go out and hear some local, live music.
  

    
Thanks kathi! And don't forget to check into this topic every so often...
  

    

I can't believe I failed to mention here that I think the name "Hoagy
Guitarmichael" is a BRILLIANT stroke.
  

    

Me too. Was that guitar player modeled after Michael Ross by any chance? I
always had the biggest crush on him.
  

    
At the Mill Valley Film Festival this year they're showing Beth Harrington's
"Welcome to the Club--The Women in  Rockabilly," featuring Wanda Jackson,
the "female Elvis Presley" Janis Martin; Brenda Lee, Lorrie Collins of the
Collins Kids. Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7pm at the Sequoia. Playing with a 30-
minute short: "Cowgirls" by Sally Clark. "From trick riding to barrel
racing, women compete in one of the toughest old boys' clubs around, where a
girl really can dream of being Cowboy of the Year." Call 925-866-9559 or go
to mvff.com.
  

    
Yeah?   Well let's see 'em use a urinal.   Marksmanship counts.
  

    
It can be done.
  

    
All you need is Le funnel, a french product that helps you aim. If only 
I'd had that on the Rock Bottom remainders tour, when we kept stopping the 
bus so the guys could pee by the side of the road.

Hoagy Guitarmichael is indeed inspired by Michael Ross, now living in NY 
and writing for music publications.  He is the author of "getting great 
guitar sounds" a book that is still in print after something like 15 
years, and is starting a new band.

the next few weeks are going to be pretty busy, and I'll post the upcoming 
events one more time.
If you can make it out to one of these events, I'd love to see you, and 
anyone who thinks up a verse for the musical portion of the show will get 
a free kazoo (think Jeff Muldaur, Bring it With You When You Come.) OK, 
here goes:

Mon. 9/23: Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., SF, 7 PM

Wed. 9/25: Books Inc., 3515 California St., SF, 7:15 PM

Thurs. 9/26: Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, 7 PM
      Featuring live music by Train Wreck!

Fri. 9/27: Cody's on 4th Street, Berkeley, CA, 7 PM
        Featuring live music by Train Wreck!

Sat. 9/28: College of San Mateo Book Festival

Tues. 10/1: Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., 7:30 PM

Thurs. 10/3: Copperfield's Books, 2316 Montgomery Dr., Santa Rosa, 7 PM

Fri. 10/4: Train Wreck at the Stork Club in Oakland, 8-11 PM
    --Private Party, your NCIBA badge is your ticket; carpool from the     
Oakland Marriott lobby

Tues. 10/8: Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ, 7 PM
        with Karin Goodwin, author of Bad Advice

Wed. 10/9: Reader's Oasis, Tucson, AZ, 7 PM
        with Karin Goodwin

Thurs. 10/10: Tattered Cover, Denver, CO, 7 PM
        with Karin Goodwin

Oct. 11-13: Southern Festival of Books, Nashville (my event is 11 AM on 
Saturday)

Mon. Oct. 14: Books & Co., 757 Brookwood Village, Birmingham, AL, 7 PM

Tues. Oct. 15: Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 387 Perkins Road Extended, Memphis, 
TN, 6 PM

Oct. 19-20: Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA

Wed. 10/23: Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway (across the street from the 
fabulous Artie's Deli), 7 PM
 
Tues. 10/29: Borders Books & Music, 2339 Fair Oaks Blvd., Sacamento, 7 PM
        With Special Musical Guest John Lescroart

Wed. 10/30: Rakestraw Books, 409 Railroad Drive, Danville, 7 PM

and coming up in November:

Mon. 11/4: Powell's Books on Hawthorne, Portland, OR, 7:30 PM

Sat. 11/9: National Kidney Foundation Authors' Luncheon, Radisson Hotel, 
Sacramento

Mon. 11/11: Detroit Jewish Book Festival

Thurs. 11/14: Atlanta Jewish Book Festival

Sat. 11/16: National Kidney Foundation Authors' Luncheon, Marriott Hotel, 
55 Fourth Street, San Francisco 

Nov. 22-24: Miami International Festival of Books (including 2 free, 
open-to-the public shows by the Rock Bottom Remainders.  Check out 
www.dqydj.com for details.)


Thanks, everyone! If you come to any of these events, be sure to say hi.









        


   
  

    


I love that you are on Jewish Book Festivals.
  

    
Wow! That is some schedule.
  

    

> All you need is Le funnel, a french product that helps you aim.

Le Funelle, n'est-ce pas?  I remember when it was introduced a while back.
Amusing concept.
  

    
They weren't French and they didn't help you aim, but they were indeed 
amusing. They were like little coffee filters, only with a hole at the 
bottom and made out of flimsier paper than a coffee filter. I bought a 
box to decorate my cubicle (they were invented and marketed by the wife of 
the owner of the company I worked for) but no one I knew, including me, 
ever actually tried using 'em for pee-aiming purposes. A friend-of-a- 
friend's attempt did not work out well.

The ads on the sides of buses said "Women! Stand Up For Cleanliness!"
  

    
Not French, huh? I shoulda guessed. I have one somewhere, but I've never 
used it.
  

    
The inventor was Lore Harp, German-born wife of Pat McGovern, owner of 
IDG.
  

    
kkg, just stopped in to say "congrats!" I now have something special
to add to the reading list. Much success to you! 
  

    
You will not regret it, Howard!
  

    

Why, thanks, Cowboy!
  

    
Cody's tomorrow!!
  

    
Today!  At the Cody's on 4th Street, 7pm.
  

    
I'm glad you mentioned it was the 4th St. one because I woulda
gone to Tele.
  

    
Dang.  Sure wish i didn't have Giants tickets.  Actually, that's a 
lie, but you know what I mean.  Have big fun all.
  

    
I would have gone to Tele, too!

7pm, Cody's, 4th Street...4th Street...4th Street
gotta remember that a couple more hours!
  

    
All else aside (having bought the book last night and read/loved it 
since), I think somebody deserves a round of applause for how pretty
it is. The colors. The paper. The various textures. It's physically
a much nicer book than most of the ones I've seen or bought lately,
and if this is what Chronicle Books does, good for them.
  

    

That gorgeous design and art work is what Chronicle is known for. They do 
the prettiest books ever.  
  

    
Cody's friday night was a blast. wonderful music, wonderful vibes.
(though I admit I did disappear into the bookshelves during the chicken
dance-- maybe if I'd had some wine...)