You know this whole Carmageddon thing? Let me tell you, it's been kind of a non-event. I took the back roads (through Burbank, and up around Lake Hollywood Drive, then down in Beachwood Canyon), worried that I'd be late to a party... and I've never seen the streets of L.A. so frickin' deserted. Same thing coming home on the 101 up to Studio City. Deadsville.
So, SoCal residents... this means you have no excuse for not venturing down to the very first Noir at the Bar L.A.!
The event is free; hardboiled-types, noiristas and booze will be in abundance. I'm lucky enough to be sharing the bill with Josh Stallings, Holly O'Neill West, Stephen Blackmoore and Eric Beetner. We'll all be reading from our work. Instead of Fun & Games, however, I think I'll be reading a sliver of a forthcoming novella I've been working on for a while. There's cussing and much violence in this selection; it just feels right for this crowd.
Also, rumor has it... okay, okay, the Facebook event page has it... that noir legends Gar Anthony Haywood, Robert Ward, Gary Phillips and Terrill Lankford will also be dropping by
If you're nowhere near L.A., no worries. There may be a livestream of the event tonight. I'll post details as soon as I receive 'em.
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Sadly, no livestreaming of the event tonight. Too short notice.
But we're working on it for next time, which is tentatively set for October.
Great, great event put together by Stephen. It was awesome to meet up again, Duane. My kids still couldn't understand why I couldn't take them, though ;-). Thanks.
Tell me SOMEBODY made a drunken fool of themselves...
So, can anyone just host one of these? I can declare my kitchen a bar, do some drinking, and read out loud from a novel?
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