Sun Nov 24, 8pm Afa Gallery
514 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton 570.969.1040 Pay-What-You-Can
A special alternative
to noise: Canadian (SF) writer & DIY impresario Jim
Munroe with Todd Dills,
Joe Meno and NEPA musicians Doug Smith (acoustic bass) & Coleman
Smith (jazz violin) accompanying Larry
Semon's 1919 comedy short The Clerk. I've been spending a lot of time
working on promoting the show, so I'm very biased source--but I think it's gonna
be a blast! But we better have a good crowd, 'cause I also have to host the writers,
and the last thing I want is three cranky people with pencils chasing me around
the living room at 3a.m....
Compelled by realism, the author mentioned a myriad of corporate brand names in Everyone In Silico.
"I felt silly about giving companies free advertising," he wrote on-line, "so I invoiced then of them for product
placement." After receiving only a few confused responses, Munroe wrote poignantly amusing and often biting past
due letters to such entities as Hershey's, UPS, Philip Morris, McDonald's, and Nike Ltd. These letters will be
shared orally by the author during this winter's Past Due tour. Videos exhibiting Munroe struggling to resolve
the invoices with the management of his local Gap and Starbucks stores will be screened.
Copies of the book will be available, as well as his CD-ROM 'zine Novel Amusements.
I, your humble (hah!) blogger, will be on Pax 64's Northeast Current at 6am on Sat, Nov 24.
That's Adelphia 8, for you cable-junkies!
posted by Michael | Thursday 21 November 2002 7:30 PM Comments