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. Words.

Tags: book soup, fans, podcasts, wish you were here

ATTENTION, LOS ANGELES FRIENDS AND FANS

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 7 PM—and when I say “stage,” I mean “carpeted area in front of numerous folding chairs.” Try to get there early because you don’t want to miss out on the wine, snacks or pearls of wisdom I’m going to drop on your collective asses.

Tags: book reading, book soup, fans, wish you were here

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 to listen to my musings at your leisure. Just do a podcast search for “Your Daily Emo” and it will pop up as the “4/14/09″ episode. Oh, and in case you were wondering, my voice isn’t really that low—or trebly. Apparently, Skype lowered my vocal level so I sound slightly like a robotic Kathleen Turner.

Tags: music, podcasts, your daily emo

VOGUE IN THE MOVEMENT

I was recently asked by the lovely Leigh Belz over at Teen Vogue to scribble up some must-haves for the upcoming summer music festival season. Here’s what I came up with. Click the pic to take a better look at the feature—and pre-order a fancypants new spork!

Tags: music, style, summer music festivals, teen vogue

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 following me, then add me STAT!!

Tags: eiy, emo, podcasts, wish you were here

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 all the deets here. Come by and say hi!

Tags: book soup, half-naked people en masse, los angeles, wish you were here

HAPPY BOOK/BIRTHDAY TO ME!

It’s official… Wish You Were Here hits bookstore shelves (and Amazon.com shopping carts) today!! Have you picked up your copy yet? If not, what are you waiting for?

Go here and order your copy today!

In case you didn’t know, the book is kid-tested and Hayley approved. Click the picture below to see what I mean!

Tags: paramore, wish you were here