Jonathan Ames
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Readings, News, and Performances
News:
I have an article about my body falling apart at http://www.slate.com/id/2124593/
Sorry to be self-absorbed, but I came across a funny picture of myself from this art show where I was posing as Van Gogh: http://www.slower.net/entries/001909.php
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Readings/Performances:
Wednesday, August 31, 7:30 pm, I will be at Mo Pitkin's as part of a show of humorous literary readings called "How to Kick People." For more info go to: www.howtokickpeople.com
Saturday, September 10th, 8:00 pm, I will be reading at a fundraiser for Freebird Books, a great used bookstore in Brooklyn. For details go to: www.freebirdbooks.com
Tuesday, September 13th, 7pm, I will be reading at KGB Bar 85 East 4th Street, between Second and Third Avenues. I will be reading with Jill Soloway, who has just come out with her wonderful first book of essays: Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants. Jill is a writer and producer for Six Feet Under. Check out her website at: www.jillsoloway.com
Tuesday, September 27th, 10pm, I will be debuting the "The Jonathan Ames Show" at Mo Pitkin's -- www.mopitkins.com. It's going to be a variety/talk show sort of thing. I'll have comedians, music . . . I'll do a monologue or a skit . . . and I'll interview a few artists, writers, performers . . . It will be a sort of downtown David Letterman/Dick Cavett affair . . . I'll be doing this the last Tuesday of September, October and November, and if it goes well I may continue it in 2006. My friend, Patrick Bucklew, will be my Ed MacMahon, though his head will be encased in a bowl and his reactions will be solely facial and not verbal. He'll also be naked, though there will be an interesting, protective cod-piece in front of his loins. At my urging he will be debuting a new cod-piece, not the Mangina. It will be more in the plant family as opposed to the genital family.
