Thursday, Feb. 11th
Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Gigantic Present:
Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever
You know, Brooklyn is a kind of alright place for music and books. But where can you find the two together? At Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever, that’s where.
Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever is where writers, rockers and raconteurs are united at last, relating three-minute stories of youth, sex, booze, noise and a little thing called rock ‘n’ roll.
Readings from:
-Jami Attenberg (Author, The Melting Season)
-Justin Taylor (Author, Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever)
-Franz Nicolay (Musician/Writer, Complicated Gardening Techniques)
-Zachary German (Author, Eat When You Feel Sad)
-Nick Gazin (Artist, Vice Magazine)
-Jens Carstensen (The Giraffes)
-James Yeh (Gigantic)
-Aaron Hartman (Old Time Relijun/Girls in Trouble)
-Kendra Grant Malone (Poet, author of the chapbook Conor Oberst Sex)
-Mike Conklin (L Magazine)
-Chelsea Hodson (poet)
-Maura Johnston (The Awl/Village Voice)
-Eric Davidson – New Bomb Turks/Author of We Never Learn)
-Lincoln Michel (Gigantic/The Faster Times)
-Derek Evers (Impose Magazine)
-Beverly Hames (Fox & Fawn/Vice blog)
-Aaron Lefkove (LiveFastDie/Liquor Store)
-Michaelangelo Matos (A.V. Club/The Stranger)
Plus! A Very special set by The Wailing Wall.
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Hosted by Jason Diamond and James Yeh
Susan, Franz and Maria play rock covers on accordion
Fun!
No cover, totally free.
Bar Matchless
557 Manhattan Avenue (at Driggs Ave)
Brooklyn, NY
8PM 7PM
5 Comments
February 9, 2010 at 4:54 pm
i thought it’s 7pm!
February 9, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Ah! It’s been a long day. Sorry bout that.
February 10, 2010 at 7:42 pm
[...] looking for more short anecdotes about rock & roll, go to Matchless tomorrow night for The Greatest Three-Minute Rock&Roll Stories Ever. People, ranging from Village Voice and L Magazine writers to indie rock musicians will share their [...]
February 11, 2010 at 10:30 am
[...] for NYC folks, tonight is the Greatest Three Minute Rock N Roll Story Ever at Bar Matchless in Lower Greenpoint. I’ll be one of over a dozen readers, including Jami Attenberg, Zachary German, Kendra Grant [...]
May 22, 2010 at 10:21 am
[...] Jami Attenberg shares the piece she wrote for The Greatest Three-Minute Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Ever event that we produced with our pals at Gigantic Magazine in Feb. [...]