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fancycwabsLast night we went to see David Sedaris at the Cannon Center. He read an Animal Story, a piece about Germs and Parasites, a piece about hanging out at the LA County morgue that he's recording for This American Life for its Halloween episode airing in a week or two, and a piece about homosexuality and drugs, a plug for an older book about schizophrenia, and the usual Q&A session, where he revealed that he's planning to move to Tokyo and quit smoking.
Afterward, the line to have a book signed and tell him that Tokyo is the wrong city to attempt to stop smoking was probably two hours long--this after he'd already spent the pre-performance time signing for at least an hour.
It's strange when an author attains a certain level of celebrity. An number of former Presidents, Vice Presidents, and other political figures come to town and have fairly extensive booksignings, and John Grisham has a lottery system when he comes to town, but having nearly 2,000 folks pay $35 a head to watch a guy read aloud is some serious pre-television shit. And yet it's still wildly entertaining.
Afterward, the line to have a book signed and tell him that Tokyo is the wrong city to attempt to stop smoking was probably two hours long--this after he'd already spent the pre-performance time signing for at least an hour.
It's strange when an author attains a certain level of celebrity. An number of former Presidents, Vice Presidents, and other political figures come to town and have fairly extensive booksignings, and John Grisham has a lottery system when he comes to town, but having nearly 2,000 folks pay $35 a head to watch a guy read aloud is some serious pre-television shit. And yet it's still wildly entertaining.
