On Monday night Thom and I went to see David Sedaris do his thing (read, banter, and generally entertain) at Lisner. Great, hilarious stuff, as always. Everything he read was new: two fables (one takes place in a hair salon run by a baboon, the other in a henhouse); one story called “Town and Country,” in which he meets some interesting people on the way to his sister Amy’s place in Manhattan; and one story, to be published soon in the “Voyage” issue of The New Yorker, about observing tourists in Paris and then becoming a tourist himself in Sydney.
A couple of interesting things from the Q&A: (a) the wardrobe folks at One Life To Live have become fans of David (and as you probably know, he is obsessed with the show), and they invited him to a ceremony at which they named a wardrobe room in his honor (wonderfully documented with photos at Productshop NYC, via The Morning News); and (b) David has put together a collection of his favorite short stories from classic and contemporary writers, called Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules, and proceeds from sales of the book will benefit 826NYC, part of the popular group of youth writing centers founded by Dave Eggers.
And today is all about Tori Amos. Tina scored two seats for the Z104 Lounge, where they have musical guests play for a small audience, so that’s where we’ll be around lunchtime, watching Tori! Tonight Thom and I will meet up with Cornelia and Kat for dinner, and then it’s time for the full-fledged Tori concert at Warner Theater.
so jealous! tell tori i say hello. :) i can’t wait to see her perform on the 15th in chicago…
Now I see we share two interests…Rufus and Sedaris. :) Truly, great minds think alike.
The wife and I were at Lisner for the Sedaris reading as well. Laughs were had by all.
In other news, Sarah Vowell will be doing a reading at Politics and Prose later this month. You might want to check that out as well.
I must know about the Tori show(s)! I am going to see her on Monday at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, and I cannot wait. She is one of my favorite performers, and this will be my 3rd time seeing her.
However, I am now sufficiently jealous—Sedaris AND Small-Setting-Tori.
*sigh*
A girl can only dream…