Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Next month, I’ll be travelling to lovely Minneapolis to do a reading from The Sinner’s Guide to the Evangelical Right. I’m looking forward to meeting Richard Dawkins who will be the main event of the conference. Here’s the scoop:
AMERICAN ATHEISTS returns to historic Minneapolis, MN
for our 34th National Conference!
March 21-23, 2008
Join us for a weekend of workshops, panels, talks by noted speakers and other activities. Minneapolis is also one of the premier tourism destinations in this part of the nation, so you’ll want to consider making your Conference visit an extended weekend. More information here.
And then in April, I’ll be part of a panel discussing “humor in journalism” at The New Yorker Conference. Details to follow (once I get them).
Hula Ferret
Rock & Roll Cagematch: Music’s Greatest Rivalries, Decided
I just turned in a piece for a new anthology that will be edited by Sean Manning, Rock & Roll Cage Match (Three Rivers Press, August 5, 2008). I chose the Sabbath vs Zeppelin “rivalry.” Sabbath won, of course. The book looks like it will be a lot of fun. Here’s a few “rivalries” that will be included:
Elton John vs. Billy Joel (by The Harvard Lampoon)
Hall & Oates vs. Simon & Garfunkel (by Michael Showalter)
“Berlin” Bowie vs. “Ziggy Stardust” Bowie (by Anthony Bozza)
Guided By Voices vs. Pavement (by Elizabeth Goodman)
The Smiths vs. The Cure (by Marc Spitz)
Parliament vs. Funkadelic (by Ben Greenman)
Patsy Cline vs. Kitty Wells (by Laura Cantrell)
The Rolling Stones vs. The Velvet Underground (by Richard Hell)
See the cover, after the jump.
