Joseph Mattson's Blog, page 5
April 25, 2011
Mattson/Nina Revoyr/Nathan Larson events April 27 and 28!
Hello Friends!
I have two KILLER gigs this week, Wed. & Thurs.—with the incomparable Nathan Larson and Nina Revoyr, laying down two of the best novels published so far this year, hands down!—some of you fellow old punk rockers will recognize Nathan as the guitarist for Shudder to Think and Swiz way back when—he's an accomplished film composer now. Nina, as most of you should know, is pretty much one of the greatest living novelists in Los Angeles RIGHT NOW, so please check these events out, both are FREE w/FREE feel-good beverages and the Stories gig also has LIVE MUSIC!
Cheers!
Your Friend,
Joseph
Wednesday, April 27th, 7pm:
Book Soup presents
AKASHIC BOOKS SHOWCASE featuring
Lauded film composer (The Messenger, Boys Don't Cry & more) and former Shudder to Think guitarist
NATHAN LARSON presenting & signing his novel, The Dewey Decimal System
Bestselling/Award-Winning author (Southland, The Age of Dreaming)
NINA REVOYR presenting & signing her latest novel, Wingshooters
Bestselling Author of Empty the Sun (A Novel with Music by Six Organs of Admittance) and Slake contributor
Joseph Mattson
+ FREE BEER/BOOZE!
Book Soup Bookstore 8818 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood 90046 www.booksoup.com
Thursday, April 28th, 7pm:
Stories Bookstore and Rare Bird Lit present
AKASHIC BOOKS SHOWCASE featuring
Lauded film composer (The Messenger, Boys Don't Cry & more) and former Shudder to Think guitarist
NATHAN LARSON presenting & signing his novel, The Dewey Decimal System
Bestselling/Award-Winning author (Southland, The Age of Dreaming)
NINA REVOYR presenting & signing her latest novel, Wingshooters
Bestselling Author of Empty the Sun (A Novel with Music by Six Organs of Admittance) and Slake contributor
Joseph Mattson
and LIVE MUSIC by BABY & GUY (feat. Jada Wagensomer of Jail Weddings!)
+ FREE BEER/BOOZE!
Stories Books 1716 Sunset Blvd (Echo Park) Los Angeles 90026 www.storiesla.com
I have two KILLER gigs this week, Wed. & Thurs.—with the incomparable Nathan Larson and Nina Revoyr, laying down two of the best novels published so far this year, hands down!—some of you fellow old punk rockers will recognize Nathan as the guitarist for Shudder to Think and Swiz way back when—he's an accomplished film composer now. Nina, as most of you should know, is pretty much one of the greatest living novelists in Los Angeles RIGHT NOW, so please check these events out, both are FREE w/FREE feel-good beverages and the Stories gig also has LIVE MUSIC!
Cheers!
Your Friend,
Joseph
Wednesday, April 27th, 7pm:
Book Soup presents
AKASHIC BOOKS SHOWCASE featuring
Lauded film composer (The Messenger, Boys Don't Cry & more) and former Shudder to Think guitarist
NATHAN LARSON presenting & signing his novel, The Dewey Decimal System
Bestselling/Award-Winning author (Southland, The Age of Dreaming)
NINA REVOYR presenting & signing her latest novel, Wingshooters
Bestselling Author of Empty the Sun (A Novel with Music by Six Organs of Admittance) and Slake contributor
Joseph Mattson
+ FREE BEER/BOOZE!
Book Soup Bookstore 8818 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood 90046 www.booksoup.com
Thursday, April 28th, 7pm:
Stories Bookstore and Rare Bird Lit present
AKASHIC BOOKS SHOWCASE featuring
Lauded film composer (The Messenger, Boys Don't Cry & more) and former Shudder to Think guitarist
NATHAN LARSON presenting & signing his novel, The Dewey Decimal System
Bestselling/Award-Winning author (Southland, The Age of Dreaming)
NINA REVOYR presenting & signing her latest novel, Wingshooters
Bestselling Author of Empty the Sun (A Novel with Music by Six Organs of Admittance) and Slake contributor
Joseph Mattson
and LIVE MUSIC by BABY & GUY (feat. Jada Wagensomer of Jail Weddings!)
+ FREE BEER/BOOZE!
Stories Books 1716 Sunset Blvd (Echo Park) Los Angeles 90026 www.storiesla.com
April 4, 2011
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE in PIONEERTOWN!
w/JOSEPH MATTSON and HORSE THIEVES!
Friday, April 8th, 2011, 9PM
(((folkYEAH!))) presents
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
JOSEPH MATTSON
HORSE THIEVES
LIVE in PIONEERTOWN at Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
53688 Pioneertown Road * Pioneertown, CA 92268 * 760-365-5956
http://www.pappyandharriets.com/events/folkyeah-presents-six-organs-admittance-9pm-10
Guitar/psych folk legend BEN CHASNY brings his highly acclaimed SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE to the one and only Pioneertown! A gunslinger of the highest order, this is the FIRST time to experience the singular holy shredder in the desert that has inspired him so. Opening for Six Organs of Admittance are Gun Club-meets-Hank Sr.-meets-murder ballads for all time in the form of LA's own inimitable HORSE THIEVES (bring extra bodies to bury!), and LA author JOSEPH MATTSON, the tragicomedy bard of no apologies but full of heart, whose novel EMPTY THE SUN comes with a Six Organs of Admittance soundtrack(!), and who will be reading from a place wherein you do not find the drugs, but the drugs find you--w/KURT MANGUM accompanying on guitar. NOT TO BE MISSED. Get in the car. Go east. Find illumination.
Friday, April 8th, 2011, 9PM
(((folkYEAH!))) presents
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
JOSEPH MATTSON
HORSE THIEVES
LIVE in PIONEERTOWN at Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
53688 Pioneertown Road * Pioneertown, CA 92268 * 760-365-5956
http://www.pappyandharriets.com/events/folkyeah-presents-six-organs-admittance-9pm-10
Guitar/psych folk legend BEN CHASNY brings his highly acclaimed SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE to the one and only Pioneertown! A gunslinger of the highest order, this is the FIRST time to experience the singular holy shredder in the desert that has inspired him so. Opening for Six Organs of Admittance are Gun Club-meets-Hank Sr.-meets-murder ballads for all time in the form of LA's own inimitable HORSE THIEVES (bring extra bodies to bury!), and LA author JOSEPH MATTSON, the tragicomedy bard of no apologies but full of heart, whose novel EMPTY THE SUN comes with a Six Organs of Admittance soundtrack(!), and who will be reading from a place wherein you do not find the drugs, but the drugs find you--w/KURT MANGUM accompanying on guitar. NOT TO BE MISSED. Get in the car. Go east. Find illumination.
February 19, 2011
SLAKE reading at STORIES
Hello friends,
I'm reading at the wonderful STORIES bookstore in Echo Park for SLAKE magazine, great stuff, please come by if'n you can.
Cheers,
Joseph
http://slake.la
Stories Books and Cafe
1716 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.: Our contributors will return to the friendly confines of Stories' back patio, where we had a great turnout for our reading last summer. The rockin' lineup is composed of: John Albert (Wrecking Crew), Greg Burk (MetalJazz.com), James Greer (The Failure), Joseph Mattson (Empty the Sun), Amy Scattergood (Squid Ink), and Laurie Wheeler.
I'm reading at the wonderful STORIES bookstore in Echo Park for SLAKE magazine, great stuff, please come by if'n you can.
Cheers,
Joseph
http://slake.la
Stories Books and Cafe
1716 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.: Our contributors will return to the friendly confines of Stories' back patio, where we had a great turnout for our reading last summer. The rockin' lineup is composed of: John Albert (Wrecking Crew), Greg Burk (MetalJazz.com), James Greer (The Failure), Joseph Mattson (Empty the Sun), Amy Scattergood (Squid Ink), and Laurie Wheeler.
January 30, 2011
Smart Gals RIP
Double header on Sunday, Jan. 30th!--
immediately following the SLAKE Hotel Cafe reading, I'll be reading/celebrating with AIMEE BENDER, JANET FITCH, BRENDAN CONSTANTINE and more at the FINAL SMART GALS SPEAKEASY--ten years going and now comes the lament, info below!
O, death, where is thy sting?
Winter Wake:
The Speakeasy That Has Been
Sunday, January 30, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Mt. Hollywood Underground
4607 Prospect Ave., Los Feliz
In Memoriam, Bequeath $15.00
Bookmark artist: Stephen Linsley
Dearly Beloved,
We call you to gather and celebrate the demise of the much-cherished Speakeasy. After well 'nigh nine years of vibrant mingling, this unique event met a timely death. Yes, timely.
Well loved, well lived, the Speakeasy crosses over to memory.
Do not let her go gently—come, commiserate. Design and build your own funeral hat, disperse your grief and let the past become the past. Funeral cake, coffee, inventive millinery, live music, remembrances, and the last, limited edition Bookmark, created by photographer Stephen Linsley, await.
Guests of Speakeasies past including Edith Abeyta, Noël Alumit, Aimee Bender, Lana Buss, Cake Divas, Jerrod Cardwell, Cat Hair Ensemble, Brendan Constantine, Chris Davidson, Janet Fitch, Joshua Joy Kamensky, Alanna Lin, Joseph F. Mattson, Michael Lewis Miller, Moira Smiley, Marla Smith, Tree People, Rita Williams, Lori Yeghiayan & more will pay their respects. You should too.
The password is, "She was so young."
Please dress for mourning.
immediately following the SLAKE Hotel Cafe reading, I'll be reading/celebrating with AIMEE BENDER, JANET FITCH, BRENDAN CONSTANTINE and more at the FINAL SMART GALS SPEAKEASY--ten years going and now comes the lament, info below!
O, death, where is thy sting?
Winter Wake:
The Speakeasy That Has Been
Sunday, January 30, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Mt. Hollywood Underground
4607 Prospect Ave., Los Feliz
In Memoriam, Bequeath $15.00
Bookmark artist: Stephen Linsley
Dearly Beloved,
We call you to gather and celebrate the demise of the much-cherished Speakeasy. After well 'nigh nine years of vibrant mingling, this unique event met a timely death. Yes, timely.
Well loved, well lived, the Speakeasy crosses over to memory.
Do not let her go gently—come, commiserate. Design and build your own funeral hat, disperse your grief and let the past become the past. Funeral cake, coffee, inventive millinery, live music, remembrances, and the last, limited edition Bookmark, created by photographer Stephen Linsley, await.
Guests of Speakeasies past including Edith Abeyta, Noël Alumit, Aimee Bender, Lana Buss, Cake Divas, Jerrod Cardwell, Cat Hair Ensemble, Brendan Constantine, Chris Davidson, Janet Fitch, Joshua Joy Kamensky, Alanna Lin, Joseph F. Mattson, Michael Lewis Miller, Moira Smiley, Marla Smith, Tree People, Rita Williams, Lori Yeghiayan & more will pay their respects. You should too.
The password is, "She was so young."
Please dress for mourning.
January 17, 2011
SLAKE Reading at Hotel Cafe JAN. 30th!
...and I will be reading at Hotel Cafe as a part of the SLAKE Issue 2 reading series, info below!
From SLAKE:
Hotel Cafe Reading
Sunday, January 30 at 6 p.m.
Hotel Cafe
1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Details
Slake goes all Hollywood for its second reading of the Issue 2 event cycle. Readers will include:
• John Albert
• Dana Johnson
• Joseph Mattson
• Victoria Patterson
• Rachel Resnick
• Harry Shannon
• Joe Donnelly
SLAKE reading at Track 16!
I'll be reading from my opium den memoir coming out NOW in SLAKE this Sat., Jan. 22nd, 7pm, at Track 16 Gallery. There will be other readers AND incredible art from SLAKE visual contributors, including my and Barnacle's very own Devri Richmond. FULL INFO BELOW!
FROM SLAKE:
This Weekend: Slake No. 2 Launch Party!
Dear friends,
Readings, art, music, drinks, Slake No. 2 … and whoopie pies!
All these—and you—will come together to celebrate the release of Slake: Los Angeles No. 2, "Crossing Over," on Saturday. We received an early shipment last week, and we'll have a sales table at the party so you can be among the first in L.A. to see the new book!
When: Saturday, January 22, 7 p.m. (readings begin at 8)
Where: Track 16 Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
If you haven't already, please RSVP at Slake.la so we can know how many beautiful faces to expect.
Readers will include: Hank Cherry, James Greer, Rachel Resnick, Sam Slovick, Yxta Maya Murray, Joseph Mattson, Laurie Wheeler, John Albert, Mary Woronov, Amy Scattergood, Matt Fleischer
Original art available for sale by: Michelle Pullman, Arlie John Carstens, C.R. Stecyk III, Matjames, Mary Woronov, Ingrid Allen, Elisa Linda Saether, Sage Vaughn, Dan Peterka, Alex Bacon, Anne Fishbein, Kelly Fajak, Shannon Donnelly, Johannes Spalt, Elyse Pignolet, Len Burge
DJ sets by: Justin Warfield of She Wants Revenge
$5 food menu by: Border Grill
Cocktails by: Sino Tequila
Whoopie pies by: Baking Whoopie
(Special thanks to Europane Bakery, ANTI- Records, and the Hammer Museum.)
post-hibernation gigs!
Dear Friends,
I have a blitz of news here:
1. GIGS: I'll be reading at Track 16 Gallery, Sat., January 22nd, at 7pm as part of SLAKE: LOS ANGELES--A CITY AND ITS STORIES issue two launch party. Full info to come on separate post...
I will also be reading for SLAKE at Hotel Cafe on Sunday, January 30th, at 6pm, ditto on the full info
AND
That very night, I'll be reading as part of the wake for the decade-long and ass-kicking Smart Gals Speakeasy, info coming ASAP!
2. I've been working on a forthcoming anthology for Akashic Books of all new fiction about the drug speed; the tentative Speed Chronicles will feature ALL NEW stories by Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, Jerry Stahl, Megan Abbott, Natalie Diaz, Beth Lisick, James Greer, Tao Lin, Rose Bunch, Jess Walter, myself, and more--watch for updates! The book is scheduled for Fall 2011.
3. I've been working with Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue, on editing her memoir of her years as an adult film actress, Girlvert: A Porno Memoir. It's not one of these sugarcoated celeb-porn glossy Hollywood wannabe books, but a straight-up, tell-it-like-it-is killer human story of one gal's experiences of pushing her body and mind to the maximum. Coming from Barnacle in April...
Hope everyone out there is well!
Cheers,
Joseph
I have a blitz of news here:
1. GIGS: I'll be reading at Track 16 Gallery, Sat., January 22nd, at 7pm as part of SLAKE: LOS ANGELES--A CITY AND ITS STORIES issue two launch party. Full info to come on separate post...
I will also be reading for SLAKE at Hotel Cafe on Sunday, January 30th, at 6pm, ditto on the full info
AND
That very night, I'll be reading as part of the wake for the decade-long and ass-kicking Smart Gals Speakeasy, info coming ASAP!
2. I've been working on a forthcoming anthology for Akashic Books of all new fiction about the drug speed; the tentative Speed Chronicles will feature ALL NEW stories by Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, Jerry Stahl, Megan Abbott, Natalie Diaz, Beth Lisick, James Greer, Tao Lin, Rose Bunch, Jess Walter, myself, and more--watch for updates! The book is scheduled for Fall 2011.
3. I've been working with Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue, on editing her memoir of her years as an adult film actress, Girlvert: A Porno Memoir. It's not one of these sugarcoated celeb-porn glossy Hollywood wannabe books, but a straight-up, tell-it-like-it-is killer human story of one gal's experiences of pushing her body and mind to the maximum. Coming from Barnacle in April...
Hope everyone out there is well!
Cheers,
Joseph
November 11, 2010
Jim Carroll tribute event!
For the saintly debauched in us all, NOT TO BE MISSED!:
Saturday, November 13, 6-8pm
PETTING ZOO/Jim Carroll LA Launch Party!
Stories Bookstore, Tongue and Groove, TNB and Rare Bird Lit present
The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience II celebrating the release of Jim Carroll's new posthumously-released novel The Petting Zoo
Featuring:
Live Jim Carroll Band music by members of Weezer, The Adolescents, The Blessings, Liars, Inc. and others!
Jim Carroll performances by Rich Ferguson, Bo Blount and Jillian Lauren (Some Girls)!
Readings from The Petting Zoo and The Basketball Diaries by D.R. Haney (Subversia) and Joseph Mattson (Empty the Sun)!
Music | Readings | Performances | Book Signings
The Echo, 1822 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
$5 at the door
www.thenervousbreakdown.com
www.storiesla.com
www.tongueandgroovela.com
www.rarebirdlit.com
Also, please join us for an After Party, sponsored by Colt 45, at Stories Bookstore immediately following the Main Event
October 15, 2010
MATTSON * HORSE THIEVES * BELT vs. KNIFE in Huntington Beach!
Sunday, October 17th, 8pm: Huntington Beach
VINYL SOLUTION presents
JOSEPH MATTSON reading from and signing EMPTY THE SUN: A NOVEL with SOUNDTRACK by SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
w/LIVE MUSIC from HORSE THIEVES and BELT VS. KNIFE!
18822 Beach Blvd, Ste 104, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
http://www.myspace.com/vinylsolution
LET'S KICK SOME ASS SUNDAY NIGHT!
VINYL SOLUTION presents
JOSEPH MATTSON reading from and signing EMPTY THE SUN: A NOVEL with SOUNDTRACK by SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
w/LIVE MUSIC from HORSE THIEVES and BELT VS. KNIFE!
18822 Beach Blvd, Ste 104, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
http://www.myspace.com/vinylsolution
LET'S KICK SOME ASS SUNDAY NIGHT!
October 13, 2010
Reading w/Eugene Robinson + Live Music!
Wed., OCT. 13th, 8pm--CHINATOWN--LOS ANGELES
READING:
Eugene Robinson
Joseph Mattson
David Crosby Reeves
Petro
LIVE MUSIC:
Upsilon Acrux
THE MOUNTAIN BAR
473 Gin Ling Way
Los Angeles 90012
FREE
+ COLT 45 beer specials!!!
