The Perpetual Motion Roadshow’s "Hipster
Hellspawn Tour" will roll into Williamsburg’s Lucky Cat
on Sept. 5 at 8 pm with readings by Joe Meno, Todd Dills, Susan
Bustos and Jim Munroe.
Munroe (pictured) is the self-described "Roadshow ringleader"
and he categorizes the Perpetual Motion Roadshow as a vaudeville-meets-punk-rock
tour. (After its Brooklyn stop, the roadshow will visit Pittsburgh,
Chicago and Newport, Ky.)
Munroe published his latest book, "An Opening Act of Unspeakable
Evil" on his own imprint, No Media Kings. The Toronto resident’s
utterly contemporary new book is written in blog form by 31-year-old
Kate. She decides to kick off the online journal after accidentally
walking in on her roommate’s satanic ritual and later convinces
the comely Lilith that they should go on tour with the ceremony.
To read a sample, visit Munroe’s fake blog at www.roommatefromhell.com.
At The Lucky Cat, Munroe will read ominous postcards sent to
him by the protagonist of his novel, and he’ll screen "My
Trip to Liberty City," his video travelogue of being a Canadian
tourist in the setting of the video game "Grand Theft Auto
III."
Fellow scribe Meno will read from his "Hairstyles of the
Damned" (Akashic/Punk Planet Books), a book about growing
up punk and Catholic in Chicago’s south side; Bustos will present
"her sinister laboratory results" from the feminist
anthology "Girls Who Bite Back" (Sumach Press); and
Dills will play prose covers of Metallica songs from the anthology
"All Hands On: A THE2NDHAND Reader" (Elephant Rock
Books).
Munroe’s pledge: "No boring readings or your money back!"
The Lucky Cat is located at 245 Grand St. between Driggs and
Roebling streets in Williamsburg. Admission is "pay-what-you-can."
For more information, call (718) 782-0437.
