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click on the image above or HERE to check out the full interview with SPINNER in anticipation of the upcoming texas festivities.
right now i’m getting stuff ready for SXSW, where i’ll be playing two shows:
wednesday, march 17th – karma lounge
saturday, march 20th – cedar door
if you’re gonna be in austin, say hallo.
some visuals from the ‘5AM’ video shoot with SomethingALaMode in NYC last week. get excited…
oh and if you haven’t heard the song yet, CHECK YOURSELF.
ce soir va tout défoncer
PEOPLE OF THE BAY AREA:
on thursday, MARCH 24th, i’ll be rocking the mic, the guitar, the midi controller, and your face at CAFE DU NORD in the great city of san francisco.
it’s an ALL AGES show, so feel free to bring your little cousin out to party with us.
doors at 7, show at 8
GET TICKETS HERE
so i’ve been doing these book reviews for a lil bit and it’s been cool because not only have i connected with a bunch of you sexy people out there watching me tell bad jokes in my bedroom, but i’ve also had the opportunity to talk to some of the actual authors of these books, which is f-ing DOPE. kevin roose (who penned The Unlikely Disciple) posted my review on twitter and said yooooo flay and i was like yoooo kevin your book is rad. then, sylvia plath started hollering at me on my ouija board and i was like girl, you are very inspirational to me.
just kidding, we communicated via seance.
THEN everything got stepped up a couple notches when stephen elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries, agreed to do a video interview with me!! sooo, the clip above contains (1) my thoughts on the book and (2) me and stephen chillin in a garden, talking about the writing process, bobby fischer, the nature of honesty, lil kim, etc.
SPANNING THE GAMUT ALL OVER THE PLANET.
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what you need to know about The Adderall Diaries is this:
although the book is a memoir, its scope feels much broader than just one individual’s experience, and the kinds of topics that stephen explores — depression, murder, writing, truth, addiction, self-knowledge, sex, just to name a few — really resonated with me after i finished the book. probably the coolest thing about The Adderall Diaries is the way in which people and events from entirely different corners of stephen’s world turn out to resemble each other in surprising – and sometimes unsettling – ways. in the video, stephen discusses how the book came to fruition, and how in large part, The Adderall Diaries is a book about writing a book, about searching for meaning, about attempting to make sense of things that ultimately can never been known or understood by anyone.
i’d recommend The Adderall Diaries for pretty much everyone, but especially all the young writers out there. i will say that the book can be a little bit creepy at times (a real-life murder trial figures prominently in the text), so if you’re a wimp like me, you might not want to read it right before bed. BUT, the important thing to remember is that LIFE IS CREEPY and this book does a phenomenal job of exploring some of the reasons that life is amazing and terrifying and totally unfathomable, all at the same time.
big thanks again to stephen elliott for his insights, his sentences, and his willingness to meet up with a crazy musician like me.
next MONDAY, MARCH 8TH i’ll be rocking the mic alongside some literary geniuses as part of the monthly rumpus in SF. festivities kick off at 7:00pm and tickets are only $10, which is less than a movie, more than a taco, and equal to the cost of a k.flay t-shirt (which will be available online next week)!
click here to GET YOUR TIX IN ADVANCE
the show will be taking place at the make-out room (3225 22nd street, san francisco). i’ll be playing some new jams and i would LUVVV to see you there.
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ALSO, for all my logophiles out there, if you buy your tickets in advance, you have the option to pay $15 and get Panorama, McSweeney’s issue 33 (which ordinarily costs $16 all by itself). SHOOT SON THAT IS A GOOD DEAL.
the show this past sunday in SF was waaaaay too much fun. big thanks again to everyone who came out, showed love, sang along, bought merch, macked on cupcakes, etc.
the San Francisco Bay Guardian was kind enough to drop by, snap some shots, and do a lil write-up on the show. CLICK HERE or on the any of the pics above to check out the review as well as additional visuals. all photos come courtesy of ben hopfer.
