theemobook

That subject line is from one of my favorite Academy Is... songs. I don't think they will be calling me on my next birthday, but I do love some of the music that band makes. Anyway, that subject line is also a way to announce that, yes, people are reviewing the book right now and… well, they've been surprisingly positive. This week at your local newsstand you can read about Everybody Hurts in both Nylon and Revolver. These magazines are very unlike each other. One of them is read by girls like this...



The other… ugh, well...



But both of their staffs seem to love our book. With that being said, if you want to know how you can get a Lower East Side hipster and a dust-tache sporting Chimaira fan in the same room, the answer is to simply leave a copy of our book in the corner. It warms the heart just knowing that.

However, that wasn't the first review that ran this week. On Tuesday, word came down that Penthouse also wrote about the book in their current issue, which meant Leslie and I were going to have to plunk down eight bucks to see Everybody Hurts mentioned alongside an article about the greatest celeberity sex tapes, like, ever!

The writer at Pentohouse also liked the book (maybe it was all the Suicide Girl references?) and Leslie and I were both pleased with the mention, but I gotta say, I think the relationship between me and the guy at my corner bodega is forever changed.

For the past year, it's been strictly business: One diet coke, every four hours. But on Tuesday, it became a diet coke and an expensive porno mag and, dude, the man behind the counter was amped. He smiled approvingly as then handed me my purchase in a think black plastic bag, while making me feel like the biggest creep walking down Manhattan Avenue. Which is saying something.

Anyway, I'm sure it's nothing a couple warm showers won't cure. So then, moving on, the big news this week is that we will be reading our book to you, the people who theoretically want to hear us read our book.

This will happen first, as hinted at in last week's post, in Cleveland. This will be the fist time that we've ever done this, so we'd really love to have some people who are excited about the book sitting front and center. That being said, here's the info you'll need:

Thursday, April 26, 2007
07:00 PM
JOSEPH BETH CLEVELAND
24519 Cedar Road Lyndhurst, OH 44124
216-912-1980

Oh, and did I mention that we have a book coming out this Tuesday? How crazy is that? TK (and Les)