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Hey Everyone,

I'm writing this blog post from 35,000 feet in the air, listening to Infiniti On High on repeat as to drown out the chatty women next to me gabbing about whatever news item ran about Reese Witherspoon in this week's issue of In Touch. Ughh.

So here is what has been learned over the past two days: Pimping ain't easy. Especially when you're pimping a book. I arrived in Cleveland on Thursday and checked into my room at the Hyatt downtown, which looks like this:



It was a strange place, this hotel. They played Pavement constantly in the lobby and the bottom two floors were sort of like a mall, with a food court and bargain clothing boutiques.

I'm not sure why you would build a hotel in the midst of all this, but whatever. I wasn't there much seeing that Les and I had two appearances to make in two days, including a reading at a Joseph Beth inside an actual mall. (You know you've made it when you're reading across the parking lot from a Cheesecake Factory!)

Anyway, we read four passages from the book and then answered a bunch of questions from the audience. Many of those in attendance were, of course, from Alternative Press and if you squint just enough at the picture below, you can see everyone's favorite Minus The Bear-obsessed music editor grinning in the back...



Also, how cool is Aaron Wilson? That's him waving on the left, while rocking a sort of Terry Richardson-gone-high-fashion look. That dude is my hero.

As for the reading itself, Les was a pro, I started off a bit shaky, but by the time that we were onto the question-and-answer session, things were running smoothly and we were even able to sneak in an Vinnie Acardi joke. Man, it's a year-and-a-half after we started writing this book and let me tell you, I still love a good Vinnie Acardi joke…

So then, all of this sounds like great fun, right? Then why don't you join us for our next reading, which is this Friday at the Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey. Some of you in the New Jersey area may have already seen this advertised at the store, but just in case, here are the details:

Friday, May 04, 2007
VINTAGE VINYL
51 Lafayette Rd.
Ford, NJ 08863
732-225-7717

Now, as some of you may know, the original idea was for us to read, then we were going to have a band play, then all of us were going to sign our respective products together. We've already received a couple of MySpace messages about who might be performing alongside us, so I'm going to clear this up now...

Unfortunately, Ben and P.J. from Armor For Sleep WILL NOT be playing after our reading. They planned on it. Really, they did. But as you may already be aware, Armor For Sleep are currently recording their first album for Sire Records and, unfortunately, they had a scheduling conflict that made it impossible to be there. However, we are working on finding a replacement, and as soon we secure someone, we'll post something here.

In the meanwhile, we need your help. How many of you go to, say, Rutgers or a college near Fords? What about a high school? Would you want to post some flyers at said educational institution? Some of you have already reached out about this, but we have a box full of new flyers, and we're really trying to get as many people out to this event as possible. So if you think you can help, please get in touch with us ASAP. We'll get some flyers to you overnight.

So that's it for now. If you haven't already, head over to Fueled By Ramen's website and sign up for their newsletter, "The Dish." They are running a contest where you can win a copy of Everybody Hurts. Just be prepared to know your Almost Here lyrical references… or forever hold your peace in pieces.

Man, that was bad. Next time, we'll keep the tawdry jokes to a minimum…

Until then,

XO TK (and Les)