Reading this Thursday!
Those are mannequin heads wearing googles. And also they are purple. And also there are matches, which suggest passion and arson and all sorts of fun things.
This might be my favorite flyer ever, and that’s saying a lot, ‘cause I’ve been lucky enough to have my name of some pretty kick-ass stuff. Like the poster for Neo Solo last year had guitars and razor blades on it. The one for Undershorts Film Festival had a pair of men’s briefs on a movie screen. One time for Sleepwalk we had one with a giant baby holding his mother on a leash, and the Chicago Poetry Center’s No Love For Love poster had Valentine’s Day candy hearts that said BURN IN HELL and YOU STINK.
But there’s a place close to my heart for doll heads (see masthead on this here blog) and I’m not sure why that is. Like, I can explain my thing for Indiana Jones. The Incredible Hulk, too. And the Dukes of Hazard. And also Masters of the Universe and bourbon and sporks. I know where those obsessions come from: the moments from my childhood that began them, the moments later that ignited them and the more current adult moments that have neutralized them (for the most part, anyway. I still have the bourbon) but the doll heads? No idea. Might need hypnotherapy for that one.
Anyhow, I’m reading Thursday for The Fixx Reading Series hosted by the delightful Amy Guth, with Eric Spitznagel and Ben Tanzer (both of whose blogs I’ve been stalking all month and, Holy Shit, I’m looking forward to this!).