The Mummies! Live!
Singing while balancing a Farfisa on your head helps dull those sharp notes. I’ll fess up right off the bat. When the three New York-area shows for The Mummies were announced I was one of those jerks who bought tickets for all three and cleared those days for vacation at work. The boys were playing an early and a late show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken on a Tuesday night and then one show at Southpaw in Brooklyn the next night. I was going to need the rest. I mean, hell, even...
Read MoreOn the Road Again!
No, not here, though I wish! Hey, all, I want to let you know about an event coming up this Sunday. Bad news: it’s not in New York City. Good news: it takes place in Paramus, New Jersey! More good news: I’ll be on a panel with the beautiful Wendy Lee and equally beautiful Sung Woo. Sunday June 14, 2009, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Books NJ 2009 Panel Discussion – The Immigrant Experience (yeah, bay-bee!) featuring Wendy Lee, Ed Lin, Sung J. Woo. Paramus Public Library 116 East...
Read MoreI’m 40 and I Saw Grant Hart Play
Grant Hart, a one-man band who knows how to wage psychic warfare. Well a whole bunch of things have happened lately that I haven’t been blogging about. I’ve seen The Vaselines twice again when they came through Manhattan and Brooklyn in mid-May. I didn’t bother write about the shows because they have been so extensively covered I didn’t know what else I could add to it and also I wrote about their two shows in the New York City area a year ago. I’ve also got...
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Ed Lin is the author of Waylaid, This Is A Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Ed lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung.