Vermin on the Mount

BOOK RELEASE PARTY FOR 'SHIRLEY WINS'

We're just weeks away from the next Vermin on the Mount, featuring: TODD TAYLOR, JOE MENO, TODD DILLS & LIZ O! This event will be held on Sunday October 8 at 8 PM at the world-famous Mountain Bar.

TODD TAYLOR is the author of Born to Rock and the editor of Razorcake, America’s only non-profit punk rock fanzine, which is operated out of Highland Park. Todd has a new book about a woman who invents a bicycle powered pumpkin launcher. It’s called SHIRLEY WINS and Vermin on the Mount is thrilled to be hosting Todd’s book release party! So come on down and celebrate the latest from Gorsky Press.

Vermin stalwart JOE MENO also has a new book out called THE BOY DETECTIVE FAILS, released earlier this month by Punk Planet Books, an imprint of Akashic. Do you remember the very first Vermin? Well Todd and Joe were both featured on the bill so we’re stoked to feature them together again for the first time since, well, earlier that afternoon when they read at Vroman’s, but you get the idea.

We’ll also be welcoming another writer from the Midwest: TODD DILLS. Todd, who is the editor of THE2NDHAND, will be reading from his brand spanking new novel from Featherproof Press, SONS OF THE RAPTURE.

Rounding out the evening of indie writers will be Razorcake columnist and DJ extraordinaire Liz O. She does her part by hating on reggaeton. God bless her.

It's a night you won't want to miss. Mark it on your calendars now and stay tuned for more details about the party. Hint: Cheap drinks and free cake.

VERMIN #12

Books. Beer. Babes*... It must be time for a Vermin recap! Apologies for taking so long to the old Vermin picture show updated, but we've been traveling to other states, other countries and states that feel like other countries.

*Normally we wouldn't be so familiar with our honored guests, but that's no ordinary babe, I mean guest, but the Verminista responsible for this breastiful poster and showing her stuff down in San Diego.

Karen Palmer kicked things off with a short story about hedges. Why does she look so tiny? Well we had lots of close ups of Karen Palmer reading, but she read without her glasses and without her glasses she doesn't look like Karen Palmer.

Ah, that's better. Here she is with Carol Novack, who beamed down out of New York to blow our minds with her experimental languagescapes. Don't believe me?

This isn't an out-of-focus photo, folks. This is photograph of Carol just before she beamed back abord the Gotham mothership. Carol's disappearance had a disturbing effect on some of the poets...

Teka Lark Lo insisted that she was merely practicing on her invisible piano to loosen up before her performance. Luckily she pulled it together in time to tantalize the Mountain faithful with torried tales of. L.A. parties and animal abduction.

Check back next week for updates about the next event: Todd Taylor's book release party, a Mid-West invasion, and the return of Joe Meno!