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[Jason]

So baldy has a new poetry book coming out and he's doing some book signings across North America. There's also word of his playing some acoustic songs.

BILLY CORGAN POETRY BOOK: IN STORES FRIDAY

Billy’s collection of poems, “Blinking With Fists” will be available in your favorite bookstore from this Friday, October 01. Billy is quoted as saying, “I think the poems have their own personality and are a lot closer in spirit to me as a person, as opposed to my song lyrics, which I believe deal more in pieces of me.”

Billy supports the book with a 14 city tour commencing October 12, consisting of signings at major book stores and intimate “evenings of poetry” with special guest Yungchen Lhamo.

October 12
San Francisco, CA
Onstage Interview and Book Signing: City Arts & Lectures at the Herbst Theater
Address: 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102
Time: 8:00 PM Onstage Interview and signing
Website: www.cityarts.net

October 14
New York City, NY
Book Signing: Virgin Megastore (Union Square)
Address: 52 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003
Time: 6:30 PM
Website: www.virginmega.com


October 15
Boston, MA
Book Signing: Harvard Bookstore
Address: 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.harvard.com

October 17
Washington, DC
Book Signing: Barnes & Noble (Georgetown)
Address: 3040 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
Time: 2:00 PM
Website: www.barnesandnoble.com

Poetry Reading: TBA

October 19
Toronto, ON
Book Signing: Chapters - Festival Hall
Address: 142 John St., Toronto, Ontario M5V 2E9
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.chapters.indigo.ca

Poetry Reading: The Church of the Redeemer
Address: 162 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1M4
Time: 10:00 PM
Website: www.theredeemer.ca
Purchase Tickets: http://www.ticketpro.ca - Password: blinkingwithfists

October 20
Cleveland, OH
Book Signing: Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Address: 24519 Cedar Road, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.josephbeth.com

Poetry Reading: Beck Center for the Arts
Address: 17801 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107
Time: 8:00 PM
Website: www.beckcenter.org
Purchase Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com - Password: blinkingwithfists

October 21
Detroit, MI
Book Signing: Borders Bookstore (Ann Arbor)
Address: 612 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.borders.com

October 22
Minneapolis, MN
Onstage Interview and Book Signing: Loft Literary Center
Address: 1011 Washington Ave So, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Time: 12:00 Noon
Website: www.loft.org

October 23
Denver, CO
Book Signing: Tattered Cover
Address: 1628 16th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: http://www.tatteredcover.com

Poetry Reading: The Soiled Dove
Address: 1949 Market Street, Denver, CO 80202
Time: 10:00 PM
Website: www.soileddove.com
Purchase Tickets: http://www.livewiretickets.net

October 24
Vancouver, BC
Book Signing: Chapters - Broadway and Granville
Address: 2505 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3G7
Time: 2:00 PM
Website: www.chapters.indigo.ca

Poetry Reading: Arts Club Theatre
Address: 1585 Johnston, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Time: 8:00 PM
Website: www.artsclub.com
Purchase Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.ca - Password: blinkingwithfists

October 25
Seattle, WA
Book Signing: University Bookstore
Address: 4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.bookstore.washington.edu

Poetry Reading: Mirabeau Room
Address: 529 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
Time: 9:00 PM
Website: www.themirabeauroom.com
Purchase Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com - Password: blinkingwithfists

October 26
Portland, OR
Book Signing: Powell's Books on Hawthorne
Address: 3732 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97214
Time: 7:30 PM
Website: www.powells.com

Poetry Reading: TBA

October 27
Los Angeles, CA
Book Signing: Virgin Megastore
Address: 8000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.virginmega.com

Poetry Reading: TBA

October 29
Chicago, IL
Book Signing: Borders Bookstore
Address: 830 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.borders.com

October 30
Bloomingdale, IL
Book Signing: Tower Records/Video/Books
Address: 383 W Army Trail Rd, Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Time: 4:00 PM
Website: www.towerrecords.com

 

[Outdoor Miner]

I hear it's bloody awful!

 

[drohne]

GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME

 

[GG-Duo]

on the one hand, i want to check it out and finally meet the man

on the other hand, the poems i have read so far have been absolutely awful

 

[Ninja Scooter]

“Blinking With Fists”

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[distantmantra]

October 25
Seattle, WA
Book Signing: University Bookstore
Address: 4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Time: 7:00 PM
Website: www.bookstore.washington.edu

Poetry Reading: Mirabeau Room
Address: 529 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
Time: 9:00 PM
Website: www.themirabeauroom.com
Purchase Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com - Password: blinkingwithfists

Why should I even care about this? I'm sure it's terrible poetry. I've met him, I've got lots of autographed stuff, but that SP freak burried deep within me wants to go. I haven't even listened to SP in over a year, but damn, that obsessive part of me got excited when I saw this.

Must. Resist. Mediocrity.

The Mirabeau room is two blocks from my girlfriend's apartment..... God dammit!

 

[cubicle47b]

We need samples.

 

[GG-Duo]

Why should I even care about this? I'm sure it's terrible poetry. I've met him, I've got lots of autographed stuff, but that SP freak burried deep within me wants to go. I haven't even listened to SP in over a year, but damn, that obsessive part of me got excited when I saw this.

Must. Resist. Mediocrity.

MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY.

We need samples.

the river runs south/thru barrios and ghettoes and starched neighborhood squares
and everywhere the dogs howl
I don’t even trust the sound of my own voice here
my own impermanence haunts me, but this thought alone relieves the pressure
from the mirror to the gutter, gutter tongued
my heart speaks to the silence in me
let me walk alone/home
as the dead stoplights wave goodnight
—from "The River Runs Foul"

*gag*

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Mediocrity rules man.... mediocrity rules.

 

[Dilbert]

So his poetry is like Jewel, but without the tits?

 

[White Man]

Why should I even care about this? I'm sure it's terrible poetry. I've met him, I've got lots of autographed stuff, but that SP freak burried deep within me wants to go. I haven't even listened to SP in over a year, but damn, that obsessive part of me got excited when I saw this.

Must. Resist. Mediocrity.

The Mirabeau room is two blocks from my girlfriend's apartment..... God dammit

Resist! Just think -- YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PAY TO GO TO BOOK READINGS!

 

[Manabanana]

Resist! Just think -- YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PAY TO GO TO BOOK READINGS!

Whoa, this costs money?

 

[White Man]

Purchase Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com - Password: blinkingwithfists

Looks that way, at least for some of them.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

I hate those damn dogs in the bario.

 

[Manabanana]

Looks that way, at least for some of them.

Hrmm...I only see one in WA and one in BC available at ticketmaster. Hopefully the MN one is free. I'd like to see Billy Corgan, but if I have to pay for mediocre poetry...fuck that.