If some tragic accident had befallen the Orpheum Theater last night, it probably would have taken out a good third of the local hipster population. The theme of the show was near and dear to my heart: television. I especially enjoyed David Rakoff’s piece about his experimental foray into the land of television after a two-decade absence. And the clips of the TAL tv show looked intriguing enough for me to want to
Dan Savage, the sex columnist and author, also did a reading. Did I ever tell you that I made a semi-anonymous appearance in Savage’s column. You can read it here. I cringe a little bit now when I read it because my letter makes me sound like a whiny, inexperienced gimp with an inferiority complex. Savage doesn’t treat me kindly in his response, and rightly so. But I also like to think of that letter as a precursor to the more finely crafted rants and diatribes that eventually appeared on this blog.
