Meg Pokrass “Old Girls and Palm Trees” book is out worldwide today on Bamboo Dart Press

Meg Pokrass’ third book for Bamboo Dart Press is out today and available at better independent bookstores, lesser big boxes and direct from us. Her unique voice and groundbreaking work in helping to define Flash Fiction has been seen and published in New England Review, Five Points, McSweeney’s, Passages North among others and have been …

Dirty Opera Screening OFF! Free LSD film on one year anniversary w/ Band member Q&A

We have a number of incredible screenings in Southern California coming up including Dimitri Coats’ directed Free LSD film. The film and record were the swan song for the band OFF! and members of the band will be in attendance for a panel discussion at The Claremont 5 Laemmle on Thursday July 17th at 7:30 …

Meg Pokrass trailer for her new Bamboo Dart Press book premieres

Old Girls and Palm Trees is an illustrated collection about iconoclasts, perpetual dreamers, tightrope walkers, living room magicians, cat lovers, and female friendship. The “old girls” in these linked hybrid pieces are women of a certain age who, in an alternate reality, refuse to accept the stereotypes of aging. The collection is conjured from dreamscapes …

View the Shepard Fairey & Jonathan Lethem discussion about the politics and legacy of John Carpenter’s They Live

Check out the conversation that followed the Dirty Opera screening of John Carpenter’s They Live at The Claremont 5 Laemmle in California. Should you have read Lethem’s treatise on the film or heard Fairey discuss the film in relation to his art, this roundtable offers yet other ins and angles to both of them and …

Son of Buzzi Record out now. Second track/video premieres on Austin Town Hall

Heimweg Mondlicht Am Strassenrand from the new Son of Buzzi CD “Ein Hase Ein Phonix Ein Schwan is another sublime beauty that dovetails between heavier workouts and meditative psalms that make up the whole of the record which streets on May 16th. Sebastian Bischoff’s guitar playing is soulful, often minimal, allowing for the sound of …

Robert Scotellaro’s From the Book of Atmospheres is out now on Bamboo Dart Press

From the Book of Atmospheres by Robert Scotellaro is a collection of micro and flash stories that explore life at a slant. Often surreal/fabulistic, there is a universality that threads their fabric in unexpected ways. In these tales, imagination is a welcomed guest. And it is clear that light and dark can, in easy union, inhabit …

Shepard Fairey & Jonathan Lethem Tickets for screening of They Live have sold out

The Dirty Opera screening at The Claremont Laemmle 5 on Tuesday April 29th at 7:30 PM of John Carpenter’s They Live has sold out. After the screening, Jonathan Lethem & Shepard Fairey will be joining us for a Q&A about the film. In the event that any ticket do open up, you can check here, …

Robert Scotellaro’s Second Bamboo Dart Press book due shortly

Robert Scotellaro’s From the Book of Atmospheres is out on April 25th. “The spirit of my father was trapped inside my ballpoint pen,” Robert Scotellaro starts one of his truly delightful new stories. “Must have slipped in when I was changing the refill.” Hilarious, inventive, audacious, Scotellaro’s quick fictions pack a real punch, whether they …

Dirty Opera presents a screening of They Live with Jonathan Lethem and Shepard Fairey

Thrilled to announce news of the non-profit Dirty Opera that Dimitri Coats, Eddie Gonzalez and I have formed. We will be bringing music, art, films and other events to the greater Pomona Valley area. Our first entry is a screening of John Carpenter’s They Live at The Claremont Laemmle 5 on Tuesday April 29th at …