Revenge of the Bookeaters

A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers! Feist! Jim James of My Morning Jacket! Sarah Vowel! Demetri Martin! I like these people! I like their musical and comedic styling! They’re all going to be on one stage! The stage of the Beacon Theater in New York! August 26, 2007! I think I can stop screaming now!

Aaaaaaanyways, it’s an event to benefit 826nyc, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students ages 6-18 improve their writing skills by providing free tutoring. 826nyc is run by the people at McSweeney’s, of whom most of my writer friends are just jealous (success is a double-edged sword for artists, isn’t it?). Is this show, entitled Revenge of the Bookeaters, a more effective way of raising funds for 826nyc than the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company? Well, would you rather spend $40 on a great night of music and comedy or on an empty paint can labeled “invisibility liquid?” I leave the decision up to you.