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Geek City Apocalypso takes Writers' Row!

This is it! The apocalypse has sprung, and is taking root at the Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles!



Join Joe Pachinko as he hazes us through the journey of his Geek City Apocalypso, a new work published by Last Gasp Books. 


His comrades, guiding us across the gritty trenches of downtown by means of poetry and voice are: Pam Ward, S.A. Griffin, and Rich Ferguson. 


Grab your seats, and for goodness sakes, bring some protection! 


8-10pm at the Last Bookstore, (453 S. Spring St. LA, CA 90013)
Free entry, tonight (6/20/12)
No open reading 
Copies of Geek City Apocalypso will be available for purchase. 
 Refreshments by Los Angeles Poet Society







Writers’ Row – June 20, 2012 













Book Release Party for
Joe Pachinko’s Geek City Apocalypso 
















also featuring S.A. Griffin, Pam Ward, Rich Ferguson













S.A. Griffin: http://outlawpoetry.com/category/sa-griffin/

S.A. Griffin lives, loves and works in Los Angeles. He is a left
handed lefty from the left coast. He drives too fast, sleeps too little and
thinks too much. His heart is a wheel that breaks for cubist impulse. He
believes that God is a left handed cheeseburger that paints mustaches on the
moon while the sun cries Mary. Married to a wonderful librarian from New
Jersey, proud father of a son who says hello to the world with his wild guitar,
and owned by three spinster cats, his life has been the journey of the book
less travelled by, which really has made all the difference.


















Rich Ferguson: http://richrant.com

Rich Ferguson has shared the stage with Patti Smith, Exene
Cervenka, Loudon Wainwright, T.C. Boyle, Bob Holman, and many other esteemed
writers and musicians. He has performed at the Redcat Theater, the NYC
International Fringe Festival, the Bowery Poetry Club, and Stephen Elliott’s
“Rumpus.” Ferguson is also a featured performer in the film, What About Me?
(the sequel to the double Grammy-nominated film 1 Giant Leap), featuring
Michael Stipe, Michael Franti, k.d. lang, Krishna Das, and others.













Pam Ward: http://www.pamwardgraphics.com/Site/About_Me.html

Born in Los Angeles. Author of WANT SOME GET SOME and BAD GIRLS
BURN SLOW.

Poet, Publisher, Writer, Designer Blender of graphics and story in project MY
LIFE, L.A. documenting black influence on the land of Los Angeles.













Joe Pachinko: http://www.lastgasp.com/d/38657/ 

Joe Pachinko was born in 1960 on "Auto Row" in Oakland
California. He is also the author of "The Urinals of Hell",
"Stumpf***ker”, “Cavalcade"(poetry), and "The Incredibly Stoopit
Adventures of Granpa Stuped"(comic book). 



Poet, Todd Moore, called him "The urban guerrilla of outlaw poetry."
Jarret Keene, in the Tucson Weekly referred to him as a "Literary
Pariah." Ron Turner of LAST GASP BOOKS wrote this about Joe's novel:
"Rarely do I see Chinese, Japanese, Sinhalese, & Tamil in an English
language book. You are an interesting writer." 



He is currently embarking on a nationwide tour in support of "Geek City
Apocalypso." 
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