Spazzes With Glasses: Book Nerd Tour Summer 2005

The July 18-25 East-Coast tour SPAZZES WITH GLASSES will include 
selections from Moore’s ever-amusing Hey Kidz, Buy This Book! A
Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic 
Activism for Short People, which In These Times claimed "should be 
required back-to-school reading," and Mason’s hilarious critical  
overview of contemporary historical songwriting, the Bad Lyrics
Project.

Described by one enthusiastic audience member as being "almost
exactly  like M*A*S*H*, Moore’s performance will also include a
description of her cultural intervention on Mattel’s American Girl 
Place, as seen in Bitch, the Chicago Sun-Times, Lumpen, and Alternet.  
If
audience members are lucky, Mason will grace certain groups with   the
dramatic national reprise-unseen since her days with the Bristol 
Renaissance Faire-the Eating Show, during which Mason consumes a  
meal.
Live!

Joining Moore and Mason for individual dates during SPAZZES WITH  
GLASSES
will be coloring-book creator Jacinta Bunnell, activist and   writer
Julie
Novak, and underground author Mickey Hess. And,
hopefully, quite a few audience members of all ages. Following their 
performances, Moore and Mason will sleep, or engage in  amusing
behavior for their own benefit. Also, they will drive to the next show.

Spazzes With Glasses: Book Nerd Tour Summer 2005 Dates (events are at  
7
PM unless otherwise noted)
July 18 Ann Arbor MI: Shaman Drum Bookshop 311-315 South State St., 
48104, 734-662-7407, shamandrum.booksense.com
July 19 Philadelphia  PA: Molly’s Books 1010 South 9th St., 19147,  
(215)
923-3367, www.mollysbooks.com
July 20 New York City NY: Bluestockings Books 172 Allen Street,
10002, www.bluestockings.com
*6:30* PM July 21 New York City NY: The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery 
(Bleecker-Houston), 10012, (212) 614-0505, www.bowerypoetry.com
July 22 Baltimore MD: Atomic Books 1100 W. 36th Street, 21211, (410) 
662.4444, www.atomicbooks.com
July 23 Asheville NC: Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood
Street, 28801, (828) 254-6734, malaprops.booksense.com
July 25 Louisville KY: The Atomic Saucer 1000 East Oak St., 40204,  
(502)
637-5399

Biographical Information

JACINTA BUNNELL spent 5 years at Planned Parenthood answering young 
people’s questions about gender, sex, sexuality, sexism, homophobia,  
and
crushes before going on to create two genderific coloring books   for
people of all ages about some of those very subjects. Girls Are   Not
Chicks and Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be… order them  
from
www.girlsnotchicks.com.

MICKEY HESS lives in Louisville, Kentucky, city of Colonel Sanders’ 
grave. He is the author of Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory, El
Cumpleanos de Paco, and numerous scholarly articles on rap music.  
Find
out more at www.mickeyhess.net.

LIZ MASON is the editor of Caboose, a zine that differs in theme with 
each issue. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune,
workingfortheman.com, Reglar Wiglar and more. She has, regrettably, 
actually appeared on daytime television’s reality show soap opera 
Starting Over to provide instruction on publishing zines, which
executives at NBC referred to as “pamphlets.” Venus magazine called  
her
“Funny, entertaining, and satisfying.”

ANNE ELIZABETH MOORE is the author of Hey Kidz! Buy This Book: A  
Radical
Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic   Activism
for Short People (Soft Skull Press, 2004) and Stop Reading   This: The
Manifesto of Radical Literacy  (Seattle Research Institute,   2004).
She
edited the first two Comics Journal Special Editions    (Fantagraphics
Books, 2002) and currently lives in Chicago where she   is the
associate
publisher of Punk Planet. She’s been called a “rad   writer” by Time
Out
New York-Kids and a “Notable underground author”   by the Onion. She’s
appeared on NPR, CNN and throughout the country   (and Canada!) to
speak
about politics and visual culture. See
www.heykidz.org and www.independentsdaymedia.com.

JULIE NOVAK is a performance artist, visual artist and musician who 
lives in New York. Aside from her work on radical coloring books that 
empower young people, Novak has recently been organizing a radical  
fat
variety and art show to raise money for PHAT Camp, a Chicago-  based
fat
positive experience designed for youth to learn about
living in and loving their bodies. Check out: www.morethanjustphat.com.

Press Response to Hey Kidz, Buy This Book!

“Should be required back-to-school reading.” -The ITT List, In These  
Times

“Funny, feisty, and useful.” -The School Library Journal

“Potentially deadly to the corporate media-state.” -Deek

“It’s not like regular nonfiction, because it’s funny and
entertaining.”  -Orlando Weekly (guest writer, 10-year-old Hunter  
Ferguson)

“Advises children and parents on how to counter the wiles of
commercialism.”  -The Boston Globe

“Want to raise the next Che Guevara or Angela Davis? . . . This is  
the
book for you.” -Tastes Like Chicken

“Culture jamming for tweens and teens.” -LA Times

“A useful and occasionally whimsical resource . . . . Will help get 
those critical questions rolling.” – Time Out New York-Kids

“If this book finds its way into the hands of just a few kids, then  
it’s
done us a world of good.”  -Fabmagazine

“A very useful tool that at about 5″ x 6” is just the right size to  
keep stuffed in your backpack.” -Transform Online

“Introduces young readers to the ways big corporations have taken  
over
their lives and suggests practical strategies for fighting
back.” -The  Journal-News

“There’s only one thing that I hate about [Hey Kidz]: I didn’t write 
it!” -The IP Bookshelf

“Know a kid? Or even if you don’t: Hey Kidz, Buy This Book: A Radical 
Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism 
for Short People.” -“The Majority Report,” Air America