John Hodgman @ Cody’s Books, SF
Tonight I saw John Hodgman read from his new book The Areas of My Expertise at Cody’s Books — I took photos and video. The photos are after the jump; the videos are as follows. Here is his introduction; this is his explanation of the hobo uprising after the Great Depression (after Hodgman tagged the inside of Cody’s with his hobo *gang signs*); this is his recital of a hobo poem. It was hilarious, and Hodgman is whipsmart and adorable; musical accompaniment was provided by his partner.
More photos are after the jump. Event previously posted on Metblogs by Derek.
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They took a *very civilized* cognac break, and played a CD of reading from his book while they sipped.
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WOW, IT’S A DUDE READING A BOOK HE WROTE! HOW AMAZING AND AWESOME! ALSO BORING!
@Patty: Your sarcasm aside, you got two out of three right. He is awesome and amazing, but replace “boring” with “f’ing hilarious” and you’d be right on target. Now please stop yelling, it’s rude.
The video clips are great; thank you Ms. Blue!
The man who is in the coonskin cap is Jonathan Coulton, and he is every bit as wonderful as Mr. Hodgman. Check out his website and download his music and you’ll be laughing yourself sick for days!