Mike Daily Takes City by Storm

There's no way you don't have time to catch a launch for Mike Daily's latest novel, Alarm, since there's four of them, the next one being tomorrow at Powell's, 7:30.  Reading from an experimental melange of narrative, found objects, an alter-narrator and audio beats (see inclosed CDs of live and studio performances), Daily tells us an account of a couple slowly splitting apart amid post-911 anthrax scares, semi-employment and the detritus of the San Fernando Valley.  Appearing with band---and moi as quest artist---at last week's Phase One: Words + Music, you can catch the full meal deal at the Ash St. Saloon on July 25th and at the Someday Lounge for the FC2 Writer's Edge conference on July 26th, or a pared down version at Aftermath for First Thursday on July 5th.  Beat happening.

---Nora Robertson