KGB Bar

LAUNCH PARTY FOR TUNE IN TOKYO: THE GAIJIN DIARIES by TIM ANDERSON
An evening of elegant smut and smoove grooves, with a reading by the author, plus a story by Kristen Elde (BUST, The Nervous Breakdown), music from Edmund II, and maybe some pie?

Visit the Tune in Tokyo website at www.tuningintokyo.com.

Tim Anderson has done many amazing things in his short life. Well, two amazing things. OK, one thing that he did twice. But he’s got nothing on his older brother, who can play his teeth like a xylophone with his thumb.  Tim has made a name for himself writing for small publications that hit the stands, cause a splash, and then die die die, among them Raleigh, NC’s Spectator, The Hatchet, Brightleaf: A Southern Review of Books, and Lather Weekly. He has also been a contributing writer to Seattle’s Resonance, which amazingly is still alive. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and was inducted into both Phi Beta Kappa and the Golden Key National Honor Society. These distinctions have yet to pay off.  Tim is an editor in New York. He blogs at seetimblog.blogspot.com.

Kristen Elde has been published in magazines such as BUST, Health, Runner’s World, Running Times, Shape, The Writer, and Writer’s Digest, in addition to Web publications that include McSweeneys, The Nervous Breakdown, The Northville Review, Pindeldyboz, and Word Riot. She’s also the keeper of The Sublet Blog (www.subletblog.blogspot.com), where she compiles stories of disgruntled subletters and sublessees. Kristen proudly calls Brooklyn home and is currently obsessed with jalapeno poppers.

Through his underground prowess of the past 12 years, Edmund II has been spotted sharing stages with Guided by Voices, Ted Leo, Matt Pond, the Frogs, and the Lemonheads.  Starting his music career in the midwest, Edmund II relocated and commenced “rocking out” in the infamous North Carolina scene.  While truly beginning to develop a specialized approach to his own music he’s sat in and collaborated with bands such as the Rosebuds (Merge Records), Bowerbirds, and Megafaun.  Relocating once again, this time in Brooklyn, Edmund II took a substantial writing sabbatical in the fall of ‘09 before recording his first proper solo record “Floating Monk.” Conceptually in the works for roughly 3 years, the record is due to be released in the fall of ‘10.  With influences such as Luiz Bonfa, Nick Drake, Tortoise, Shellac, and Sigur Ros, Edmund II has begun to artfully balance the complexities of these ingredients on “Floating Monk”. It’s delicate, it’s rich, it moves with intent.  It’s tasteful, it’s flavorful, and beautifully dark.