Readings, Rated
The Moth Story Tour
Metro, April 12
“They’re all Nordic!” exclaimed my companion, surveying the crowd seated in folding chairs on the ground floor at Metro. It was a very blond, very BEZ crowd that had assembled to see a group of five New Yorkers speak extemporaneously for ten minutes each. The stories were universally entertaining, especially Jonathan Ames’ (unsurprisingly about smoking crack with a transexual). Amy Dickinson recited a story about the Cubs, Greg Wallach told a story about his cerebral palsy, Jon Langford talked about Lester Bangs, and DMC told a story about his spiritual connection with Sarah McLaughlin.
The Moth has its shit together; their merch booth was something like that of the most successful, tasteful rock band imaginable. The doorman at Metro told me he had admitted around 170 people to the event. If that many people are willing to pay twenty dollars or so to see an evening of live storytelling, there’s hope for this town yet.