Jim Gavin
Middle Men (Simon & Schuster), Lodge 49 (AMC+), Tiger Van Books
- "California will be a sight for THESE weary eyes." Best line reading ever. Just the best ever in general. RIP Catherine O'Hara.
- Reposted by Jim Gavinholy crap youtube.com/shorts/hyqtA...
- Reposted by Jim GavinAnybody who’s into wonderfully written stories about life in the liminal spaces of Hollywood owes it to themself to pick up Lou Mathews’s Hollywoodski. And while you’re at it, get his books Shaky Town and L.A. Breakdown, all from @jimatdeltaco.bsky.social’s Tiger Van Books!
- Stoked to see this starred review in Kirkus for HOLLYWOODSKI!!! As the founder of TIGER VAN BOOKS, it has been such an honor to publish the great @loubeard.bsky.social and bring his vision of Los Angeles to a wider audience. Thank you to everyone who has supported our independent press.
- And may I recommend the Lou Mathews Trifecta: HOLLYWOODSKI, L.A. BREAKDOWN, and SHAKY TOWN, all available through @bookshop.org.
- Love this book, an LA classic
- The Dodgers are in the World Series, McCarthyism is back, and there isn't nearly enough housing to go around—all of which makes this a good time to read Stealing Home. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...
- This record will make you feel good, like a Quaalude, and only a finite number were made, also like a Quaalude.
- LOOK! The Easy AM 66 Promotional Album Vol. 3 has arrived on LP, ready for easy listening on your hi-fi while you swirl Drambuie in an open robe. This limited edition pressing is a special gift for premium contributions to Programme 4 - ONLY A FEW ARE LEFT so ACT NOW! Programme4.bandcamp.com
- Reposted by Jim GavinIn college a friend played a vocals only version of Pet Sounds for a group of us. We just stood there in his room listening silently. One of those moments when music just completely blew my mind. I spent months in my car driving singing along, trying to comprehend harmony. youtu.be/2YB_ALnkHj0?...
- Congrats to @loubeard.bsky.social on his Pushcart Prize, and many thanks to @newenglandreview.bsky.social for championing Lou and so many other amazing writers. Lou's prize story is a chapter in HOLLYWOODSKI - order your copy today from your local independent bookstore!
- Stephen Dedalus said "It's an age of exhausted whoredom groping for its god." Dude nailed it.
- Reposted by Jim GavinNeed an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.
- ATTN LYNX: Today is Independent Bookstore Day, the perfect day to order a copy of HOLLYWOODSKI by the great @loubeard.bsky.social from your local indie bookstore, or buy from the excellent @bookshop.org. As always, all of us at Tiger Van Books appreciate your support. #languageistheultimatehigh
- Reposted by Jim GavinFellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
- Lots of great stuff at the LA Times Book Festival this weekend, including this great panel with @loubeard.bsky.social. The festival is a great place to support independent presses like Tiger Van Books. Make a day of it, drink some wine, descend into Dionysian mayhem, acquire a tote bag...
- This memoir is so timely, heartbreaking, hilarious, inventive, kaleidoscopic, and instantly canonical as a vision of Hollywood...I don't know how @specktor.bsky.social pulled it off, but very glad he did. The man knows of what he speaks. I highly recommend purchasing a copy today. #riverrun
- Reposted by Jim GavinI will always hold it against the fake money people that they appropriated “crypto” from cool things like your Sasquatches and Mothmans. They should have called their dumb shit something like Goofbux
- “You’re a loser. Because you’re dead inside and you can’t live unless you make everything else dead around you.” Fast Eddie knew the score.
- ATTN LYNX: It's been great hearing from folks who are loving HOLLYWOODSKI by @loubeard.bsky.social . As always, thank you for supporting TIGER VAN BOOKS! And thank you @pattonoswalt.bsky.social for the ace blurb! Stay tuned this week for a rad TIGER VAN/LODGE 49 cross-promo! #radness
- The best
- Reposted by Jim GavinA good Bandcamp Friday to you. There could not be a better time to support art and soothe your soul — why not do both, with the Easy AM 66 Promotional Album Vol. 3. Available without a prescription here: programme4.Bandcamp.com 🌤️
- Reposted by Jim GavinBest book of the year so far is @loubeard.bsky.social’s Hollywoodski, a novel in short stories about the life of Dale Davis, a “faded” screenwriter working on the margins of Tinseltown. It’s lovely and elegiac and hits so many details about its demimonde just right. Fantastic, funny and brilliant.
- Wow! Dig this enthusiastic and thoughtful review of HOLLYWOODSKI in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. Really nails how it both carries on the grand tradition of the Hollywood and transcends it. Thrilled for @loubeard.bsky.social! Order yr copy today and spread the word!! @bookshop-org.bsky.social
- ATTN LYNX: the lodge is where you take it!
- Love this pic of @loubeard.bsky.social and @jryanstradal.bsky.social discussing HOLLYWOODSKI at the recent book launch. To understand what's so damn funny, order your copy from @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Thank you for supporting Tiger Van Books! tigervanbooks.com
- Reposted by Jim GavinPSA for Lodge 49 fans (currently streaming for free on ITVX). The great Sonya Cassidy (Liz Dudley) is in Season 3 of Reacher. If you've never seen Lodge 49 or don't know why Sonya Cassidy and/or Liz Dudley are so great, here is a video that a fan (not me) has made for you youtu.be/qI1Be9aTz_0?...
- Reposted by Jim GavinMy novel is two years old
- Raconteur/Licensed Mechanic @loubeard.bsky.social will be reading from HOLLYWOODSKI tomorrow evening at Chevalier's Books in Larchmont, 6pm. He'll also be chatting with one of LA's finest, @jryanstradal.bsky.social. If you can't make it...buy the book at your fav indie bookstore!
- Reposted by Jim GavinActually said "fuck yeah" out loud when I saw this news. Get in the Tiger Van y'all. It's going places.
- Happy publication day to @loubeard.bsky.social HOLLYWOODSKI is now available from Tiger Van Books! I recommend ordering through @bookshop-org.bsky.social or – even better – asking your local independent bookstore to order a copy for you! Yeah! Get hip!
- Thank you, as always, Jay! I expect the same from the rest of you!
- Happy publication day to @loubeard.bsky.social HOLLYWOODSKI is now available from Tiger Van Books! I recommend ordering through @bookshop-org.bsky.social or – even better – asking your local independent bookstore to order a copy for you! Yeah! Get hip!
- It has been an honor and joy for Tiger Van to bring Lou’s work to a wider audience. For those of you just discovering us, I’d like to tell you a little about Lou Mathews and the road that led to LODGE 49 and TIGER VAN BOOKS.
- Twenty years ago I took an adult education class that changed my life. At the time, I was working at a plumbing supplies warehouse in Gardena and living in Long Beach. I drove a Saturn Ion.
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View full threadNow we are proud to publish HOLLYWOODSKI! Here’s the man himself, celebrating atop the Eiffel Tower. A long way from Toonerville, baby!. Buy Lou's books…they will put a smile on your face. Thank you for listening for supporting independent presses everywhere. Onward!
- Reposted by Jim GavinLou Mathews is one of THE great Los Angeles writers and Tiger Van Books rules the wasteland. The highest recommendation possible. RIYL: Jaime Hernandez, John Fante, Eve Babitz, weird L.A. Reader articles circa 1989, old New Beverly calendars, etc.
- Hey hey! Look who's in the LA Times Today! Fab interview with LA native/raconteur/ licensed mechanic @loubeard.bsky.social. His novel, HOLLYWOODSKI, is coming out Tuesday from Tiger Van Books!!! Spread the news and order your copy today from @bookshop-org.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
- Hey hey! Look who's in the LA Times Today! Fab interview with LA native/raconteur/ licensed mechanic @loubeard.bsky.social. His novel, HOLLYWOODSKI, is coming out Tuesday from Tiger Van Books!!! Spread the news and order your copy today from @bookshop-org.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
- Reposted by Jim GavinWrote about the Palisades Fire and the only path forward for @throfficial.bsky.social today www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-n...
