This episode of the Quimby's Bookstore Podcast features a discussion with authors Adam Levin and Tim Kinsella.

Adam Levin is the author of Hot Pink (McSweeney's), a collection of short stories. His book The Instructions (also published by McSweeneey's) is a hefty book about a ten-year-old super-kid who might be the Messiah. Adam teaches writing.

Tim Kinsella is the author of The Karaoke Singer's Guide to Self-Defense (Featherproof Press). He too, teaches, as well as bartends, and you may already be familiar with his music, Tim having been in such bands as Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arc.

Adam was celebrating the release of and reading from Hot Pink. He selected Tim as a companion reader for the event.

This interview was conducted in the basement of Quimby's.

The basement of Quimby's, in spite of what you may think, is mostly storage. Mostly.

Well, and also we have some monsters down there too.

This is the sixth episode of the Quimby's Bookstore Podcast, which features an interview with the charismatic, funny and thoughtful Caseen Gaines, the author of Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon.

Between 1986 and 1991, nearly ten million people a week watched Pee-wee’s Playhouse, the critically acclaimed and widely successful children’s program broadcast on CBS. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the show, the complete behind-the-scenes story is being told for the first time by those who experienced it. Complete with an episode guide, biographical information about the cast and key members of the show’s creative team, never-before-told anecdotes, and previously unpublished photos, Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse takes the first in-depth look behind the program TV Guide recently cited as one of the top ten cult classics of all time.

...And of course... You can buy the book at Quimby's or order it from Quimby's here!

Links as discussed in this episode:

John Paragon as Mr. Excitement: youtube.com/watch?v=6YNApqIbu9w