Girlie Action is absolutely thrilled to present Mike Edison: pornographer, punk-rocker, pro-wrestler, former publisher of “that dope rag†High Times magazine, and chronicler of Bourbon Street strippers, nymphomaniac housewives, and motorcycle daredevils for such outlaw broadsides as Penthouse and Hustler.  As he confesses gleefully in the lead-off track of his new spoken-word album (produced by Jon Spencer), “That’s not a résumé, that’s a crime scene.â€
Edison has distilled over two decades of his illicit adventures into his new memoir,
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Â Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World (Faber and Faber), and this beatnik bop and punk-rock boogaloo companion piece of the same name.
Tales of going undercover to Jews for Jesus bible meetings collide head-on with an edgy eulogy for Edison’s friend and former bandmate GG Allin. “Pornography, Part I†recounts Edison’s stint as editor-in-chief of filth-bible Screw magazine, and includes an explicit recap of “Omar’s Anal Adventures,†as well as an over-the-top bashing of George Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Madonna, and more.  Not content with taking on the US Government, Edison enters an epic (and side-splitting) feud with “self-righteous do-gooder†Hulk Hogan. (“Frankly,†says Edison, “he’s just not my kind of people.â€) Finally, Ozzy Osborne shows up to steal Edison’s pot, and he tells the laugh-a-minute story with obvious delight, pummeling his stoned ex-colleagues at High Times.
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go the album is rife with Jon Spencer’s sonic hoodoo: fuzz guitars and blues explosions, science-fiction synthesizers, swirling church organs, and howling spookhouse theremins percolate behind Edison’s hilarious, no-holds-barrred storytelling and greasy sidewalk preaching. A sick brew of Lenny Bruce and Jack Kerouac, with high notes of Tom Waits, Sun Ra, and Richard Pryor, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go marks a revolutionary turn for the spoken word record.
Catch Mike Edison live, performing tracks from the record! See reverse for dates!
Press inquiries: Chris Chafin   [email protected]    212.989.2222 x 120
MIKE EDISON LIVE AND ON TOUR
5/19- 7 PM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Los Angeles, CA @ Book Soup
5/20- Â 6 PM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â San Francisco, CA @ Book Passage
5/21- 7 PM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Seattle, WA @ University Bookstore
5/22- 7:30 PM             Portland, OR @ Powell’s Books
6/4- TBA Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Philadelphia, PA @ Tritone
6/16- – 7 PM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â New York, NY @ Half King Reading Series
6/19- 7:30 PM             Brooklyn, NY @ Pete’s Candy Store
9/30- 7 PM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â New York, NY @ KGB Reading Series