Rick's Cafe Americain

I am really excited about our lineup this month:

Elna Baker, Babies Buying Babies: Observations from FAO Schwarz
Elna Baker is a writer, comedic storyteller and monologist. She’s performed her stories for This American Life, Studio 360, The Moth, Upright Citizens Brigade, and at many other comedy clubs throughout New York City. Her memoir, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance, will be published by Penguin in 2009.

Gaylord Fields, Yeah Yeah ... Uh, No: Exploring the Audiovisual Phenomenon of Beatles-Lookalike Long Playing Albums
Gaylord Fields, the senior editor at AOL Music, has previously worked at Rolling Stone and Spin. He also currently hosts a free-form radio program on WFMU in Jersey City every Sunday evening. He has met one Beatle — and three Rutles.

Julie Klausner, Cats, Musicals, Fan Fiction and Fan Fiction about Cats: The Musical: The Fan as Demented Creator
Julie Klausner is a lover of cats, musical theater, and at least three other things that are not fascinating to heterosexual men, including heterosexual men. She’s written for the New York Times, Salon and The Huffington Post, and she co-hosts the monthly show Obsessed at the UCB Theater. Her latest endeavor, a monthly live Soap Opera called Wasp Cove, stars David Rakoff and runs at Comix in monthly episodic installations.

Carrie McLaren, The Media Made Me Do It: The Human Being As Copycat
Carrie McLaren founded Stay Free!, curates Adult Education, and blogs sporadically at Hawthorne Street. Her book Shopping for Cancer: A Field Guild to Consumer Culture, will be published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux in 2009. Ms. McLaren’s last lecture for Adult Ed was “How NOT to Raise a Chimp in Your Home: the Legacy of W.N. Kellogg.”

And your host, Charles Star, talking about something or other
Charles Star is a lawyer sans portfolio and a stand-up comedian sans recognition. He lives in Brooklyn with his excellent wife, his awesome cat, and a fetus who is already tracking well above grade level.