Magic Hour: Vocoders and Bass with Dave Tompkins

The Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn and WORD present Words by the Water, a four-week outdoor reading series along the East River. Each event focuses on publishers/authors with a local focus.

Melville House presents Magic Hour: Vocoders and Bass with Dave Tompkins. Tompkins, author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach, will host a listening party complete with music and a introduction and history for each song, followed by a Q&A and signing.

DAVE TOMPKINS, a former columnist for The Wire, writes frequently on hip-hop and popular music. His work has appeared in Vibe, The Village Voice, Wax Poetics, and The Believer. Nearly a decade in the making, this is his first book., a former columnist for The Wire, writes frequently on hip-hop and popular music. His work has appeared in Vibe, The Village Voice, Wax Poetics, and The Believer. Nearly a decade in the making, this is his first book.

For more information visit: http://www.wordbrooklyn.com/event/words-water-melville-house-night