My good friend Chris Campion, the first guy to escape from the lock down ward at Bellevue mental institution since 1973, will do a reading tonight at Mug Lounge in the East Village. E13 and Ave A.  I will read for a few minutes and then Chris will read for a bit and if you wanted a book we’ll have a few at hand and then Chris will play a few tunes with his band The Knock Out Drops.  So if you’re in the mood to hang, come on down.  We will be there. Tues. Feb 23 2010.   Chris is the guy who introduced me to my agent three years ago without knowing me or ever having read a word I’d written.  Dec 29 2009 both our books were released in paperback the same day and then wound up sitting side by side in most stores.  Is it just me or does that seem a little fortuitous.  Life sure is a silly bugger sometimes.