Stories Bookstore and The Wrinkle Room host the book launch of “I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear” this Thursday, June 1. The long anticipated and just released explicit diaries of our homegrown punk, queer, drag diva, Glue-front person and performance artist Sean DeLear, have been published this month by Semiotext(e), six years after they passed away much too young. The launch will include a panel discussion about Sean and the book. Through this book, Sean lives!
Thursday, June 1: “I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear” book launch, Stories Bookstore, 1716 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026 (Echo Park); 7:00p, street parking or public parking lot behind the store.
I am a native Californian, born and raised in Bakersfield and eventually escaping to San Jose then San Francisco where I spent every free moment in punk and post-punk culture spaces before heading to LA permanently in 1989. I have also spent major time as an AIDS and queer street activist, which today along with my passion for punk/alternative music still informs my personal and social life. I love photography, film and playing punk/post-punk stuff on the bass. My LA Beat contributions are usually photos that give a glimpse into the vibrant art and music scene that makes Los Angeles such an amazing city to live in today.
