The Lord's revelations included correcting the assertion that He made 'Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve,' and shedding more light on Adam's story: Adam had a great eye for landscaping, masturbated incessantly, and after God 'wholesomely' 'roofied (Adam's) nectar,' it was actually Steve that the Lord made from Adam's ribs before Eve came around to create drama. Finally, it was David Javerbaum, aka who read from The Last Testament: A Memoir, his collaboration with God. Sorry kids, but it's true' - both directed at Billy. She came out swinging with the tale of a high school student (Billy)'s struggles under the influence of a Viagra bet, and his teacher's reactions of 'That's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard,' and 'You're the smartest kid in this class. Without delay, it was time for Round 2, led off by Sara Benincasa, author of Great and one of Flavorwire's 25 Female Comedians Everyone Should Know. The three charmed with a whorl of compliments and non-sequiturs directed towards Locke and Michaels (excerpts below) before deciding it would be Michaels, by the slimmest of margins, that would advance as the night's first finalist. The mic was then handed over to the trio of all-star judges: Rachel Shukert, author of the Starstruck series, Everything is Going to be Great and Have You No Shame? Craig Borten, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (Dallas Buyer's Club) and Morley, street artist extraordinaire. The narrative included theremin-esquely colorful observations such as 'the way the rain reminds you of a particular spring,' and 'I clasped you in my arms and threw you away.' Next up was Sean Michaels (author of Us Conductorsand creator of Said the Gramophone) who told the story of the inventor of the abstract theremin instrument. 30 crown.īut before the finale was even a thought, the night kicked off with Attica Locke (award-winning author of The Cutting Season and Black Water Rising) who told the audience that she attended a wedding on a plantation that married a white man and a black woman, before reading a piece of her work about a wedding on a fictitious plantation in 2008. After a pitch-perfect night, the show closed with Sean Michaelsoutdueling Sara Benincasa in the Quiz of Death II to win Michaels the LDM LA, Ep.

JIn LDM's annual Westwood delight, we returned to the magnificent Hammer Museum for a mid-summer event that boasted some of LA's finest.

Starstruck by Rachel Shukert