I spotted this earlier today, but this is the first chance to post it up as blogging during the work day is bad form:
Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, James Lileks, and other NR All-Stars will be in Manchester on Saturday, January 7, for an evening of ruminating, riffing, and debate-watching. And you’re invited! Did I mention the event is free? And that there will be free food?
Joining G, L, & L will be Rich Lowry, Ramesh Ponnuru, Bob Costa, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Uncommon Knowledge host Peter Robinson, and others, all of whom will participate in a great program at the Radisson Hotel Manchester (700 Elm Street). Doors open at 6:00 p.m., and the event should end at approximately 11:45 p.m. Here’s the program:
- 6:30 to 7:35 p.m. — Rich Lowry moderates a panel discussion on the upcoming NH primaries, and more.
- 7:45 to 8:50 p.m. — Goldberg, Long, & Lileks spend an hour-plus reflecting wisely and wittily on current events.
- 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. — Join us as we watch (on a big honkin’ screen) the GOP candidates’ debate being broadcast from nearby St. Anselm College.
- 11:05 to 11:45 p.m. — G, L, & L regroup for an encore performance of pithy observations on the just-watched debate.
…How to reserve a spot? Simple: Email nhevent@nationalreview.com and tell us the name(s) of those who will be joining us on January 7.
I went to the same kind of presentation back in 2008 and came back with my tail between my legs knowing that I had just watched three virtuosos do something that I doubt I could ever do – and without evah breaking a sweat:
Now, with a blog and a radio show, I sometimes read their work and go “gee, maybe if I buckled down and stopped doing so much stuff, I could do that”. You know, like most Senators upon looking into the mirror in the morning and see the next President of the United States.
After listening to the three of them riff for two hours straight on subjects far and wide, I began to have my doubts. When I realized that almost every second or third line evocated laughter from the crowd, well, not so much.
They are the A team…..and I’m maybe….M? They were virtuosos, playing the English language like world class musicians playing their instruments or world class athletes plying their sports. In their big dog world, I (and almost all other pundits) are mere chihuahuas.
