book 2 NOW AVAILABLE
Were you a teen in Regina in the 1970s?
In your twenties in the Eighties?
This book is for you.
In your twenties in the Eighties?
This book is for you.
The 1970s ... cruisin' Albert ... drinking at The Den and at Scary Nights ... buying 8-tracks at the purple Eddy's Swap-a-Tape bus ... going to the famous KISS concert in 1977 at the new Agridome ... killing rabbits in biology class ... hanging out in front of The Leg ... going crazy at bush parties ... selling Kirby vacuum cleaners ... racing and destroying a V8 Vega rocket car ...
Then I'll be Famous:
tragicomic memoir of love and fame in Saskatchewan From Sask Book Awards nominated author, David Robert Loblaw, comes his next book of memoirs with the hilarity and horror of being a teen in the '70s.
A comedy memoir tinged with sadness Aching for love and fame in 1970s Regina, a lost teen stumbles through dead-end jobs, drunken car crashes, and disco. He finally achieves happiness in the 1980s as a funny film-maker, writer, actor -- crashing in 1989 with a devastating loss. |
video from the book launch on April 23, 2022 |
The 1980s ... writing for The Carillon ... rockin' at UROC Radio ... working at CKCK-TV ... making punk video ... running for mayor ...
BOOK ONE |
David G Grade 3:
the tragicomic memoir of a reluctant atheist Published 2019. 2019 Sask Book Awards nominee
2019 Fringe Theatre Festival hit show Fraught with anxiety, little David is troubled why Nuns wear wedding rings, why a confessed killer gets to go to Heaven, why Protestants are buried on the other side of the fence, why there are many half-souls in Limbo because of his spilled sperm. A funny and sad memoir filled with a true cast of characters. |
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