DJ Park: Lol Tolhurst @ Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar — 2/22/17

Posted on 02/23/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Live Review and tagged book talk, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Little Miss Whiskey's Golden Dollar, Lol Tolhurst, post-punk, Robert Smith, The Cure.

Lol Tolhurst speaks at Little Miss Whiskey’s on Feb. 22, 2017. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Way back in 1980, when I was in a grade school, a classmate brought The Cure compilation album Boys Don’t Cry into our classroom.

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Book Talk: “Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys” by Lol Tolhurst @ Songbyrd Music House — 2/21/17

Posted on 02/22/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Live Review and tagged book talk, goth, Lol Tolhurst, post-punk, Robert Smith, Songbyrd Music House, The Cure.

Lol Tolhurst reads from his memoir at Songbyrd Music House on Feb. 21, 2017.

Lol Tolhurst, founding member of The Cure, was chatting with Robert Smith in Hawaii in 2013 when he had an epiphany: He would write a book.

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Don’t Miss: Lol Tolhurst @ Songbyrd, 2/21, @ Little Miss Whiskey’s, 2/22

Posted on 02/15/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged book signing, book tour, dark wave, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Little Miss Whiskey's Golden Dollar, Lol Tolhurst, meet and greet, new wave, post-punk, Songbyrd Music House, Spellbound Productions, The Cure.

Lol Tolhurst (Photo by Scott Witter)

Lol Tolhurst is a founding member of The Cure, and he played keyboards with Robert Smith and company until his departure from the band in 1989. Last fall, Lol published Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys, a memoir of his life as a musician.

The book brings him to DC next week for special appearances at Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe (2477 18th St. NW, DC) on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar (1104 H St. NE, DC) on Wednesday, Feb. 22.

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