Where can you see Gore Vidal, Arianna Huffington, Robert Scheer, Chris Hedges, Scott Ritter, Mark Danner, and as a bonus get to yell at Joe Klein all on the same day? The LA Times Book Fest, that's where!
I go every year, and every year I manage to screw up the ticket situation. Tickets are free, but they sell out quickly. In fact, all the above events on Saturday are sold out. However, a small number of tickets are kept on site for walk-ups, AND you can wait standby in line for any panel. They usually overpack the auditoriums to accomodate as many people as possible. Last year I saw MoDo, John Dean, Geoffrey Stone, and Eric Alterman - all on one panel! Plus I witnessed Hugh Hewitt bloviate (but also say that Daily Kos deserved to be one of the most visited sites on the Web and had "great writing"... of course he was in the lion's den and chose not to babble that "fever swamp" nonsense).
Anyway, just wondering if anyone else will be in attendance. Saturday seems to be the day to make it over.
Call it a pre-Yearly Kos meetup! Let's coordinate.