It just seems silly to complain -- in the headline, no less -- about an event that was the equivalent of two beers (including tip). Your article itself is fair -- and actually seems to praise the Literary Death Match more than anything else. I guess my thing is: If the host bothered you, somehow, why not send an email to him saying so? I just don't understand panning the event because 1 of the 4 readers was boring and you were irritated by someone's demeanor.

Last night's Literary Death Match here in Portland was fun. Zia McCabe was very drunk, and the readings were pretty dirty -- but it was a good time, overall. I guess that Opium Magazine should be praised for trying to do something a little unusual. I, myself, have been to dozens of readings where, if I didn't have to be there because one of the readers was a friend, I would have rather had my teeth extracted. Most people (non-writers) don't go to readings because they don't think of them as fun. Which is sad.