Jim Gavin
@jimatdeltaco.bsky.social
Middle Men (Simon & Schuster), Lodge 49 (AMC+), Tiger Van Books
ATTN LYNX: Today is Independent Bookstore Day, the perfect day to order a copy of HOLLYWOODSKI by the great @loubeard.bsky.social from your local indie bookstore, or buy from the excellent @bookshop.org. As always, all of us at Tiger Van Books appreciate your support. #languageistheultimatehigh
April 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
ATTN LYNX: Today is Independent Bookstore Day, the perfect day to order a copy of HOLLYWOODSKI by the great @loubeard.bsky.social from your local indie bookstore, or buy from the excellent @bookshop.org. As always, all of us at Tiger Van Books appreciate your support. #languageistheultimatehigh
Lots of great stuff at the LA Times Book Festival this weekend, including this great panel with @loubeard.bsky.social. The festival is a great place to support independent presses like Tiger Van Books. Make a day of it, drink some wine, descend into Dionysian mayhem, acquire a tote bag...
April 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Lots of great stuff at the LA Times Book Festival this weekend, including this great panel with @loubeard.bsky.social. The festival is a great place to support independent presses like Tiger Van Books. Make a day of it, drink some wine, descend into Dionysian mayhem, acquire a tote bag...
ATTN LYNX: It's been great hearing from folks who are loving HOLLYWOODSKI by @loubeard.bsky.social . As always, thank you for supporting TIGER VAN BOOKS! And thank you @pattonoswalt.bsky.social for the ace blurb! Stay tuned this week for a rad TIGER VAN/LODGE 49 cross-promo! #radness
March 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ATTN LYNX: It's been great hearing from folks who are loving HOLLYWOODSKI by @loubeard.bsky.social . As always, thank you for supporting TIGER VAN BOOKS! And thank you @pattonoswalt.bsky.social for the ace blurb! Stay tuned this week for a rad TIGER VAN/LODGE 49 cross-promo! #radness
Love this pic of @loubeard.bsky.social and @jryanstradal.bsky.social discussing HOLLYWOODSKI at the recent book launch. To understand what's so damn funny, order your copy from @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Thank you for supporting Tiger Van Books! tigervanbooks.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Love this pic of @loubeard.bsky.social and @jryanstradal.bsky.social discussing HOLLYWOODSKI at the recent book launch. To understand what's so damn funny, order your copy from @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Thank you for supporting Tiger Van Books! tigervanbooks.com
Raconteur/Licensed Mechanic @loubeard.bsky.social will be reading from HOLLYWOODSKI tomorrow evening at Chevalier's Books in Larchmont, 6pm. He'll also be chatting with one of LA's finest, @jryanstradal.bsky.social. If you can't make it...buy the book at your fav indie bookstore!
January 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Raconteur/Licensed Mechanic @loubeard.bsky.social will be reading from HOLLYWOODSKI tomorrow evening at Chevalier's Books in Larchmont, 6pm. He'll also be chatting with one of LA's finest, @jryanstradal.bsky.social. If you can't make it...buy the book at your fav indie bookstore!
Now we are proud to publish HOLLYWOODSKI! Here’s the man himself, celebrating atop the Eiffel Tower. A long way from Toonerville, baby!. Buy Lou's books…they will put a smile on your face. Thank you for listening for supporting independent
presses everywhere. Onward!
presses everywhere. Onward!
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now we are proud to publish HOLLYWOODSKI! Here’s the man himself, celebrating atop the Eiffel Tower. A long way from Toonerville, baby!. Buy Lou's books…they will put a smile on your face. Thank you for listening for supporting independent
presses everywhere. Onward!
presses everywhere. Onward!
And we began to publish the novels of Lou Mathews, starting with SHAKY TOWN.
January 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
And we began to publish the novels of Lou Mathews, starting with SHAKY TOWN.
I wrote a bold manifesto.
January 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I wrote a bold manifesto.
When LODGE 49 ended I wanted to do keep doing something positive and put good things in the world. I started TIGER VAN BOOKS.
January 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
When LODGE 49 ended I wanted to do keep doing something positive and put good things in the world. I started TIGER VAN BOOKS.
We cast Lou in the Season 1 finale. He plays "Lou" in the scene with Lou and Tommy. Tommy plays "Tommy."
January 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We cast Lou in the Season 1 finale. He plays "Lou" in the scene with Lou and Tommy. Tommy plays "Tommy."
Lou's early encouragement and continued friendship started me down a path as a writer that eventually led to the impossible series of flukes that allowed LODGE 49 to be a thing in the world. Que sera, brah.
January 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lou's early encouragement and continued friendship started me down a path as a writer that eventually led to the impossible series of flukes that allowed LODGE 49 to be a thing in the world. Que sera, brah.
Lou's book was the uncompromising work of a native son, an eastside hood who knew the score and seemed intent on writing a love letter to doomed knuckleheads everywhere.
January 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Lou's book was the uncompromising work of a native son, an eastside hood who knew the score and seemed intent on writing a love letter to doomed knuckleheads everywhere.
However, when I read his (criminally) out of print novel L.A. BREAKDOWN, I felt like I had known him all my life. In his elegiac tale of illegal street racing in the late sixties, Mathews captured the essence of working class Southern California in a way I had never seen before.
January 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
However, when I read his (criminally) out of print novel L.A. BREAKDOWN, I felt like I had known him all my life. In his elegiac tale of illegal street racing in the late sixties, Mathews captured the essence of working class Southern California in a way I had never seen before.
When I signed up for the class, I didn't know who Lou was. I didn't know that he had worked as a mechanic for twenty years before getting into the "quality lit game," as Terry Southern once put it.
January 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When I signed up for the class, I didn't know who Lou was. I didn't know that he had worked as a mechanic for twenty years before getting into the "quality lit game," as Terry Southern once put it.
So every Tuesday night I fought my way up the 405 to take a class at UCLA Extension taught by a guy named Lou Mathews.
January 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So every Tuesday night I fought my way up the 405 to take a class at UCLA Extension taught by a guy named Lou Mathews.
On a whim I decided to take a fiction writing class. I wasn't thinking about a career, I just had an urge to get down some of the things I was feeling. Plus I loved books and wanted someplace to talk about them.
January 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On a whim I decided to take a fiction writing class. I wasn't thinking about a career, I just had an urge to get down some of the things I was feeling. Plus I loved books and wanted someplace to talk about them.
Twenty years ago I took an adult education class that changed my life. At the time, I was working at a plumbing supplies warehouse in Gardena and living in Long Beach. I drove a Saturn Ion.
January 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Twenty years ago I took an adult education class that changed my life. At the time, I was working at a plumbing supplies warehouse in Gardena and living in Long Beach. I drove a Saturn Ion.
It has been an honor and joy for Tiger Van to bring Lou’s work
to a wider audience. For those of you just discovering us, I’d like to tell you a little about Lou Mathews and the road that led to LODGE 49 and TIGER VAN BOOKS.
to a wider audience. For those of you just discovering us, I’d like to tell you a little about Lou Mathews and the road that led to LODGE 49 and TIGER VAN BOOKS.
January 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It has been an honor and joy for Tiger Van to bring Lou’s work
to a wider audience. For those of you just discovering us, I’d like to tell you a little about Lou Mathews and the road that led to LODGE 49 and TIGER VAN BOOKS.
to a wider audience. For those of you just discovering us, I’d like to tell you a little about Lou Mathews and the road that led to LODGE 49 and TIGER VAN BOOKS.
Happy publication day to @loubeard.bsky.social HOLLYWOODSKI is now available from Tiger Van Books! I recommend ordering through @bookshop-org.bsky.social or – even better – asking your local independent bookstore to order a copy for you! Yeah! Get hip!
January 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy publication day to @loubeard.bsky.social HOLLYWOODSKI is now available from Tiger Van Books! I recommend ordering through @bookshop-org.bsky.social or – even better – asking your local independent bookstore to order a copy for you! Yeah! Get hip!
Lou Mathews is a legend, an eastside hood turned mechanic turned prose stylist supreme. HOLLYWOODSKI, a dark hilarious gem, completes his trifecta of novels about LA. In the coming weeks you will learn more about Lou, and we will do some fun giveaways, including LODGE 49 gear for the real ones
January 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Lou Mathews is a legend, an eastside hood turned mechanic turned prose stylist supreme. HOLLYWOODSKI, a dark hilarious gem, completes his trifecta of novels about LA. In the coming weeks you will learn more about Lou, and we will do some fun giveaways, including LODGE 49 gear for the real ones
HOLLYWOODSKI by Lou Mathews will be published by Tiger Van Books on January 21st!! Fuck yeah!! This dark and hilarious gem completes Lou's masterful trifecta of novels about his hometown of Los Angeles. For the love all that is holy and merciful, order this book! Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social
January 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
HOLLYWOODSKI by Lou Mathews will be published by Tiger Van Books on January 21st!! Fuck yeah!! This dark and hilarious gem completes Lou's masterful trifecta of novels about his hometown of Los Angeles. For the love all that is holy and merciful, order this book! Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky friends! You might know me as the creator of LODGE 49, the lowest rated show in the history of television. But did you know I also founded Tiger Van Books, a rad indie press? Well, I fucking did, and we are so proud to announce our third title by the great Lou Mathews! Dig:
January 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hello Bluesky friends! You might know me as the creator of LODGE 49, the lowest rated show in the history of television. But did you know I also founded Tiger Van Books, a rad indie press? Well, I fucking did, and we are so proud to announce our third title by the great Lou Mathews! Dig:
I still got it, baby
November 27, 2023 at 6:20 PM
I still got it, baby
A day late but my sisters and I gathered for our sacred Thanksgiving viewing. 🙏🦃🚁
November 25, 2023 at 2:59 AM
A day late but my sisters and I gathered for our sacred Thanksgiving viewing. 🙏🦃🚁
DEADLOCH on Amazon is fantastic. A classic “trust me, give it three eps” masterpiece. Casually deranged antipodal hilarity plus thrilling murder mystery. More please.
November 24, 2023 at 2:11 AM
DEADLOCH on Amazon is fantastic. A classic “trust me, give it three eps” masterpiece. Casually deranged antipodal hilarity plus thrilling murder mystery. More please.