The Phase One: Words + Music series recently moved from Towne Lounge to the Someday Lounge (1215 NW 5th between Couch & Davis), and from all reports, the move made the already-awesome event even better. Tonight, circus leader Garett Strickland leads a pretty sweet looking line-up of local writers and musicians that definitely warrant a trip to old Chinatown.

There’s Jonathan Raymond, who wrote the killer novel The Half-Life as well as the story and screenplay for Old Joy, one of the year’s best films. Then there’s Kassten Alsonso, whose debut novel Core: a Romance was nomiated for the OR Book Award last year. Arrington De Dionysio, he of Old Time Relijun, will be on hand to astound your collective asses with his exerimental throatsinging madness. Kevin Sampsell who might be the most tireless lit scenester/writer in Portland today will read from one of his hundreds of projects curently in the fire. Grand Junction Grand Therapy bills itself as “an homage to Donahue and the shoulder rubbing love of Motel Williams,” and Modernstate is going to bring the whole thing home with their “no laptop here” musical stylins. All this for five bucks, you say? You’re damn skippy. Festivities start at 8 pm.