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on 9/11/02, a long day of candles, weeping and speeches, my friend karen gave me a birthday gift that will last for the rest of my life. we were having a quiet dinner at a quiet...
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this is the next reading that i’m doing, and it’s going to be great fun with all the other contributors to “hell strung and crooked”, the latest antho from...
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i learned one thing the hard way: DON’T use the default iPhone camera app for video! and don’t use whatever custom app i used at parkside lounge, either. if the video...
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Aug 31, 2010
this is the next reading that i’m doing, and it’s going to be great fun with all the other contributors to “hell strung and crooked”, the latest antho from uphook. check out this lineup! David Lawton R. Nemo Hill Elliott D. Smith Vicki Iorio Bruce Weber John Marcus Powell Ocean Vuong E. K. Mortenson Puma Perl and me. i’ve got a lot...
Aug 30, 2010
i learned one thing the hard way: DON’T use the default iPhone camera app for video! and don’t use whatever custom app i used at parkside lounge, either. if the video itself was of the same caliber as these performances, this tape would be running on MTV. or better. lauren o’brien: jane...
Aug 30, 2010
9/11/10. 7pm. recoup lounge, 210 rivington. no gifts! see you...
Aug 25, 2010
on 9/11/02, a long day of candles, weeping and speeches, my friend karen gave me a birthday gift that will last for the rest of my life. we were having a quiet dinner at a quiet place, as we usually did on my birthday (we spend hers at the bowery ballroom, celebrating with patti smith, whose birthday karen shares). after the waiter brought our check, karen said,...
Aug 16, 2010
…where will you be when it hits? The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery @ Bleecker 8pm. sharp. very sharp.
Aug 16, 2010
it’s an honor to have a poem in “hell strung and crooked“, the latest release from uphook press. i got my contributor copies this weekend, and it’s a beautiful volume. i was delighted to find new work from some of my favorite circuit poets — samantha barrow, geoff kagan trenchard, ocean vuong — and my old belgian friend, claus...
Jul 31, 2010
she is a buddhist, an extremely talented writer, and one of the best performers i’ve seen. i’m talking like patti smith stratospheric excellence from 1978. LAUREN O’BRIEN, in short, is amazing. if you haven’t seen her yet, you’re missing out. sometimes hosting feels like a chore (as anything will, even sex, done often enough in the...
Jul 31, 2010
susan scutti ran a wonderfully funky show at funkadelic studios last night. they’ve got a lot of events going on over there, music & poetry jams, opens, features. join their mailing list if that’s your kind of thing. i’ve got no shows of my own in august, and that’s a very good thing, as i need time to finalize my forthcoming book,...
